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Ancrum 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.
We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
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.
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
- £3 for a single minute
- £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
- £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas IRVINE | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Euphemia KENNEDY | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John KYLE | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Thomas MACDONALD | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Agnes SCOTT | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella STODDART | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella CAIRNS Greenend, Ancrum formerly Greenlees | John HOPE | 17 Dec 1884 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Mary HAY Ancrum | John HOGG | 10 Dec 1878 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
| Margaret HOGG Ancrum | Robert TURNBULL | 14 Jan 1885 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Mary Jane Watson PEARSON Belses Quarry, Ancrum | James MOODIE | 17 Dec 1879 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Janet ROBSON Ancrum | John DOUGLAS | 18 Oct 1862 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/12 |
| Elizabeth RUSSELL Chesters Grange, Ancrum | James BURNETT | 27 Nov 1875 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Andrew ANDERSON | 1 July 1862 | Marion ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Harry BAILLIE | 25 December 1859 | Elizabeth BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Thomas BAILLIE | 7 September 1859 | Harriet BAILLIE | Find the father |
| John Malcolm BALLANTYNE | 17 February 1858 | Mary BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Georgina BALMER | 23 August 1871 | Janet BALMER | Find the father |
| Isabella BARNS | 29 May 1874 | Margaret BARNS | Find the father |
| Allan BEATON | 18 December 1866 | Margaret BEATON | Find the father |
| Andrew Mercer BEATON | 30 December 1860 | Margaret BEATON | Find the father |
| James BEATON | 6 July 1864 | Mary BEATON | Father found |
| Mary BEATON | 11 January 1870 | Margaret BEATON | Find the father |
| Jane BELL | 26 March 1858 | Isabella BELL | Find the father |
| William BELL | 13 October 1860 | Janet BELL | Find the father |
| Mary BINNIE | 28 March 1856 | Mary BINNIE | Find the father |
| John BLACK | 29 December 1866 | Mary BLACK | Find the father |
| William BLACK | 25 January 1860 | Christina BLACK | Find the father |
| Jane Messer BROWN | 24 October 1862 | Jessie BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 1 July 1858 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| Agnes BUNYAN | 23 February 1869 | Agnes BUNYAN | Find the father |
| James BUNYAN | 5 June 1865 | Agnes BUNYAN | Find the father |
| Margaret BUNYAN | 6 May 1860 | Helen BUNYAN | Find the father |
| Margaret BUNYAN | 28 May 1871 | Margaret BUNYAN | Find the father |
| James Cowan CAIRNS | 28 November 1866 | Elizabeth CAIRNS | Father found |
| Jane Chisholm CAIRNS | 19 April 1865 | Agnes CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Thomas CAIRNS | 8 August 1861 | Isabella CAIRNS | Find the father |
| James Wood CLARK | 28 March 1864 | Georgina Helen CLARK | Father found |
| David COOK | 29 July 1855 | Elisabeth COOK | Find the father |
| Mary CUNNINGHAM | 21 December 1857 | Margaret CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| Andrew Oliver Wright DANIEL | 23 September 1867 | Alison DANIEL | Find the father |
| Andrew Smith DANIEL | 15 August 1874 | Jane DANIEL | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 18 April 1860 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DICKMAN | 13 November 1860 | Susan DICKMAN | Find the father |
| Robert DODDS | 5 December 1855 | Jessie DODDS | Find the father |
| Janet Elisabeth DONALD | 15 December 1861 | Margaret Nisbet DONALD | Find the father |
| Robina Laidlaw DRINNAN | 21 September 1861 | Catherine DRINNAN | Find the father |
| George DUNN | 7 September 1855 | Agnes DUNN | Find the father |
| Adam Scott ELLIOT | 28 January 1865 | Isabella ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Peter HARDIE | 28 October 1865 | Agnes HARDIE | Father found |
| Annie Preston HARPER | 2 October 1862 | Annie HARPER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Preston HARPER | 21 March 1865 | Annie HARPER | Find the father |
| Agnes Mutch HOGG | 14 June 1868 | Janet HOGG | Find the father |
| John HOPE | 15 November 1865 | Betsy HOPE | Find the father |
| Margaret HUME | 25 January 1868 | Isabella HUME | Find the father |
| Thomas Arthur HUME | 21 October 1866 | Mary HUME | Find the father |
| Agnes HUSH | 7 November 1870 | Elizabeth HUSH | Find the father |
| John HUSH | 3 July 1874 | Elizabeth HUSH | Find the father |
| Marianne HUSH | 1 August 1867 | Jane HUSH | Find the father |
| Robert HUSH | 16 August 1867 | Elizabeth HUSH | Father found |
| James Scott INGLIS | 8 February 1868 | Helen INGLIS | Father found |
| Thomas INGLIS | 12 March 1862 | Betsy INGLIS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth IRVINE | 16 March 1873 | Margaret IRVINE | Find the father |
| Robert IRVINE | 12 August 1863 | Isabella IRVINE | Find the father |
| Andrew Richardson JOHNSTON | 17 August 1870 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Robert JOHNSTON | 19 February 1870 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Betsy JUDGE | 17 September 1867 | Betsy JUDGE | Find the father |
| Andrew Forsythe LINDORES | 22 February 1862 | Annie LINDORES | Find the father |
| Isabella LINDSAY | 22 August 1873 | Isabella LINDSAY | Father found |
| Mary MESSER | 5 July 1868 | Alison MESSER | Find the father |
| John Elliot MINTO | 8 August 1870 | Margaret MINTO | Find the father |
| William MOFFAT | 23 April 1870 | Elizabeth MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Jane Rutherford MORRISON | 24 December 1869 | Ann MORRISON | Find the father |
| James Henry MURRAY | 6 February 1857 | Helen MURRAY | Father found |
| William NEIL | 22 October 1870 | Elizabeth NEIL | Find the father |
| Henry PATERSON | 20 December 1862 | Elisabeth PATERSON | Find the father |
| Henry James PATERSON | 24 August 1869 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Alison REDPATH | 14 January 1857 | Alison REDPATH | Find the father |
| Isabella Cairns REDPATH | 5 October 1862 | Euphemia REDPATH | Find the father |
| Margaret REDPATH | 14 May 1858 | Margaret REDPATH | Find the father |
| Janet Armstrong RIDDEL | 18 June 1862 | Mary RIDDEL | Find the father |
| Martha ROBSON | 14 October 1860 | Isabel ROBSON | Find the father |
| Jane RUTHERFORD | 1 August 1872 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| James Williamson SCOTT | 8 December 1866 | Catherine SCOTT | Find the father |
| Janet SCOTT | 20 December 1865 | Jemima SCOTT | Find the father |
| Mary SCOTT | 14 November 1862 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| Anne SHIEL | 10 July 1860 | Anne SHIEL | Find the father |
| Margaret Wilson SHORT | 2 October 1871 | Helen SHORT | Find the father |
| Eliza SIMPSON | 12 October 1855 | Eliza SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SINTON | 19 September 1868 | Isabella SINTON | Father found |
| James SMALL | 12 March 1858 | Elisabeth SMALL | Find the father |
| Janet SMALL | 17 April 1862 | Elisabeth SMALL | Find the father |
| Adam Alexander SMITH | 28 June 1865 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 8 June 1861 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary STEWART | 5 September 1858 | Jemima STEWART | Find the father |
| William Tait STODDART | 28 October 1861 | Jessie STODDART | Find the father |
| Helen STORIE | 4 June 1870 | Mary STORIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth THOMPSON | 16 August 1863 | Margaret THOMPSON | Find the father |
| William THOMPSON | 23 December 1865 | Margaret THOMPSON | Father found |
| Sarah THOMSON | 4 July 1856 | Sarah THOMSON | Find the father |
| Alison TINLIN | 16 February 1864 | Jane TINLIN | Find the father |
| Alexander Sharp TURNBULL | 23 October 1873 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| James TURNBULL | 30 July 1857 | Agnes TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Robina TURNBULL | 22 July 1858 | Anne TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Alexander TURNER | 26 December 1861 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Thomas Dow TURNER | 9 June 1863 | Marion TURNER | Find the father |
| Joan Ronaldson WATSON | 26 April 1872 | Isabella WATSON | Father found |
| John WILSON | 27 January 1857 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| Helen WINTRUP | 1 April 1864 | Isabella WINTRUP | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
