Intermittent online forms
Some online forms and services on our website are currently unavailable or may not work as expected.
We are working to restore the affected online forms as quickly as possible.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Heritage Service
Our archives, local studies and family records tell the story of 600 years of Dumfries and Galloway's history, culture and people.
Collections and records
We have a vast range of collections and records including:
- agricultural and estate records
- allegiance oaths
- building and planning records
- burgesses
- burial records
- census returns
- church records
- council minutes
- court, criminal and police records
- customs and excise records
- directories and guide books
- education records
- family and genealogical records
- graveyard maps and memorial inscriptions
- health records, including the Crichton Royal Institute
- irregular narriage records
- literary records
- maps and plans
- military records
- national sources
- newspapers and journals
- old parochial registers
- photographs, prints, paintings and drawings
- poor welfare records
- registration of births, deaths and marriages
- sasines
- service of heirs records
- testaments
- trade and business records
- transport and infrastructure records
- valuation and taxation records
- voting records
We also have some special collections:
- RC Reid Collection; 196 volumes of history and genealogy of the region, covering 1500 to 1700
- Frank Miller Collection; antiquarian and book collection, with a particular focus on poetry and border ballads
- AC Wolffe Collection, 1920 to 2016; architectural drawings, client files and paperwork from AC Wolffe's architect practice, held on behalf of Historic Environment Scotland
Further details can found by searching our online catalogues and resources.