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.