Property records for Dumfriesshire

[tkgafs]

Hello,

Hopefully someone could point me in the right direction, where could I find details of who owned or lived in a farm around 1790-1815

I am particularly interested in Yetts farm which was a couple of miles south of Middlebie and about the same distance to the east of Ecclefechan.

Would I have to visit Dumfries or Edinburgh record offices or is their a source online

thanks 

Tkgafs

[harrywrag]

hi,
    dont know if this helps if you go to scotlands places and click on dumfies then click on horse tax 1797/8 then scroll list down to middlebie on the last page for middlebie (think there is 5) there is what looks like the name goe kennedy paying horse tax for yetts this may be the person you are looking for

[tkgafs]

thanks for this info, its the first official record I have seen that documents a George Kennedy living at Yetts

Does anyone know if Yetts farm still exists ?

Tkgafs

[RJ_Paton]

Have a read at this thread regarding Sasines (Scots property records)

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,26232.0.html

[khalliday181]

I assume it was the Kennedy family you were looking for based on your last post. I am pretty certain my family line, Halliday occupied that farm at some point. I would need to check my records though.

I posted a similar thread on the main Scotland board. I'm after information on a couple of farms; Newfieldbank and Alton/ Oldtown both in Moffat. I know my family line lived at them both i was trying to find out when they left/ moved in and details of the properties.

Other than the Sassines and valuation rolls i'm struggling as neither are online and i won't be making it to Scotland any time soon.

[harrywrag]

have you looked at scotlands places if you enter alton there is an alton cottage comes up at mofat and gives alternitive name as auldton for it.  (alton/ auldton)

[harrywrag]

if you go to www.scran and enter search term auldton you get a map roy map 1747-1755 it shows auldton on it moffat