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Cramond 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/426/8 | Cramond Kirk Session: Minutes | 1735-1757 | Request lookup |
| CH2/426/9 | Cramond Kirk Session: Minutes | 1757-1800 | Request lookup |
| CH2/426/10 | Cramond Kirk Session: Minutes, Poor Accounts, Names of Heads of Families Minutes 1800-1878 Poor accounts 1793-1795 Names of Heads of Familes (1830s) | 1793-1878 | Request lookup |
| CH2/426/13 | Cramond Kirk Session: Minutes | 1878-1927 | Request lookup |
| CH2/426/16 | Cramond Kirk Session: Baptismal register | 1853-1955 | Request lookup |
| CH2/426/27 | Cramond Kirk Session: Treasurer's accounts [Including poors' fund, proclamations and mortcloths] | 1829-1848 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles AITCHISON | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charlotte AITCHISON | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary AITCHISON | 1858 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet ANDERSON | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret BAXTER or LEGAT | 1861-1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow COCKBURN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Henrietta CUNNINGHAM | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert DOUGLAS | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Donald FALCONER | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Donald FALCONER | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes FENTON | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David GRANT | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christian HEATH | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John HEATH | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary HEATH | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella Marshall MACINTYRE | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MCQUEEN | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Eliz NICOL | 1860 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet NICOL | 1860 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary NOON or COWNEY | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Marion PADEN | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter PARK | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Charlotte PROBERT or AITCHISON | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Cecilia THOMSON | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christina THOMSON | 1861 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth WALLACE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret WARDROPE | 1877 (3) | Order images | Refused (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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes BIRD Turnhouse, Cramond | James HEADRIDGE | 11 Mar 1856 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/33 |
| Mary GIVEN East Pilton, Cramond | Hugh ROBERTSON | 8 Aug 1885 | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/5 |
| Mary JACKSON Davidson Mains, Cramond, Edinburgh | James MCGREGOR | 12 Sep 1855 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
| Isabella THOMSON Davidson's Mains, near Edinburgh | James SCOTT | 13 Aug 1887 Davidson's Mains, near Edinburgh | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/5 |
| Margaret WEBSTER or BROWN Davidsons Mains, Edinburgh | Thomas GIBSON | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann ANDERSON | 11 February 1871 | Catherine ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Helen BAILLIE | 29 August 1856 | Harriet BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Jessie BAILLIE | 12 June 1872 | Alison BAILLIE | Find the father |
| John BAILLIE | 16 December 1862 | Henrietta BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Thomas BAILLIE | 22 January 1860 | Henrietta BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Agnes BARCLAY | 21 October 1865 | Elizabeth BARCLAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Thomson BISSET | 2 September 1855 | Margaret BISSET | Find the father |
| Alison BLAIR | 13 May 1863 | Helen BLAIR | Find the father |
| James Laing BLAIR | 13 January 1868 | Helen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Mary BROWN | 3 June 1870 | Charlotte BROWN | Find the father |
| David CAMPBELL | 17 May 1868 | Christina CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Alexander COCKBURN | 6 January 1861 | Agnes COCKBURN | Find the father |
| Jane COOPER | 20 March 1860 | Margaret COOPER | Find the father |
| Edward Brown CRICHTON | 7 October 1870 | Margaret CRICHTON | Find the father |
| Mary CRUDEN | 5 May 1865 | Margaret CRUDEN | Find the father |
| Glenwilliam Somerville CUMMING | 28 April 1867 | Mary CUMMING | Find the father |
| Mary CUMMING | 4 October 1873 | Mary CUMMING | Find the father |
| Robina CUMMING | 19 November 1867 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| James CUNNINGHAM | 31 March 1868 | Margaret CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| John CUNNINGHAM | 24 June 1872 | Margaret CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| Janet DAVIE | 6 April 1871 | Margaret DAVIE | Find the father |
| Agnes Anderson DENHOLM | 26 June 1865 | Jane DENHOLM | Find the father |
| Jane DILIVIN | 11 October 1873 | Elizabeth Dilivin Or NAPLES | Find the father |
| Davina DINIVIN | 18 October 1870 | Elizabeth Dinivin Or NAPPLES | Find the father |
| John DUNN | 15 November 1867 | Elizabeth DUNN | Find the father |
| John EADON | 12 January 1858 | Margaret EADON | Find the father |
| George FERGUSON | 23 December 1859 | Anne FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Catherine FLIN | 24 January 1857 | Catherine FLIN | Find the father |
| Agnes FRENCH | 3 August 1874 | Eliza FRENCH | Find the father |
| David GIVAN | 21 March 1855 | Christina GIVAN | Father found |
| Ann GIVEN | 1 October 1857 | Isabella GIVEN | Father found |
| Mary GRAHAM | 7 February 1873 | Margratta GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Robert Anderson GRANT | 27 May 1860 | Harriett GRANT | Find the father |
| Robert HEATH | 22 September 1862 | Mary HEATH | Find the father |
| William HODGE | 30 April 1873 | Mary Kirk HODGE | Find the father |
| Thomas HORSBURGH | 9 July 1863 | Margaret HORSBURGH | Find the father |
| William HUNTER | 29 February 1872 | Lydia HUNTER | Find the father |
| Lily Cameron JACK | 15 December 1865 | Lily JACK | Find the father |
| Adam George JENKINSON | 9 November 1865 | Janet Jenkinson Or BAIN | Find the father |
| Janet Bain JOHNSTON | 20 August 1857 | Janet JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KERR | 22 January 1868 | Agnes KERR | Father found |
| Mary Wood Stuart KIRKALDIE | 21 March 1865 | Jane KIRKALDIE | Find the father |
| Marget LAWSON | 16 July 1873 | Marget LAWSON | Find the father |
| Robina LORIMER | 3 November 1868 | Elizabeth LORIMER | Find the father |
| William LOVE | 20 June 1872 | Mary LOVE | Find the father |
| David Alexander MARRS | 7 February 1860 | Mary MARRS | Find the father |
| Margaret MARSHAL | 25 September 1869 | Helen MARSHAL | Find the father |
| Helen Mc Leod MCDONALD | 14 December 1861 | Elizabeth MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Thomas Oliver MCFARLANE | 7 March 1873 | Amelia MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| John MCKAY | 6 May 1856 | Elizabeth MCKAY | Find the father |
| Robert MCKAY | 5 December 1867 | Isabella MCKAY | Find the father |
| Catherine Russell MCNAUGHT | 27 September 1860 | Catherine MCNAUGHT | Find the father |
| Janet MITCHELL | 23 May 1861 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Robert MOWAT | 5 January 1863 | Barbara MOWAT | Find the father |
| Margaret NEWTON | 9 May 1868 | Elizabeth NEWTON | Find the father |
| Agnes NICHOL | 15 April 1862 | Agnes NICHOL | Find the father |
| Helen PATERSON | 17 June 1858 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret PATERSON | 12 June 1861 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| James PEDEN | 28 October 1858 | Isabella PEDEN | Find the father |
| Walter PEDEN | 9 April 1861 | Isabella PEDEN | Find the father |
| Margaret PEEBLES | 20 February 1872 | Margaret PEEBLES | Find the father |
| John PENNYCUICK | 20 August 1866 | Martha Pennycuick Or HADDON | Find the father |
| Helen PHILIP | 25 January 1872 | Christina PHILIP | Find the father |
| Mary PHILIP | 23 July 1866 | Christina PHILIP | Find the father |
| Andrew PHILLIP | 18 November 1862 | Christina PHILLIP | Find the father |
| Wilhemina PHILLIP | 31 July 1874 | Christina PHILLIP | Find the father |
| Catherine Alexander PHILP | 10 December 1864 | Elizabeth Philp Or FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Jane REID | 18 August 1863 | Charlotte REID | Find the father |
| David ROBERTSON | 19 December 1858 | Barbara ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George ROBERTSON | 29 November 1862 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 7 June 1860 | Elizabeth ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret SAMUEL | 14 January 1863 | Helen Samuel Or DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Margaret SAMUEL | 11 October 1864 | Catherine SAMUEL | Find the father |
| Andrew SCOBBIE | 9 July 1863 | Joan SCOBBIE | Find the father |
| Isabella SCOBBIE | 16 July 1865 | Joan SCOBBIE | Find the father |
| David SIMPSON | 17 October 1865 | Maryann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Jemima SINTON | 6 June 1866 | Jane Hope SINTON | Find the father |
| Beatrice SOMMERVILLE | 26 July 1869 | Elizabeth SOMMERVILLE | Father found |
| James Hall TENNENT | 15 August 1867 | Maryann TENNENT | Find the father |
| William TENNENT | 3 October 1867 | Esther TENNENT | Find the father |
| Cecilia THOMSON | 14 June 1856 | Cecilia THOMSON | Find the father |
| James Stark TINTO | 7 February 1865 | Janet TINTO | Find the father |
| Agnes TULLOCH | 12 April 1869 | Margaret Tulloch Or PATERSON | Find the father |
| Joanna TULLOCH | 21 February 1871 | Margaret Tulloch Or PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret TULLOCH | 10 December 1866 | Margaret Tulloch Or PATERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Smith URQUHART | 2 August 1867 | Johan Mc Kay URQUHART | Find the father |
| John Wardrop WALKER | 21 April 1868 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WALLACE | 2 August 1863 | Wilhelmina WALLACE | Find the father |
| Robert Dickson WALLACE | 28 February 1857 | Mary WALLACE | Find the father |
| Margaret WARDLAW | 20 December 1860 | Janet WARDLAW | Find the father |
| Jessie WESTWATER | 13 June 1862 | Marion WESTWATER | Father found |
| Euphemia Marshall WISHART | 7 February 1863 | Janet WISHART | Find the father |
| Jemima Alice WRIGHT | 5 October 1856 | Janet WRIGHT | Find 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.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALL, Elizabeth no occupation Born about 1896 Single Previous residence: Watergate, Cleish Chargeable parish: Cleish | Order images (4) | Edinburgh District Asylum Fife District Asylum Midlothian District Asylum | 1911-1913 | |
| SMALL, John dairyman Born about 1879 Single Previous residence: Blackhall, Davidson's Mains Chargeable parish: Dunfermline Also known as John D Small | Order images (4) | Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum Midlothian District Asylum | 1905-1909 | |
| SMALL, John D dairyman Born about 1879 Single Previous residence: Blackhall, Davidson's Mains Chargeable parish: Dunfermline Also known as John Small | Order images (4) | Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum Midlothian District Asylum | 1905-1909 | |
| WATT, William gardener Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Cramond Chargeable parish: Largo Also known as William Burns Watt | 15 Mar 1935 | Order images (3) | Dundee Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum Midlothian District Asylum | 1887-1899 |
| WATT, William Burns gardener Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Cramond Chargeable parish: Largo Also known as William Watt | 15 Mar 1935 | Order images (3) | Dundee Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum Midlothian District Asylum | 1887-1899 |
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Aitkinson | |||
| Alexander | Goodlet | |||
| Philip | Lumley | |||
| Willm | Reynolds | |||
| Thos | Bisset | |||
| George | Haig | |||
| Robert | Haig | |||
| Claud | Douglas | |||
| George | Ferguson | |||
| David | Wilson | |||
| John | Irvine | |||
| David | Martin | |||
| John | Douglas | |||
| Robert | Moubray | |||
| Charles | Anderson | |||
| Robert | Tully | |||
| John | Grant | |||
| Alexr | Henderson | |||
| Hugh | Mcdonald | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| Jas | Henderson | |||
| Laurence | Mcdonald | |||
| Willm | Chesser | |||
| Alexr | Binnie | |||
| Adam | Douglas | |||
| Alexr | Keppen | |||
| Willm | Mason | |||
| George | Whittit | |||
| John | Kerr | |||
| James | Robertson | |||
| Richard | Hutton | |||
| John | Buchanan | |||
| George | Brown | |||
| Alexr | Harvey | |||
| Jas | Simpson | |||
| Willm | Baillie | |||
| George | Willis | |||
| Adam | White | |||
| John | Gourlay | |||
| Thos | Cameron | |||
| Willm | Jack | |||
| John | Henderson | |||
| Thos | Inglis | |||
| Maxwell | Irvine | |||
| David | Templeton | |||
| Willm | Clark | |||
| Neil | Heath | |||
| James | Harvie | |||
| James | Samuel | |||
| John | Cuningham | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| Willm | Notman | |||
| Willm | Gray | |||
| Robert | Boag | |||
| Robert | Henderson | |||
| Thos | Shiellds | |||
| Abraham | Rutherford | |||
| James | Morrison | |||
| John | Elder | |||
| Thos | Oliver | |||
| Robert | Wright | |||
| Peter | Orr | |||
| John | Binnie | |||
| Alexr | Scott | |||
| Philip | Broddie | |||
| Francis | Smith | |||
| Henry | Erskine | |||
| Alexr | Hill | |||
| John | Fortune | |||
| Peter | Huthan | |||
| Henry | Scrimgeour | |||
| George | Philip | |||
| Daniel | Mcgregor | |||
| Jas | Liddell | |||
| John | Smith | |||
| Robert | Haig | |||
| David | Lauriston | |||
| Willm | Beid | |||
| David | Mitchell | |||
| James | Hamilton | |||
| Willm | Farquar | |||
| Alexr | Semple | |||
| Andrew | Buchanan | |||
| Willm | Middlemas | |||
| David | Burton | |||
| David | Peebles | |||
| Jas | Martin | |||
| Willm | Walker | |||
| Alexr | Philip | |||
| George | Robertson | |||
| John | Curror | |||
| Willm | Martin | |||
| Willm | Hunter | |||
| Hugh | Symons | |||
| Thomas | Shade | |||
| John | Rennie | |||
| Robert | Mcarthur | |||
| Donald | Urquart | |||
| Jas | Manners | |||
| Alexr | Wright | |||
| David | Reid | |||
| David | Hog | |||
| John | Marr | |||
| Jas | Scrimgeour | |||
| Dundas | Kinnaird | |||
| David | Wallace | |||
| Archd | Newton | |||
| Jas | Marshall | |||
| David | James | |||
| Alexr | Mason | |||
| John | Semple | |||
| Willm | Arnot | |||
| Willm | Gray | |||
| Robert | Wishart | |||
| Archd | Rodger | |||
| Peter | Shanks | |||
| Thos | Dodds | |||
| John | Farquar | |||
| Andrew | Buchanan | |||
| Andrew | Hutchinson | |||
| Alexr | Lockie | |||
| John | Mouat | |||
| Allan | ||||
| John | Weston | |||
| Peter | Wilson | |||
| Edward | Skinner | |||
| Thos | Ross | |||
| Watson | ||||
| Robert | Aikman | |||
| Willm | Reid |
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.
