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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Court fight for a toilet indoors
« on: Sunday 01 August 21 20:03 BST (UK) »
Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court records are in the Stewartry museum in Kirkcudbright. Viewing by appointment.
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Wigtownshire / Re: School pupil nformation
« on: Thursday 27 May 21 19:50 BST (UK) »
Hi, Ewart Library catalogue is online
http://archives.dumgal.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl
Just had a quick look and only saw Kirkcolm records, but you can search under the parish.
http://archives.dumgal.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl
Just had a quick look and only saw Kirkcolm records, but you can search under the parish.
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Wigtownshire / Re: School pupil nformation
« on: Thursday 27 May 21 17:29 BST (UK) »
Don't know of any online resources for this. The Education act of 1872 meant that all children under 14 had to attend a school. Most likely it would be the parish school of the parish he lived in. The Ewart Library in Dumfries and the Library in Stranraer will be he first places to look, but not all of these records survive.
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Wigtownshire / Re: Helen Mary Drynan (née Smith) burial.
« on: Saturday 08 May 21 18:42 BST (UK) »
Hi, Penningham Old.
MI 321 (broken and fallen and only partly readable) Erected by A Drynan in memory of Helen Smith, his wife who died 26th Sept. 1861 aged 61 years. And Agnes, his daughter who died 10th April 1846 aged 15 years.
From DGFHS publication
MI 321 (broken and fallen and only partly readable) Erected by A Drynan in memory of Helen Smith, his wife who died 26th Sept. 1861 aged 61 years. And Agnes, his daughter who died 10th April 1846 aged 15 years.
From DGFHS publication
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Dumfriesshire / Re: Cemetery in Castlebank, Dumfries-shire
« on: Monday 18 January 21 09:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi, It certainly looks like St Michael/s. The link to the images is not working. I would suggest that you report that to Ancestry. Regarding the book, Memorials of St Michaels. This was written about 1880 and refers to the old graveyard at St Michael's church. Section D, could be the newer section behind the church or it could be in the Craigs Road cemetery. I think both have a section D.
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Dumfriesshire / Re: Cemetery in Castlebank, Dumfries-shire
« on: Sunday 17 January 21 22:14 GMT (UK) »
If you look at the Ancestry entry and then start going back, page by page, you will come to the beginning of the cemetery with a title page.
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Wigtownshire / Re: Cemetery Records - Stoneykirk/Kirkmaiden
« on: Friday 01 May 20 20:47 BST (UK) »
Hi the picture shown on the earlier post is Kirkmaiden Churchyard, not Stoneykirk.
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Dumfriesshire / Re: Opinion on Border Reivers as clans etc
« on: Sunday 26 April 20 10:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Forfarian, OK, I agree with your post. Maybe I was a bit hard on our American cousins.
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Dumfriesshire / Re: Opinion on Border Reivers as clans etc
« on: Sunday 26 April 20 09:54 BST (UK) »
I was at a meeting with an official of the Lyon office. One exchange went like this. In USA, if (for example) the Clan Armstong did not attend a Highland Games, the question might be asked "where are Clan Armstrong?". In Scotland, if Clan Armstrong were to attend games at Inverness, the question would be "Why are Clan Armstong here?" As I said earlier, bagpipes, kilts and clans were outlawed in 1746, only to be re-invented by their ancestors in USA.