Renfrewshire HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. FAMILY NAMES Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Renfrewshire Family History Society East Renfrewshire Council - family history. GOVERNMENT SITES Renfrewshire Council - home page. East Renfrewshire Council - home page. Inverclyde Council - home page. Renfrewshire Council Magazine - Spring 2002. Includes an article on Howwood (2.3mb in size/ .pdf file). Renfrewshire Council Magazine - Autumn 2002. Includes an article on Bishopton (3.4mb in size/ .pdf file). Renfrewshire Council Magazine - Winter 2002. (2.6mb in size/ .pdf file). Renfrewshire Council Magazine - Spring 2003. Includes an article on Linwood (4.5mb in size/ .pdf file). Renfrewshire Council Magazine - Summer 2003. Includes an article on Lochwinnoch (3.7mb in size/ .pdf file). HISTORY AND CULTURE Renfrewshire History & Archaeology Web - Renfrewshire Local History Forum. East Renfrewshire Council - local history & heritage. Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association JOHNSTONE - Stewarts Mill Fire of January 1828 which resulted in the death of six child workers. File is .jpg format and 205KB in size. This article is from Scottish Memories Magazine of September 1999. Copies of back editions are available from their website at www.scottish-memories.co.uk PAISLEY - Glen Cinema fire - 31 DEC 1929. List of victims. The textile industry in Renfrewshire - and notes on migration into the area. Cotton Mill Workers - Renfrewshire's history is associated with the textile industry. Although not on Paisley's mills, this article on Cotton Mill Workers may be in interest. It is from the July 2001 edition of Family History Monthly. (2.4mb in size/ .pdf file). Scottish tenement buildings LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Glasgow University Library East Renfrewshire Council - libraries. Familia - East Renfrewshire - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings. Familia - Inverclyde - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings. Familia - Renfrewshire - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings. McLean Museum & Art Gallery - Greenock. PAISLEY Central Reference Library - home page. PAISLEY Central Reference Library - local and family history. PAISLEY Central Reference Library - museums and galleries. University of Paisley - library. Sma' Shot Cottages - weaving museum. Glasgow City Archives - archives and special collections. LOCAL WEBSITES CRAIGENDS - Craigends of the 20th Century is an effort to share and catalogue people's memories of the Craigends estate in Houston, Renfrewshire. GREENOCK - cemetery partial listing. INCHINNAN - cemetery partial listing. INCHINNAN - community website, includes history. PAISLEY - history of Paisley. PAISLEY - memorial inscriptions from Up Thread Street Cemetery. PAISLEY - part directory of 1896. Covers Incle Street, King Street, Kilnside Road, Johnston Street, Macdowall Street, Maxwell Street, Lonend, Maxwellton Street, Love Street, Lawn Street, Meeting House Lane, Mid Lane, Millar Street, New Street, Moncrieff Street & Moss Street only. RENFREW - (www.myrenfrew.com) a general information site. RENFREW - births 1866 & 1867 MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Renfrewshire - historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale. GREENOCK - town plan surveyed 1857. PAISLEY - town plan surveyed 1858. PORT GLASGOW - town plan surveyed 1856-7. MILITARY Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Strathclyde. Renfrewshire Roll of Honour link to be established. LOCHWINNOCH - war memorial names. NEWSPAPERS Paisley Daily Express Greenock Telegraph Paisley Gazette Paisley People Barrhead News OTHER BITS AND PIECES Poorhouses in Scotland - Abbey (Paisley), Busby, Greenock, Paisley & Renfrewshire Combination. HappyHaggis.co.uk - information pages on all towns, villages and locations, with general information, points of interest and history. GENUKI's pages for Renfrewshire Renfrewshire Parish and Probate Records - records include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists and wills. Renfrewshire GenWeb - part of the British Isles GenWeb Project which was created to help researchers find local resources and reference information. UK FreeCEN Project - Renfrewshire 1841 Census Project status page. Ship passenger list - from Glasgow, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Ship passenger list - from Greenock, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Ship passenger list - Greenock to New York on "Charlotte Harrison" 1850. Ship passenger list - Greenock to Otago, New Zealand on "Lady Egidia" 1861. Ship passenger list - Glasgow to Halifax on "SS Manitoban" 1881. IGI Batch Numbers for Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire Monumental Inscriptions - pre-1855. Burgh Of Paisley poll tax roll Of 1695 Ship building - genealogy name index or steamers, build dates, owners, masters etc. Clydeside rent strikes 1915-16 - a gateway to images and information resources on the history of Red Clydeside and the Scottish Labour movement of the early 20th century. If you find any broken links, or have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us at . Please note HappyHaggis cannot assist in genealogy enquiries. Many thanks HappyHaggis.co.uk ©