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Another valuable collection of records of the parochial boards are the original applications for relief. They give the same type of information as the General Register, and they may survive better. | Another valuable collection of records of the parochial boards are the original applications for relief. They give the same type of information as the General Register, and they may survive better. | ||
The records of the parochial boards are mostly found in | The records of the parochial boards are mostly found in regional archives and libraries. For a list of archives with contact information, go to [http://www.scan.org.uk/ www.scan.org.uk] and click on the Directory. You may also find some records of the parochial boards among the heritors’ records at the National Archives of Scotland. | ||
The Family History Library has very few of these registers,but one notable collection is for Glasgow. To see if the library has records for the parish you are interested in, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] under: | The Family History Library has very few of these registers,but one notable collection is for Glasgow. To see if the library has records for the parish you are interested in, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] under: | ||