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Neilston (572)
Paisley (573)
Port Glasgow (574)
Renfrew (575)
Abbey Institutions (559) -
Abbey Parish of Paisley Poorhouse
Abbey Lunatic Asylum Greenock Institutions (564) -
Sir Gabriel Woods Mariners Asylum
Greenock Hospital & Infirmary
Greenock Poor House
Greenock Lunatic Asylum
Greenock Ragged & Industrial School
Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships
The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers
all of Scotland. For Renfrew, ships are listed in the following
Registration Districts: - Erskine, Greenock, Greenock Old, Innerkip,
Paisley Middle,
Port of Glasgow and Renfrew. These entries are all listed
on film 902.
1881 Census Index for entire
County of Renfrew in 6 sets of fiche.
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated,
Misc. Notes, Ships, Institutions.)
Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822
Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds
of court decisions involving people from all over Scotland.
(CD)
List of Cases for Trial at
Glasgow Asssize Court Circuit. Assizes for Lanarkshire,
Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire. Spring Circuit May 1827 to Winter
Circuit January 1835.