Records -> Berwickshire
Coldstream 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 AIMERS | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes ALLAN | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elizabeth CAMPBELL | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth DRYDEN | 1854 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth DRYDEN | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused on understanding that applicant will be cared for at the time of her confinement | |
| Jane EWING | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Euphemia FLETCHER or WOOD | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Euphemia FLETCHER or WOOD | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas GUTHRIE | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes HATELY or ALLAN | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella LAMOND | 1874 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane MARSHALL or EWING | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter MATTHEW | 1879-1880 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Hugh MUNRO | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella PURVES | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William PURVES | 1873-1874 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew SCOTT | 1867 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Isobel SMITH | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Euphemia STEWART | 1878 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Simon WILSON | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas WILSON | 1879 (3) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret AITCHISON Milnegraden West Mains, near Coldstream | Alexander GRAY | 17 Nov 1889 Simprim Mains, Berwickshire | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Isabella ANDERSON Todhillrig, Coldstream | William WOOD | 23 Nov 1876 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/42 |
| Jane COCKBURN Darnchester, near Coldstream | John MATHEWSON OR MATHIESON OR MATHESON | 1 Feb 1890 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Dorothy DODS Georgefield, Coldstream | William WIGHT | 22 Nov 1852 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Jane HARDIE Coldstream | Thomas LEDGERWOOD | 16 Jul 1889 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Jane HOPE The Hirsel, Coldstream formerly White Swan Hotel, Kelso | Robert HUNTER | 28 Jun 1881 Kelso | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Margaret KERSS Crooks, Coldstream | William CLEGHORN | 10 Jun 1875 Crooks, Coldstream | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
| Margaret LAUDER Eccles New Town, Coldstream | George ALLAN | 4 Jul 1894 Eccles New Town, Coldstream | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Mary Dodds MARJORIBANKS Newtown, Coldstream | William MARTIN | 17 Apr 1850 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Christina MUIRHEAD High Street, Coldstream | Andrew TINLIN | 28 Jun 1859 | Order now | Dunblane SC44/5/5 |
| Mary MUIRHEAD Commercial Inn, Coldstream formerly Fireburnmill, near Coldstream | John DODDS | 30 May 1854 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Margaret NEIL Oxenrig, near Coldstream | John MATTHEW | 5 Oct 1896 Oxenrig, near Coldstream | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Margaret NEILANS 15 Gayton Crescent, Hampstead, London formerly Coldstream | James P VEITCH | 9 Jul 1888 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Mary WALKER Duke Street, Coldstream | James JOHNSTON | 19 Oct 1905 Edinburgh | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Mary Nisbet WALKER Lees, Coldstream | William HEWITT | 19 Mar 1885 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James AIKMAN | 1 March 1855 | Isabella AIKMAN | Find the father |
| Robert AITCHISON | 6 April 1868 | Agnes AITCHISON | Find the father |
| Agnes ANDERSON | 4 July 1874 | Ann ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William ANDERSON | 13 August 1861 | Sophia ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BAXTER | 18 November 1866 | Helen BAXTER | Find the father |
| Hugh Mccombe BELL | 27 October 1867 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| William Larment BELL | 2 March 1859 | Mary Ann CLUSKEY | Find the father |
| Emma BOUSTON | 30 September 1866 | Margaret BOUSTON | Find the father |
| Thomas Skenn BOYLE | 29 June 1872 | Ann BOYLE | Find the father |
| Adam BROWN | 31 March 1859 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 17 October 1857 | Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| Margaret BROWN | 14 April 1868 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| Margaret BROWN | 11 May 1873 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| James BRUCE | 17 October 1872 | Margaret BRUCE | Find the father |
| James BRUCE | 28 November 1873 | Margaret BRUCE | Father found |
| Mary Jane BRUCE | 14 June 1873 | Mary BRUCE | Find the father |
| Isabella BRUNTON | 10 December 1863 | Elisabeth BRUNTON | Find the father |
| Jane BRYDON | 1 May 1864 | Agness BRYDON | Find the father |
| James BURNS | 2 September 1855 | Hannah BURNS | Find the father |
| John CAMPBELL | 3 December 1873 | Eliza CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Helen CLUSKEY | 27 December 1865 | Mary Ann CLUSKEY | Find the father |
| Jessie CLUSKEY | 3 May 1862 | Mary Ann CLUSKEY | Find the father |
| William Larment CLUSKEY | 1 July 1871 | Isabella Larment CLUSKEY | Find the father |
| Robert COATES | 28 June 1865 | Margaret COATES | Find the father |
| Andrew COLLINS | 2 July 1872 | Susanah COLLINS | Find the father |
| Ann COLVIN | 8 November 1857 | Alice COLVIN | Find the father |
| Mary DARRIE | 18 March 1873 | Mary DARRIE | Find the father |
| George DAVIDSON | 10 December 1865 | Margaret DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Helen Jane DAVIDSON | 15 September 1866 | Margaret DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 11 April 1855 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Euphemia DICKSON | 30 December 1865 | Hannah DICKSON | Find the father |
| Frederick DODDS | 28 April 1857 | Dorothy DODDS | Find the father |
| William DODDS | 26 September 1871 | Margaret DODDS | Find the father |
| John DONALDSON | 6 May 1868 | Martha DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret DONALDSON | 9 December 1856 | Margaret HOPE | Find the father |
| Mary Ellen DUNLOP | 11 August 1861 | Mary DUNLOP | Find the father |
| George EASTON | 7 September 1872 | Jane EASTON | Find the father |
| Mary Davidson ECLES | 3 August 1867 | Elizabeth ECLES | Find the father |
| James EDMISON | 10 April 1858 | Jane EDMISON | Find the father |
| James EDMISON | 23 December 1866 | Helen EDMISON | Find the father |
| John EDMISON | 7 February 1864 | Helen EDMISON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane EDMISON | 24 May 1865 | Margaret EDMISON | Find the father |
| Thomas EDMISON | 10 September 1857 | Helen EDMISON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth ELDER | 16 June 1873 | Helen ELDER | Find the father |
| George ELDER | 23 January 1870 | Margaret ELDER | Find the father |
| James ELDER | 18 August 1858 | Agnes ELDER | Find the father |
| Mary ELDER | 21 June 1857 | Mary ELDER | Find the father |
| Ralph EWART | 19 June 1866 | Abigail EWART | Find the father |
| James FAIRBAIRN | 7 January 1874 | Mary FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| Robert FAIRBAIRN | 23 September 1870 | Mary FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| Jane FORD | 18 May 1858 | Alice FORD | Find the father |
| James Sharp GIBB | 8 June 1872 | Jessie GIBB | Find the father |
| Ann Jane GLADSTONE | 12 October 1859 | Jane GLADSTONE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann GLADSTONE | 24 August 1869 | Mary Ann GLADSTONE | Find the father |
| Agnes GOOD | 5 November 1866 | Thomesina GOOD | Find the father |
| Alice GRAY | 26 May 1864 | Elisabeth GRAY | Find the father |
| William GRAY | 27 October 1861 | Elisabeth GRAY | Find the father |
| James GUTHRIE | 20 July 1867 | Janet GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| Robert GUTHRIE | 14 December 1868 | Margaret GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| Ellen HANN | 31 December 1866 | Agnes HANN | Find the father |
| Thomas HANN | 2 November 1857 | Ann HANN | Find the father |
| Isabella HARDIE | 17 January 1871 | Agnes HARDIE | Find the father |
| Joan Allan HARDIE | 16 January 1869 | Janet HARDIE | Find the father |
| Pringle HARDIE | 18 May 1865 | Mary HARDIE | Find the father |
| Isabella HASTIE | 10 January 1862 | Agness HASTIE | Find the father |
| Helen HATLEY | 1 August 1865 | Isabella HATLEY | Find the father |
| Isabella Cowe HATLEY | 28 April 1871 | Isabella HATLEY | Find the father |
| Jessie HENDERSON | 1 August 1863 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John HENDERSON | 22 August 1863 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas HENDRY | 27 September 1855 | Isabella HENDRY | Find the father |
| Alexander HENRY | 19 October 1856 | Agnes HENRY | Find the father |
| Ann HEWIT | 1 May 1867 | Catherine HEWIT | Find the father |
| Catherine HEWIT | 29 August 1871 | Catherine HEWIT | Find the father |
| James HEWIT | 28 February 1859 | Catherine SILVERMAN | Find the father |
| Mary HEWIT | 22 November 1868 | Catherine HEWIT | Find the father |
| Eliza HEWITT | 25 February 1863 | Catherine HEWITT | Find the father |
| Margaret HOGG | 5 April 1857 | Mary Ann HOGG | Find the father |
| Margaret HOPE | 14 November 1866 | Margaret HOPE | Find the father |
| William HOPE | 28 June 1863 | Margaret HOPE | Find the father |
| Agnes Hoy JAFFEREY | 17 November 1870 | Mary JAFFEREY | Find the father |
| George JAMIESON | 6 January 1864 | Phillis JAMIESON | Find the father |
| George JEFFREY | 21 March 1857 | Elisabeth JEFFREY | Find the father |
| George Robeson JEFFREY | 10 October 1870 | Margaret JEFFREY | Find the father |
| Jane JEFFREY | 10 June 1865 | Mary JEFFREY | Find the father |
| Jane JOHNSTON | 11 November 1860 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| John JOHNSTON | 21 January 1860 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth JONES | 2 July 1858 | Margaret JONES | Find the father |
| Thomas JONES | 22 April 1865 | Margaret JONES | Find the father |
| William KEITH | 23 June 1874 | Jane KEITH | Find the father |
| James KERSS | 26 June 1867 | Margaret KERSS | Find the father |
| John KINGHORN | 23 October 1862 | Lilias KINGHORN | Find the father |
| Thomas LAIDLAW | 22 August 1866 | Isabella LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| Janet LAMONT | 10 July 1858 | Ann LAMONT | Find the father |
| John LAMONT | 17 March 1855 | Ann LAMONT | Find the father |
| Josephine Briggs LEDGERWOOD | 13 October 1874 | Abigail LEDGERWOOD | Find the father |
| John LIDDELL | 9 November 1870 | Margaret LIDDELL | Find the father |
| Mary Thompson LIDDLE | 5 October 1865 | Mary LIDDLE | Find the father |
| Robert LIDDLE | 18 September 1857 | Mary LIDDLE | Find the father |
| James LOGAN | 30 January 1861 | Helen LOGAN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MALONE | 21 May 1871 | Bridget MALONE | Find the father |
| Agnes MARSHALL | 8 October 1860 | Agnes MARSHALL | Find the father |
| James MARSHALL | 21 May 1863 | Agnes MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Janet MARSHALL | 25 February 1866 | Agnes MARSHALL | Find the father |
| William MARSHALL | 29 September 1871 | Helen MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Mary MATHER | 2 February 1868 | Isabella MATHER | Find the father |
| Catherine Jane MATTHEWSON | 13 August 1866 | Robina MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Margaret MATTISON | 6 July 1861 | Mary RUNCIMAN | Find the father |
| William MCKINNEN | 26 May 1869 | Catherine MCKINNEN | Find the father |
| Mary MELROSE | 30 October 1868 | Isabella MELROSE | Find the father |
| Peter MIDDLEMISS | 28 May 1867 | Alison MIDDLEMISS | Find the father |
| George MITCHELL | 30 April 1873 | Elizabeth MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Peter MORN | 15 January 1862 | Robina MORN | Find the father |
| Ann MORRIS | 3 November 1868 | Isabella MORRIS | Find the father |
| John MORTON | 14 March 1861 | Elisabeth MORTON | Find the father |
| Joseph MORTON | 19 April 1859 | Elisabeth MORTON | Find the father |
| George MURRAY | 27 May 1861 | Barbara MURRAY | Find the father |
| William NAIRN | 25 July 1865 | Elizabeth NAIRN | Find the father |
| Agnes OLIVER | 10 May 1857 | Agnes OLIVER | Find the father |
| Agnes OLIVER | 3 June 1874 | Elizabeth OLIVER | Find the father |
| Jane OLIVER | 1 October 1859 | Agnes OLIVER | Find the father |
| Thomas OLIVER | 3 October 1855 | Helen OLIVER | Find the father |
| Henry PATERSON | 26 December 1857 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes PATTERSON | 17 January 1862 | Agnes PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Catherine PATTERSON | 17 April 1857 | Isabella PATTERSON | Find the father |
| George PATTERSON | 20 June 1866 | Agnes PATTERSON | Father found |
| Isabella PEARSON | 6 February 1868 | Mary PEARSON | Find the father |
| John PEARSON | 20 August 1865 | Margaret PEARSON | Find the father |
| Peter PEARSON | 29 April 1869 | Catherine PEARSON | Find the father |
| Isabella PURVES | 14 October 1856 | Agnes PURVES | Find the father |
| Jane Dawson PURVES | 20 February 1861 | Elisabeth PURVES | Find the father |
| John PURVES | 27 August 1864 | Elisabeth PURVES | Find the father |
| William PURVIS | 16 April 1856 | Elisabeth PURVIS | Find the father |
| Jessie Taylor REDPATH | 10 December 1867 | Janet REDPATH | Find the father |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | 12 July 1874 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROWLAND | 10 March 1863 | Mary ROWLAND | Find the father |
| Mary RUNCIMAN | 4 December 1866 | Agnes RUNCIMAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane SANDERSON | 2 September 1867 | Margaret SANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret SCOTT | 11 April 1866 | Isabella SCOTT | Find the father |
| Thomas Nicholson SCOTT | 30 December 1870 | Isabella SCOTT | Find the father |
| Maria SHAW | 30 July 1862 | Elisabeth SHAW | Find the father |
| Denis SILVERMAN | 2 February 1861 | Catherine SILVERMAN | Find the father |
| John SIMPSON | 5 December 1861 | Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Mary SMEATON | 19 October 1863 | Mary SMEATON | Find the father |
| David SMITH | 29 May 1874 | Isabella SMITH | Father found |
| William SMITH | 6 January 1859 | Eliza SMITH | Find the father |
| Thomas STENHOUSE | 24 April 1859 | Jane STENHOUSE | Find the father |
| Agnes Cowans STEWART | 1 April 1874 | Elisabeth STEWART | Find the father |
| Helen STIRLING | 30 August 1857 | Margaret STIRLING | Find the father |
| John Ann STIRLING | 15 August 1863 | Margaret STIRLING | Find the father |
| Helen TAIT | 12 January 1868 | Isabella TAIT | Find the father |
| Isabella TAIT | 28 August 1855 | Isabella TAIT | Find the father |
| James TAIT | 6 August 1867 | Margaret TAIT | Find the father |
| Cecilia TROTTER | 30 November 1874 | Agnes TROTTER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth TROTTER | 27 November 1868 | Isabella TROTTER | Find the father |
| John TROTTER | 4 February 1855 | Elisabeth TROTTER | Find the father |
| Mary TROTTER | 2 July 1870 | Isabella TROTTER | Find the father |
| William TROTTER | 22 June 1860 | Isabell TROTTER | Find the father |
| Isabella TURNER | 8 October 1861 | Mary TURNER | Find the father |
| John WALKER | 17 March 1872 | Mary WALKER | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina WALLACE | 1 May 1866 | Mary Anne WALLACE | Father found |
| George Ramage WHITE | 9 May 1866 | Janet WHITE | Find the father |
| Margaret WILKINSON | 16 September 1861 | Janet WILKINSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 2 May 1869 | Elisabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Christina WOOD | 17 June 1866 | Alice WOOD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth YOUNG | 26 May 1873 | Janet YOUNG | Find the father |
| Alice Moffat YULE | 7 August 1865 | Maria YULE | Find the father |
| Alison YULE | 30 June 1856 | Jane YULE | Find the father |
| Ann Morgan YULE | 26 November 1859 | Maria YULE | Find the father |
| Annie Morgan YULE | 27 July 1868 | Maria YULE | Find the father |
| Maria YULE | 24 April 1862 | Maria YULE | 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.
