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Kirkcudbrightshire Genealogy

 
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"Kirkcudbrightshire, maritime co. in S. of Scotland; is bounded NW. by Ayrshire, NE. by Dumfriesshire, SE. by the Solway Firth, and SW. by Wigtownshire; greatest length, NW. and SE., 46 miles; greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 31 miles; 574,587 ac., pop. 42,127. Kirkcudbrightshire is also known as the "Stewartry of Kirkcudbright" and "East Galloway." The coast line, which extends, in semicircular form, from the head of Wigtown Bay to the mouth of the Nith, a distance of 45 miles, is in general bold and precipitous, but is broken by the estuaries of the Nith, the Urr, the Dee, the Fleet, and the Cree, which form natural harbours, the principal seaports being Kirkcudbright, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, and Creetown."
from The New London Gazetteer 1826
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800 Million Name UK Database
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Kirkcudbrightshire Parish Registers
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parish registers, tax lists, wills from the early 1500s to the mid- to late-1800s
War Memorials
Roll-of-Honour - Kirkcudbrightshire
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General Register for Scotland - Scotlands People Database
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Scottish Historical Records Database Search
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Cemeteries
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Censuses
FreeCen - Kirkcudbrightshire
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 
 


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