The Museum of Lead Mining

 

Genealogy - Trace Your Roots

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The Museum has a large and detailed archive with records on many of the families who were born, lived and worked in Wanlockhead, Leadhills and the surrounding villages since the 19th century. In some cases we can go even further back than that.   If the name you are looking for is on one of the lists below, then we do have information on file and we will send you an attractive presentation for a small fee. Please complete the form below and send it to us with your payment and we will send the information we have, by return.

The names on the red list have between 1 and 3 pages of information on file. The bracketed number indicates the number of different families we have on file, with the same surname.

Adamson Affleck Ballantyne Black Boe Bowie
Bramwell Carmichael Colthart Cranston Dyer Falconer
Frame Fraser Gilchrist Gilmour Glencross Hair
Harkness Hastie Hislop (4) Howland Hunter Hutchison
Kerr Laidlaw (3) Lamont Lauder Law (2) Lorimer  (4)
McCall McCrone McDonald McMillan Meikle Moffat
Muir Murray (2) Nicol Paterson (3) Purdie Ramage (2)
Russell Shankland Shearer Stevenson Tait Taylor
Templeton Veitch Watson (3) Weir

The names on the blue list have between 4 and 5 pages of information on file. The bracketed number indicates the number of different families we have on file, with the same surname.

Bramwell Brown Gracie (2) Haddow Hastie Hoatson Jamieson Little
Lorimer (2) McCall McKain Moffat (2) Sharp Stewart Wilson Young

The names on the silver list have between 6 and 8 pages of information on file.

Dalziel Harkness Laidlaw McCall Mitchell Reid Robertson

The names on the gold  list have more than 9 pages of information on file.

Gilchrist Haddow McMillan Milligan Nicol Scott Slimmon Watson

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What do you get for your money?

We send you an attractive, bound, illustrated presentation which includes local historical information on the Village and Village Institutions like the Curling Club, The Miners' Library and the Silver Band. We include either a printed information sheet or a family tree for your family or both if you prefer - the choice is yours!

 

The Costs:

Number of Pages>

1 - 3 4 - 5 6 - 8 9 +
Printed Information Sheet £5.00 £10.00 £15.00 £20.00
Family Tree £5.00 £10.00 £15.00 £20.00
Both £8.00 £15.00 £25.00 £35.00

All prices include VAT but exclude Post + Packing. Email costs are included. A tax invoice will be issued.
Please see our Contact Page for methods of payment.

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Family name not mentioned above?Confused Icon

We may still be able to help you, so please complete the form and send no money. We will then come back to you with an answer as quickly as possible and advise on costs.

 

Custom Family Tree Service

We also offer a more in-depth, customised service, where we will research your family tree in detail. If you would like more information on this service, please contact us with your request and we will send you an estimate of the costs involved. 

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Enquiry Form

 

Please complete this form and then submit it to us, thank you.

Please make sure you give us your name and email address so that we can come back to you. Thank you

Fields marked ** are essential fields

  **Your Name:

**Email Address:

**Family Name :
** Full Name of Subject:
Birth Date and Place:
Date and Place of Death:
Buried at:
 Date and Place Married:
Did they emigrate? If so when and where to:

 Any other information:

Have you given us your name and email address?  Please make sure you tell us who you are and how we can contact you. Thank you


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Disclaimer: Any information found will be accurate to the best of our knowledge.  The Museum does not take any responsibility for misinformation given from scant or wrong information received.