Dumfries and Galloway libraries have copies of historic newspapers, mostly on microfiche, all held at the Ewart Library, Dumfries, with copies at some other local libraries. They also have many indexes to them.
- Galloway Gazette
- Wigtown Free Press
- microfiche, 1843 - date
- indexed, by person and subject, 1843 - 1925. Published in 4 vols, available from Dumfries & Galloway Libraries.
- Many other titles covering the wider Dumfries and Galloway region, many of them indexed.
- There used to be an online newspaper index covering newspapers from 2000 to date. This is now only available at the Ewart Library.
The Wigtownshire pages have an ongoing project to index all Birth, Marriage and Death notices from the Wigtown Free Press from 1843 onwards.
The British Newspaper Archive, also available available on findmypast.co.uk, has: the Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Jan. 1844 - Dec. 1860.
Historical editions of The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh, can be searched online for the period 1817 - 1950.
You can search the catalogue of the British Library to find details of the newspapers which have been published and which are held by the British Library.
The National Library of Scotland is the main repository for Scottish newspapers, although Dumfries and Galloway local libraries may provide easier access to copies. The National Library does, however, have an online guide to Scottish newspaper indexes.
There is a listing of current Scottish newspapers. Those of particular local interest in Wigtownshire include: The Galloway Gazette and The Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press.
The Edinburgh Gazette, the official newspaper of record, contains legal notices, insolvencies, estates fallen heir to the Crown, etc.
