Hello again, and thanks for your continued interest and suggestions.
Malky the answer is both.
There is a number of us here in New Zealand, that are interested in any little detail that we can add to our knowledge re our ancestors pre the 1855 civil registrations. One of those is to be able to identify the actual place they lived/worked. We are intrigued to find that say 'Cloverneuk' on a document, refers to the name of a dwelling/farm, [by zooming right in can be found on an ordnance map] and in my case 'Flowerbank' as a postal address, will still get to the correct dwelling 150 years later. Only last night I got a PM from another here in NZ asking for assistance in this matter.
Being down under, we are a world away from those records that you still need to walk in, in person, to view, [Minutes and poor application records] so are hunting out any other clue that we can find, like the Horse Tax records and named properties.
The Gazetter’s, or what little I’ve been able to see, appear to have much information under one cover. Sort of a combination of; Statistical Account / Guide / and Ordnance Maps, with plenty of info re the old Churches / Parishes.
#1 Stubbornly, out of interest, I would like to name the particular publication that has been my guide for 30 years [Illustrated on 1st post]. I will know it when I find a map of the Parish of Lanark on page 20, Glasgow Environs p 21, & Renfrew p26.
#2 From what I’ve been able to view on Archive,org and ElectricScotland,com the Gazetter’s like Groome’s are great but the down loading speed makes them impossible to read. By nominating say page 20, and waiting for a considerable time I can get to see that page, but from memory Groome’s had some 500 pages, which included some great illustrations.
- Alan.
