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Dumfriesshire, Scotland : Classification : Monumental Inscriptions


Monumental Inscriptions are the transcriptions of the text on the gravestone or tombstone of an individual. In many cases there will be multiple burials in one grave so the inscription will provide information about other family members.

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Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Anglers Rest Genealogical Information
Link:https://anglersrest.net/
Description:Anglers Rest Genealogical Information
Extra Info:A mixture of information from a range of counties.
Classification:Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:BAIRD's of Scotland
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20140215101720/http://w...
Description:BAIRD's of Scotland
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer seems to be active. Most information still seems to be accessible.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Billion Graves
Link:https://billiongraves.com
Description:Billion Graves
Extra Info:Billion Graves says it is the world's largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20120716201636/http://c...
Description:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:BREW One Name Study
Link:http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm
Description:BREW One Name Study
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate
Title:British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay
Link:http://www.argbrit.org/
Description:British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay
Extra Info:Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Cemeteries - British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
Link:https://www.bacsa.org.uk/
Description:British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
Extra Info:Click on BACSAarchives for some transcriptions and gallery for pictures.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Cemeteries of the World
Link:http://www.interment.net/uk/index.htm
Description:Cemeteries of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Extra Info:Some places are under the new counties, such as some areas of Yorkshire and Durham are under Cleveland, Lancashire places under Greater Manchester etc.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study
Title:CLENDIN and variants such as GLENDINNING One Name Study
Link:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clendin/
Description:Clendin, Glendinning and variants One Name Study
Extra Info:Mainly around the English / Scottish Borders. Scroll down to the bottom of the main page for online records.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Gravestone Photographs
Link:https://www.gravestonephotos.com
Description:Gravestone Photographs
Extra Info:A great free resource which aims to collect many more photographs and details. Includes a surname search to help find your ancestors. Have you got any gravestone photographs that you could contribute?
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records
Title:MACMILLAN One Name Study - Family History Archives
Link:http://www.johnmacmillan.co.uk/
Description:MACMILLAN One Name Study - Family History Archives
Extra Info:Mainly in the Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire areas of Scotland.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Memento Mori - Scottish Cemeteries
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20200806002858/http://...
Description:Memento Mori - Scottish Cemeteries
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of the site that is no longer active. Each cemetery has an alphabetical list of graves,as a file which you can view through you web browser or download.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Officers Died Website
Link:https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm
Description:Officers Died Website
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Parish of Dumfries - St. Michael's
Link:http://archive.org/details/memorialsstmich00mdogoo...
Description:Parish of Dumfries - St. Michael's, The Old Parish Churchyard of Dumfries
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a names index at the end of the book. Published 1876.
Classification:Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study
Title:PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs
Link:http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm
Description:PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants
Extra Info:Includes references to Pinckey, Pinckine, Pinckney, Pincknye, Pincney, Pinkene, Pinken, Pinkeny, Pinkine, Pinkney.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries
Title:Police Roll of Honour
Link:https://policememorial.org.uk/
Description:The National Police Officers Roll of Honour
Classification:Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:POOL(E) Family Scottish Database
Link:http://thepoolfamilydatabase.20m.com/
Description:POOL(E) Family Scottish Database
Extra Info:Includes Pooll and Poole.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Link:https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht...
Description:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Classification:Census, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:The Simpson Genealogy Page
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~agene/genealogy/sof...
Description:The Simpson Genealogy Page
Extra Info:Not just SIMPSON name, also MARRINER and others. Also possible to search for names in the census extracts.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Wakefield Family History Sharing Website
Link:http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml
Description:Wakefield Family History Sharing Website
Extra Info:Scroll down the page for census transcriptions, and other indexes.
Classification:Census, General, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:GENUKI County Page for Dumfriesshire
Link:https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/DFS/
Description:General Information for Dumfriesshire

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