DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY DIRECTORY GROUPS AND SOCIETIES MUSEUMS WEBSITES
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Cumbria Archives Service
a Carlisle Archive Centre, Lady Gillford’s House, Petteril Bank Road, Carlisle CA1 3AJ
t 01228 227284 e carlisle.archives@cumbria.gov. uk
w cumbria.gov.uk/archives
Check Cumbria Archives if you think your ancestors had links across the border. The service also has archive centres in Barrow, Kendal and Whitehaven.
Dumfries And Galloway Archives
a Ewart Library, Catherine Street, Dumfries DG1 1JB
t 01387 260285 e barchive@dumgal.gov.uk
w dumgal.gov.uk/article/15308/
Local-archives
The archive is located in one of the four local libraries in Dumfries, where it looks after the records of Dumfries and Galloway Council and its predecessors (from 1425), the local health board and its predecessors (from 1775), and archives dating back to 1418. Online resources include indexes at https://info.dumgal. gov.uk/HistoricalIndexes and a catalogue at bit.ly/daga-cat.
Local Libraries
w dumgal.gov.uk/article/15306/
Local-libraries
This web page details libraries from across the county, from Annan and Castle Douglas, to Gretna and Wigtown.
Scottish Borders Heritage Hub
a Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 0AE
t 01450 360699 e localhistory@liveborders1.org. uk
w liveborders.org.uk/culture/
archives/heritage-hub
The hub is the home of the Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Service, and a
ScotlandsPeople Centre. Search its holdings at http://www2.calm view.co.uk/HUBCAT/CalmView.
Borders Family History Society
a Archive and Search Room, 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels TD1 1DP w bordersfhs.org.uk
The society covers neighbouring border counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire.
Dumfries And Galloway Family History Society
a Research Centre, 9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries DG2 9AF
t 01387 248093 e researchcentre@dgfhs.org.uk
w dgfhs.org.uk
Useful features of the society’s website include the GPS locations of 240 graveyards, parish maps ( dgfhs.org.uk/resources/maps),
lists of Old Parish Registers for the three counties, a searchable Newsletter Index, and a Pedigree Chart Surname Index ( dgfhs. org.uk/pedigree-chart-surnameindex) – anyone can search the index, but only members can request information from it.
Dumfriesshire And Galloway Natural History And Antiquarian Society
w dgnhas.org.uk
This group was founded in 1862. The contents of its journal
Transactions are listed at dgnhas. org.uk/tdgnhas_contents.
Dumfries Museum And Camera Obscura
a The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries DG2 7SW
t 01387 253374 e dumfriesmuseum@dumgal. gov.uk
w dgculture.co.uk/venue/
dumfries-museum
Artefacts at the museum include stone carvings by Scotland’s first Christians, and everyday items from the Victorian farm, workshop and home. You can also visit a camera obscura located on the top floor of the windmill tower, which has been in continuous operation since 1836.
Robert Burns House
a Burns Street, Dumfries DG1 2PS
t 01387 255297 e dumfriesmuseum@dumgal. gov.uk
w dgculture.co.uk/venue/
robert-burns-house
Visit the simple sandstone house where Scotland’s national poet spent the last years of his life.
Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum
a High Street, Sanquhar DG4 6BN
t 01659 50186 e dumfriesmuseum@dumgal. gov.uk
w dgculture.co.uk/venue/
sanquhar-tolbooth-museum Discover the knitting tradition in Sanquhar, and find out more about the mines and miners of Sanquhar and Kirkconnel.
Ancestry
w search.ancestry.co.uk/search/
db.aspx?dbid=1636 Ancestry has marriage registers from Gretna Green (1794–1895).
Dumfries And Galloway Churches
w homepages.rootsweb.
com/~dfsgal
This listing of churches and graveyards has many photos.
Gatehouse Folk
w gatehouse-folk.org.uk
View historical information and photographs associated with Gatehouse of Fleet, and the parishes of Girthon and Anwoth in Kirkcudbrightshire.
Kirdcudbright.co
w kirkcudbright.co
This site about Kirkcudbrightshire includes searchable death and marriage notices published in local newspapers.
ScotlandsPeople
w scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish government’s official site for genealogical records and archives includes census material; wills; statutory births, marriages and deaths; Old Parish Registers; Roman Catholic records; and valuation rolls.