Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
@gwsfhs.org.uk
Here to connect with other family historians, genealogists, and people with a passion for Glasgow's past. Drop in to our Glasgow West End research centre or visit us online! Registered Scottish charity. gwsfhs.org.uk
Trying to think of which recipe I'd like on my headstone. How about you?
A Recipe Engraved on a Gravestone Helps to Remember the Dearly Departed and Keep Part of Them Alive
Culinary epitaphs offer a point of connection to the deceased’s descendants and anyone else who comes across them
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trying to think of which recipe I'd like on my headstone. How about you?
"Analysis by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) found a higher proportion of individuals born in Italy identifying as Roma than expected. Officials concluded that some census respondents born in Rome, which is called Roma in Italian, may have ticked the Roma ethnicity category in error."
Italians mistakenly identify as Roma in Scotland's census
Italians born in Rome may have accidently selected the Roma ethnicity category in the country's last census, officials say.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Analysis by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) found a higher proportion of individuals born in Italy identifying as Roma than expected. Officials concluded that some census respondents born in Rome, which is called Roma in Italian, may have ticked the Roma ethnicity category in error."
'Ancestry in legal bid to access Scottish family records' -- What are your thoughts on this case?
Ancestry in legal bid to access Scottish family records
DNA testing site, Ancestry.com, has taken legal action to access millions of Scottish family records held by the National Records of Scotland (NRS).
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
'Ancestry in legal bid to access Scottish family records' -- What are your thoughts on this case?
Join Annette Mullen tonight at 7:30 p.m. over Zoom for a friendly and informative talk and virtual Walk through the history of the Glasgow Necropolis, the City of the Dead.
The Glasgow Necropolis – Walking Through the History of a City by Annette Mullen - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
The history of the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery opened in Glasgow, Scotland in 1834, now a tourist attraction adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join Annette Mullen tonight at 7:30 p.m. over Zoom for a friendly and informative talk and virtual Walk through the history of the Glasgow Necropolis, the City of the Dead.
Are you familar with the term 'corrie-fisted'? It's a Scots term meaning 'left-handed'. It came up when someone smudged the sign-in register at the centre the other day!
July 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Are you familar with the term 'corrie-fisted'? It's a Scots term meaning 'left-handed'. It came up when someone smudged the sign-in register at the centre the other day!
Don't forget that tonight we have Rachael Smith of Paisley Museum giving a talk on Zoom about Paisley's textile history!
Rachael Smith, of Paisley Museum, is giving a talk via Zoom on July 21 about Paisley's textile history, its pivotal role during the Paisley industrial revolution, and its enduring influence on the history of Paisley Scotland. Sign up now at join us at 7:30 p.m. on July 21st.
Paisley's Industrial Heritage - Rachael Smith - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Rachael Smith is the Install Co-Ordinator, Paisley Museum, and former Collections Manager at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum. Paisley, a historic town in Scotland, is world-renowned for its…
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Don't forget that tonight we have Rachael Smith of Paisley Museum giving a talk on Zoom about Paisley's textile history!
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Paisley patterns are found quite commonly in 🇺🇿,across art/clothes/ textiles because the design originated in Persia.The Moghuls who were of Uzbek heritage bought the design to 🇮🇳,where a few 100 years later the British loved & bought back to the cotton mills of Paisley 🏴,giving it its imperial name.
July 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Paisley patterns are found quite commonly in 🇺🇿,across art/clothes/ textiles because the design originated in Persia.The Moghuls who were of Uzbek heritage bought the design to 🇮🇳,where a few 100 years later the British loved & bought back to the cotton mills of Paisley 🏴,giving it its imperial name.
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Well, I guess this is one reason tax rolls are being hosted on ScotlandsPeople now... all are still browsable for free on Virtual Volumes though. More detail at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-sup... #GenHour #AncestryHour
July 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well, I guess this is one reason tax rolls are being hosted on ScotlandsPeople now... all are still browsable for free on Virtual Volumes though. More detail at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-sup... #GenHour #AncestryHour
Rachael Smith, of Paisley Museum, is giving a talk via Zoom on July 21 about Paisley's textile history, its pivotal role during the Paisley industrial revolution, and its enduring influence on the history of Paisley Scotland. Sign up now at join us at 7:30 p.m. on July 21st.
Paisley's Industrial Heritage - Rachael Smith - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Rachael Smith is the Install Co-Ordinator, Paisley Museum, and former Collections Manager at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum. Paisley, a historic town in Scotland, is world-renowned for its…
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Rachael Smith, of Paisley Museum, is giving a talk via Zoom on July 21 about Paisley's textile history, its pivotal role during the Paisley industrial revolution, and its enduring influence on the history of Paisley Scotland. Sign up now at join us at 7:30 p.m. on July 21st.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. we will have a talk by Ken Nisbit about researching British POWs during the first and second world wars. Register for the Zoom now!
#genealogy
#genealogy
Researching British Prisoners of War 1914-1919 and 1939-1945 - Ken Nisbet - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Ken Nisbet is the Chairman of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies. “Now in my 60’s I have been involved in family history for 45 years. Starting whilst I was at secondary school in Ab...
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. we will have a talk by Ken Nisbit about researching British POWs during the first and second world wars. Register for the Zoom now!
#genealogy
#genealogy
This will put a smile on the face of every local history fan
June 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This will put a smile on the face of every local history fan
The (rather faded) Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland can be seen above the River Nile corner shop at 27 Paisley Road West, premises owned in 1913/14 by the Trustees of the Savings Bank of Glasgow.
![This picture shows the (rather faded) Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland. The image can be seen above the River Nile corner shop at 27 Paisley Road West, premises owned in 1913/14 by the Trustees of the Savings Bank of Glasgow. Although the dark wooden panelling of the original bank has long disappeared, one of our members can remember being taken there by her mother, with the counter too high for the wee girl to see over. The building is Category B Listed, and the heraldic device is described as “Ornate heraldic corner piece above bank front at 1st floor, comprising lion and unicorn flanking shield, painted gilded.”
[Image: Paul Burns]
gwsfhs – where yesteryear comes round again
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June 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The (rather faded) Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland can be seen above the River Nile corner shop at 27 Paisley Road West, premises owned in 1913/14 by the Trustees of the Savings Bank of Glasgow.
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Been trying out FamilySearch full text to search Glasgow burial records. Even doing a search with the lair number has been productive - so far one false return, and some entries not picked up, but much higher success rate in 'reading' the handwritten number than I would have expected. #Genealogy
June 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Been trying out FamilySearch full text to search Glasgow burial records. Even doing a search with the lair number has been productive - so far one false return, and some entries not picked up, but much higher success rate in 'reading' the handwritten number than I would have expected. #Genealogy
Thanks so much, Cat. We are lucky to have you!
@gwsfhs.org.uk is my fav FHS.
Excellent help to people from all around the world who contact them online. But I esp love the warm welcome & great help they give all visitors, from down the road or the other side of the world, to their research room in Glasgow. Open on Tues, Thurs & Sat 1-4.
Excellent help to people from all around the world who contact them online. But I esp love the warm welcome & great help they give all visitors, from down the road or the other side of the world, to their research room in Glasgow. Open on Tues, Thurs & Sat 1-4.
Tell me which FHS is your favourite and why.
Mine is @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
I have no familial links with Cheshire, but the group is brilliant at sharing general genealogy news, and have a fantastic line-up of talks each year.
Bravo and thank you 👏🏻
Mine is @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
I have no familial links with Cheshire, but the group is brilliant at sharing general genealogy news, and have a fantastic line-up of talks each year.
Bravo and thank you 👏🏻
June 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks so much, Cat. We are lucky to have you!
Memorial halls are a feature of cities, towns and villages across Britain. This photograph shows the Co-operative Memorial Building on Kingston Street in Glasgow and its plaque to all those members of the co-operative movement who lost their lives in the first World War.
May 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Memorial halls are a feature of cities, towns and villages across Britain. This photograph shows the Co-operative Memorial Building on Kingston Street in Glasgow and its plaque to all those members of the co-operative movement who lost their lives in the first World War.
Until 1930 there were three streets named Kelvin in Glasgow. The one in Milton was renamed Balnain Street in 1928, another in Maryhill was renamed Cowel St in 1929, and the following year the last was renamed Keith Street. But before Keith Street was called Kelvin Street, it was called 'The Goat'!
May 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Until 1930 there were three streets named Kelvin in Glasgow. The one in Milton was renamed Balnain Street in 1928, another in Maryhill was renamed Cowel St in 1929, and the following year the last was renamed Keith Street. But before Keith Street was called Kelvin Street, it was called 'The Goat'!
333 days to go! Start the countdown - the 1926 Ireland census website will go live on 18 April 2026. 🇮🇪
The first census carried out by the State will be available online next year, Minister for Arts, Culture and Communications Patrick O'Donovan is expected to tell the Cabinet.
1926 census to be available online after digitisation
The first census carried out by the State will be available online next year, Minister for Arts, Culture and Communications Patrick O'Donovan is expected to tell the Cabinet.
www.rte.ie
May 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
333 days to go! Start the countdown - the 1926 Ireland census website will go live on 18 April 2026. 🇮🇪
Wayne Shepheard is giving a talk tonight at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom called 'Looking for Elizabeth'. In describing his search for his wife's great grandmother Wayne will explain how and where to search for Scottish records, and the twists and turns one family history mystery can take. Register now!
Looking for Elizabeth - Wayne Shepheard - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
I thought that finding information about Elizabeth Couper, my wife’s maternal great-grandmother, would be a straight-forward exercise. I would never have predicted the twists and turns we encountered…
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wayne Shepheard is giving a talk tonight at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom called 'Looking for Elizabeth'. In describing his search for his wife's great grandmother Wayne will explain how and where to search for Scottish records, and the twists and turns one family history mystery can take. Register now!
If you're in Glasgow, you might be interested in this free event tomorrow evening, 'Kelvin Hall's hidden histories' at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall.
Kelvin Hall's hidden histories
Join us on a time travelling tour of Glasgow's Kelvin Hall starting in 1925.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you're in Glasgow, you might be interested in this free event tomorrow evening, 'Kelvin Hall's hidden histories' at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall.
Did you know the Glasgow Fire Brigade made a dog an accredited member in 1898? Wallace was a setter-collie cross and of "unusual intelligence". His dog license was paid by the Glasgow Corporation, a nod to his official role. He died in 1902 and was preserved and displayed at Central Headquarters.
May 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Did you know the Glasgow Fire Brigade made a dog an accredited member in 1898? Wallace was a setter-collie cross and of "unusual intelligence". His dog license was paid by the Glasgow Corporation, a nod to his official role. He died in 1902 and was preserved and displayed at Central Headquarters.
Found photos of a summer holiday in Kelso from 1904. The border town of Kelso lies 8 miles from Kirk Yetholm, the royal seat of the Kings and Queens of the Gypsies. In the early 18th century several gypsy clans settled in Kirk Yetholm where they were given favourable leases by the local landowner.
April 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Found photos of a summer holiday in Kelso from 1904. The border town of Kelso lies 8 miles from Kirk Yetholm, the royal seat of the Kings and Queens of the Gypsies. In the early 18th century several gypsy clans settled in Kirk Yetholm where they were given favourable leases by the local landowner.
Tag yourself, I'm 'deil's buckle'
Page from 'The Old Scots Tongue' an adaptation of a dictionary compiled in 1857 by 'Cleishbotham the Younger of the Manse of Gandercluech' (a fictional name).
Page from 'The Old Scots Tongue' an adaptation of a dictionary compiled in 1857 by 'Cleishbotham the Younger of the Manse of Gandercluech' (a fictional name).
April 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Tag yourself, I'm 'deil's buckle'
Page from 'The Old Scots Tongue' an adaptation of a dictionary compiled in 1857 by 'Cleishbotham the Younger of the Manse of Gandercluech' (a fictional name).
Page from 'The Old Scots Tongue' an adaptation of a dictionary compiled in 1857 by 'Cleishbotham the Younger of the Manse of Gandercluech' (a fictional name).
Tonight Alison Spring (@acspring.bsky.social) will be giving a talk 'Reclaiming the Ignorant and Profane People of this Parish (kirk session records)' at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Alison will show how to find colourful snapshots from the lives of your Scottish ancestors in the kirk session records.
Reclaiming the Ignorant and Profane People of this Parish - Alison Spring - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Reclaiming the Ignorant and Profane People of this Parish (kirk session records). Full of lively and colourful snapshots from the lives of your Scottish ancestors, these records can be accessed in a…
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Tonight Alison Spring (@acspring.bsky.social) will be giving a talk 'Reclaiming the Ignorant and Profane People of this Parish (kirk session records)' at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Alison will show how to find colourful snapshots from the lives of your Scottish ancestors in the kirk session records.
Videos from RootsTech 2025 are still available -- this year “Getting Started in Scottish Family History Research” by David Allen Lambert was one of the most popular!
Getting Started in Scottish Family History Research
Learn about how to get started in researching your Scottish Ancestors. This lecture will cover Civil and Parish records; Scottish Census and Census Substitutes; various other valuable Scottish…
www.familysearch.org
April 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Videos from RootsTech 2025 are still available -- this year “Getting Started in Scottish Family History Research” by David Allen Lambert was one of the most popular!
Many family history researchers try to prove links to nobility. But our less well-off ancestors can be even more interesting, if sometimes difficult to research. In Glasgow around the turn of the century, much attention was given to the plight of mothers living in slums. #genealogy
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Many family history researchers try to prove links to nobility. But our less well-off ancestors can be even more interesting, if sometimes difficult to research. In Glasgow around the turn of the century, much attention was given to the plight of mothers living in slums. #genealogy