Local archives and libraries include:
- Dumfries Archive Centre, now at the Ewart Library (also see entry in ARCHON)
- Ewart Library, Catherine Street, Dumfries DG1 1JB
- Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society at 9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries, DG2 9AF, Scotland.Telephone: 0044 1387 248093. For the past two years DGFHS have been working on a project to digitise all their Memorial Inscriptions publications into a database which can be searched against Family Names. This database is NOT online, but access is offered in two ways...
- Members may email DGHFS and request a search against five names and the research results are emailed back as an attachment in RTF format. (Members may request any number of further searches and these are placed in queue for attention later.)
- ALL visitors to our Dumfries Research Centre, whether members or not, are given access to the database and the results may be downloaded to floppy disc or flash memory cards. There is NO charge for the service. This is essentially a service to members who are unable to access our Research Centre. As a courtesy, non-members who email requests are offered a single search.
The project is still ongoing, currently the database contains: 89,318 individual burial inscriptions taken from 20,600 monuments in 169 graveyards; 4,500 different family names (including variations) are recorded. With the exception of the most recent surveys carried out by our members these are partial graveyard records.
Information on local libraries in the county can also be found in:
- SLAINTE web pages (Scottish Libraries Across the Internet).
Details of local archives and libraries can also be found in the source booklet published by the Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society. (see the Bibliography section below).
The Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Galleries site has a list of museums and art galleries in the region. Dumfries and Galloway Online provides similar information, as well as general tourist info.
