Athelstaneford parish 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.
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.
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/18/1 | Athelstaneford Kirk Session: Minutes | 1770-1914 | Request lookup |
| CH2/18/2 | Athelstaneford Kirk Session: Communion roll | 1885-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/18/3 | Athelstaneford Kirk Session: Proclamation register | 1855-1978 | Request 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.
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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert CAIRNS | 1848 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet CHANDLER or GLEN | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Marion COWAN or PATTERSON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Marion COWAN or PATERSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes DICKSON | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charles GRIERSON | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John HEALY | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| John HOGG | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John HOGG | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 155 1851 | |
| Archibald WHITSON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes ANDERSON | 5 August 1872 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| George ANDERSON | 5 December 1864 | Isabella ANDERSON | Find the father |
| George BANKS | 17 October 1869 | Georgina BANKS | Find the father |
| Margaret BANKS | 17 October 1869 | Georgina BANKS | Find the father |
| James BLAIR | 7 March 1860 | Jane BLAIR | Find the father |
| Alexander CAMPBELL | 18 August 1874 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Richard CLARK | 5 October 1857 | Agnes CLARK | Find the father |
| Thomas CLARK | 14 January 1870 | Charlotte CLARK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CRAWFORD | 17 January 1864 | Janet CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Christina Inglis CUNNINGHAM | 3 July 1874 | Janet CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| Francis CUNNINGHAM | 13 October 1866 | Christina CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| William CUNNINGHAM | 5 May 1869 | Helen CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| John DARGE | 14 August 1857 | Mary DARGE | Find the father |
| Janet DICKSON | 6 February 1856 | Agnes DICKSON | Find the father |
| William DICKSON | 23 December 1861 | Agnes DICKSON | Find the father |
| Mary FORD | 1855 | Find the father | |
| Roberta GORDON | 19 August 1856 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| John GRIERSON | 27 February 1860 | Margaret GRIERSON | Find the father |
| John HAMILTON | 21 January 1862 | Margaret HAMILTON | Find the father |
| William HAMILTON | 7 June 1872 | Mary Ann HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Isabella HOGG | 19 September 1855 | Isabella HOGG | Find the father |
| William David Briggs HOGG | 23 November 1866 | Mary HOGG | Find the father |
| Jane KNOWLES | 2 August 1855 | Helen KNOWLES | Find the father |
| Isabella LEES | 7 October 1860 | Isabella LEES | Find the father |
| William LEES | 20 June 1856 | Isabella LEES | Find the father |
| John Leckie MCKINLEY | 2 October 1860 | Isabella MCKINLEY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCNAB | 3 October 1866 | Elizabeth MCNAB | Find the father |
| George MELROSE | 5 September 1860 | Janet MELROSE | Find the father |
| John MELROSE | 9 January 1856 | Janet MELROSE | Find the father |
| William MELROSE | 9 August 1858 | Janet MELROSE | Find the father |
| Peter MONTGOMERY | 2 March 1869 | Helen MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| John MORRISON | 21 April 1871 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jessie PRESTON | 25 September 1859 | Jessie PRESTON | Find the father |
| Hay RICHARDSON | 14 March 1860 | Catherine RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret RICHARDSON | 23 March 1865 | Catherine RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Jane SKIRVING | 10 December 1871 | Agnes SKIRVING | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 10 August 1856 | Jean STEWART | Find the father |
| Janet STEWART | 29 July 1855 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| James TURNBULL | 28 November 1855 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Ellen WEBSTER | 17 August 1872 | Jane WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Margaret WHITECROSS | 16 August 1857 | Margaret WHITECROSS | Find the father |
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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
