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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: doch on Wednesday 18 November 09 20:54 GMT (UK)
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hi.
is anybody having any joy searching the catholic registers? i have tried many searches for my rellies who i know were catholic's but cant get any matches.
cheers.doch.
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Hi Doc,
I've had one success with the new online records. I think the main problem being is there is only a limited number online just now and it covers a very small part of all the parishes which were around at the time.
I dont know if these are all that is available or there is more to be added.
Gerry
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hi Gerry.
thanks for your info.i suppose we'll have to wait and see if any more records are added.
cheers.doch.
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Hi,
Many Parishes have retained their records and you would have to contact Parish to get access to records. Trouble is you would have to know the Parish concerned.
Perhaps in time they will "hand them over".
Ogleway
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The Scottish Catholic Archives site describes the pre-1855 birth or baptism records as "complete".
Quote:
If the records survive, they have been digitised and indexed and made available online. No surviving records are thought to be missing from the collection – however this does not mean that all localities are covered by all records at all times.
Post-1855 records were originally out of scope and these are incomplete.
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Hi Doch
I've found quite a few births but all in the same Parish, where luckily (for me) most of the Irish ancestors settled for a few years when they first arrived in Scotland.
Looking at the list on SP there are loads of Parishes not on yet.
Marriages aren't on either are they?
My understanding is that more will be coming on line soon
Regards and a Happy New Year
Paula
:)
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Please be aware that many parishes were not established until the mid-1800's.
Here is a 2008 list of the registers held by the Scottish Catholic Archives:
http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/FamilyHistory/ParishRegisterholdings/tabid/82/Default.aspx
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hi paula and murray.
the parishes i am interested in would have been in the mid 1800s in calton,bridgeton,garngad and trongate areas but i dont know what r.c.churches were in these areas at the time.
cheers,and a happy new year to all. doch. ;)
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Hi Doch
The only one I've found so far is in Bridgeton, St. Mary the Assumption opened in 1842. If the records aren't available online you may be able to write to the Priest there and ask if there are Parish records available from then.
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New Churches
By 1792 there was a sufficient Catholic population in the city for the parish of Saint Andrew’s to be founded. It was only in 1816 that the church which was later to become the Cathedral in Clyde Street, was opened.
In the first half of the nineteenth century parishes were founded at an amazing rate. It gives an idea both of the increasing number of Catholics and the increasing number of priests who serve them.
After St. Andrew’s on Clyde Street 1792 came St Mirin, Paisley 1808 (to become a Cathedral in 1948).
St Mary’s, Greenock 1808
Saint Patrick’s, Dumbarton 1830
St. Margaret, Airdrie 1836
Saint Mary’s, Duntocher and Saint Fillan Houston both 1841; Saint John the Evangelist, Barrhead 1841
Saint Mary’s, Abercromby Street 1842
Saint Mary’s Hamilton 1843
St Patrick, Coatbridge 1845
St Alphonsus, Saint John the Evangelist, Portugal Street and also St. John the Baptist, Port Glasgow all 1846
St Athanasius Carluke, 1849
St. Joseph, North Woodside Road 1850
http://www.saintmarycalton.org.uk/history/5-foundations.html