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Dalmeny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/86/4 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Minutes | 1729-1757 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/5 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Minutes | 1757-1816 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/6 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Minutes | 1817-1850 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/8 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Accounts | 1736-1779 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/9 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Accounts | 1779-1822 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/10 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Accounts | 1823-1829 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/11 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Accounts | 1830-1861 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/12 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Accounts | 1861-1873 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/15 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - School records | 1834-1869 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/16 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Safe (Burial) Society mins. Including accounts 1823-1839 | 1822-1840 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/17 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts of Society for prosecution of Rogues | 1792-1827 | Request lookup |
| CH2/86/18 | Dalmeny Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts of Society for prosecution of Rogues | 1828-1853 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Rose DUFFY or GARACHER | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann DUFFYS or BOYLE | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Isabella MCQUEEN or ANDERSON | 1864 (1) | Order images | To inspector; received Sept 7 |
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 BARNES Dalmeny Rows, Dalmeny | William JAMIESON | 3 May 1886 | Order now | Airdrie SC35/7/5 |
| Jean ROLLO Dalmeny | Alexander YOUNG | 1 Aug 1874 Mannerston | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/4 |
| Isabella THOMSON Easter Dalmeny Farm, Dalmeny, West Lothian | James THOMSON | 4 Apr 1879 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/51 |
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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James MCDONALD | 56 | Lived: Dalmeny (Falkirk) Died: Falkirk Poorhouse | 15 Mar 1910 | Order record |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Sheriff BELL | 26 November 1860 | Robina BELL | Find the father |
| David BINNIE | 27 June 1863 | Julian BINNIE | Find the father |
| William CHAPMAN | 1 June 1862 | Christina CHAPMAN | Father found |
| Margaret CHARLESTON | 20 October 1870 | Elizabeth CHARLESTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Crawford CRICHTON | 1 July 1863 | Jane CRICHTON | Find the father |
| John Falconer Mason DINWOODIE | 21 January 1858 | Rachel DINWOODIE | Find the father |
| Alice ELDER | 19 November 1867 | Mary ELDER | Find the father |
| Agnes GIBSON | 18 July 1860 | Janet GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jane GIBSON | 14 February 1874 | Agnes GIBSON | Father found |
| David HENDERSON | 1 November 1865 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John HENDERSON | 8 July 1871 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert HENDERSON | 7 February 1862 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Father found |
| John HUNTER | 3 October 1868 | Helen HUNTER | Find the father |
| Jane KELTIE | 23 June 1863 | Jane KELTIE | Father found |
| Catherine KERR | 15 September 1856 | Elizabeth KERR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KERR | 20 May 1866 | Mary KERR | Find the father |
| Helen LAWRIE | 21 August 1867 | Helen LAWRIE | Find the father |
| Francis Cunningham MACKIE | 15 August 1866 | Margaret MACKIE | Find the father |
| David Aitken MASON | 19 November 1857 | Margaret MASON | Find the father |
| Thomas MAXWELL | 25 May 1873 | Jane MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCHARA | 5 June 1866 | Eliza MCHARA | Find the father |
| John MCHARA | 15 September 1863 | Eliza MCHARA | Find the father |
| Christina NEWTON | 24 November 1864 | Elizabeth NEWTON | Find the father |
| William NEWTON | 28 September 1860 | Elizabeth NEWTON | Father found |
| Agnes PEDEN | 18 September 1857 | Catherine PEDEN | Find the father |
| David PEDEN | 3 September 1869 | Catherine PEDEN | Find the father |
| John Baxden PEDEN | 31 May 1873 | Catherine PEDEN | Find the father |
| Robert PEDEN | 18 March 1862 | Sarah PEDEN | Find the father |
| Magdalen PRESTON | 3 May 1866 | Margaret PRESTON | Find the father |
| Richard PRESTON | 25 June 1870 | Ann PRESTON | Find the father |
| Agnes Strathearn PROVEN | 28 September 1863 | Agnes Strathearn PROVEN | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 25 May 1872 | Anne ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Cairns RUNCIMAN | 13 July 1874 | Elizabeth Cairns RUNCIMAN | Find the father |
| George RYRIE | 10 July 1863 | Margaret RYRIE | Find the father |
| Jane RYRIE | 21 June 1865 | Margaret RYRIE | Find the father |
| Annie SINCLAIR | 18 August 1872 | Jannet SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Peter VEITCH | 4 April 1858 | Margaret VEITCH | Find the father |
| Mary WALKER | 22 May 1855 | Mary WALKER | Find the father |
| Margaret WATERSTONE | 12 August 1856 | Margaret WATERSTONE | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Dundas | elder | Of Dundas | |
| J J Hope | Vere | elder | Of Craigiehall | |
| George | Dawson | elder | Dalmeny | |
| Andw | Fortune | Cramond Bridge | ||
| Peter | Cram | Dundas | ||
| Thos | Boyd | Dundas Mains | ||
| Ramsay | Borthwick | Dundas Mains | ||
| Andw | Dunsmore | Dundas Mains | ||
| John | Laurie | Dundas Mains | ||
| Robt | Marshall | Dundas Mains | ||
| John | Mcnaughton | Dundas Gardens | ||
| Charles | Graham | Westfield | ||
| Wm | Grindlay | Craigend | ||
| Archd | Gibson | Craigend | ||
| George | Mathie | Milton | ||
| Wm | Dobie | Echline | ||
| George | Sharp | Echline | ||
| James | Combe | Echline | ||
| Richd | Keltie | Echline | ||
| Peter | Pearson | Echline | ||
| David | Hush | Echline | ||
| Alexr | Wardrope | Echline | ||
| Wm | Wyld | Scotstoun | ||
| Wm | Kidd | Scotstoun | ||
| Thos | Hunter | Newbigging | ||
| Thos | Newlands | Newbigging | ||
| Walter | Samuel | Newbigging | ||
| George | Anderson | Newbigging | ||
| Robert | Kerr | Newbigging | ||
| Alexr | Haston | Newbigging | ||
| Allan | Bell | Craigbrae | ||
| Thos | Kerr | Craigbrae | ||
| John | Wishart | Standingstone | ||
| George | Wishart | Standingstone | ||
| Willm | Arbuckle | Carlowrie | ||
| Peter | Penny | Carlowrie | ||
| James | Henderson | Clove | ||
| John | Henderson | Craigie | ||
| Archd | Erskine | Craigie | ||
| Walter | Young | Craigie | ||
| John | Morrison | Craigie | ||
| George | More | Craigie | ||
| Thomas | Russell | Craigie | ||
| John | Baillie | Craigie | ||
| John | Stewart | Craigie | ||
| Walter | Hamilton | Craigie | ||
| John | Kerr | Dolphington | ||
| Thos | Maxwell | Dolphington | ||
| Robt | Dempster | Dolphington | ||
| David | Hill | Muirhouse | ||
| James | Telfer | Newburnshot | ||
| James | Bell | Newburnshot | ||
| David | Walker | Craigiehall | ||
| Archd | Duncan | Cramond Bridge | ||
| Andw | Walker | Gamekeeper's Cottage | ||
| Robt | Turner | Blue Acre Gate | ||
| Robt | Linkston | Dalmeny Park | ||
| Robt | Young | Longcraig | ||
| Thos | Blackie | Newhalls Lodge | ||
| John | Ross | Dalmeny Park | ||
| David | Ponton | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Anderson | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Guthrie | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Baxter | Dalmeny | ||
| Charles | Moir | Dalmeny | ||
| Robert | Burton | Dalmeny | ||
| Edwd | Henderson | Dalmeny | ||
| John | Ferguson | Dalmeny | ||
| William | Brown | Dalmeny | ||
| Robt | Dudgeon | Easter Dalmeny | ||
| John | Morris | Easter Dalmeny | ||
| William | Thomson | Newhalls | ||
| Andw | Turnbull | Newhalls | ||
| Peter | Millions | Newhalls | ||
| James | Donald | Queensferry | ||
| Hector | Monro | Queensferry | ||
| Thos | Orrock | Queensferry | ||
| James | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| Willm | Begley | Queensferry | ||
| William | Meikle | Queensferry | ||
| James | Moubray | Queensferry | ||
| Duncan | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| Richd | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| Charles | Boyd | Queensferry | ||
| Charles | Anderson | Queensferry | ||
| John | Wilson | Queensferry | ||
| James | Hamilton | Queensferry | ||
| William | Shairp | Queensferry | ||
| Alexr | Adam | Queensferry | ||
| George | Foster | Queensferry | ||
| Willm | Wallace | Queensferry | ||
| John | Marshall | Queensferry | ||
| James | Boyd | Queensferry | ||
| Thos | Barry | Queensferry | ||
| Walter | Mcfarlane | Queensferry | ||
| John | More | Queensferry | ||
| James | Gifford | Milton | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Peter | Thomson | Craigiehall | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Willm | Mcfarlane | Craigiehall | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Alexr | Samuel | Cramond Bridge | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Alexr | Guthrie | Cramond Bridge | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Alexr | Henderson | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Andw | Pride | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Willm | Hutton | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| David | Aitken | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Alexr | Pollock | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Colin | Campbell | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Elias | Johnston | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| David | Ponton | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Robt | Pride | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| David | Meikle | Queensferry | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| George | Anderson | Auldcathie | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| John | Lockart | Auldcathie | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Henry | Logan | Auldcathie | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Robt | Dunlop | Craigton Lodge | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Thos | Dunlop | Mounthooly | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| John | Patterson | Trinlymire | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Alexr | Patterson | Trinlymire | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Thos | Marshall | Auldcathie | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Dundas | elder | Of Dundas | |
| James J Hope | Vere | elder | Of Craigiehall | |
| Andrew | Fortune | elder | Cramond Bridge | |
| Thos | Boyd | Dundas Mains | ||
| Ramsay | Borthwick | Dundas Mains | ||
| Andw | Dunsmore | Dundas Mains | ||
| John | Lowrie | Dundas Mains | ||
| Robt | Marshall | Dundas Mains | ||
| John | Mcnaughton | Dundas Mains | ||
| Peter | Cramb | Dundas Mains | ||
| William | Grindlay | Craigend | ||
| Archd | Gibson | Craigend | ||
| Geo | Mathie | Milton | ||
| Richd | Keltie | Echline | ||
| Alexr | Wardrope | Echline | ||
| David | Hush | Echline | ||
| William | Wyld | Of Scotstoun | ||
| Wm | Kidd | Scotstoun | ||
| Thomas | Hunter | Newbigging | ||
| Walter | Samuel | Newbigging | ||
| Thos | Newlands | Newbigging | ||
| Geo | Anderson | Newbigging | ||
| Robt | Kerr | Newbigging | ||
| Alexr | Haston | Newbigging | ||
| John | Henderson | Craigie | ||
| Archd | Erskine | Craigie | ||
| John | Morison | Craigie | ||
| George | More | Craigie | ||
| Thos | Russell | Craigie | ||
| John | Baillie | Craigie | ||
| John | Stewart | Craigie | ||
| Allan | Bell | Craigbrae | ||
| Walter | Young | Craigie | ||
| John | Kerr | Dolphington | ||
| Thos | Maxwell | Dolphington | ||
| Robt | Dempster | Dolphington | ||
| David | Hill | Muirhouse | ||
| James | Bell | Cotmuir | ||
| David | Walker | Craigiehall Gate | ||
| Archd | Duncan | Cramond Bridge | ||
| John | Banks | Cramond Bridge | ||
| Andw | Walker | Gamekeeper's Cottage | ||
| Robt | Turner | Bluegate | ||
| John | Ross | Dalmeny Park | ||
| Robt | Linkston | Dalmeny Park | ||
| Robt | Young | Longcraig | ||
| Thos | Blaikie | Newhalls Lodge | ||
| David | Ponton | Dalmeny | ||
| Burton | Dalmeny | |||
| Robt | Walker | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Anderson | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Guthrie | Dalmeny | ||
| Thos | Baxter | Dalmeny | ||
| Charles | Moir | Dalmeny | ||
| Edwd | Henderson | Dalmeny | ||
| John | Ferguson | Dalmeny | ||
| William | Brown | Dalmeny | ||
| Peter | Nicol | Dalmeny | ||
| Robt | Dudgeon | Easter Dalmeny | ||
| John | Morris | Easter Dalmeny | ||
| James | Donald | Queensferry | ||
| Thos | Orrock | Queensferry | ||
| James | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| William | Meikle | Queensferry | ||
| Duncan | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| Richd | Campbell | Queensferry | ||
| James | Hamilton | Queensferry | ||
| Thomas | Grey | Queensferry | ||
| William | Sharp | Queensferry | ||
| George | Foster | Queensferry | ||
| William | Wallace | Queensferry | ||
| John | Marshall | Queensferry | ||
| James | Boyd | Queensferry | ||
| Thomas | Barry | Queensferry | ||
| John | More | Queensferry | ||
| John | Baillie | Cramond Bridge | ||
| Peter | Forbes | Craigiehall | ||
| Archd | Douglas | Newhalls | Resides in Dalmeny parish and in communion with other church | |
| Wm | Hutton | Queensferry | ||
| Ar | Pollock | Queensferry | ||
| Elias | Johnston | Queensferry | ||
| George | Young | Queensferry | ||
| James | Gifford | Milton | ||
| Peter | Thomson | Craigiehall | ||
| David | Meikle | Queensferry | ||
| George | Anderson | Auldcathie | ||
| John | Lockart | Auldcathie | ||
| Henry | Logan | Auldcathie | ||
| Robt | Dunlop | Craigton Lodge | ||
| John | Patterson | Trinlymire | ||
| Thos | Marshall | Auldcathie |
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.
