The 1851 census is today available, as a full transcription, on the dumfries and galloway local governments library system web site, for dumfries and for the two galloway counties of wigtownshire and kirkcudbright, and we are pleased to cite their url where you. Mochrum parish entries 1100, 101200, 200, 301400, 401500, 501512. It covers 22,000 acres 8,900 ha and is approximately 10 miles 16 km in length and 5 miles 8. Census returns search the lists of people recorded in censuses taken every 10 years in scotland from 1841 onwards. Before i start let me go back 31,000 79,000 years yes thats right. It is well known today as scotland s national book town with a high concentration of secondhand book shops. It lies east of stranraer and south of newton stewart. Baile na huige is a town and former royal burgh in wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the dumfries and galloway region in scotland. However, in contrast to hayonwye, wigtown s status as a book town was planned, in order to regenerate a very depressed town the main employers, the creamery and distillery, having closed in the 1990s, although the distillery bladnoch has now reopened and is.
Mochrum is a village in the west of the machars peninsula in wigtownshire, and a parish of the machars also. The 1891 census for scotland was taken on the night of 56 april 1891. Wigtown church history below our some photographs of notable gravestones. The results from the 2011 census, held on 27 march 2011, will help central and local government decide how billions of pounds of taxes will be spent every year on services everyone needs at local level. The family history index is an index of over 2,500 separate files deposited by researchers with the society over a period of almost 50 years. Scottish census records search scotland census records. The parish covers 22,000 acres, and is approximately 10 miles in length and 5 miles broad around the village. Residents of combination poor house, dalrymple st, inch, stranraer, wigtown. Extraction of baptisms for drumore free church kirkmaiden 1843 1856. Despite this the old names are alive and still used today. For statistics about mochrum itself, go to units and statistics.
History of mochrum, in dumfries and galloway and wigtownshire. Use freecen to access 19th century uk censuses online and for free. Index to the marine returns for scotland 1861 census indexes parish of stranraer 899 note that these items are microfilm of the original census records and are filed in the film cabinets under their county abbreviation and film number. Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records asylum records index to the general register of lunatics in asylums. Please contact mochrum estate by phone on 01988 860 252, or fill in our enquiry form below.
The scotland conducted a census every 10 years from 18411911. Whatley, scottish society 17071830 manchester, 2000. The first official british census was taken in 1801 and has been repeated every ten years since. Index to the population schedule for scotland showing population as of 7 june 1841. Wigtown is the home of the annual wigtown book festival and the town has a wide range of independent bookshops. We will be bringing you links and information on the census records of scotland to help with your family history search.
On this webpage youll find out what survives from each of those census years. The torehousekie stone circle is one such site, a mysterious ring of stones that are thought to date back to 2nd millennium bc and is the bestpreserved artefact. Alexander webster who calculated that scotland at that time contained 1,265,380 people. It contains less information than later censuses but is a helpful reference point for. Old parish registers 1553 to 1854 register of neglected entries 1801 to 1854 for entries not recorded in the old parish.
If you want information about later censuses in ireland, see the related pages menu. Port william free church, later united free and church of scotland. Mochrum was a parish on the eastern shore of the bay of luce and was located in the former county of wigtownshire. From 1841 householders themselves filled out the return form, making these records a unique snapshot of early 19th century lives of ordinary 19th century irish people. Wigtownshire os name books, 18451849 scotlandsplaces. What was the population of scotland in 1830 and 1930. The 1841 census is the earliest to provide details for the whole population. Census records are a valuable source of genealogical information for scotland because they list names, relationships, ages, places of birth, and marital statuses. Anthony mcconnell 18021867 married helen hannay 18061890in 1831 penninghame. This record set contains 184 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before.
The scotland census of 1841 was taken on 6 june 1841, it is the first to include the names and details of all individuals within a household. Wigtownshire links is a similar webpage to the one above which may include other websites. Data has been collected from a number of different sources and, where possible has been verified with official records including gravestone inscriptions. The information is very basic and varies from year to year.
Mochrum, old luce, portpatrick, sorbie, stranraer, whithorn and wigtown. Scottish census data from scotlands family, the scottish. Mochrum, wigtownshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. See the familysearch wiki article on wigtown for other church denominations. Free 1881 census records for scotland on findmypast. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county, town, or parish, go to locating online databases. Coverage for wigtownshire wig freecen uk census records.
Birth, death and marriage records national records of. Census records edit edit source a census is a count and description of the population. Testaments 1700 1800 an index to wills for wigtownshire and also minnigaff in kirkcudbright cyndis list wigtownshire largest private collection of genealogy links on the web. Sampling of the 1851 census records extracted for old luce, wigtownshire 1881 census. Each file contains research on a specific family or number of families and there may be a number of files for a given family. Wigtownshire families the old scottish counties of wigtownshire, kirkcudbrightshire and dumfriesshire have been amalgamated into the administrative region of dumfries and galloway. Glasserton, kirkcowan, kirkinner and old luce the parish included the following. Enumerators were asked to provide statistical returns for the 1801 to 1831 censuses but some kept lists of householders along with other details notably. Publications list november 2019 dumfries and galloway family. All available censuses, 18411901, are indexed on this website.
Wigtonshire records genealogy and family history in scotland. The family history library also has a surname index for the 1841 census of inch as well as a surname index for the 1881 census of the whole of wigtonshire. Andrew urquart of the free church of scotland conducted his own census of portpatrick in 1832 1834, 1844, 1846, and 1852. The church of scotland had responsibility for registration before 1 january 1855 but a few of the records listed below were created by other churches or by private individuals. The first reasonably reliable attempt at a census, or population count, in scotland was made in 1755 by the rev. Most of the surviving pre1841 census entries are found in the kirk session records with a few in the old parish registers. Mccracken families during the 17th century are shown to have lived in wigtownshire and ayrshire, scotland as well as ulster province, ireland. A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by. Both county and parish ceased to exist following the local government scotland act 1974. Wigtown is scotland s national book town and is the gateway to the machars. Legal records search wills and testaments, coats of arms, soldiers and airmens wills and the records of.
Jun 08, 2008 population changes in scotland 1830 1930. In 1830, the wigtown bowling club obtained a footing clarification needed in the plantation, and by the turn of the 20th century the square was used largely by bowlers and tennis players. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of mochrum, in dumfries and galloway and wigtownshire map and description, a vision of britain through time. We are pleased to confirm that we have linked up with. Smout, a history of the scottish people 15601830, bungay. Free scottish family tree inscriptions and links from.
It is about 32 miles in length and 29 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of nearly 480 square miles or. Leswalt, wigtownshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. Mochrum estate gallery machars wigtownshire scotland. The parish was described by its minister in 1838 as bleak but healthful.
The 1851 census for scotland was taken on the night of 3031 march 1851. Pre1841 census records national records of scotland. This publication contains genealogy information about a number of families with wigtownshire scotland connections going back, where possible, to the late 1700s. The files range in size from one page to substantial family histories running. Jul 07, 2016 andrew mcdowall and agnes mckeand in penninghame, wigtown, scotland. Wigtownshire, scotland genealogy familysearch wiki. A comprehensive history of the workhouse by peter higginbotham. Hugh mcwilliam abt 1830 leswalt, wigtownshire, scotland, united kingdom 12 mar 1879 marjory mcwilliam 10 oct 1773 inveravon abt 1848 managed by andrew mcwilliam last edited 26 jan 2018 anne christian mcwilliam 1629 accomack, virginia 1678 managed by thom mcguire last edited 25 jan 2018. Findmypasts database has indepth records from scotland in 1881 so you can uncover your family secrets with ease to search the census returns, just input the information you have about your. This site is part of the worldgenweb project and is the local resource index page for scottish research. As the new king, he wanted an accounting of land owners who held lands belonging. Parish district reference number for 1841 1901 censuses.
They are especially valuable because they list the majority of the population and are. To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. Andrew mcdowall and agnes mckeand in penninghame, wigtown. Place parish and name of street, place, or road, and name or number of house name of each person that had spent the night in that household. Wigtonshire or wigtownshire is a maritime county in the southwest of scotland, bounded on the north by ayrshire, on the east by the stewartry or county of kirkcudbright and by wigton bay, and on the south and west by the irish sea. The family history library also has a surname index for the 1841 census of mochrum as well a surname index for the 1881 census of the whole of wigtonshire. The 18011831 censuses did not contain any great detail, no names of householders etc, just numerical and statistical info. The population of scotland on 6 june 1841 was 2,620,184. The first full census of ireland was taken in 1821 and again at the start of every decade.
Wigtown records genealogy and family history in scotland. Wigtown county, scotland a mccracken homeland a goal of the mccracken project is to locate if possible, down to the civil parish level, the mccracken genetic homelands in scotland and ireland. Mochrum records genealogy and family history in scotland. The 1871 census for scotland was taken on the night of. The local area is dotted with relics and antiquities that stand testament to times long gone by. Wigtownshire, a maritime county, in the southwest of scotland, bounded on the north by ayrshire. In scotland, the census is planned and carried out by the national records of scotland. The remote research page of the nas website provides a list of professional researchers in scotland. Click here low quality link to go to the family history library catalog entry for the census records of inch. Lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e.
Wigtowns history is rich and varied, dating all the way back to the neolithic age. Scotland birth 15591840 genealogy familysearch wiki. It is well known today as scotlands national book town with a high concentration of secondhand book. Both 1841 and 1851, very unusually, also recorded those who had moved away or died. There are plenty of places to eat out within the town. The census is scotlands biggest population and household survey. Wigtown visitor guide visitscotland scotlands national.
Today wigtown is known as scotland s book town and is thus compared to hayonwye in wales. The first complete census in england was conducted in 1086 under william the conqueror who was the first norman king of england. This volume contains information on place names found in the wigtownshire parishes of penninghame and wigtown. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the. There are gaps in the records for a variety of reasons, such as the civil war, but these records are a prime source for building family trees. A census is a statistical count of the population of a country taken for the purpose of accurate government representation, tax collection and military purposes. Parish records parish registers were instigated by thomas cromwell from 1538 in the reign of henry viii, recording every wedding, baptism and burial. A census is a statistical count and description of the population of a country taken for the purpose of accurate government representation, tax collection, and military purposes. Government censuses were taken every ten years starting in 1841. Much of the square was planted up in the mid20th century, but in 2002 it was restored to the elegant georgian open plan fringed by trees. School records index to school leaving certificate. Irs3 valuation office scotland maps to accompany the above field books, scale 12500, ordnance survey sheets for wigtownshire. Census data 18411901 all scotland freecen search online searchable database for the 19th century scottish censuses from the scotland free census project scrol scotlands census records online source information on scotlands population, health, employment and education from the 2001 census. The scotland census of 1851 was taken on 30 march 1851, additional information recorded compared to the 1841 census included relation to the head of the household.
The wigtown parish registers for the church of scotland provide records of baptisms 17361854, marriages 17311782 and burials 17311782. Beautiful photography of old place of mochrum, shooting in the machars, weddings at mochrum estate, and belted galloways. Elliot wishard 6 male northside high street wigtown grandson elgin morayshire scotland james wishard 4 male northside high street wigtown grandson glasgow lanarkshire scotland wishart surname in the 1851 uk census wigtownshire, scotland title. General information on all wigtownshire census is more fully explained on wigtownshire census records.
They were transcribed and published in a book, a copy of which is in the reference section of the ewart library in dumfries. My free census search free scotland census records online. Scottish family history from the scottish genealogy society. Pre1841 census records enumerators were asked to provide statistical returns for the 1801 to 1831 censuses but some kept lists of householders along with other details notably occupations. Elliot wishard 6 male northside high street wigtown grandson elgin morayshire scotland james wishard 4 male northside high street wigtown grandson glasgow lanarkshire scotland wishart surname in the 1851 uk census wigtownshire, scotland. Census links is a growing catalog of links to transcriptions of census, tax lists, birth, death, marriage and military records, all freely available to help with your genealogy research. The 1861 census for scotland was taken on the night of 78 april 1861. This volume contains information on place names found in the wigtownshire parishes of kirkcowan, mochrum, penninghame, kirkinner, and wigtown. Leswalt as well as another concentration further east in mochrum 11. Valuation rolls search lists of owners and occupiers of buildings and other properties in scotland from 1855 onwards. Kerr, andrew thomas 2009 the significance of the wigtownshire.
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