Research your family tree and ancestors in Moffat

Researching family history has become an absorbing hobby for many of us. If your ancestors came from the Moffat area, or your family name is Moffat, then come here yourself, explore your roots in person and see what you can discover. There is plenty to see and much of the original town remains unchanged.

Parishes in the Moffat area include:-

  • Moffat
  • Kirkpatrick Juxta
  • Wamphray
  • Eskdalemuir
  • Hutton & Corrie
  • Leadhills
  • Crawfordjohn
  • Tweedsmuir
Ancestral research in Moffat

Researching resources within the town include the following: 

Moffat Library:       Tel.: 01683 220952

Free access to the Internet to library members. (it's wise to book computer time in advance!), Temporary library membership available for visitors.  
Some Poor Relief Records, Old Parish Records, Memorial Inscriptions transcribed up to 1855 and census details.
Further records can be accessed over the Internet.
Moffat Trade Directories available for 1825, 1837, 1852.
Indexed Local Archive material.  
Statistical Accounts of the Area
A range of local history books are also available including:-

Fairfouls Guide to Moffat
Grieves Guide to Moffat
Jane Boyds Moffat
Turnbulls History of Moffat
Cemeteries: · Two cemetries at Holm Street and Edinburgh Road (still in use)

Dumfries Ewart Library:      Tel: 01387 253820

Can do family history research.
Lots of Dumfriesshire information and access to Archives. 
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society  Tel: 01387 248093 
9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries  DG2 9AF
E-mail:          secretary@dgfhs.org.uk
Website:       http://www.dgfhs.org.uk

Moffat Museum: A small museum in the centre of town illustrates Moffat's interesting history and gives an insight into the lives of the town's past residents.

Page courtesy of :   Lesley Gray
SCOTTISH ANCESTRAL TRAIL