try www.nls.uk maps are in the digital library If you pass thru Edinburgh, go down to Causewayside and ask in the NLS maps library - you will need ID but not a readers ticket. I dont think the Maps catalogue is on line yet. Judy ---------- >From: Muff Worden <muff@eldhorn.is> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [D-G LIST] Local maps, Kirkpatrick-Durham et al >Date: 16, Sat Oct, 2004, 1:28 pm > > Hi all, > > Now that I know I will be spending time in Dumfries and surrounding > area, albeit probably not enough by far, I am noticing things that I > need, but lack. One is local maps of large enough scale to show farms, > both current and those in existence around 1780 - 1830. Could someone > (or two or three) please recommend what maps I would need to get that > would show the following: (The maps could be from anytime within the > years given) > > 1. Dumfries c. 1800-1830 > 2. Kirkpatrick-Durham c. 1780 - 1830 > 3. Kirkpatrick-Irongray - 1780 - 1830 > 4. Old Bridge of Urr - 1780 - 1830 > 5. Castle Douglas - c. 1800 - 1850 > 6. Dalbeattie - 1800 - 1850 > > 7.Also, you may have these, John - a current large-scale Ordnance > Survey map of Kirkpatrick-Durham and surrounding area, and a current > one for Castle Douglas and Kelton and their surrounding areas. > > I will look online in the meantime, and see what I can order in advance. > > Thanks much, > > Muff > > > > > > Muff Worden > Ranargata 3 > 710 Seydisfjordur > Iceland > Phone: +354-472-1775 > Mobile/Cell/GSM: +354-849-2744 > Web: www.geocities.com/mworden.geo/ > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >