***LINKS to Dumfriesshire Resources***

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Some links to Dumfriesshire resources to aid research:

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Archives

• Local Studies, Archives and Family History - www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2297 and also www.dgcommunity.net/DGCommunity/Services.aspx?id=6
• See also - www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/gazetteer/county-Dumfries.htm

Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Some guides here on RootsChat to help you:

• Where to start with Scottish Research? - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html
• Getting the best out of Scotlands People - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,562668.0.html
• The Scottish Way of Birth and Death...(1855-1939)  www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,578172.0.html

Burials and Monumental Inscriptions

• MIs for a large number of cemeteries - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scottish/D-GInscriptions.html
• General photographs of churchyards and graveyards - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dfsgal/index.htm
• Historic Churches and Churchyards, Dumfries & Galloway - www.historicchurchyards.co.uk/historic-info
• A wide selection of Monumental Inscription Booklets (MIs) available to purchase directly from the Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society - www.dgfhs.org.uk/publications.asp
• Memorials of Sanquhar Kirkyardyard - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cdobie/sanquhar.htm#18th

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Census

A number of sources for census information (some free and some paid for):

• FreeCen https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl has now excellent coverage of the earlier censuses, 100% coverage of the 1841 & 1861 census for Dumfriesshire , check here for updates www.freecen.org.uk/statistics.html). These are transcripts compiled by volunteers.
• Original images for the 1841 - 1911 censuses are only available from the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• For the 1851 census, there are two main free sources:  www.dgcommunity.net/historicalindexes/default.aspx and www.maxwellancestry.com/census/default.htm
• Maxwell Ancestry, linked above, also give access to the 1841 and 1861, check with the site for coverage
• Researchers often look to what may be available before the start of the censuses as we know them, from 1841. This provides an excellent summary of what is available across the whole of Scotland and locations of archive documents or material - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Scottish_Population_Listings_Pre1841.pdf

Family History Groups and Societies

• Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society - www.dgfhs.org.uk/
• Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society - www.dgnhas.org.uk/index.php

History and General information

• Dumfriesshire GENUKI pages - www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/DFS/
• Dumfriesshire familysearch.wiki pages - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Dumfriesshire,_Scotland and https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Dumfriesshire
• Dumfriesshire Wikipedia pages - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkcudbrightshire
• Dumfriesshire and Galloway Historical Indexes. Varied selection of databases -
  http://info.dumgal.gov.uk/HistoricalIndexes/

Images and Photograph Archives and Collections

• Dumfries and Galloway : Through the Lens. Over 7,000 images - www.dgttl.co.uk/
• National Library of Scotland - Scottish Screen Archives - http://ssa.nls.uk/search.cfm?search_mode=Browse&sid=03.01&location=12|Dumfriesshire
• The George Washington Wilson Collection of Photographs - Dumfriesshire - www.rootschat.com/links/0p35/  Main index for the Collection for Scotland www.rootschat.com/links/0o7x/
• The Geograph Britain and Ireland project has a growing collection of photographs - www.geograph.org.uk
• A collection of photos and postcards also here - www.flickr.com/photos/maxwellancestry/collections/72157629234570607/

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Maps

• County maps of Scotland - www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
• Parish Map - www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-dumfries.htm
• National Library of Scotland maps - http://maps.nls.uk/towns/#dumfries and http://maps.nls.uk/os/index.html
• Further maps here - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/dfs.htm
• Further collection of maps from here - www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx?pubid=270
• Great new (modern) mapping site, 'Where's the Path?' - Free Ordnance Survey Mapping side by side with Google Aerial Imagery. Just insert place name on the l/h side box at the top, the select a place http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm Great mapping site for those more remote places! Also covers more populated areas. 

Miscellaneous

• Scottish Post Office directories  www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office  New release of later directories here http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Ascottishdirectories&sort=-publicdate
• Museums in Dumfries and Galloway - www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/frames.html
• Names (people and places) on the John Wood Maps for Dumfries & Galloway and within the Pigot and Slater Directories - http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/woodpigot.php
• Traditions of a Gretna Green Wedding - www.gretnagreen.com/traditions-of-a-gretna-green-wedding-a742

Newspapers

• A guide to Scottish Newspaper Indexes by the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/collections/newspapers/indexes/index.cfm
• Growing resource for the UK, pay to view. Some general info available from the general search index info - www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

Workhouses

• Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses - Dumfriesshire. There were three locations Upper Nithsdale, Kirkpatrick Fleming and Dumfries

Upper Nithsdale
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/UpperNithsdale

Kirkpatrick Fleming
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kirkpatrick

Dumfries
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Dumfries

• A list of poor rolls, registers of poor, volumes of poor relief applications and various other records containing lists of paupers for parishes in Scotland. A great summary of what is actually available by parish and where to look for the records that remain - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Records_of_the_Scottish_Poor.pdf