Many Scots left home in the great waves of emigration caused by the Highland clearances, but most prospered and a few even found immortality waiting on the other side of the ocean - for example, Alexander Graham Bell.  If you are interested in genealogy, Greenock is where records still exist for many of our famous 'exports' to America, Canada, Australia and elsewhere round the globe.

For a start, we suggest: James Watt Library, Union Street, Greenock.