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FAMILY NAMES
Berwickshire Surnames List
In Search of The Border Reivers - Robbery and blackmail were everyday professions. Raiding, arson, kidnapping, murder and extortion an accepted part of the social system. The site includes a list of Reiver family names.
Reiver Family Names - and where they lived. The Border Reivers evolved from 300 years of raiding and feuding into a race of expert light horsemen, skilled in raiding, scouting ambush and skirmishing.
Borders Family History Society - covers the counties of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire.
GOVERNMENT SITES
Scottish Borders Council
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Scottish Borders Heritage
Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES
Family History Library Catalogue
Borders Archive and Local History Centre - contains archives, collections, family histories, newspapers and a postal research facility.
Borders Council Libraries - Borders Council Library and Information Service
Borders Council - museums and galleries in the Scottish Borders.
Scottish Borders archive and local history details
Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre
LOCAL WEBSITES
BERWICK - A Directory and Concise History 1806. Contents include map, surnames, streets and placenames, trades and professions, index of carriers and public houses.
BERWICK - Deaths: 1881
, 1868 , 1872 , 1855
BERWICK - 1841 census
BERWICK - 1871 census
BRIDEWELL - jail prisoners 1851.
BUNKLE - parish baptisms 1788-1844.
COLDINGHAM - an index to mortcloth records 1694-1759.
CHIRNSIDE - parish baptisms 1824-1850's & marriages 1834-1835.
COCKBURNSPATH - baptisms 1684-1833.
COLDINGHAM - parish baptisms 1739-1834.
COLDINGHAM - Pigot and Co's Directory of 1837
EYEMOUTH - general information.
HURST - Kelly's Directory of 1905
MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
British History Online - Berwickshire - Digital library including 19th century Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale.
MILITARY
Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Borders & Lothian which includes Berwickshire.
Berwickshire Roll of Honour
NEWSPAPERS
Tweeddale Press - produces The Berwick Advertiser, Berwickshire News, The Southern Reporter, Hawick News & Selkirk Weekend Advertiser.
The Berwick Advertiser
OTHER BITS AND PIECES
Ancient Lothian - the website dedicated to the historic and prehistoric cultures of South-East Scotland.
GENUKI's pages for Berwickshire
Berwickshire 1851 Census - (2% sample) includes, Merton and Whitsome.
Scotland Free Census Project - Berwick 19th century free online censuses.
Scottish Borders Birth, Marriage and Death Records
Borders Family History Society Gravestones Index Search
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