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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.
1881 Census Index for entire County of Wigtown in
6 sets of fiche. .
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated,
Misc. Notes, Institutions.)
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.
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
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.
Royal Scots Fusiliers (1st
Foot) Militia Attestation 1887-1914
Majority of the men from Ayrshire, Lanark, Wigtownshire and
Renfrewshire.
(insert
CD 1110)
Scotland’s Royal Garrison
Artillery Militia Attestations Index
West Scotland 1873-1911.
Kirkcolm Free Church
Registers (887)
Baptisms 1843-1852
(Film Sct 29)
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)
Whithorn Associate
Congregation
Church (900)
Baptisms 1817, 1851-1860Marriages 1802-1829
(Film Sct 29)
Wigtown United Associate Congregation
(901)
Baptisms 1849-1862, Marriages 1849-1855
(Film Sct 29)
Wigtown Free Church Registers (901)
Baptisms 1844-1858, 1875-1876
The Register of Apprentices of the
City of Edinburgh 1583-1800
(Note: These Apprentices come from all parts of
Scotland)
(CD)
Historical Clock & Watchmakers
Index. UK-wide index
(CD)
Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement Lists
1851 PRO Catalogue No. BT 98 Note: The area designation relates to the ships’ Port of
Registration not the birthplace of the seaman. A seaman could
sign on anywhere and change ships at will, so if you do not find him
where expected try other areas.
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).
Abbreviations used: B. Burials,
C. Christenings/Baptisms, D. Deaths, M. Marriages.
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)
KirkcowanParish Register (888)
C. 1788-1819, 1820-1851
(Film Wig 1)
KirkinnerParish 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)
KirkmaidenParsh Register (890)
C. 1718-1780, M. 1699-1780, B. 1716-1780, C. 1779-1820.
(Film Wig 1)
PenninghameParish Register (895)
C. 1695-1819, M. 1695-1819, C. 1820-1854, M. 1820-1854
(Film Wig 2)
PortpatrickParish
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.
Wills before 1875 were proved in
Commissariot Courts. The areas covered by Commissariot Courts pre 1800
in Scotland relate to Church jurisdiction and not county borders so
more than one Court can cover a County.
The Commissariot Court of Edinburgh had
jurisdiction for the whole of Scotland and abroad and should also be
checked. These Testaments are for personal property only.
The Library has a complete set of Indexes for pre
1800 Commissariot Court Wills.
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)
(insertCD 131)
SCOTTISH CALENDAR OF
CONFIRMATIONS (of wills) 1876-1923.
(fiche)
BRITISH PROBATE CALENDAR.
1858-1898.
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”.)
1869 to 1876 inclusive.
(Film)
Register of Defuncts.
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.