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| 1841 Census
1851 Census |
Gazetteers
Military
New Newspapers
New Parish Registers New
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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) |
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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. |
| Directory of Wigtownshire 1852 |
(fiche Wig 1)
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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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OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS. |
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Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements. 1863-1913 (CLIP) |
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The Register of Apprentices of the City
of Edinburgh 1583-1800 |
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Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index. UK-wide index |
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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
P.R. (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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| 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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| Kirkcowan P.R. (888) C. 1788-1819, 1820-1851 |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Kirkinner P.R. (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 P.R. (890) C. 1718-1780, M. 1699-1780, B. 1716-1780, C. 1779-1820. |
(Film Wig 1)
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| Penninghame P.R. (895) C. 1695-1819, M. 1695-1819, C. 1820-1854, M. 1820-1854 |
(Film Wig 2)
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| Portpatrick P.R. (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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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 820-1854 |
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. See Guide.
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”.) |
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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. |
(FilmSct 2)
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