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Guide to '''Dunbartonshire County ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | |||
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Dunbartonshire (or Dumbartonshire) is a county in the west of Scotland, bounded on the north by Perthshire, on the east by the counties of Perth and Stirling, on the south by the Firth of Clyde, and on the west by Argyllshire. Including the detached parishes of Kirkintilloch and Cumbernauld, it extends towards the east for 12 miles between the counties of Stirling and Lanark and is about 57 miles in length. It varies from 24 to 2 miles in breadth and contains 261 square miles or 167,040 acres. | |||
The county consists of twelve parishes. Dumbarton is the county town and the only royal burgh. There are four [[B genealogical glossary terms|burghs of barony]] and several villages.<ref>Samuel Lewis. ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, England: S. Lewis and Co., 1846), 3 v.: 651, [FHL book 941 E5]. Digitized by FamilySearch International, ''FamilySearch.org'', https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216925?availability=Family%20History%20Library (accessed June 20, 2016)</ref><ref>Samuel Lewis, "Dubbieside - Dun," in ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, 1846), 297-310. ''British History Online'', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp297-310 (accessed May 24, 2020)</ref> | |||
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*Dumbartonshire Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=95.0 RootsChat Dunbartonshire Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | *Dumbartonshire Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=95.0 RootsChat Dunbartonshire Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | ||
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[[Category:Counties of Scotland]] | [[Category:Counties of Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Dunbartonshire, Scotland]] | [[Category:Dunbartonshire, Scotland]] | ||