I am greatly obliged to Harry Cumming Murdoch from Canada who was the first Murdoch family historian. Your fantastic hard work will never be forgotten! Added to and amended for this website. Since 2004 I have bought all the relevant wills, birth, marriage, death,and census certificates.

Many thanks to John Horwood from Hong Kong for the family tree regarding George McGhie Murdoch.

Thanks to Jean Cameron from Scotland, the Great Granddaughter of Captain James Murdoch and Agnes Cumming for your superb information and family photographs.

Also my cousin, Ian Murdoch, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, for the original photocopies of the Murdoch Family Genealogy Tree.

Thanks to Roy Phillips - my Uncle Jack's Grandson. Thank you for all the maritime information regarding ships.

I am also indebted to Margaret Murdoch of Penrith for some photographs of the Murdoch Family Gravestones from Colvend Parish Churchyard and the very useful Excel Spreadsheet File and coroner's report that you emailed to us.

Thanks to Moria Lee for the information and photographs regarding George McGhie Murdoch.

Many thanks to Jan Fisher for all your information regarding the McKenzie family (Elizabeth Murdoch)

Thanks to Gloria Ethel Jump and Fiona Andrea Minton on the family pictures of the McKenzie.

Thanks to Barbara Marsh for the pictures of Henry Cumming Murdoch's children.

Many thanks to Erica Johnson, Research Officer, Libraries, Information & Archives. Ewart Library, Dumfries. Thank you very much for your Powerpoint presentation of the Murdoch Family research.

Thanks to Ernest Robinson, Port Ling, Dalbeattie.

Thanks also to Tommy Henderson, Dalbeattie Museum.

All Family photographs on Family Photo Page © Wendy Murdoch Roberts.

Excerpts from the book: 'By the wind', © Captain J. Murray Lindsay, Published by Angus and Robertson Ltd , London, 1963.

Official government source for Scottish genealogy
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
The official government source for Scottish Genealogy- very good, I purchased many birth, marriage and death certificates for my Family from here.

The Story of the Scaur
Some Selected information used on the 'Family Info' page -
Downloaded from www.buittle.org.uk
"During the first few months of 1923 a series of 16 articles written by Samuel Murdoch Crosbie, under the pen-name "Scouronian", appeared in the pages of the 'Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser and Galloway News.' Entitled "The Story of The Scaur; And the Water of Urr Shipping. " The Story of The Scaur; And the Water of Urr Shipping. by Scouronian, 1923. Copyright original material and this selection © 1998-2003 James Bell. -Thank you very much.

Dalbeattie Town History - The Port of Dalbeattie
www.dalbeattie.com/history/

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