I am trying to find out the occupants of 41 Adelphi St Glasgow in 1891 without taking myself off to Glasgow to research! Any help would be appreciated.
I don't think taking yourself off to Glasgow would be any good right now, as everywhere is closed at the moment!
Go to
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. If you have not used it before you will need to register, and to complete this search you will need to buy some credits. Then go to Advanced People Search and then select Valuation Rolls.
Select the year 1885, status Tenants and Occupiers, and Burgh/City of Glasgow. Type 41 Adelphi Street in the Place box and click on Search. You should get a list of 19 householders in 41 Adelphi Street. Make a note of their names. The repeat the process for 1895. Compare the names and delete any who are not on both lists.
You should then have a list of householders in 41 Adelphi Street who were there in 1891 when the census was taken.
Select Advanced People Search again, then census returns. Select 1891 and search for one of the names on your list. Best to start with a more unusual surname. If you get more than one result, make a note of the reference and RD name, and repeat the search with another of the names on your list. Once you have got several names in the same RD and with similar ref nos, you should have a list of householders at 41 Adelphi Street in 1891. Click on one of them and use 6 credits to view the names in all of the listed households.
As there are so many households in 41 Adelphi Street you might need to view several pages at 6 credits per page to collect not only all of the ones on your list from the Valuation Rolls, but also anyone else who was living there in 1891 but not in both 1885 and 1895.
Happy hunting!
