Ongoing projects
Glasgow Cathedral Burial Project
This Project aims to plot on a Grid Pattern and record the burials in
the Old Burying Ground of Glasgow Cathedral, which date from the 1600s onwards.
We also research the background of those buried there, who are mainly the rich and
famous of Glasgow, a veritable "Who's Who" of a bygone age. We are not yet at the
stage where enquiries can be taken, but the Project continues. Watch this space.
Pedigree Chart Project
Members are encouraged to submit one or more ancestral charts for the
purpose of creating, first a Marriage Index, and possibly later on a Birth Index.
Offers of help to :- Pedigree Co-ordinator
Scottish National Death and Burial Index
Undertaken by
S.A.F.H.S. with the member societies and the G.R.O. for Scotland, the aim
is to index all recorded pre-1855 deaths and burials in Scotland. The index for
the High Church of Glasgow 1699-1854, with over 160,000 entries, is available for
sale on CD-ROM from our Publications Team. Similarly the indexes for Barony, Calton,
Govan and Gorbals have also been published. These can also be searched on computer
at our Research Centre. Ramshorn is almost ready for publication on CD and work
continues on Dunbartonshire.
Genealogical Source Project
The Genealogical Source Project is a detailed survey of the source material
available in the West of Scotland, i.e. Glasgow and the pre-1975 counties of Argyll,
Ayrshire, Bute, Dumbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire. The aim has been to
produce a comprehensive guide to this material, including a note of missing items.
The project is now complete and will be published shortly. Enquiries to the
Publications Officer.
Southern Necropolis Project
We are helping to index the records of the Western section of this important
burial ground, where approx. 250,000 people were buried between 1841 and 1947. Data
entry or checking are done at home. Offers of help to :-Necropolis Indexer.
Southern Necropolis Website
Ayrshire Indexing Projects
Ayrshire Indexing Projects. Completed so far are Poor Relief Applications
for Ardrossan 1859-1900, Kilmarnock 1845-1900, and Beith & Maybole to C1850.
The index consists of all names featured in each application, not just that of the
applicant; this shows listings of complete families. The 1851 Census Index for Kilmarnock
and the Index to Ayrshire Place Names from c1775 are also complete. Kilmarnock Laigh
Kirk Session Records 1643-1900 are now complete, as are School Admission Registers
for Sorn 1851-1926 and Mauchline 1916-1939.
Enquiries to :- Jim Steel
Other projects with Glasgow City Archives.