Library
Our reference collection of books etc., including exchange journals from around 60 other Family History
Societies in the UK and abroad,
is held at the Research Centre. Our holdings include the I.G.I. (1992) for England,
Ireland, Scotland & Wales; O.P.R. films for all the counties in our area; the 1901
census on fiche for Counties Tyrone & Fermanagh; the P.O. Directories for Glasgow
1787-1885/6 on fiche; the index to "Soldiers who died in the Great War" and the
"Army Roll of Honour for WWII" on CD-ROM; census indexes for other areas on CD,
maps, including a complete set of the reprinted one-inch Victorian Ordnance Survey
Maps of Scotland, gazetteers, research directories etc. Recent acquisitions include
Registers of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Ayr 1599 –1660, the Sheriffdom of Dumfries
etc 1617 – 1780 and the Sheriffdom of Edinburgh etc. 1617- 1660. See separate sections
for census films. The library stock is available for reference by
members at the society’s Research Centre during
our published opening hours. The catalogue can be viewed
here or may be consulted at the Research Centre. Enquiries to the Society’s
Librarian.
