A Window on the Past
by Honor Hania
Many Open House readers will be familiar with the Scottish Catholic Directory. It is a yearbook containing information on Catholic dioceses, parishes and clergy in Scotland. It is an extremely useful publication for anyone researching the Catholic Church in Scotland.
However, if one wanted to research a historical aspect of the church and consult previous editions of the Directory, these were, until recently, only available in printed form in libraries. That has now changed. The Scottish Catholic Archives has digitised back copies and made them available via the Catholic Archives website. The content is also searchable – a great boon for anyone looking for particular information.
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Honor Hania is a retired librarian.
The image with this article is of Right Rev. George Hay, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District, which appears with the 1831 Directory.