Giffnock Heritage CentreGiffnock Heritage Centre is located in Giffnock Community Library. It is the larger of our two heritage centres and is where our Heritage staff are based.
The centre’s facilities include:
- seating for private study
- microfilm and microfiche readers
- computers with internet access
- fax and photocoping facilities
- WiFi enabled (to allow you to use your own personal laptop for access to the internet)
Summary of resources:(reference only)
- Local/family history periodicals
- Local history/family history book collection
- Census returns for the East Renfrewshire area 1841 to 1901
- Valuation rolls for the East Renfrewshire area
- Old Parish registers for the East Renfrewshire area (OPRs for Barrhead and Neilston are held at Barrhead Heritage Centre)
- Photograph collection
- Map collection
- Local newspapers *
- Cuttings collection
- CD-ROMs
- DVDs and videos
* NEW! 'The Pollokshaws News and East Renfrewshire Advertiser' (August 1885 - December 1902) on microfilm
See Detailed List of Resources for more information on resources held at our Heritage Centres.
We also have large archive and museum collections which are kept offsite. These can be brought to the Heritage Centre for viewing by prior arrangement. See Local Studies, Museum & Archive Collections
Heritage Services staff are based at Giffnock Heritage Centre, Giffnock Community Library, Station Road, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, G46 6JF and can be contacted in person, on 0141 577 3872 or at localstudies@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
