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FAMILY NAMES
Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society
Kirkcudbright Family History & Genealogy - includes general information.
www.MyClan.com - Over 340 member Clans of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs and Armigerous Clans and Families of Scotland.
www.CuriousFox.com - contact site for anybody researching family history, genealogy and local history. Every Scottish county, town and village has a page for family history, local history, surname and genealogy enquiries.
GOVERNMENT SITES
Dumfries and Galloway Council - home page.
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Carsphairn Heritage Group
Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES
Dumfries & Galloway Council - Archives Centre.
Dumfries & Galloway Council - museums service.
Dumfries & Galloway Council - Kirkcudbright library.
The Stewartry Museum - reflecting the human and natural history of the Stewartry (the eastern half of Galloway).
LOCAL WEBSITES
BUITTLE - parish homepage.
BUITTLE - parish baptisms 1736-1819 A-K ,
L-W
BUITTLE - parish marriages 1736-1854 in male names and female names
BUITTLE - parish valuations - 1642, 1803 ,
1844-45 ,
1855-56 ,
1898 ,
1932-33 ,
1959-60
BUITTLE - a list showing the Roman Catholic families resident in Buittle Parish in the year 1704. The return was made by Rev. William Tod, Presbyterian Minister of the parish.
BUITTLE - old parish records burials 1737-1854.
BUITTLE - parish 1841 census A-C ,
C-G ,
G-M ,
M-W &
Palnackie Village
BUITTLE - parish 1851 census A-K , &
K-W (including Palnackie Village).
BUITTLE - parish 1861 census A-H , &
I-W (including Palnackie Village).
BUITTLE - parish 1881 census A-K , &
L-W (including Palnackie Village).
BUITTLE - a list of surnames recorded on the grave stones in 1912, as well as comments on some of the people.
DALBEATTIE - town history.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - 1779-1799 Stent Rolls of Old Kirkcudbright Burgh. In order to raise sufficient funds for all their expenditure, the town council set their annual rates, or stent, listing the burghers who were required to make payment. These payments were based firstly on the rental value of the land and houses which they occupied, and secondly on their incomes. This 'income' tax was termed their 'Personal Stent', and only those able to pay were subject to this burden. Although therefore not all households in the burgh are listed, it is still of particular value to the genealogist as it gives the occupations of those listed.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - 1819 Valuation Roll of Old Kirkcudbright Parish.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - deaths recorded in Kirkcudbright 1826-1853.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - parochial board appeals 1848.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - a list of residents of the Kirkcudbright area taken from the Stewartry Directory of 1921-22.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - parish church history plus information about the church building.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT - poor house censuses of - 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.
LINCLUDEN - genealogical index to Chronicles Of Lincluden, published in Edinburgh by Adam & Charles Black 1886.
STEWARTY - gravestone inscriptions (fee based).
MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
Old Kirkcudbright maps - parish boundaries and 1850's ordnance survey maps.
Town Plan of Kirkcudbright - surveyed 1850.
Town Plan of Kirkcudbright - surveyed 1893.
www.old-maps.co.uk - provides access to Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive. Maps date from 1850's to 1870's.
www.multimap.com - excellent site offering free on-line current Ordnance Survey maps. Scales from 1:10,000 street-level maps up to 1:1,000,000 regional maps. Just enter the location required or click on the UK map to zoom in.
Windows Live Local - is a free web map server provided by Microsoft. It offers street maps and satellite imagery. A facinating way of looking at your ancestors home or locality.
National Library of Scotland - county maps 1560-1928, 18th Century military maps, town plans 1847-1895, Scottish marine charts 1580-1850 & Bathymetrical Survey maps of the fresh-water lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
MILITARY
URR Company Stewartry Kircudbright Volunteer Infantry 1808 - who volunteered their Services into the Local Militia 16 July 1808.
URR Militia List - 1802.
Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Dumfries & Galloway
Kirkcudbrightshire Roll of Honour
Military Maps of Scotland - during the Jacobite period in the 18th century, the Board of Ordnance made numerous maps and plans for the use of government troops.
War memorials Trust - provides a variety of links covering a broad range of military subject areas.
Glasgow & South Western Railway - names from WW1 war memorial at Ayr Station
NEWSPAPERS
The earliest newspaper that reported news and circulated in Kirkcudbrightshire was the Dumfries newspaper. The first Dumfries paper started in 1725. A personal name and subject index has been made of Dumfries newspapers from 1777 to 1925. The index covers the following papers; The Dumfries Weekly Journal, Dumfries Times, Dumfries Courier, and the Dumfries Standard. The index in book form is at Ewart Library and may be found in other libraries around the world. The newspapers on microfiche are at Ewart Library. The Kirkcudbrightshire advertiser and Galloway News which circulated in the county started in 1858. It can be found on microfiche in local archives. The Wigtown free press and Galloway advertiser which circulated in the county started in 1843. It can be found on microfiche in local archives.There is a personal name and subject index for this paper. For a listing of newspapers and periodicals in Kirkcudbrightshire and Galloway refer to 'The Waterloo directory of Scottish Newspapers and Periodicals'.
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 - Kirkcudbright Combination.
Ancient Valuation Roll - list of pre-1799 landowners.
GENUKI's pages for Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire Parish and Probate Records - includes baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists & wills.
Kirkcudbrightshire GenWeb - part of the British Isles GenWeb Project, created to help researchers find local resources and reference information.
Kirkcudbright Parish Registers - Deaths (includes surname, forename, address, age, cause)
1826-1828 ,
1829-30 ,
1831-33 ,
1834-38 ,
1839-40 ,
1843-44
& 1845-53.
Kirkcudbright Parochial Board Appeals 1848
Kircudbrightshire Post Office Directory of 1921-22
Kirkcudbright Burgh Stent Rolls -
1779 ,
1790 &
1806. Town council set their annual rates, or stent, with a list of the burghers who were required to make payment.
Pre-1799 Valuation - of Kirkcudbright, Galtway and Dunrod Parishes.
Old Kirkcudbright - helpful site with many online databases, such as extracts & articles, old images, letterheads, landowners, genealogy links, the Stewarty Museum and early maps.
Shipping Registers Database - includes shipping registers of Dumfries (1824 - 1904), Kirkcudbright (1824 - 1841), Stranraer (1824 - 1908) and Wigtown (1836 - 1920).
The Scottish Page - a number of lists, including local history society links, photos, local families, 1851 Dumfriesshire & Wigtownshire census.
Valuation Rolls - list of landowners & tenants for
1859 - 60 ,
1819 &
pre-1799.
Dumfries & Galloway Moumental Inscriptions - partially completed list of over 50 churchyards.
1851 Census - (2% sample) includes Balmaclelland, Girthon &, Kirkpatrick Durham.
1851 census - this project, to transcribe and key into computer the returns of the 1851 Census for all the parishes of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire, was begun in 1990 and undertaken by the Friends of the Archives of Dumfries and Galloway and other volunteers.
Dumfries & Galloway Council - Burial grounds.
IGI Batch Numbers for Kirkcudbright
Wikipedia online encyclopedia - most Scottish towns and villages have a page listing history and general information.
Gazetteer for Scotland - a vast geographical encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. Search via the search box, or click HERE for a search via maps.
Miscellaneous Dumfries and Galloway Graveyard Inscriptions
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