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Does anyone have access to a Kirkcudbright or Southwest phone book? Or does anyone know if it exsists on the Net?  Am trying to find distant relatives in these areas but with the new technology of cell phones this seems to be a growing problems.  Any suggestiions?

Jody

I sure will. I was surprised to learn from their site that the current "on again off again" mail strikes in the UK won't effect international mail.  I find this hard to believe as I am still waiting for photo copies from three weeks ago when I was the West Register House in Edinburgh and am still waiting for my grades from last semester from the Archival program I am enrolled in at the University of Dundee plus some info from the historical society in Dumfries Scotland.  Hope it won't take too long.

Jody

Thank you for the site, I'll check it out. I am a bit used to dificult sites as the National Archives for Scotland is sort of the same way, great info when you actually get to it.

Jody

I can understand the frustration, I have both the names of my two ancestors parents, but still I can't find my ancestors birth records in the oprs. Nor can I find a marriage of my gggrandmother in Scotland or the US.  Sites like Scotland People are great when you can find what you are looking for but I know they don't have all the records. I was in Scotland in 1994 and found opr records, ( I have the copies) that don't appear in Scotland People online. No one in Scotland told me how that could be. 

This past month I was in Edinburgh using the virtual library for kirk session records and here was one parish I couldn't find the CH# for, nor could the person there to help. They were so sure I had the name wrong but I didn't.  Sometimes it is a crap shoot.

Jody