In doing my genealogy I have discovered that my Gr. Uncle Walter Mundell died at D.G. Sanatorium in Lockmaben in 1941. What kind of Sanatorium was it? Thank you Michelle

I run a one-name study into Scoon and variants. I've recently been revisiting my records on the Canonbie area and noticed a recent intimation of updates to the England and Scotland, Select Cemetery Re

Hi all i joined the group today after researching my family tree shortly after the pandemic started and we were locked down (in Saudi Arabia in my case, where I work). I've done fairly well using "Fin

Hello I joined this group a few weeks ago, and sent a message introducing myself but as far as I can tell it was never sent to the group, so I am trying again. I am descended directly from Isobel HAIR

For information can I suggest you visit Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society at www.dgfhs.org.uk. In addition to searchable databases of Graveyards and Old Parish Registers they also have an i

I am seeking out burials for ancestors of mine . I already have my great great grandfather Timothy Rae 1858 Annan 1916 Carlisle buried in Annan Cemetery with his mother Margaret Graham 1825 Stapleton

Hello, I hope to find more information about my Scottish roots... My 4xG grandfatherWilliam Muirhead B1774 in Glencairn Married Mary Williamson. His son John B1816 married Isabella Rankine B1814 in Gl

Hello Listers - I am trying to trace information about Walter Scott McLachlan and Elizabeth Janet Smith who married in Dumfries in 1935. Walter died in 1986 and Elizabeth in 2006. Does anybody know ab

I found a paragraph in the local paper DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY SATURDAY STANDARD, DECEMBER 12, 1874. ANWOTH SCHOOL BOARD. This board met on the 4th inst ….a letter from board of education sanctioning th

Hi all, Further to the thread I started regarding my grate grate grandfather, David Shannon, I passed on the information I gained to my father, however, there is one issue we would like to resolve reg

Where can I find info about Dumfries Academy in about 1830. My GGGrandfather ,. Robert Lindsay Milligan Gregory, went there. I have tried to find info but no luck. Rosemary

David, This is why these Groups are set up, to discuss genealogy/family history. What if it was a person in your family, wouldn't you like to know the ins and outs? I would like to ask where you CARNE

At the foot of every email from this group is a link which will unsubscribe you if you click it. Irene ThusUnsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/dumfriesandgallowaygenealogy/leave/defanged [lowlandscot@...

Allison -- you've just proved your point! I'm directly descended from Russells in Dumfries. John Russell m. Elizabeth Murdoch. Their daughter, Mary Isabella Russell was b. c. 1813 and is one of my g-g

> > Thanks Jenny. I have been doing genealogy for 30 plus years. This latest influx from two people, surely learners, has filled my in basket to overflowing. > > My lineage is Dumfriesshire, AYR, LKS

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help myself and my father ascertain the following information regarding his Great grate Grandfather. I’ve attached the data we have on the ancestral quest program, but I

Far far too many messages from two people who use it as their personal message centre. Please remove me from the list. Dave

Hello, I am researching John McWilliams, merchant b. c. 1660 in Dumfrieshire. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1719. While he had married Rose Budd of New Jersey, they had no children. John Mc

Find a Grave has the following MI: "IN MEMORY OF JOHN MILLIGAN Esqr of Barmoffity, who died 28th June 1863 aged 68 Years. Also ANN AGNEW, His Wife, who died 19th March 1864 aged 80 Years" from the Kir

Hello All, I am recording some information that I received from records about my Grierson family line and I do not understand some of it. I typed in red the part I would love someone to explain what t