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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.