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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Falkirk Library
Hope Street
FALKIRK
FK1 5AU
Tel: 01324 503605
Grangemouth Library
Bo'ness Road
GRANGEMOUTH
FK3 8AG
Tel: 01324 504690
Postal enquiries and e-mail to:
Library Support
Victoria Buildings
Queen Street
FALKIRK
FK2 7AF
Tel: 01324 506811
Fax: 01324 506801
e-mail: [email protected]
Opening hours:
Falkirk and Grangemouth Libraries:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 9.30am - 8pm
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday - 9.30am - 5pm
Library Support:
Monday to Friday - 9am - 5pm
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
NO
Fee-based?
Provided by local Record Office?
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
None held
5. Census returns
1841 - 1891 for parishes within the Falkirk Council area (microform)
G.R.O. 1891 census index for Stirlingshire and West Lothian
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Stirlingshire 1835, 1837
6(b) City and Town Directories
Falkirk and Grangemouth Directory, 1897-8
Falkirk and District Almanac, 1913
Falkirk Directory, 1950. 196?, 1966-7, 1969-70
Grangemouth Directory, 1904
Falkirk, Grangemouth and Bo'ness Directory, 197?
6(c) Telephone Directories
Central Scotland 1991-95, 1997
Yellow pages (Glasgow North) 1981-85, 1990-98
Edinburgh and Lothians 1990, 1993, 1995
Edinbugh and Lothians Yellow Pages 1994-5
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Falkirk Council, 1973 (incomplete)
Grangemouth, 1980 (incomplete)
7(b) Poll Books
None held
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Scotland 1993 (microform)
Family Search 1993-99 (CD-Rom)
British Census and National Index 1881 (CD-Rom)
9. Unpublished Indexes
Falkirk Herald general index, 1845-1991
Biographical index, war deaths, Falkirk area, 1914-1919, 1939-1946
Biographical index, death notices, Falkirk area, 1845-1860, 1861-1900,1901-1910
Grangemouth Advertiser, general index, 1930-
Stirling Journal and Advertiser index, 1820-1970 (no papers held)
Stirling Observer index of personal names, 1836-1856 (no papers held)
10. Parish Registers
Old Parochial Register of all parishes within Falkirk Council area (microform)
Old Parochial Register, Birth and Marriages indices for Stirlingshire and West Lothian
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Court Book of the Barony and Regality of Falkirk and Callendar, 1638-1656
Directory of Land Ownership in Scotland, c1770
13. Other material
Lists of monumental inscriptions. Scottish Genealogy Society (East and West Stirlingshire)
Valuation Rolls: Grangemouth, 1980 (incomplete). Falkirk 1957-1961, 1969-. West Lothian, 1962-1965, 1969-1971
14. Guides to Collections
15. Local Record Offices
Other information
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