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Glasgow and West Scotland FHS

The GWSFHS covers the old Strathclyde Region centred on Glasgow, although there are also other 'county' societies in this area. The society was founded in 1977 and is still growing strong. Our resources are focussed on our research centre in Partick, Glasgow and on our 3-year-old website.

Member benefits

  • Monthly members’ meetings with a talk presented via Zoom

  • A full colour 48-page Journal three times annually

  • Online access to a complete archive of previous issues of our Journal

  • Online access to GWSFHS data sets in our website members’ only area

  • Research assistance by our research volunteers

  • Free access to the resources in our Research Centre & Library

  • SAFHS reciprocal access to libraries of other SAFHS member societies

 Our Research Centre at 32 Mansfield St, Glasgow, G11 5QP is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 1pm-4pm.

Member Resources

  • Research Centre
    The Centre is home to books, maps, CDs, fiches, and publications from other societies. It offers free access to family history websites, and expert volunteers are on hand to help using the equipment and the resources.

  • Data Sets
    The Society is gradually digitising its unique data sets and will publish them on this website when they are ready. Members will be able to search these records which include MIs, parish registers, ancestral marriage index.

  • Library
    The Library holds approximately 4,000 publications relevant to Scottish genealogy searchable through the index, and a unique collection of unpublished or privately published family histories and charts.

Online Shop

  • We sell an increasing range of our own publications in PDF format

  • Customers may download the PDF file(s) immediately after payment

  • Card payments are accepted through Stripe or PayPal

  • Publications include:

    • Research Guides

    • Transcriptions of Monumental Inscriptions

    • Transcriptions of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    • Lair holders

    • Passport applications

  • See https://www.gwsfhs.org.uk/shop/

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