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Cavers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary OLIVER or MURRAY | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John ROGERSON | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Nelly TODD or HALL | Mackside Parish Of Southdean | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Agnes TURNBULL | 1854 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet GEDDES Ashybank, Cavers | James NEIL | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 | |
| Agnes SCOTT Berryfell Plain, Cavers | John BEATTIE | 20 Apr 1853 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/10 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie M RAMSAY | 4 Sep 1889 | Cavers Denholm Public School | 1908 | Order now |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes ALISON | 25 April 1868 | Agnes ALISON | Find the father |
| Agnes ALLAN | 8 January 1870 | Mary ALLAN | Find the father |
| Janet ALLAN | 28 October 1866 | Mary ALLAN | Find the father |
| Adam ARMSTRONG | 28 June 1856 | Janet ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Adam ARMSTRONG | 16 March 1859 | Jessie ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| James ARMSTRONG | 16 February 1856 | Mary ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BALLANTYNE | 13 August 1861 | Isabella BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Jessie BARRIE | 6 September 1868 | Annie BARRIE | Find the father |
| Helen Alice Amos BENNETT | 4 February 1871 | Annie BENNETT | Find the father |
| John Gilbert Amos BENNETT | 15 March 1868 | Annie BENNETT | Find the father |
| Mary BLACKIE | 14 November 1859 | Betsy BLACKIE | Find the father |
| Isabella BLYTHE | 14 January 1862 | Isabella BLYTHE | Find the father |
| Isabella BOUGLAS | 21 October 1864 | Margaret BOUGLAS | Father found |
| William BOUGLAS | 9 July 1862 | Wilhelmina BOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Williemina BOUGLAS | 1 April 1868 | Williemina BOUGLAS | Find the father |
| John BRECHIN | 9 December 1857 | Betsy BRECHIN | Find the father |
| John CAIRNS | 26 August 1863 | Helen CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Euphemia DICKSON | 31 August 1866 | Euphemia DICKSON | Find the father |
| Isabella DONALDSON | 2 April 1866 | Jane DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Janet FAIRBAIRN | 30 May 1867 | Helen FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| John FAIRBAIRN | 28 July 1858 | Hellen FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| Thomas FERGUSON | 24 February 1861 | Janet FERGUSON | Father found |
| John GALLOWAY | 25 August 1867 | Margaret GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| William GALLOWAY | 22 February 1863 | Jane GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| James GILLIES | 6 December 1868 | Cathrine GILLIES | Find the father |
| John GRAHAM | 3 May 1865 | Jane GRAHAM | Father found |
| Isabella HALL | 30 October 1856 | Betty HALL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HEATLEY | 30 September 1858 | Elizabeth HEATLEY | Find the father |
| Archibald Scott HEATLIE | 13 July 1870 | Janet Scott HEATLIE | Find the father |
| Charlotte HEATLIE | 13 February 1864 | Betsy HEATLIE | Find the father |
| Isabella HEATLY | 10 October 1859 | Margaret HEATLY | Find the father |
| John JACKSON | 28 February 1861 | Helen JACKSON | Find the father |
| William LAUDER | 8 December 1858 | Margaret LAUDER | Find the father |
| Jessie Furness LAWRIE | 20 November 1872 | Jeanie LAWRIE | Find the father |
| Thomas LEITHEAD | 4 May 1873 | Jane LEITHEAD | Find the father |
| William LILLICO | 20 November 1869 | Joanna LILLICO | Find the father |
| Alexander George LITTLE | 1 December 1866 | Betsy LITTLE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LITTLE | 23 March 1864 | Elizabeth LITTLE | Find the father |
| Helen Murray LITTLE | 13 February 1868 | Euphemia LITTLE | Find the father |
| Janet LITTLE | 14 March 1873 | Isabella LITTLE | Find the father |
| John Mason LITTLE | 12 July 1868 | Isabella LITTLE | Find the father |
| Thomas LITTLE | 27 October 1862 | Isabella LITTLE | Find the father |
| Mary LOWRIE | 19 December 1863 | Jean LOWRIE | Find the father |
| Walter MACK | 17 November 1873 | Janet MACK | Find the father |
| David MCINTOSH | 12 January 1867 | Christina MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| James MCINTOSH | 12 January 1874 | Jemima MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Mary MCINTOSH | 21 January 1872 | Betsy MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Agnes Mary Ann MESSER | 8 January 1873 | Margaret MESSER | Find the father |
| Margaret Jamieson MILLER | 1 August 1861 | Ann MILLER | Find the father |
| James MINTO | 6 February 1868 | Robina MINTO | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | 7 October 1862 | Elliot MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Isabella MURRAY | 3 August 1858 | Isabella MURRAY | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 15 January 1871 | Jessie MURRAY | Father found |
| James OLIVER | 8 January 1858 | Janet OLIVER | Find the father |
| John OLIVER | 4 December 1863 | Isabella OLIVER | Find the father |
| Thomas OLIVER | 19 June 1871 | Grace OLIVER | Find the father |
| Margaret PARK | 31 October 1874 | Mary PARK | Father found |
| Mary PATERSON | 30 March 1873 | Isabella PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary RAMAGE | 30 May 1868 | Mary RAMAGE | Father found |
| Cathrine Anderson RIDDELL | 24 August 1868 | Elizabeth RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Agnes ROBERTSON | 14 April 1862 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Ann ROBSON | 17 August 1869 | Janet ROBSON | Find the father |
| Annie ROBSON | 29 May 1865 | Elizabeth ROBSON | Find the father |
| James ROBSON | 31 August 1867 | Mary ROBSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBSON | 29 August 1858 | Christina ROBSON | Find the father |
| Jane Dalgleish ROMAINES | 3 June 1869 | Margaret ROMAINES | Find the father |
| Isabella RUTHERFORD | 21 March 1874 | Elizabeth RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Jane RUTHERFORD | 12 February 1874 | Mary Ann RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Agnes SCOTT | 6 August 1860 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Agnes Anderson SCOTT | 2 March 1869 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Agnes Anderson SCOTT | 7 June 1873 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Hellen SCOTT | 19 December 1858 | Agnes SCOTT | Find the father |
| Janet SCOTT | 22 April 1873 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jemima SCOTT | 9 October 1866 | Margaret SCOTT | Father found |
| John SCOTT | 24 June 1864 | Jessie SCOTT | Find the father |
| John SCOTT | 28 April 1865 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Nancey SCOTT | 25 February 1863 | Nancey SCOTT | Find the father |
| Walter SCOTT | 4 January 1856 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Find the father |
| William SCOTT | 21 December 1856 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Helen SINTON | 16 July 1873 | Isabella SINTON | Find the father |
| Francis SKELTON | 24 December 1863 | Jane SKELTON | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 10 November 1868 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 12 January 1857 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Robert STEWART | 12 November 1871 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary STODDART | 24 August 1868 | Jessie STODDART | Find the father |
| Robert STOREY | 12 December 1856 | Margaret STOREY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STORY | 11 September 1857 | Hellen STORY | Find the father |
| Mary Elliot SWAN | 18 April 1869 | Margaret Mary SWAN | Father found |
| William Evan Cameron SWANSTON | 9 February 1870 | Barbara Ann SWANSTON | Find the father |
| James Moffat THOMSON | 1 November 1866 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| Agnes TURNBULL | 2 February 1862 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Euphemia TURNBULL | 19 July 1857 | Mary TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Hellen TURNBULL | 12 May 1858 | Jane TURNBULL | Find the father |
| James TURNBULL | 18 October 1867 | Janet TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Mark TURNBULL | 8 July 1864 | Margaret TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Thomas TURNBULL | 25 October 1860 | Sarah TURNBULL | Find the father |
| James WIGHT | 23 November 1864 | Christina WIGHT | Father found |
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.
