ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
ARGYLE ARCHIVES
a Lochgilphead Community Centre, Manse Brae, Lochgilphead PA31 8QU t 01546 604774 e archives@liveargyll.co.uk w liveargyll.co.uk/facility/archives The archive service looks after material relating to Argyll and Bute, including registers of electors, valuation rolls, poor-relief records, school-admission registers, and records created by estates, businesses and clubs.
AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES
a South Harbour Street, Ayr KA7 1JA t 01292 616260 e archives@south-ayrshire.gov. uk w ayrshirearchives.org.uk Ayrshire Archives runs three research centres in Ayr, the Burns Monument Centre in Kilmarnock and the Townhouse in Irvine.
EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE ARCHIVES & LOCAL STUDIES
a William Patrick Library, 2–4 West High Street, Kirkintilloch G66 1AD t 0141 777 3142 e archives@eastdunbarton.gov. uk w edlc.co.uk/heritage-arts/archives The website includes research guides to poor relief, burials, schools and valuation rolls. The online catalogue is at collections. edlc.co.uk/search/simple.
GLASGOW CITY ARCHIVES
a The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN t 0141 287 2910 e archives@glasgowlife.org.uk w glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/city-archives You can find out about the holdings here at glasgowlife.org. uk/libraries/family-history.
NORTH LANARKSHIRE HERITAGE CENTRE
a High Road, Motherwell ML1 3HU t 01698 274597 e heritagecentre@northlan. gov.uk w tinyurl.com/nl-centre The centre holds material from Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge, Kilsyth, Cumbernauld, Shotts, Stepps, Motherwell and Wishaw, and historical records of NHS Lanarkshire.
RENFREWSHIRE HERITAGE CENTRE
a Studio 907, Abbeymill Business Centre, 12 Seedhill Road, Paisley PA1 1JS t 0141 487 3722 e heritage@renfrewshire.gov.uk w tinyurl.com/renfrew-heritage The website includes a guide to resources in Renfrewshire, as well as an index to local newspapers (1824–1967) and a Paisley Poor Law index (1839–1948).
SCOTTISH JEWISH ARCHIVES CENTRE
a Garnethill Synagogue, 129 Hill Street, Glasgow G3 6UB t 0141 332 4911 e info@sjac.org.uk w sjac.org.uk The collections here include minute books, registers and the Family Tree of Scottish Jewry database with details of more than 100,000 Scottish Jews.
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CENTRE
a 32 Hawbank Road, East Kilbride G74 5EX t 01355 239193 e archives@southlanarkshire. gov.uk w tinyurl.com/southlan-arch The centre’s material includes records of the East Kilbride Development Corporation. There are also local and family history collections at Hamilton Town House Library, East Kilbride Central Library, Rutherglen Library and Lanark Library.
