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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Watt Library
9 Union Street
Greenock
PA16 8JH
Tel: 01475 715628
Fax:
Email:
Contact: Mrs Betty Hendry
Opening hours:
Mon & Thurs: 2-5, 6-8
Tues & Fri: 10-1, 2-5
Wed & Sat: 10-1
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
No
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
No
5. Census returns
Renfrewshire: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Greenock: 1815, 1820, 1829
Renfrewshire: 1831-37
Greenock (with Gourock from 1885): 1841-1915
Greenock (with Gourock and Port Glasgow): 1923-1940
Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow: 1953-1957
Greenock: 1963-1976
6(b) City and Town Directories
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6(c) Telephone Directories
1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Voters' Roll: 1847
Electoral Rolls: 1978-1994
7(b) Poll Books
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8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
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9. Unpublished Indexes
Local newspaper index
Shipbuilding index
Birth, Marriages and death 1802-1913 (covers former locals abroad)
Census street and name index: Greenock, Port Glasgow, Inverkip, Gourock, Houston
10. Parish Registers
Renfrewshire (all). Microfilm of originals
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
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12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
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14. Guides to Collections
Catalogue
15. Local Record Offices
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Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Other information
Two original registers for Port Glasgow Cemetery.
Hospital records for local hospitals with a 100-year ban.
Photocopying of newspapers, census returns and OPRs available.
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