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Records -> West Lothian

Abercorn records

Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.

Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results

Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland

Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records


Lookups

The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.

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CH2/835/1Minutes1691-1699Request lookup
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CH2/835/5Minutes 1734-6 1751-63 1765-89 1791-1803
Includes poor rolls
1734-1803Request lookup
CH2/835/6Minutes1808-1839Request lookup
CH2/835/7Minutes
Includes poor rolls
1839-1866Request lookup
CH2/835/8Minutes1866-1908Request lookup
CH2/835/9Poors' fund accounts
Includes poor rolls
1700-1757Request lookup
CH2/835/10Poors' fund accounts
Includes poor rolls
1757-1799Request lookup
CH2/835/11Pauper and kirk session accounts
Includes regular poor rolls
1832-1902Request lookup


Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

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Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Janet HAY 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Jane MORRISON 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas SHARP 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)


Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Helen BAILLIE
Duddingstone Farm, Abercorn
George MACKENZIE17 Oct 1884
Duddingstone Farm, Abercorn
Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James ALLAN24 March 1863Harriat ALLANFind the father
David ANDERSON24 April 1859Agnes ANDERSONFind the father
Helen ANTHONY24 September 1867Helen ANTHONYFind the father
John ANTHONY30 December 1863Helen ANTHONYFind the father
John ANTHONY9 August 1872Janet ANTHONYFind the father
Margaret ANTHONY13 December 1870Margaret ANTHONYFind the father
Joseph BINNIE5 August 1870Elizabeth BINNIEFind the father
Andrew BROWN3 July 1868Mary BROWNFind the father
David Tripney BROWN18 February 1872Mary BROWNFind the father
Mary BUCHANAN25 July 1861Jessie BUCHANANFind the father
Margaret CHAPMAN8 October 1870Margaret CHAPMANFind the father
David CRIGHTON4 January 1873Helen CRIGHTONFind the father
Catherine CROCKATT11 March 1874Catherine CROCKATTFind the father
Andrew CROSBIE22 May 1860Margaret CROSBIEFind the father
Elizabeth CURRY15 July 1855Mary CURRYFind the father
John ELDER4 August 1863Christina ELDERFind the father
John ELDER26 February 1866Mary ELDERFind the father
Margaret ELDER6 August 1861Christina ELDERFind the father
William ELDER13 November 1859Allison ELDERFind the father
Jessie EWING10 October 1868Mary EWINGFather found
Andrew GOWANS18 December 1861Janet GOWANSFind the father
Ann GOWANS3 December 1858Janet GOWANSFind the father
Elizabeth GRAY22 October 1866Agnes GRAYFind the father
John HEMPSEED31 August 1860Elizabeth HEMPSEEDFather found
Anne HENDERSON28 June 1866Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Jane HENDERSON5 January 1859Janet HENDERSONFind the father
John HENDERSON12 August 1856Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Mary Anne HENDERSON9 August 1864Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Robert HENDERSON8 February 1862Janet HENDERSONFind the father
William HENDERSON11 July 1869Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Barbara HUNTER15 June 1857Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Barbara HUNTER6 March 1867Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Christina Glen HUNTER13 June 1865Margaret HUNTERFind the father
James HUNTER9 January 1862Barbara HUNTERFind the father
James HUNTER1 July 1863Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Thomas HUNTER26 February 1860Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Margaret More JOHNSTON2 March 1872Betsey JOHNSTONFind the father
Elizabeth JOHNSTONE22 June 1857Margaret JOHNSTONEFind the father
Isabella JOHNSTONE5 September 1855Margaret JOHNSTONEFind the father
Christina MCKENZIE7 February 1870Janet MCKENZIEFind the father
James MCKENZIE6 February 1864Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCKENZIE14 August 1871Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
James MEIKLE31 May 1857Jessie MEIKLEFind the father
Charles MIDDLEMASS16 July 1857Elen MIDDLEMASSFind the father
William MURRAY20 June 1868Janet MURRAYFind the father
Georgina NEWLANDS28 January 1864Christina NEWLANDSFind the father
Elizabeth PALMER1 December 1864Elizabeth PALMERFind the father
Elizabeth POTTER12 June 1874Agnes POTTERFind the father
Janet POTTER9 June 1856Janet POTTERFind the father
George RARITY7 May 1873Agnes RARITYFind the father
Cecilia RITCHIE1 July 1871Isabella RITCHIEFind the father
James RITCHIE28 January 1867Isabella RITCHIEFind the father
Robert RITCHIE20 April 1873Isabella RITCHIEFind the father
William RITCHIE3 January 1869Isabella RITCHIEFind the father
Mary ROLLO1 August 1874Jane ROLLOFather found
James SMELLIE16 May 1869Christina SMELLIEFind the father
John STEIN23 September 1863Isabella STEINFind the father
Jane Brown STEWART7 March 1856Elizabeth STEWARTFind the father
Elizabeth STIRTON30 July 1874Helen STIRTONFind the father
William STIRTON5 February 1872Mary STIRTONFind the father
Jane TODD5 June 1865Isabella TODDFind the father
John TULLY20 January 1872Isabella TULLYFind the father
Mary TULLY15 October 1859Allison TULLYFind the father
Cecilia WILSON15 April 1874Margaret WILSONFather found
Robert WITHERSPOON15 July 1855Ennes WITHERSPOONFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
BOYD, Francis Joseph
labourer
Born about 1890
Single
Previous residence: Suttie Street, Methil
Chargeable parish: Wemyss
Also known as
Frank Boyd
16 Mar 1918Order images (3)Fife District Asylum
Stirling District
1908-1914
BOYD, Frank
labourer
Born about 1890
Single
Previous residence: Suttie Street, Methil
Chargeable parish: Wemyss
Also known as
Francis Joseph Boyd
16 Mar 1918Order images (3)Fife District Asylum
Stirling District
1908-1914


Rolls of Male Heads of Families

In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/835/6 pp. 206-210)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
ThosAdamsfarmerBanks
AlexAllanlabourerPhilpstoun
RobtAllanlabourerSociety
WmAllansawyerBanks
AlexAndersonKirk OfficerSociety
GeoAndersonlabourerPhilpstoun
JasAndersonlabourerAbercorn
JasArklyfarmerWestfield
RobtArklyfarmerWestfield
JasBarclayfarmerFawnspark
JohnBaxtersmithHopetoun Wood End
JohnBegbielabourerNewton
AlexanderBelllabourerNewton
HenryBirdhedgerHawthornsyke
JohnBissetfarmer and precentorWhite Quarries
WmBlairfarm servantMannerston
WmBoogfarm servantCraigton
RobertBoswellmasonMerrylees
JamesBoydwrightSociety
RobtBoydherd at HopetounSociety
WilliamBoydmasonAbercorn
AlexBrowngardenerDuddingstoun
RobtBrownfarm servantDuntarvie
NinianBrodieshoemaker and elderNewton
GeoCarnegieCraigton
ThosChattiecarterHopetoun Wood End
JohnCockburngrieve at HopetounParkhead
JasCrockatlabourerHopetoun Wood End
JohnCrockatlabourerBanks
ThosCrosbielabourerCrawstanes
JamesDicklabourerAbercorn
JamesDickcarpenterMidhope
WilliamDickcarpenter and elderSociety
ArchibaldDickForresterMidhope
ArchibaldDouglasschoolmaster and elderAbercornx next to name
JamesDuncanlabourerPhilpstoun
JohnDuncanfarmer and elderPhilpstoun
JohnDuncanForresterMidhope
JohnDuncanlabourerNewton
PeterDuncanmasonPhilpstoun
PeterDuncanshoemakerPhilpstoun
WmDuncanmasonPhilpstoun
Gabl HamiltonDundasOf Duddingstoun
JohnDunlopbaron officer HopetounGallows Crook
WmErskinefarm servantNewton
GeorgeEwingfarm servantDuntarvie
JamesForbeslabourerMerrylees
GeorgeFordhouse servant to Ld HNether Miln[Lord Hopetoun]
HenryGardinerfarmerPhilpstoun
ThosGardinertailorSociety
WmGardinerwrightMerrylees
ThosGiffordlabourerHopetoun Wood Toll
JamesGilliescarterButlaw
JamesGowansmasonNewton
WalterGowansmasonMidhope
JohnHarpergardener at BinnsScotstoun Lodge
JohnHardielabourerDuddingstoun
JamesHaylabourerCrawstanes
JamesHaylabourerNewton
JohnHaycarterTottley Wells
RobtHaylabourerCrawstanes
HenryHeatherstonlabourerMidhope
GeorgeHendersonfarmerDuntarvie
JamesHendersonmillerPhilpstoun Miln
RobtHislopmasonSociety
JohnHopetounEarl of
JamesJamiesonfarmerDuntarvie
JamesJamiesonfarmer and carrierGallows Crook
JamesJamiesonlabourerNewton
AlexJohnstonlabourerNewton
DavidJohnstonlabourerPhilpstoun
JamesJohnstonmole catcherMidhope
ThosJohnstonlabourerNewton
ThosJohnstonlabourerBanks
GeorgeKaysuperannuated labourerBanks
GeorgeKayfarm servantNewton
JohnKinnairdlabourerParkhead
JamesLindsayfarmerCockmuir
AlexLynnfarm servantDuntarvie
DavidLynnlabourerSociety
GeorgeLynnlabourerNewton
AlexMcalpinefarmerLawflat
PeterMcdermitfarm servantNewton
DavidMckielabourerSociety
JamesMckiegroom at HopetounAbercorn
JohnMckenzielabourerNewton
DanielMcphersonsuperannuated labourerDuddingstoun Lodge
HenryMarshalllabourerSociety
JohnMartingamekeeper at HopetounMidhope
GeorgeMitchelllabourerWest Lodge Hopetoun
GeorgeMieklelabourerPriest Inch
JamesMoodielabourerNewton
CharlesMorrisonsmithSociety
JamesMorrisonwrightNewton
AdamMurraybutler at DuddingstounNewton
WilliamMurrayfactor to Lord HopetounPhilpstoun House
JasNewtonfarm servantMannerston
AlexNicolservantPhilpstoun Gate
ArchdNicolcarterNewton
ArchdNicollabourerNewton
DavidNimmowrightPhilpstoun
HughNimmofarmerCraigton
JasNimmofarmerNewtonx next to name
MathewNimmocarpenterPhilpstoun
WilliamOrrocksmithNewton
CharlesPaulcoachman at DuddingstounButlaw
JamesPearsonlabourerMerrylees
JohnPotterlabourerObelisk Gate Hopetoun
DavidReidlabourerMidhope
JamesReidlabourerHawthornsyke
WmRitchiefarm servantDuntarvie
GeoRobertsonservant BinnsBinns North Lodge
JamesRobertsonlabourerWhitelaw
GeoSamuelminister's servantAbercorn
JohnScottsecretary to Lord HopetounSociety
JohnScottwrightNethermiln
CharlesSibbaldlabourerSociety
WmSibbaldlabourerParkhead
JamesSmithgardenerHopetoun Garden
JamesSpringhead forester and elderParkhead
JohnStevensontailorPhilpstoun
ThosStevensonlabourerPhilpstoun
NielStewartlabourerPriest Inch
WmStewartfarm servantDuntarvie
GeoStirtongrieve at BinnsBinns Barns
DavidTerrieslabourerCrawstanes
JamesTrotterfarmerNewton
RobtWalkershoemakerPhilpstoun
EdwardWhiteweaverPhilpstoun
JohnWhitesawyerNewton
JohnYoungerhorse breakerCraigton
SamsonYoungerlabourerBlue Gate

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/835/6 pp. 217-222)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
ThosAdamsfarmerBanks
AlexrAllanlabourerPhilpstoun
RobtAllanlabourerSociety
WmAllansawyerBanks
AlexAndersonKirk OfficerSociety
GeoAndersonlabourerPhilpstoun
JasAndersonlabourerAbercorn
JasAndersonlabourerMannerstoun
JasArkleyfarmerWestfield
RobArkleyfarmerWestfield
JasBarclayfarmerFawnspark
JnoBaxtersmithHopetoun Wood End
JnoBegbielabourerNewton
AlexBelllabourerNewton
JohnBellCrawstanesadded later
HenryBirdhedgerHawthornsyke
JnoBissetfarmer and precentorWhite Quarries
WmBoagfarm servantCraigton
RobBoswellmasonMerrylees
JasBoydwrightSociety
RobBoydherd at HopetounSociety
WmBoydmasonAbercorn
AlexrBrowngardenerDuddingston
RobtBrownfarm servantDuntarvie
NinianBrodieshoemaker and elderNewton
GeoCarnegieCraigton
ThoChattiecarterHopetoun Wood End
JnoCockburngrieve at HopetounParkhead
JasCrockatlabourerHopetoun Wood End
JnoCrockatlabourerBanks
ThoCrosbielabourerCrawstane
JasDicklabourerAbercorn
JasDickcarpenterMidhope
WmDickcarpenter and elderSociety
ArchDickforesterMidhope
JasDuncanlabourerPhilpstoun
JnoDuncanfarmer and elderPhilpstoun
JnoDuncanForresterMidhope
JnoDuncanlabourerNewton
PeterDuncanmasonPhilpstoun
PeterDuncanshoemakerPhilpstoun
WmDuncanmasonPhilpstoun
Gabl HamiltonDundasDuddingston
JnoDunlopbaron officer HopetounGallows Crook
WmErskinefarm servantNewton
GeoEwingfarm servantDuntarvie
JasForbeslabourerMerrylees
GeoFordhouse servant to Ld HNethermill[Lord Hopetoun]
HenryGardinerfarmerPhilpstoun
ThosGardinertailorSociety
WmGardinerwrightMerrylees
ThosGiffordlabourerMerrylees Toll
JasGilliescarterButlaw
JasGowansmasonNewton
WalterGowansmasonMidhope
JnoHarpergardener at BinnsScotston Lodge
JohnHardielabourerDuddingston
JasHaylabourerCrawstanename deleted
JasHaylabourerNewtonname deleted
JnoHaycarterTotley Wells
RobtHaylabourerCrawstane
HenryHeatherstonlabourerMidhope
GeoHendersonfarmerDuntarvie
JasHendersonmillerPhilpstoun Mill
RobtHislopmasonSociety
JohnHopetounEarl ofHopetoun House
JasJamiesonfarmerDuntarvie
JasJamiesonfarmer and carrierGallows Crook
JasJamiesonlabourerNewton
ThosJacklabourerDuntarvie
JnoJardinelabourerNewton
AlexJohnstonlabourerDuntarvie
DavdJohnstonlabourerPhilpstoun
JasJohnstonmole catcherMidhope
RobtJohnstonschoolmasterAbercorn
ThosJohnstonlabourerNewton
ThosJohnstonlabourerBanks
GeoKaysuperannuated labourerBanks
GeoKayfarm servantNewton
JnoKinnairdlabourerParkhead
JasLindsayfarmerCockmuir
AlexLinnfarm servantDuntarviename deleted
DavLinnlabourerSociety
GeoLinnlabourerNewton
AlexMcalpinefarmerLawflat
PeterMcdermitfarm servantNewton
DavMckielabourerSociety
JasMckiegroom at HopetounAbercorn
JnoMckenzielabourerNewton
DanlMcphersonsuperannuated labourerDuddingston Lodge
HenryMarshalllabourerSociety
JnoMartingamekeeperMidhope
GeoMitchelllabourerWest Lodge Hopetoun
GeoMeiklelabourerPriest Inch
JasMoodielabourerNewton
ChasMorrisonsmithSociety
JasMorrisonwrightNewton
AdamMurraybutler at DuddingstonNewton
WmMurrayfactor to Lord HopetounPhilpstoun House
AlexNicolservantPhilpstoun Gate
ArchdNicolcarterNewtonname deleted
ArchdNicollabourerNewton
DavNimmowrightPhilpstoun
HughNimmofarmerCraigton
MathewNimmocarpenterPhilpstoun
WmOrrocksmithNewton
ChasPaulcoachman at DuddingstonButlaw
JasPearsonlabourerMerrylees
JnoPotterlabourerObelisk Gate Hopetoun
DavdReidlabourerMidhope
JasReidlabourerHawthornsyke
WmRitchiefarm servantDuntarvie
GeoRobertsonservant at BinnsBinns North Lodge
JasRobertsonlabourerWhitelaw
GeoSamuelminister's servantAbercorn
JnoScottsecretary to Lord HopetounSociety
JnoScottwrightNethermill
ChasSibbaldlabourerWhitelaw
WmSibbaldlabourerParkhead
JasSmithgardenerHopetoun Garden
JasSpringhead forester and elderParkhead
JnoStevensontailorPhilpstoun
ThoStevensonlabourerPhilpstoun
AndrewStewartMannerstonadded later
WmStewartfarm servantDuntarvie
GeoStirtongrieve at BinnsBinns Barns
DavTerrieslabourerCrawstane
JamesTrotterfarmerNewton
RobtWalkershoemakerPhilpstoun
EdwdWhiteweaverPhilpstoun
JnoWhitesawyerNewton
JasWoodwrightHopetoun Wood End
JnoYoungerhorse breakerCraigton
SamsonYoungerlabourerBlue Gate

Kirk Session Records Index

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