James Williams
The Bell Family in Dumfriesshire by James Steuart, Vol 2 of The Records of the Western Marches series, Scotpress, Morgantown, WV26505, USA. A Review
Genealogy, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 187(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Review of a reprint of James Steuart's 'The Bell Family in Dumfriesshire' which was orginally published in 1932 as Vol. 2 of the 'Records of the Western Marches' series of this Society. Provides full accounts of all the major branches of the Bell Family i
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R.H. Campbell
Autism in History: the Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue, Rab Houstan and Una Frith, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000. A Review
Recent, Recent (Social), Genealogy, Anthropology, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 187(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Review of 'Autism in History: the case of Hugh Blair of Borgue' - quotes voluminous evidence of a cross-section of People from Borgue who were cited to help a jury decide whether Blair was mentally incapable of giving informed assent to his marriage to th
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A.E. Truckell
The Stewartrie of Kirkcudbright Court Minutes 1670 and 1684
Genealogy, Recent, Recent (Social)
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 181(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Full transcripts are provided of two Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Stewart Court Minutes. The earliest is dated March 1670 and took place at Dalbeattie and relates to an area from the western side of Kirkbean Parish (Torrorie), Preston, Mersehead in Southwic
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K.H. Dobie
The Dumfries Sillar Gun
History, Parish History, Recent, Recent (Social), Antiquarian
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 177(1.92 MB)
Abstract
A revised assessment of the status of the Dumfries Sillar Gun which was gifted to the Dumfries Incorporated Trades in 1617 by James VI. The Trades held a royal injunction to assemble in military array and shoot for the trophy once a year and to encourage
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James Williams
Note on the Indexing of the Customs and Excise Transcript
Recent, Recent (Social), Genealogy, Geography
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 176(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Brief explanation of the indexing protocols applied to A.E.Truckell's transcript of microfilm records relating to 17th century Dumfries and Kirkcudbright Custom and Excise Records - see article III/75/173. Examples of the extracts available are cited.
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A.E. Truckell
Some 17th century Custom and Excise Records for Dumfries and Kirkcudbright
Recent, Recent (Social), Genealogy, Geography
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 173(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Summary article describing the contents of a series of microfilmed records relating to Dumfries and Kirkcudbright recently transcribed by A.E.Truckell - the records relate principally to the shipping, textile and droving trades. The transcripts have been
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Watt, J. Muir
William Galloway's Excavations at Whithorn, 1886-1897: Selections from Unpublished Correspondence in the Bute Muniments
Archaeology (General), Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Antiquarian, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 133(1.92 MB)
Abstract
The important excavations at Whithorn, carried out during the 1880s and 1890s under the patronage of the Third Marquess of Bute, were unpublished at the time of the death, in 1897, of the architect in charge, William Galloway. The only published record of
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James Williams
The Border Towers of Scotland: Their History and Architecture - The West March (Alastair M.T. Maxwell Irving) A Review
Mediaeval, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Recent, Recent (Social), Architecture, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 74 (2000), 124(1.19 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
The Evacuee - Sixty Years On (1939-1999) (Robert Kerr Moodie, Dumfries & Galloway Standard) A Review
Review, History, Recent (Social), Recent
TDGNHAS Series III, 74 (2000), 123(1.19 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Seven Centuries in the Royal Four Towns of Lochmaben (A. Fairn, Dumfries) A Review
Review, Mediaeval, Recent (Social), Recent, History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 236(2.06 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Galloway Dialect, a study (1985) and A Dialect Study of Comparative areas in Galloway with particular reference to the Irish Connection (1977) (W.A.D. Riach) A Review
Review, Etymology, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 235(2.06 MB)
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G. Thomson
John Walker, an 18th Century Naturalist - His life and times in the rural parish of Moffat
Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Geology, Agriculture, Botany, History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 97(1009.36 KB)
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D.E. Marsden
The Development of Kirkcudbright in the late 18th Century - Town Planning in a Galloway Context
Recent (Social), Recent, Parish History, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 89(1009.36 KB)
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Alex Anderson
Some Notes on the Old Military Road in Dumfries and Galloway
Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 79(1009.36 KB)
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A.E. Truckell
Torhousemuir Historical Account (R. Oram, Scottish Natural Heritage) A Review
Review, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 71 (1996), 167(2.35 MB)
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W.F. et al. Cormack
Barhobble, Mochrum - Excavation of a Forgotten Church Site in Galloway
Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Recent, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Etymology, Numismatics, Geology, Igneous geology, Roman and Romano British, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 70 (1995), 5(1.21 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
The Novels of Dumfries and Galloway (A. MacRobert) A Review
Review, Recent (Literature & Art), Recent, Recent (Social)
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 94(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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James Williams
A 1784-6 Examination Roll for the Parish of Ruthwell
Genealogy, Recent, Recent (Social), History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 89(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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A.E. Truckell
Some 18th Century Transatlantic Trade Documents
Recent (Social), Recent, Genealogy, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 86(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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N. Miller and M. Miller
Improvement to the Glasgow-Carlisle Road, 1815
Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 67(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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A. Bailey
An Excavation at Abbot's Tower, near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, 1991
Recent, Mediaeval, Architecture, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 55(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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D. Alexander, I. Armit and I. Ralston
A Post Mediaeval Farmstead Complex at Chapel Farm, near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway Region
Recent, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 49(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
A Country School 1798-1839 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire. (K. Le Cren) A Review
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), Parish History, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 66 (1991), 97(WARNING very large file size: 16.57 MB)
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