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Renfrewshire
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.


1841 Census Index & Transcript   

1851 Census Indexes    

1861 Census   

1861 Census Indexes

1881 Census Transcript & Index

1891 Census Index

Court Records    

Directories   

Gazetteers

Maps    

Military Records

Monumental Inscriptions    

Nonconformist Records   

Occupational Records  

Parish Registers    New

Probate Records & Wills

Taxes

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1841 CENSUS INDEX & TRANSCRIPT

Paisley High, Low, Martyrs, Middle, North & South Parishes
CD
Erskine, Houston & Kinellan, Inchinnan, Inverkip, Kilbarchan, Kilmacolm, Lochwinnoch,
Port Glasgow & Renfrew Parishes
CD
Cathcart, Eaglesham, Eastwood, Mearns & Neilston Parishes
CD
Greenock Parish
CD
Abbey Parish
CD

1851 CENSUS INDEXES

Census Name Index for the County of Renfrewshire
CD
Alphabetical Index to the whole county of Renfrew in two sets of microfiche
fiche Rfw 1D-15D
fiche Rfw 16D-25D

1861 CENSUS
Parishes in the 1861 Census held in the AIGS Library
Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records and are filed in the Film cabinets under their Parish Numbers.
Abbey (559)
Cathcart (560)
Eaglesham (561)
Eastwood (562)
Erskine (563)
Greenock (564)
Houston & Killellan (565)
Inchinnan (566)
Innerkip (567)
Kilbarchan (568)
Kilmalcolm (569)
Lochwinnoch (570)
Mearns (571)
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.


1861 CENSUS INDEXES

Index to the Marine Returns for Scotland
fiche Sct 1E

1881  CENSUS  TRANSCRIPT  &  INDEX
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). 
Also on CD (1881 British Census and Index)
.


1891 CENSUS INDEX
Parishes in the 1891 Census in the AIGS Library
We have a complete set of Indexes for all parishes for the 1891 Census on microfiche.


COURT  RECORDS

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.
Films Sct 7-18

DIRECTORIES

1805-06-07 Holden's Triennial Directory of 85 Provincial Towns in Great Britain & Ireland
Includes Greenock & Paisley
fiche Eng Gen 161-163
1805 Directory of Renfrewshire - North
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Rfw 1
1820 Directory of Renfrewshire [Greenock, Paisley & Port Glasgow]
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Rfw 2
1825 Pigot & Co Directory of Scotland
CD
1836 Directory of Renfrewshire
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Rfw 3-6
1837 Directory of Renfrewshire
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Rfw 7
1864 Directory of Renfrewshire Greenock
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Rfw 8-10
1915 Directory of Scotland [Private Residents & Trades]
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Sct 419-425

GAZETTEERS

Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (6 volumes) together with additional material and  indexes. 

CD

Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
CD

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Updated 27th August 2013