The Society have launched a Graveyard Transcription Project for Dumfries and Galloway and we are looking for your help. For full details please visit our Project page at www.dgfhs.org.uk/graveyard-transcription-project which will be updated as the Project develops. Meantime if you have any questions or would like to help us please email miproject@dgfhs.org.uk.
We have added Locations of Dumfries and Galloway’s 238 Graveyards on a new Graveyard Locations page under our Resources Menu.
Missed one of our interesting past articles? Back Issues of our Newsletters are now available in the Online Shop. Please visit https://dgfhs.org.uk/product-category/newsletters/
!!!Big News!!! Today, 26th May 2020, the Society has launched its NEW Online Shop and it can be accessed from the main menu above. As we are unable to fulfil orders for printed books owing to our Research Centre being closed because of Coronavirus restrictions, we decided to create a shop online where you can purchase PDF versions of our books.
It opened with 62 E-Books being available and by end June All of our own publications have been made available, including Memorial Inscriptions, Old Parish Registers and Publications with extensive name indexes (as shown on our Publications List) are available.
Owing to the Coronavirus Outbreak, we have taken the decision to close the Research Centre until further notice. If you have any inquiry you can still email us at researchcentre@dgfhs.org.uk. Updates will appear here.
The Society have launched a Graveyard Photographic Project for Dumfries and Galloway and we are looking for your help. For full details please visit our Project page at www.dgfhs.org.uk/graveyard-photographic-project which will be updated as the Project develops. Meantime if you have any questions or would like to help us please email photostudy@dgfhs.org.uk.
The Bank of Scotland have new security measures in place and all cheques have to be made out to Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society. Abbreviations are not acceptable. Cheques will be refused or returned to the Treasurer if the correct full name of the account is not on the cheque.
It was announced at the AGM today that the Society is now affiliated to Findmypast. Details of this can be found on the Findmypast page under the RESOURCES menu. The benefits to our members can be viewed on the Findmypast Benefit page under the MEMBERSHIP menu.
