Family and Estate Archives     Many of the archives of the landed families and their estates are held within Archives and Special Collections.      These archives are among the most valuable we hold and include a wide variety of subjects and type of record, including the following: titles and other legal  papers; rental rolls; personal family correspondence, estate accounts, including records of  foreign estates, such as Jamaica; witchcraft; tobacco lords ; maps and plans; records of local and national affairs; and very many others.     The Family and Estate Archives include the following:
Colquhoun of Luss, 1188-20th century Maxwells of Pollok, Glasgow and Renfrew, c1200-1975 Stirling of Keir,  Keir and Cadder, 1338-c 1940 Speirs of Elderslie, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire, 1561-1999 Lennox Family of Woodhead, Dunbartonshire Islay Estate, Islay, 1741-1966 Ramsay of Kildalton, Islay, 1707-1984 Shaw Stewart Family of Ardgowan, Greenock and Renfrewshire, 1250-1966 Cochrane-Baillie of Lamington, Lanarkshire, 19th-20th century Crum Family Papers, Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, 1782-1960 Blythswood Estate, Glasgow and Renfrew, 1662-20th century	Image of the heraldic patent granted to James Campbell of Jamaica, 1722 (reference code: T-LX14/18/2)
Campbell of Succoth and Garscube, 1533-1965 Houston of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 1664-1951 Hamilton Family of Barns, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, 1537-1827   Contact details: Archives and Special Collections The Mitchell North Street Glasgow G3  7DN Phone: 0141 287 2910 or 2988 Fax: 0141 287 2815 E-mail: archives@csglasgow.org