North Lanarkshire Records added to Ancestry
Two North Lanarkshire Collections have recently been added to Ancestry in conjunction with North Lanarkshire Archives.
Poor Law Applications and Registers, 1849-1917
Applications and General Registers will normally include:
- Name of applicant, including maiden name of women
- Age and/or birth date
- Birthplace, including county of birth (compulsory from 1865)
- Religion (from 1865)
- Dependants, including children’s names, ages, places of birth
- Marital history
- Names of applicant’s parents and parents-in-law, confirming where born and if still alive
- Previous addresses
Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1847-1969
Details of what these Registers contain can be found in the “About” section of this collection on Ancestry.