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A Scottish Charity - Number SC 010866

THE GLASGOW & WEST OF SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

UNIT 13, 32 MANSFIELD STREET,

GLASGOW G11 5QP

SCOTLAND

OPENING HOURS: TUESDAY from 2 pm until 4.30 pm

THURSDAY from 10 am until 8.30 pm

SATURDAY from 2 pm unil 4.30 pm

except for Easter Saturday and 3-4 weeks over Christmas and the New Year

About The Society

The Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society was founded in 1977. We aim to promote the study of family history, particularly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, covering Argyll & Bute, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and Stirlingshire (part). A close relationship is enjoyed with the Mitchell Library and Glasgow City Archives, and we are indebted to the staff for their interest and support.

The society is not a business and is run entirely by volunteers, who give freely of their time & goodwill to provide our services and to help others interested in researching their family history. With 1852 members and many enquiries from non-members, we have to work very hard to keep pace with correspondence. For new members, please allow 21 days (UK & EUR) or 28 days (overseas) from dispatch of application to receipt of new member's pack, the latter serving as acknowledgement of membership.

Queries requiring research cannot be answered electronically, our website being for general information about the society and quick access to the application form.

Most of our services and facilities are available to members only. We have a Members' only area on the website where information and some indexed databases are being added.

We do not do research for non-members, and even research for members is not our primary aim, but if you wish help or guidance with research, first complete the application form and send it with payment to the Society's address. Please note that research assistance is strictly limited and that only one query per member can be accepted at a time.

New members are always welcome and we do our best to provide a good service within our limitations.

For further information, please use the links list.

Missing Page

Due to a printer's error the CONTENTS page of the magazine is unfortunately missing from the March 2013 Newsletter - we apologise for this but you can see it via this link

Members Only

Hints about accessing the BMDs index on Scotlandspeople - from a talk by David Webster 15th April 2013

Massive Microfiche Sale!

BOOK/FICHES SALE - The society is offering the majority of its microfiches at the bargain price of £1.00

Members' Interests Update

The Online Members' Interests Directory (OMID) was established about ten years ago as an online version of the Offline Computer Directory. The older system is now seldom used, so the Council has decided to phase it out. Click here   for more information.

Next Meeting

Mon 20th May
Speaker:George Thomson
Title:Lettering on Gravemarkers (Kelvinside Academy from 7:30pm)

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Sat 18th May
Suzette Bothma
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