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General Register of the Poor

From 1865, Parochial Boards - the forerunners of modern local government, charged with operating poor relief in their districts - were required to maintain General Registers of the Poor. These Registers had a standardised format, providing biographical detail about those granted poor relief ("paupers"), details of their family circumstances and earnings (if any), and regular updates to their status as recipients of poor relief.

We have indexed the surviving registers for Wigtonshire held at the National Records of Scotland. The following parishes are covered by our index:
  • Glasserton (CO4/30/7, 269 entries)
  • Inch (CO4/32/6-7, 736 entries)
  • Kirkcolm (CO4/33/6-7, 487 entries)
  • Kirkcowan (CO4/34/12-14, 432 entries)
  • Kirkinner (CO4/35/4-6, 425 entries)
  • Kirkmaiden (CO4/36/2-3, 366 entries)
  • Leswalt (CO4/37/7-10, 589 entries)
  • Mochrum (CO4/38/6-7, 705 entries)
  • New Luce (CO4/39/5, 5 entries)
  • Old Luce (CO4/40/3-5, 759 entries)
  • Penninghame (CO4/41/4-5, 431 entries)
  • Portpatrick (CO4/42/3, 247 entries)
  • Sorbie (CO4/43/2-3, 247 entries)
  • Stoneykirk (CO4/44/4-5, 800 entries)
  • Stranraer (CO4/45/10-12, 1090 entries)
  • Whithorn (CO4/46/4, 181 entries)
  • Wigtown (CO4/47/11-12, 646 entries)

The index is here:
  • A - Canse
  • Canse - Findlay
  • Findlay - Hughes
  • Hughes - Martin
  • Martin - Mcgaw
  • Mcgaw - Milligan
  • Milligan - Reid
  • Reid - Tunnock
  • Turbott - Young
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  • Home
  • Records
    • Board of Supervision
    • Fathers Found
    • Asylum Patients
    • Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees
    • Sheriff Court Extract Decrees
    • School Leaving Certificates
    • Crown Office Cases AD8 >
      • AD8 index 1890 01
      • AD8 index 1890 02
      • AD8 index 1890 03
      • AD8 index 1890 04
      • AD8 index 1890 05
      • AD8 index 1890 06
      • AD8 index 1890 07
      • AD8 index 1890 08
      • AD8 index 1890 09
      • AD8 index 1890 10
      • AD8 index 1890 11
      • AD8 index 1900 1
      • AD8 index 1900 2
      • AD8 index 1900 3
      • AD8 index 1900 4
      • AD8 index 1900 5
      • AD8 index 1900 6
    • Crown Counsel Procedure Books
    • Registers of Deeds
    • General Register of the Poor
    • Registers of Sudden Deaths
    • Anatomy Registers
  • Resources
    • Scottish Genealogy Sources
    • KINCLAVEN One Place Study >
      • Kinclaven 1911 census
      • Kinclaven Parish Church Books
      • Kinclaven Communion Roll 1880-1894
    • Archives in Scotland map
    • Scottish surnames >
      • Surnames-A
      • Surnames-B
      • Surnames-C
      • Surnames-D
      • Surnames-E
      • Surnames-F
      • Surnames-G
      • Surnames-H
      • Surnames-I
      • Surnames-J
      • Surnames-K
      • Surnames-L
      • Surnames-M
      • Surnames-N
      • Surnames-O
      • Surnames-P
      • Surnames-Q
      • Surnames-R
      • Surnames-S
      • Surnames-T
      • Surnames-U
      • Surnames-V
      • Surnames-W
      • Surnames-Y
      • Surnames-Z
    • Statutes
    • Auchterarder in WWI
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • Managed Service Customer Login
    • Tourism Partners Login
  • Shop