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It is true the Gorbals was a rough and ready district of Glasgow but Hey no longer.As with many areas of Glasgow the Gorbals has been regenerated the slums and" single ends" are no more The post war 50's and 60's architexture has been replaced with new apartments and houses which are very saught after.
In the sixties(even before) many razor gangs were invovled in running battles. NO longer!
I have been researching my husbands family tree and have discovered many of his forefathers were from the highlands of Scotland drawn to Glasgow to work in the ironfoundries and shipyards during the industrial revolution,
My father-in-law was born in the Gorbals in 1918 and is still alive to-day! Still lives in Glasgow too His father was a ship's cook and was shipwrecked in WW1 and never kept good health until his death in 1941 whilst my father-in-law was serving in the war against the Japanese.Like many other Gorbals Boys he was a member of the Boys Brigade and consequently he and many of his peers joined the Territorial Army_ they were the first to be called up.Before the war ended he rose to the rank of Sargeant Major   not bad for aboy from the Gorbals!!! After the war he became a teacher ,his son  ,my husband a bank manager,and our sons - a surgeon,a police officer and a fire officer.How's that then 

To verify previous post ,the web address is scotlandspeople.gov.co.uk    It costs zero to register but costs £6 per thirty views. copies of marriage birth and death certificates are available online post 1854.All census are also available

try the Family History section of the Mitchell library in Glasgow they  hold all the Old Parish registers on microfiche and may be willing to help.i am researching the Walkers from Hamilton Lanarkshire