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Records -> Midlothian

Crichton 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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/75/2Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1713-1829Request lookup
CH2/75/3Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1830-1857Request lookup
CH2/75/4Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1857-1911Request lookup
CH2/75/7Crichton Church of Scotland - Combined minutes (heritors and Session) 1741, 1794-18261741-1826Request lookup
CH2/75/8Crichton Church of Scotland - Combined minutes (heritors and Session)1827-1868Request lookup
CH2/75/10Crichton Church of Scotland - Collections and debursements (proclamations and mortcloths)1724-1765Request lookup
CH2/75/11Crichton Church of Scotland - Collections and debursements (proclamations and mortcloths)1765-1824Request lookup
CH2/75/13Crichton Church of Scotland - Baptisms1864-1902Request lookup
CH2/75/15Crichton Church of Scotland - Proclamations1865-1949Request lookup
CH2/75/17Crichton Church of Scotland - Communion roll
Post 1895
1895-1909Request 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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
George ARTHIE Pathhead1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet BRUCE 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Henry COCKBURN 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas CROOKSON 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Bernard DOGLAN 1860 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Ann DUNCAN 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Joseph GLENDINNING 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Euphemia HODGE 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Ellen KERR 1872 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Margaret MESSER 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
George PRYDE 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary ROWLEY 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
William RUSSELL 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow SIMPSON or THOMSON 1880 (2)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Catherine SMITH 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Margaret STEVENSON or MESSER 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Sally STEWART 1860 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James TORRANCE 1850 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed - see 109 1850
James TORRANCE 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
James TORRENCE 1850 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow WAGSTAFF 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
James WALKINSHAW 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
James WALKINSHAW 1857 (4)Order imagesWithdrawn
Mary WALKINSHAW 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Mary WALKINSHAW 1857 (4)Order imagesWithdrawn
Mary WALKINSHAW 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief


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 currently found any decrees for this parish.


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Christina AITKEN3 June 1870Euphemia AITKENFind the father
John AITKEN17 August 1868Isabella AITKENFind the father
George ANDERSON20 October 1855Janet ANDERSONFind the father
Thomas BAILLIE2 July 1870Alison BAILLIEFind the father
Walter BAILLIE23 March 1866Alison BAILLIEFind the father
James BATHGATE28 November 1862Margaret BATHGATEFind the father
James BAXTER26 March 1863Mary BAXTERFind the father
William BAXTER26 March 1863Mary BAXTERFind the father
Agnes BISHOP9 January 1868Elisabeth BISHOPFind the father
Robert BRAIDY8 September 1869Jane BRAIDYFind the father
Thomas BROWN11 June 1856Jean BROWNFind the father
George BURNS6 August 1866Margaret BURNSFind the father
Marion CLARK24 April 1873Jessie CLARKFind the father
Janet CRAIG5 April 1873Janet CRAIGFind the father
Mary CRAIG24 July 1864Mary CRAIGFind the father
Andrew CRANSTON29 December 1855Mary CRANSTONFind the father
Agnes Baillie CURRIE28 April 1865Mary Anne CURRIEFind the father
Thomas Arklie CURRIE4 February 1863Mary CURRIEFather found
Thomas DOCHERTY19 June 1872Mary DOCHERTYFind the father
Agnes DUNCAN1 March 1874Margaret DUNCANFind the father
David DUNCAN5 October 1864Jane DUNCANFind the father
Jane DUNCAN1 March 1874Margaret DUNCANFind the father
John FLYNN4 February 1860Margaret FLYNNFind the father
William FORSTER11 March 1857Jane FORSTERFind the father
Helen GLENDINNING9 December 1864Helen GLENDINNINGFather found
Anne GORDON26 March 1856Anne GORDONFind the father
Anne HAY15 May 1865Catherine HAYFind the father
Jean HAZZARD23 June 1874Jean HAZZARDFind the father
Beatrice HENDERSON16 September 1863Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
James HERBERT22 January 1862Eliza HERBERTFather found
Agnes HERRIOT10 June 1855Beatrice HERRIOTFind the father
Robert HOWDEN22 January 1855Elisabeth HOWDENFind the father
Euphemia HUMBLE25 August 1871Euphemia HUMBLEFind the father
Jane HUMBLE3 March 1871Jane HUMBLEFind the father
Thomas HUMBLE4 January 1866Agnes HUMBLEFind the father
Adam Dickson KEAIN16 July 1870Margaret KEAINFind the father
Archibald Dickson KEAIN2 April 1866Margaret KEAINFind the father
George KERR2 February 1868Isabella KERRFind the father
David LAWRIE3 April 1865Jane LAWRIEFind the father
Agnes LINDSAY15 June 1865Margaret LINDSAYFind the father
Catherine LIVINGSTONE8 June 1855Janet LIVINGSTONEFind the father
Jane Anne LOCKIE25 December 1873Sidney LOCKIEFind the father
John LOCKIE10 April 1858Agnes LOCKIEFind the father
Elisabeth MARK14 February 1863Mary MARKFather found
Thomas MCLEOD14 May 1869Hellen MCLEODFind the father
William MCNEIL24 November 1855Margaret MCNEILFind the father
John MCQUEEN26 November 1872Mary MCQUEENFind the father
Benjamin MONTGOMERY24 December 1867Helen MONTGOMERYFind the father
Janet NISBET23 November 1870Janet NISBETFind the father
Christina Watson ORMISTON28 February 1866Marion ORMISTONFind the father
James ROBERTSON6 January 1860Isabella ROBERTSONFind the father
Jessie ROBERTSON10 May 1856Janet ROBERTSONFind the father
David SCOTT27 December 1858Isabella SCOTTFind the father
George SCOTT27 February 1863Jean SCOTTFind the father
Mary SCOTT3 January 1865Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Anne SHILLINGLAW14 September 1855Margaret SHILLINGLAWFind the father
Henry SHILLINGLAW6 November 1874Anne SHILLINGLAWFind the father
Henry Patter SHILLINGLAW28 March 1861Margaret SHILLINGLAWFind the father
Robert SHILLINGLAW24 July 1857Margaret SHILLINGLAWFind the father
William SMITH20 December 1864Margaret SMITHFind the father
Robert STEIN1 June 1859Margaret STEINFind the father
Isabella Mc Dougall TAIT30 November 1867Jessie TAITFind the father
John Tait THOMSON12 March 1871Mary Jeffray THOMSONFind the father
Helen TORRANCE24 June 1866Mary Anne TORRANCEFind the father
Janet TROTTER10 September 1865Janet TROTTERFind the father
John TROTTER3 March 1862Janet TROTTERFind the father
Andrew WALKINGSHAW14 July 1864Euphemia WALKINGSHAWFather found
John WELSH27 July 1861Jane WELSHFind the father
Marion WHITE12 July 1861Marion WHITEFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/75/3 pp. 15-17)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnAllan
JosephAnderson
ChristopherArmstrong
JamesAllison
ThomasBain
JamesBathgate
MatthewBell
AndrewBishop
DavidBishop
Braidwood
AlexanderBrockie
DavidBroomfield
JohnBroomfield
AlexanderBrotherston
GeorgeBrown
JamesBrown
JohnBrown
AndrewBruce
JamesBrunton
AdamClerk
GeorgeClerk
HamiltonCockburn
DavidCrookston
RobertCrow
JohnCummin
JohnCunningham
JamesDickson
RobertDippie
HenryDouglas
JamesDouglas
JohnDouglas
ThomasDuncan
WilliamDuncan
JohnEarsman
WilliamForrest
SimonFraser
JohnGilmour
WilliamGood
JamesHalliday
JohnHardie
JohnHardie
JosephHarvey
JamesHenderson
JamesHenderson
JamesHodge
GeorgeHoggarth
JohnHowden
AlexanderIrving
JohnKinlay
JamesKerr
ThomasKyle
DuncanLaing
AndrewLaurie
WilliamLaw
AlexanderLeitch
CathcartLeslie
ThomasLow
WilliamLidgate
JohnMack
JohnMcintyre
LewisMckenzie
JamesMckerrow
AndrewMclaren
JamesMeek
JoshuaMelrose
RobertMenzies
GeorgeMills
GeorgeMilligan
GeorgeMitchell
JamesMontgomery
ThomasMuir
WilliamMuir
JamesNasmyth
ThomasNasmyth
JamesNeilance
DavidNewton
JohnNotman
GeorgeOliver
RobertOliver
ThomasOliver
ThomasOrmiston
HenryOtto
EdwardOvens
JamesOvens
JamesPace
RobertPearson
ThomasPearson
PeterPeaston
WilliamPreston
JohnPrude
JamesPurves
JamesPurves
WilliamPurves
JohnRankine
JohnRankine
WilliamRankine
JamesRedpath
DavidRobertson
JohnRomanes
GeorgeRoss
GilbertRuthven
AndrewScott
JamesScott
JamesScott
RobertScott
ThomasScott
WalterScott
AndrewShaw
GeorgeSimson
JamesSimson
PeterSimson
WilliamSimson
WilliamSmart
DavidSmeal
AlexanderSmeaton
WilliamSmeaton
DavidSmith
DavidSmith
WilliamSouness
JamesStenhouse
CharlesStewart
JamesStewart
ThomasStirling
WilliamStoddart
GeorgeSwanston
GeorgeTait
JohnTait
JamesTaylor
JamesThomson
JamesThomson
WilliamThomson
JamesTorrance
JohnTorrance
WilliamTurnbull
ThomasTurner
WilliamVallance
JohnWagstaff
GeorgeWaldie
JamesWatson
JohnWight
AndrewWilson
WilliamYoung

Male Heads of families 1840 (NRS Reference: CH2/75/3 pp. 47-49)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertAikine
SinclairAikine
ChristopherArmstrong
JosephAnderson
JamesAlison
DavidCrookston
JohnCummin
AdamClerk
HamiltonCockburn
ThomasCockburn
WilliamGrieve
WmGood
RobertGillon
RobertGilmuir
AlexanderBaillie
AbrahamBrown
GeorgeBrown
JamesBathgate
WilliamBraidwood
AlexanderBrockie
JohnBrunton
ThomasBain
JohnBinnie
DavidBishop
JohnBrown
JamesBrodie
JohnBertram
AlexanderBoyd
JamesDouglas
JohnDavidson
GardnerDavidson
JohnDun
JamesDickson
WmDouglaselder
JamesHalliday
JohnHardie
JamesHenderson
WmHunter
JamesHenderson
AlexanderIrvine
PeterInstant
WilliamJeffery
AndrewKerr
DuncanLaing
AndrewLaurie
WilliamLeslie
CathcartLeslie
WilliamLidgate
WilliamLeitch
ThomasMuir
JohnMelrose
JamesMckerrowelder
WmMuir
SamuelMoffat
JamesMontgomery
WmMcalpine
GeorgeMills
AndrewMclaren
GeorgeMuir
JamesNasmyth
ThomasNasmyth
DavidNasmyth
JamesOliver
ThomasOliver
ThomasOrmiston
GeorgeOliver
WilliamPaeston
JohnPaterson
GeorgePringle
GeorgePringle
WilliamPurves
JamesPrimroseelder
DavidRobertson
GeorgeRoss
GeorgeRoss
JohnRankine
AlexanderRedpath
JamesScott
JamesScott
JamesScougall
RobertSelkirk
AndrewScott
RobertSmith
RichardSmith
WilliamSteele
WilliamScott
RobertSmithelder
JamesSimson
JamesSimson
WilliamSimson
WilliamSimson
RobertSomerville
JamesScott
WilliamStodart
JohnSounes
AlexanderSmeaton
DavidSmeal
CharlesStewart
JohnSimson
JamesStenhouse
JamesThomson
JamesThomson
JamesThomson
JohnThomson
JamesTaylorelder
HughTait
JohnTorrance
WmTorrance
JamesTorrance
WilliamTurnbull
JamesWatson
AndrewWilson
JamesWilson
WilliamWood
GeorgeWaldie
JohnWagstaff

Kirk Session Records Index

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