If your ancestors lived at Woodhead lead mine, in the parish of Carsphairn, Kikrcudbrightshire, where mining took place from 1838-1873, you may be interested to read an article on the BBC website entitled Unearthing the story of Scotland's industrial ghost village - you'll find it at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62036220.
Chris
My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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