Dumfriesshire HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. FAMILY NAMES Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society GOVERNMENT SITES Dumfries & Galloway Council HISTORY AND CULTURE DUMFRIES - history of the Rood Fair. GRETNA - railway accident at Quintinshill (22 May 1915), also historical details of Caledonian Railway and St. Rollox Railway Works (Glasgow). STRANRAER - history & heritage Stranraer and District Local History Trust LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Familia - a directory of family history resources held in public libraries in Dumfries and Galloway Friends of the Archives of Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Council - archives centre. Dumfries & Galloway Council - museums service. Dumfries & Galloway Council Information Service - historical indexes. Friends of the Archives of Dumfries & Galloway LOCAL WEBSITES ANNAN - tombstone inscriptions. ANNAN - Slaters 1852 Trade Directory. Contains surname, first name, occupation and address. If you would like us to check a name please email us at advising the full name to be searched and we will attempt to respond within 48-72 hours. ANNAN - Annan Online home page. ANNAN - Annan online history page. DUMFRIES - jail books and bail bond registers 1714-1810. CUMMERTREES - census results of 1851. DUMFRIES - list of the Provosts of Dumfries 1469-1908. DUMFRIES - Dean of Guild plans 1892-1974. DUMFRIES - Kirk session and presbytery minutes 1687-1795. DUMFRIES - Town Chamberlains' accounts 1793-1801. DUMFRIES - Slaters 1852 Trade Directory. Contains surname, first name, occupation and address. If you would like us to check a name please email us at advising the full name to be searched and we will attempt to respond within 48-72 hours. EASTRIGGS and GRETNA - heritage working group. GRETNA - history of elopements. HOLYWOOD - 1851 census LOCKERBIE - Slaters 1852 Trade Directory. Contains surname, first name, occupation and address. If you would like us to check a name please email us at advising the full name to be searched and we will attempt to respond within 48-72 hours. MOUSWALD - Kirk session minutes 1640-1659. MOUSWALD - cemetery Inscriptions. SANQUHAR - 1851 census. ST MICHAEL - churchyard. TUNDERGARTH - 1851 census. LOCAL SOCIETIES Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Dumfriesshire - historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale. Town Plan of Annan - surveyed 1859. Town Plan of Dumfries - surveyed 1850. Town Plan of Dumfries - surveyed 1893. MILITARY MONIAIVE - war memorial WW1 & WW2. MENNOCK - war memorial  WW1. PENPONT - war memorial. SOUTHWICK - war memorial. WANLOCKHEAD - war memorial. Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire Roll of Honour NEWSPAPERS Dumfries has had a local newspaper since 1777. The first was the Dumfries Weekly Journal, which was followed by the Dumfries Times, the Dumfries Courier, and the Dumfries Standard. These newspapers covered events in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. A surname and subject index (1777 to 1925) has been compiled for these papers. The index (in book form) and the newspapers (on microfiche) are available at the Ewart Library in Dumfries. The Galloway Gazette & Stranraer News The Galloway News - limited online archives available Dumfries and Galloway Standard - limited online archives available Stranraer and Wigtown Free Press OTHER BITS AND PIECES Poorhouses in Scotland - Dumfries, Kirkpatrick-Fleming (Notwen) Combination & Upper Nithsdale Combination. Dumfries Born, Foreign Buried Dumfriesshire GenWeb - created to help researchers find local resources and reference information. Galloway ships passenger lists - by Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild GENUKI's pages for Dumfriesshire Dumfries & Galloway Council Shipping Registers Database - includes shipping registers of Dumfries (1824 to 1904), Kirkcudbright (1824 to 1841), Stranraer (1824 to 1908) and Wigtown (1836 to 1920) Churches and Graveyards in in Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Moumental Inscriptions - partially completed list of over 50 local churchyards. 1851 Census for Dumfriesshire Passenger list - Galloway area to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada on "Lovely Nelly" 1774. Dumfries & Galloway Council - Burial Grounds 1851 Census Returns - Dumfries & Galloway Council records for Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire (incomplete) Dumfriesshire census 1881 Shipping Registers - Dumfries 1824-1904, Kirkcudbright 1824-1841, Stranraer 1824-1908 and Wigtown 1836-1908. 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