Springburn Parish Church
Glasgow, Scotland
Family Tree Researchers Help Page
We receive many requests for help in trying to trace family trees from people all round the world. We regret that we are unable to make individual searches as the bulk of church records for Church of Scotland Congregations prior to 1900 are held forty miles away by Her Majesty's Keeper of Records, Princes Street, Edinburgh in Register House which is next door to the Registrar of Birth, Death and Marriages. It is possible to research many records prior to 1885 using the internet and you should see the links below. The principal records of the Churches which united to form the present Springburn Parish Church are however held in the Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow where they may be consulted in person.
We are happy however to provide background information and geographical information about our own Parish and contact addresses for other local Parishes. Addresses of those you are researching as well as names and dates are important.
If you are an adoptee seeking a connection with your birthmother then please email the minister privately ( alanford(at) springburnchurch(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk ). (Sorry about email address being in that form, but it cuts the spam emails!)
If you are intending to visit this part of Scotland then please see our advice for travellers page.
The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in Church Government and this accounts for the largest percentage of the population historically. However in the 18th and 19th Centuries there was a large influx of both Protestant and Roman Catholic workers to the area from Ireland. Largely they found work in weaving, coal mining, the iron industry, the building of canals and railways as well as shipbuilding on the nearby River Clyde. Glasgow was a major and is a major city and it is built on trade (cotton and tobacco, and industry shipbuilding and railways).
Further information from
Rev. Alan A. Ford BD (alanford @ fordsall.com).
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