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| 1841 Census
1851 Census 1881 Census Transcription & Index Directories New |
Gazetteers
Parish Registers New |
| Glasserton (885) Inch (886) Kirkcolm (887) Kirkcowan (888) Kirkinner (889) Kirkmaiden (890) |
Leswalt (891) Mochrum (892) New Luce (893) Old Luce (894) Penninghame (895) Portpatrick (896) |
Sorbie (897) Stoneykirk (898) Stranraer (899) Whithorn (900) Wigtown (901) |
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| Glasserton (885) Inch (886) Kirkcolm (887) Kirkcowan (888) Kirkinner (889) Kirkmaiden (890) |
Leswalt (891) Mochrum (892) New Luce (893) Old Luce (894) Penninghame (895) Portpatrick (896) |
Sorbie (897) Stoneykirk (898) Stranraer (899) Whithorn (900) Wigtown (901) |
1861 CENSUS. |
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Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records and are filed in the Film cabinets under their Parish Numbers. |
| Glasserton (885) Inch (886) Kirkcolm (887) Kirkcowan (888) Kirkinner (889) Kirkmaiden (890) |
Leswalt (891) Mochrum (892) New Luce (893) Old Luce (894) Penninghame (895) Portpatrick (896) |
Sorbie (897) Stoneykirk (898) Stranraer (899) Whithorn (900) Wigtown (901) |
| Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers all of Scotland. For Wigtown, ships are listed in the following Registration Districts: - Kirkmaiden, Mochrum, Old Luce, Portpatrick, Sorbie, Stranraer, Whithorn and Wigtown. These entries are all listed on film 902. |
1861 CENSUS
INDEXES.
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| Index to the Marine Returns
for Scotland |
(fiche Sct 1E)
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| Glasserton (885) Inch (886) Kirkcolm (887) Kirkcowan (888) Kirkinner (889) Kirkmaiden (890) |
Leswalt (891) Mochrum (892) New Luce (893) Old Luce (894) Penninghame (895) Portpatrick (896) |
Sorbie (897) Stoneykirk (898) Stranraer (899) Whithorn (900) Wigtown (901) |
1891 CENSUS INDEX. |
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COURT
RECORDS.
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| Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822 Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds of court decisions involving people from all over Scotland. |
(CD) |
DIRECTORIES. |
| New | Directory of Wigtownshire
1820 (Newton Stewart, Stranraer & Wigtown) (Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection) |
(fiche
Wig 18) |
| New | Directory of Wigtownshire
1837 (Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection) |
(fiche
Wig 19) |
| Directory of Wigtownshire 1852 | (fiche Wig 1) | |
| New | Directory of Wigtownshire
1915 (Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection) |
(fiche
Wig 20) |
GAZETTEERS. |
| Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (6 volumes) together with additional material and indexes. |
(insert
CD 196) |
MAPS. |
| The collection of Maps held in the library is in paper format, and will be found in either the Maps Stands or on top of the film cabinets in Map holders. |
| Civil Parishes and Counties of Scotland showing Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records held in Edinburgh and available Worldwide on microfilm for the Counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown. |
| Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for
Scotland |
MILITARY RECORDS. |
| Over the centuries Scots men
and women served in the British Army, both in Regiments formed in their
native Scotland and those formed elsewhere. The library has a
large
collection of Army records, details of which can be found in the
English
Records Catalogue of Microfiche, Microfilm and CDs. |
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| Royal Scots Fusiliers (1st
Foot) Militia Attestation 1887-1914 Majority of the men from Ayrshire, Lanark, Wigtownshire and Renfrewshire. |
(insert
CD 1110)
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| Scotland’s Royal Garrison
Artillery Militia Attestations Index West Scotland 1873-1911. |
(insert
CD 1109)
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| Wigtown Free
Press, INDEX, Vol. 1, Personal Names, 1843-1880. |
(fiche WIG 2-6)
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| Wigtown Free Press, INDEX, Vol. 2, Personal Names, 1881-1914. |
(fiche WIG 7-11)
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| Wigtown Free Press,
INDEX, Vol. 3, Personal Names, 1915-1925 |
(fiche WIG 12-17)
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| Kirkcolm Free Church
Registers (887) Baptisms 1843-1852 |
(Film Sct 29)
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| Kirkcolm Free Church Records Kirkcolm Free Church, United Free, Kirkcolm & Leswalt Church of Scotland (Ervie): Session Minutes 1849-1865 which include:- Register of Births & Baptisms 1843-1853 Communion Rolls 1844, 1854-1855 Session Minutes 1865-1877 |
(Film Wig 3)
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| Whithorn Associate
Congregation
Church (900) Baptisms 1817, 1851-1860Marriages 1802-1829 |
(Film Sct 29)
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| Wigtown United Associate Congregation
(901) Baptisms 1849-1862, Marriages 1849-1855 |
(Film Sct 29)
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| Wigtown Free Church Registers (901) Baptisms 1844-1858, 1875-1876 |
(Film Sct 29)
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OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS. |
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Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements. 1863-1913 (CLIP) |
(CD) |
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The Register of Apprentices of the
City of Edinburgh 1583-1800 |
(CD) |
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Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index. UK-wide index |
(CD) |
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Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement Lists
1851 PRO Catalogue No. BT 98 The files include a Master Surname Index to Lists published to date. Areas covered are:-Aberdeen, Angus,
Cornwall, Lanark, Renfrew, Scotland South- East, Scotland South-West,
Highlands & Islands, Wales, Ireland North (Ulster), Ireland
Mid & East (Leinster) Ireland South &West (Munster &
Connaught). |
(CD)
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PARISH REGISTERS. |
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| Kirkcolm Parish
Register. (887) C. 1779-1820, M. 1791-1820, B. 1796-1819, C. 1820-1854, M. 1820-1854, B. 1820-1854 |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Kirkcowan Parish Register (888) C. 1788-1819, 1820-1851 |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Kirkinner Parish Register
. (889) C. 1694-1819, M. 1694-1819. C. 1818-1854, M. 1818-1854 Copy Extract of the Minute to the Kirk Session of Kirkinne as according to the sufferings of the Wigtown Martyrs. |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Kirkmaiden Parsh Register (890) C. 1718-1780, M. 1699-1780, B. 1716-1780, C. 1779-1820. |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Penninghame Parish Register (895) C. 1695-1819, M. 1695-1819, C. 1820-1854, M. 1820-1854 |
(Film Wig 2)
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| Portpatrick Parish
Register. (896) C. 1720-1819, M. 1720-1819, B. 1783-1818 (incomplete run of dates) C. 1820-1854 Index to Christenings 1853 Register of Neglected Entries M. 1820-1854. |
(Film Wig 2)
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| New |
Portpatrick Parish
Register. (896) Baptisms & Marriages 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entires |
(Film Wig
6) |
| New |
Sorbie Parish Register
(897)
Baptisms 1700-1819 |
(Film Wig 6) |
| New | Stoneykirk Parish Register (898) Baptisms 1744-1854 Marriages 1744-1854 Burials 1778-1797, 1839-1854 Neglected Birth Entry 1830 |
(Film Wig 6) |
| Stranraer Parish Register
(899) Baptisms 1695-1819 Register of Proclamations & Marriages 1712-1819 Baptisms 1820-1854 Marriages 1819-1853 Deaths (2 entries) 1847-1850 Births & Baptisms Index 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entries |
(Film Wig 4)
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| Whithorn Parish Register (900) Baptisms 1712-1819 Marriages 1715-1821 Baptisms 1819-1854 Register of Births Marriages 1820-1854 |
(Film Wig 4)
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| Register of Testaments –
Pre 1800 The Commissariot of Wigtown covers the County of Wigtown. |
(fiche
T48) |
| Land was covered by
separate laws and is covered by the records detailed in: The Service of Heirs Index The Retours of Services of Heirs index. |
(insert CD 130) (insert CD 131) |
| SCOTTISH CALENDAR OF CONFIRMATIONS (of wills) 1876-1923. | (fiche) |
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BRITISH PROBATE CALENDAR.
1858-1898.
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| Contains English and Welsh Wills and
Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish entries. Entries can
also be found from around the world and from deaths many years
earlier.
Where a Scottish testator also held property in
England, for the years listed below, wills were also proved
in London , and indexes to these are found at
the end of the films listing English probate (on the last film for each
year after the letter “Z”.) |
(Film)
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| Register of Defuncts. |
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| Index to the Inventories of the Personal
Estates of Defuncts recorded in the Commissary Court Books of
Ayr, Berwick, Dumfries, Kircudbright, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk
& Wigtown from 1846-1867, plus an Addenda. |
(Film Sct 2)
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