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Useful Wigtownshire Links

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General Genealogy

Rootsweb

• all of its resources : https://sites.rootsweb.com
• find a mailing list or search a mailing list archive : http://lists.rootsweb.com/index.html
• search the SCT-Wigtownshire-L archives: https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/cgi-bin/search?path=SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE
• browse the Sct-Wigtownshire mailing list archives: https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/index/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE/
• how to subscribe & unsubscribe from the Sct-Wigtownshire list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/legacy/intl/SCT/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE.html
• Find family geographical origins etc. in UK or in USA: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=x

Cyndi's List

• Main index: http://www.cyndislist.com/
• Scotland index: http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm

LDS Family Search and associated sites

• Home page: http://www.familysearch.org/
• D. Will's Index to LDS film numbers for Scottish parishes, Old Parish Registers and Censuses: http://www.ktb.net/~dwills/scotref/13300-scottishreference.htm
• Hugh Wallis' IGI Batch Numbers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm
• Archer Software's Index to IGI data: http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/index.htm

Genuki : UK & Irish Genealogy

• Home page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/
• Scotland: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
• PRONI -- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Copies of will books 1858-1900 & through 1943 online. http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm/
• Wigtownshire specific: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WIG/
• Irish Migration and Other Records: DIPPAM - Documentation for Ireland's Parliament, People and Migration: http://www.dippam.ac.uk

FreeBMD

• Free searchable index of Civil Registration births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

FreeCen

• FreeCen - in progress transcription of UK census : (1841 and 1851 Wigtownshire are complete) http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
• Scottish FreeCen census project https://sites.rootsweb.com/~sctfc/
• Wigtownshire-specific introduction to the FreeCen census project https://sites.rootsweb.com/~sctwigfc/

Scotland

• Visit Scotland : http://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-map/dumfries-galloway/
• Scotlandspeople : http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
• Scotlandsplaces : http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
• Scotlandsimages : http://www.scotlandsimages.com/
• Photographs of the UK - Map based - Many of Wigtownshire: http://www.geograph.org.uk/
• Scots Origins : http://www.scotsorigins.com/
• National Archives of Scotland (formerly the SRO - Scottish Record Office) : http://www.nas.gov.uk/
• Genuki's Intro to Scottish Family History : http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/intro.html#bmd
• Scottish Genealogy Society : http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/
• Rampant Scotland : http://www.rampantscotland.com/genealogy.htm
• Electric Scotlandhttp://www.electricscotland.com/
• Statistical Accounts of Scotland : http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/
• Ancestral Scotland : http://www.ancestralscotland.com/
• Scottish Food in History and Today : http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/scottishfood/
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
• The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/psas/
• Scottish Archive Network: http://www.scan.org.uk/
• Digital Materials for Scottish History and Culture(SCRAN) : http://www.SCRAN.ac.uk/
• Wigtownshire publications, including useful booklets of monumental inscriptions : http://www.dgfhs.org.uk/publications.asp/
• Voices, Accents and Conversations: Wigtown, Scotland and UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/
     and also visit www.ayecan.com : http://www.ayecan.com
• Gazetteer for Scotland : http://www.scottish_places.info/
• Kirkcudbrightshire BMD, Kirkyards, etc. : http://www.kirkyards.co.uk/index.asp

Wigtownshire

• Scotlandsplaces - Wigtownshire : http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/index.php?action=do_search&p_type=COUNTY&p_name=Wigtownshire&id=33
• FreeCen - a Wigtownshire-specific introduction to the FreeCen census project https://sites.rootsweb.com/~sctwigfc/
• Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society : http://www.dgfhs.org.uk/
• Genuki Wigtownshire : http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WIG/
• Wigtownshire 1684 Parish Lists [also available on this site]: http://www.archive.org/details/parishlistsofwig72scot/
• Wigtownshire 1695 Hearth Tax Lists: http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2786/1/2009KerrMPhil.pdf
• 1797-8 Horse Tax Lists (Wigtownshire - Volume 12): http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/resources/
• M'Kerlie's Land and Landowners in Galloway 1906 edition, Vol. 1: http://www.archive.org/details/historylandsand00mackgoog
• M'Kerlie's Land and Landowners in Galloway 1906 edition, Vol. 2: http://www.archive.org/details/historylandsand01mackgoog
• County Surnames Lookup : http://www.uk-surnames.com
• The Scottish Page; Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/
• Kirkyard Memorial Inscriptions in Dumfries & Galloway : http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/D-GInscriptions.html
• Photos of Churches and Graveyards in Dumfries & Galloway : http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dfsgal/
• Statistical Accounts for Scotland (1791-1799 & 1845) : http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/
• Tour of Dumfries and Galloway in Photographs : http://www.dumfriesandgalloway.co.uk/gallery/
• Wigtown Trade Directory for 1912 : http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/TradeDirectory1912.html
• Dumfries & Galloway Museums & Galleries : http://www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/frames.html
• Machars Action : http://www.macharsaction.co.uk
• Wigtownshire photos : http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/WigtownPhotos.html
• Dumfries and Galloway: Towns & Villages : http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/sights/towns.htm
• D&G Council Information Service, 1851 census: http://www.dgcommunity.net/historicalindexes/census.aspx
• D&G Council Information, Shipping Registers: http://www.dgcommunity.net/historicalindexes/shipping.aspx
• 2% sampling of the 1851 Census (Sorbie) : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~agene/census/wigsorbie.htm
• Population of Scotland : http://www.ancestor.abel.co.uk/county2.html#c33
• 1831 British Census Results Transcribed : http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/cen1831.htm
• Mull of Galloway & South Rhins : http://www.mull-of-galloway.co.uk/
• South Rhins Community Development Trust: http://www.mull-of-galloway.co.uk/srcdt
• GC Book Publishers : http://www.gcbooks.co.uk
• Newton Stewart: http://www.newtonstewart.org/attractions.htm
• Newton Stewart Museum: http://www.aboutbritain.com/NewtonStewartMuseum.htm
• Newton Stewart Museum: http://www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/newstew.html
• Undiscovered Newton Stewart: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newtonstewart/newtonstewart/
• Wigtownshire People (with many photgraphs): https://www.facebook.com/wigtownshirespeople/
• Undiscovered Wigtown: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wigtown/wigtown/
• Stranraer Area: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/areastrn/index.html
• Wigtown Scotland's National Book Town: http://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/
• Parish of Inch, 1760 Subscription List: http://wyrdswell.co.uk/ancestors/Additional/Inch%20bell%20subscription%20list.pdf/
• Portpatrick: http://www.portpatrick.co.uk/
• Recorded Songs and Memories from Wigtownshire: [Click on a parish from either listing below -
  Glasserton, Kirkinner, Kirkmaiden, Mochrum, Portpatrick and Whithorn are represented]:
  http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/ http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/parishes

Map and Telephone Sources

• National Library of Scotland : http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/index.html/
• Genmaps : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.co m/~genmaps/
• Ordnance Survey Maps : http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
• Additions to Ordnance Survey Maps : http://maps.nls.uk/additions.html/
• Genuki and other maps - Wigtown Area Overview : http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/placemaps?GR=NX432552
• Old Ordnance Survey Maps : http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/index.htm
• Multimap (now Bing maps): http://www.bing.com/maps/
• Other maps: http://www.opencyclemap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/
• UK Google Maps : Maps of Wigtownshire
• Listing of UK Phone Nos. : http://www.infobel.co.uk/

Family History Societies

We encourage those interested in Wigtownshire genealogy to browse these sites, and consider joining one or more of these helpful Societies.

• The Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society : http://www.dgfhs.org.uk/
• Alloway & Southern Ayrshire : http://www.asafhs.co.uk
• Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History : http://www.gwsfhs.org.uk/ Society
• Troon and District Family History Society : http://www.troonayrshirefhs.org.uk/
• North of Ireland Family History Society : http://www.nifhs.org/

Ranks, Professions, and Trades

• Scotlands People Glossary (Help & Resources > Research Tools) : http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r551&430
• ScotsFamily Occupations : http://scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm

Archaic Medical Terms

• http://olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/disease.shtml
• Scotlands People Glossary (Help & Resources > Research Tools) : http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r551&430

Currency

• current value of old money: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
• how much is that worth today? : http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/poundq.php

Overseas Stamp Suppliers

An IRC, or international reply coupon, is one way to pay in advance for the return postage on a letter from another country back to your home. These are available (officially) from post offices world-wide. However, in practice, they may be difficult to find and are quite expensive. It is cheaper to order foreign stamps from specialist dealers, and use them to frank a self-addressed return envelope that you send as an enclosure to your correspondent. As such suppliers in the USA we know of William Plum, 12 Glenn Road, Flemington NJ 08822-3322, whose service is extensively used by amateur radio operators internationally, and a website offering similar services is http://www.airmailpostage.com/ We do not have details of any similar suppliers in other countries.

Post Offices are almost never able to help with stamps of other countries.

• United States Postal Service : http://usps.com/
• British Royal Mail : http://www.royalmail.com/
• CanadaPost : http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/
• Australian Post Office : http://www.2.auspost.com.au/stamps/personal/stamps-and-collectables.html

Miscellaneous

• Naming patterns :http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/ScottishNamingPatterns.html
• Name distribution, by map, in Great Britain : http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=x
• Dictionary of the Scots Language :http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html
• Glossary of Archaic terms : http://pro.wanadoo.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/glossary.htm
• Abbreviations : https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html
• Australian Passenger & Crew Lists 1788-1968: http://www.blaxland.com/ozships
• Australian Newspapers, by State: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/
• County Clerks across USA : http://www.county-clerks.com/
• Birth year calculator : http://www.wdbj.net/gen/birthyear/cenindx.html

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Rob, The Mundesley Hermit, for our photo of Wigtown in 1895

Sct-Wigtownshire Member's Web Sites

• Elliott Evans Genealogy : http://freepages.genealogy. rootsweb.com/~leighann/index.html
• Wayne Hannay's personal site : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wghannay/
• McNairn Family Resources : http://jamcnairn.com/mcnairn/

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