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LANARKSHIRE RESEARCH

LANARKSHIRE - SCOTLAND (LKS)

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BRIEF DETAILS OF LANARKSHIRE

Lanarkshire is an industrial county in Central Scotland. Including Glasgow and several other major population centres.

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MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES

Coatbridge & Airdrie
Glasgow
Hamilton
Motherwell

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BORDERING COUNTIES

Ayrshire
Dumfries-shire
Dunbartonshire
Midlothian
Peebles-shire
Renfrewshire
Stirlingshire
West Lothian

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ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES

We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in Lanarkshire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.

Lenziemill Archives
10 Kelvin Road
Cumbernauld
G67 2BA
01236 737114

Glasgow City Archives
Mitchell Library
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
0141 287 2913
FAX 0141 226 8452
E-Mail

In 1974 Local Government
re-organisation changed
many historic county boundaries.

This site consistently uses
the pre 1974 boundaries.

UK CENSUS DATES
7 June 1841
30 March 1851
7 April 1861
2 April 1871
 3 April 1881
5 April 1891

 

For more information on libraries and their holdings visit the FAMILIA site.

LOCAL SOCIETIES

SURNAME LISTS

Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below

Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS

Unit 5, 22 Mansfield Street, Partick G11 5QP

Lanarkshire Family History Society

Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin!

Lanarkshire Surnames Interests

MAILING LISTS

LOOK UP EXCHANGES

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Lanarkshire is covered by the following list(s). To join simply click the mode of your choice and send the message totally unaltered, disabling your signature.

LANARK

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Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries.

All Scotland Lookup Exchange.

Please remember that people who provide this service are not professional researchers, and cannot usually help with general enquiries. Make your requests as specific as possible.

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS

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IMPORTANT: None of the researchers listed has any commercial relationship with the owners of this site. A listing does not imply any form of recommendation and you should take any steps you consider necessary before entering in to a commercial arrangement.

If you need professional help with your research you may like to contact one of the following:

Maureen Whitelaw
Researchers covering All Scotland

Genuki Lanarkshire
Genweb - Lanarkshire
Genealogy Links.net - Lanarkshire
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