Genealogical Enquiries
The main purpose of this website is to provide information about the life and Christian witness of Rutherglen Old Parish Church. However, since its publication, numerous genealogical enquiries have been received. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for the Old Parish to respond to such enquiries for a variety of reasons, namely:
The Minister's substantial pastoral duties prevent him from having the time to undertake genealogical research
All other officials of the Old Parish are voluntary workers, many of whom are in full-time employment
The church does not possess records of marriages nor of those who are interred in the adjacent graveyard (last used in the early 1950s) nor of funerals conducted by the present or former ministers of the parish.
If the information contained in the following paragraphs does not help with your enquiries, you may wish to contact the Old Parish Church but we do ask your understanding if it takes some time to respond to your enquiry.
It is hoped that the following information may be of some help to those seeking genealogical information:
South Lanarkshire Council (SLC) hold a wide range of sources and materials of local interest in their three main local/family history collections at East Kilbride, Hamilton and Lanark Libraries. However, they do not hold cemetery records from Rutherglen Old Parish Church (and are unaware of the location of these records) nor do they hold birth, marriage or death records from 1855 onwards - these are available from the General Register Office for Scotland (see address below). Further information about SLC's holdings is available on the Project Earl Familia web site at
http://www.earl.org.uk/familia/services/scotland/south_lanarkshire.html
Charges apply to enquiries (successful or not) received from outside the SLC area. Enquiries may be made using an ENQUIRY CHARGES/ORDER FORM which may be obtained at hamilton.reference@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
SLC holds the following census records on Rutherglen in the libraries shown:
1841-61 and 1871 (partial) in Hamilton
1841-1881 in Lanark
Relevant addresses are
| East Kilbride Central Library 40 The Olympia East Kilbride G74 1PG | Hamilton Central Library 98 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HQ | Lanark Library Lindsay Institute Hope Street Lanark ML11 7LZ | |
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Tel.: 01355 22046 |
Tel.: 01698 452403 |
Tel.: 01555 661144 |
The Mitchell Library in Glasgow retains census records for Rutherglen and has records of births, deaths and marriages for the Parish of Rutherglen stored on microfilm from the following Old Parochial Registers for Rutherglen:
Births/Baptisms and Marriages (proclamation of banns) from 1698 – 1854
Deaths from 1705 – 1794
Copies of the Rutherglen Reformer from 1945 – 1992 and 1997 – date are available at Rutherglen Library.
The following addresses may be found useful
| GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND NEW REGISTER HOUSE EDINBURGH EH1 3YT Tel.: 0131 334 0380 | NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND (formerly Scottish Record Office) H.M. GENERAL REGISTER HOUSE EDINBURGH EH1 3YY Tel.: 0131 535 1314 |
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SCOTS ORIGINS WEBSITE |
STRATHCLYDE AREA GENEALOGY CENTRE
22 PARK CIRCUS
GLASGOW
G3 6BE
Tel.: 0141 287 8364
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/council/dept/protect/genealogy/ |
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GLASGOW CITY ARCHIVES
THE MITCHELL LIBRARY
NORTH STREET
GLASGOW
G3 7DN
Tel.: 0141 287 2913
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THE MITCHELL LIBRARY
THE GLASGOW ROOM
NORTH STREET
GLASGOW
G3 7DN
Tel.: 0141 287 2937
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| LANARKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY c/o REFERENCE DEPARTMENT HAMILTON CENTRAL LIBRARY 98 CADZOW STREET HAMILTON ML3 6HQ |
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE ARCHIVES
30 HAWBANK ROAD
COLLEGE MILTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
EAST KILBRIDE
Tel.: 01355 239193
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| GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY UNIT 5 22 MANSFIELD STREET GLASGOW G11 5QP Tel.: 0141 339 8303 | COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION 2 MARLOW ROAD MAIDENHEAD BERKSHIRE SL6 7DX Tel.: 01628 634221 |
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