What records can I find in the Mitchell: Glasgow City Archives?
Glasgow City Archives hold records about staff (such as officers, clerks, boatmen, tidesmen, warehouse keepers) of the customs outports of Glasgow, Port Glasgow & Greenock, and Campbeltown.
The records include:
registers of oaths of office
lists of oaths of officers in letter books
records of ages & capacities of officers
service registers
registers of seamen engaged by the outport
Details given in the entries of these records vary but can include:
The dates covered for each outport are:
Glasgow, 1799-1901
Port Glasgow & Greenock, 1727-1765 and 1831-1920
Campeltown, 1764-1894 and 1938-1975
Records are closed for 75 years under data protection legislation, but please contact the archivists for more details.