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FAMILY NAMES
Borders Family History Society
Selkirkshire Surnames List
Border Reivers - 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.
GOVERNMENT SITES
Scottish Borders Council
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Scottish Borders Heritage - official web site of the Archaeology and Countryside Service of Scottish Borders Council offering aspects of the history and heritage of the Scottish Borders.
Old Gala Club - Galashiels and District Local History Society.
GALASHIELS - history.
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES
Familia - directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings.
Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre - based at Selkirk. Includes archives and collections, newspapers, family history and postal research.
Scottish Borders Council - libraries.
LOCAL WEBSITES
ASHKIRK - churchyard list of surnames.
ETTRICK - kirkyard ist of surnames.
ROBERTSON - Borthwick Wa's churchyard, list of surnames.
ROBERTSON - parish burial ground, list of surnames.
SELKIRK - census of 1817.
SELKIRK - deaths 1874.
YARROW - churchyard list of surnames.
YARROW - St Mary's Kirkyard list of surnames.
MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
GALASHIELS - town plan surveyed 1858.
SELKIRK - town plan surveyed 1865.
MILITARY
Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Borders & Lothian
Selkirkshire Roll of Honour
NEWSPAPERS
Tweeddale Press - produces The Berwick Advertiser, Berwickshire News, The Southern Reporter, Hawick News & Selkirk Weekend Advertiser.
The Berwick Advertiser
The Border Telegraph
The Selkirk Advertiser
OTHER BITS AND PIECES
Poorhouses in Scotland - Galashiels Combination.
Ancient Lothian - the website dedicated to the historic and prehistoric cultures of South-East Scotland.
GENUKI's pages for Selkirkshire
Selkirkshire GenWeb - part of the British Isles GenWeb Project created to help researchers find local resources and reference information.
UK FreeCEN Project - Selkirkshire 1841 Census Project status page.
IGI Batch Numbers for Selkirk
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