REGENT PLACE CHURCH

[louiseanne]

Hello All,
I'm visiting Scotland from Australia next year (Yi ha) and I have details of my GG grandmothers original 1847  marriage certificate. It states she was married in Regents Church Glasgow with James Taylor being the minister. My question is, Do  church's allow visitors to visit  and check out their records? Or are all the records kept elsewhere? Would the records list her parents? I have hit a brickwall with Helen Muir and would like to take advantage of being "on site" so to speak. Looking forward to your replies, Many thanks.

[weeaza]

The most recent Regent Place Church, Dennistoun was demolished in 1983.

I think the one you would be looking for was gone long before that.

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/167731/details/glasgow+10+craigpark+regent+place+church/

http://www.dennistounconservationsociety.org.uk/page.asp?Title=Regent+Place+Church&Section=10&Page=4

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA00613

[weeaza]

The original Regent Place Church was on Blackfriars Street.

Go to Old Maps  http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html  put in the co-ords  259846  665024, you'll see where it was.

It's there on the 1860 & 1861 maps. By 1895 it's a railway goods yard.

[louiseanne]

Thanks for your info - well, that will rule that visit out! I imagine the records would have gone elsewhere - Scotland's People or another repository?

[weeaza]

A visit to The Mitchell Library would be the best thing to do. You can contact them to ask what records they have from the original church. http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/index.php?a=contactus

[louiseanne]

Thank you very much for the information.

[weeaza]

Old parish records rarely include parents names. It was also very rare for people to marry in a church.
They usually married at the brides parents home.

Where did you get the marriage info from ?. Scotland's people only has one marriage for a Helen Muir & William Thomson in Barony Parish Glasgow in 1847.

All it says is " William Thomson printer & Helen Muir both residing in Barony Parish". 12 December 1847. No place of marriage and no witnesses recorded.

[andycand]

Hi

Some Church of Scotland Parishes recorded events that took place in churches of other denominations. It is possible that Barony have recorded a marriage that took place in the Regent Place United Presbyterian Church.

This topic has also been asked on at least one other forum.

Andy

[louiseanne]

Weeaza,
 I have a very tattered original Marriage Certificate from 1847 with the details on it. I also bought a copy through SP in the hope it may give more info. It gave me the detail that William was a printer, but little else. (I often look at that piece of paper that has been around the world, carried from house to house and has (luckily) ended up with someone who treasures it)