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The following links refer to other web sites which contain information on Buittle Parish.

The Dalbeattie Web Site, maintained by Richard Edkin, has several pages of Buittle interest. http://www.dalbeattie.com/history/dbtport.htm gives a good insight into the history of the ports of the Urr. http://www.dalbeattie.com/history/wkshist.htm relates the opening of Dalbeattie Reservoir, in Buittle. In an excellent short article on the history of Dalbeattie: http://www.dalbeattie.com/history/dbthist.htm, several references to Buittle are made, and in http://www.dalbeattie.com/history/palhist.htm there is a short history of Palnackie Village.  http://www.dalbeattie.com/history/dbtmill.htm gives a history of milling in the area
Mr Edkins home page is at http://www.dalbeattie.com/index.htm and is worth checking regularly as the site is being extended all the time.
For a look at the local railway:
http://www.railscot.co.uk/Castle_Douglas_and_Dumfries_Railway/frame.htm
A personal web site, making mention of an ancestor from the Parish and a photo of her.
http://www.nevisuk.net/brown/photo.html
A notice of the family of McMorran, with mention of them in Buittle
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~msafier/McMorran/history.html
A mention of Rev. William Tod, Minister at Buittle, in the Covenanters History Pages.
http://www.covenanter.org/JMcmillan1/truedouble.htm
North Glen Gallery
http://www.tipiglen.dircon.co.uk/homepage1.html
GENUKI Buittle site
http://www.burgoyne.com/pages/djaggi/genuki/buittle.htm
Archaeological Excavations at Buittle Castle 
http://www.castledouglas.net/sat/botel.html
Kirkmichael, Tinward & Torthorwald Pariskes, Dumfriesshire. Some history of these combined parishes...
http://www.kirktinthor.btinternet.co.uk/
Dumfries & Galloway Online
http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/
The Robert the Bruce Commemoration Trust is based in Dumfries. and aims to create a commemoration centre/living museum based on the life of Robert the Bruce and his supporters' connections with Dumfries and Galloway. To be based around the murder of the Red Comyn at the Grey Friars Kirk in Dumfries, their website will keep you informed of their progress. http://www.brucetrust.co.uk/
The website of "The Storyteller," is a collection of articles and extracts on the folk stories and folklore of the Dumfries and Galloway area. http://seanachaidh.topcities.com/
 

 

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