HI Jennifer, Here are some items that I have transcribed from Volumes 1 & 2 of the Index to the Wigtown Free Press: HORNAL James m Louisa Chesney at Creebridge 1851 10/04 1f Jane d at Locherbie 1844 01/02 1f John d at Gatehouse 1886 11/02 4h Mary Herries m George Hogg at Crossmichael 1897 16/12 3g Samuel d at Glasserton 1891 12/03 3g HORNALL Henrietta d at Edinburgh 1844 19/09 1f HORNEL Catherine Thompson d at Kirkcudbright 1848 18/08 1f Mrs David of Antigua b a son at Kirkcudbright 1859 24/03 4e James elected councillor for Kirkcudbright 1850 14/11 4e Mrs James b twins at Kirkcudbright 1844 23/05 1f Jane d at Gatehouse 1876 18/05 4g John elected councillor for Kirkcudbright 1850 14/11 4e Samuel d at Kirkcudbright 1851 20/11 1f HORNELL David 13 years d at Glenluce 1867 18/07 4g James grocer d at Kirkcudbright 1846 30/04 1f James shoemaker 1863 19/11 1c Mrs John b a daughter at Creetown 1879 09/10 4h Margaret Heron d at Kirkcudbright 1850 08/13 1f Mary d at Kirkcudbright 1849 29/06 1f Maxwell m Margaret Halliday at Creetown 1846 08/01 1f Robert d at Kirkcudbright 1852 09/12 1f William d at Kirkcudbright 1853 19/05 4g William Lidderdale m Ann Habbishaw at Kirkcudbright 1854 06/04 1f Elizabeth 4 years d at Creetown 1886 20/05 4h James m Maggie Halliday at Creetown 1891 23/04 3g Janet McClymont m Robert Hannam at Whithorn 1894 05/07 3g James m Magdalene (Nina) Coltart at Glasgow 1894 20/12 3g Elizabeth Margaret m George Yound at Whithorn 1900 11/01 3g Grace Parker d at Creetown 1886 04/03 4h Mrs James b a son at Creetown 1892 30/06 3g Mrs James b a son at Creetown 1895 23/05 3g Jane d at Creebridge 1881 08/09 4h John bequests 1882 05/01 2f John infant d at Creetown 1884 10/04 4h John m Annie Kelly at Creetown 1888 12/01 4h Mrs John b a daughter at Creetown 1881 04/08 4h Mrs John b a son at Creetown 1883 01/11 4h Johnston trusts 1888 19/01 3d Maggie Bennet m Samuel Chisolm at Creetown 1901 31/01 3g Robert m Bella McCreadie at Barmeal 1892 12/05 3g Wilhelmina m Samuel McCalden at Glasgow 1893 22/12 3g I hope the reformatting for list transmission doesn't garble the table too much. I didn't have time for Volume 3 and didn't look at the HORNERs. If you have time in either Dumfries or Stranraer during your upcoming trip, you may want to check out some of these from filmed images of the actual Newspapers. Have a great trip, Bruce