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.

Other projects with Glasgow City Archives.