Old Monkland/Blantyre/Shettleston. Lanarkshire.....

lomand · Post by **lomand** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:22 pm

Hi , Need some kind person to give me some info on Old Monkland/ Blantyre/ Shettleston. My great, greatGRANDPARENTS LIVED THERE IN 1863. James Paterson and Sarah McNiven. Ithink they would have been quite well off as James was i mining engineer. Does anybody have any info please. Cheers...Jan. Searching the names, Paterson, McNiven, McShane, Anderson, Drummond, Graham.

Post by **Tracey** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:45 pm

Hello Jan

Liz just posted a link to Glasgow Digital Library that may be of interest to you. The "book" Scotland in the nineteenth century has some information on Mining.
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Putting the place names in Google comes up with a lot of information. Is there something specific you are looking to find ?

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:44 am

Hullo Jan

You may find the following posts of interest.

http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... t=blantyre

and may find lots of information on the following site

http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/

Best wishes

Catriona

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