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Dirleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1157/3 | Minutes and accounts Register of deaths at end 1783-1793 | 1737-1787 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/4 | Minutes Lists of poor included | 1806-1817 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/5 | Minutes | 1817-1843 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/6 | Minutes | 1848-1911 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/8 | Excerpts from minutes With reference to the Poor Fund | 1655-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/9 | Communion roll | 1862-1876 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/10 | Communion roll | 1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/11 | Communion roll | 1878-1882 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/17 | Proclamation register | 1855-1871 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/18 | Proclamation register | 1872-1933 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/19 | Baptismal register | 1855-1917 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/20 | Accounts Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1752-1772 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/21 | Accounts Includes poor rolls | 1772-1801 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/22 | Accounts Includes poor rolls | 1801-1822 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/23 | Kirk session funds | 1822-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1157/24 | Kirk session funds Includes poor rolls | 1847-1903 | 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 Helen BLAIR or CRAWFORD | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert BLAIR | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Marion CHISHOLM | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann GRIEVE | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George LINDSAY | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow MALCOM | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary MCDONALD | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth WATT | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 BLACK West Fenton, Dirleton | John MELROSE | 4 Dec 1877 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/37 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Jane Catherine Elizabeth AINSLIE | 12 June 1856 | Jane AINSLIE | Find the father |
| William AINSLIE | 16 October 1857 | Elizabeth AINSLIE | Find the father |
| William AITKEN | 9 January 1862 | Janet AITKEN | Find the father |
| John Joseph BELL | 30 December 1871 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
| Margaret BLAIR | 22 September 1868 | Jane BLAIR | Find the father |
| John Curran BLEST | 3 May 1869 | Alice BLEST | Find the father |
| Patrick BRANNIGAN | 23 October 1864 | Mary BRANNIGAN | Find the father |
| Charles BRUCE | 8 March 1859 | Patricia BRUCE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BRYSON | 25 December 1869 | Isabella BRYSON | Find the father |
| Joseph Leslie BURNS | 7 April 1872 | Margaret BURNS | Find the father |
| George Mason CAIRNS | 22 September 1867 | Mary CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Mary CLARK | 25 August 1868 | Ann CLARK | Find the father |
| Agnes COMB | 6 July 1866 | Isabella COMB | Find the father |
| Jane Miller COMB | 25 July 1862 | Isabella COMB | Find the father |
| James CROOKS | 20 October 1856 | Alison CROOKS | Find the father |
| Helen Simpson CUNNINGHAM | 21 March 1866 | Isabella CUNNINGHAM | Father found |
| James Taylor CUNNINGHAM | 6 December 1860 | Margaret CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| James DUDGEON | 4 January 1862 | Helen DUDGEON | Find the father |
| John DUDGEON | 12 February 1859 | Marion DUDGEON | Find the father |
| James DURIE | 29 December 1855 | Anne DURIE | Find the father |
| Mary Anne DURIE | 18 October 1857 | Anne DURIE | Find the father |
| Marion EDDINGTON | 11 December 1864 | Mary EDDINGTON | Find the father |
| John FAIRLIE | 25 October 1858 | Jemima FAIRLIE | Find the father |
| Amy GILLAM | 12 April 1864 | Christina GILLAM | Find the father |
| Adam Johnston GOODALL | 26 January 1873 | Helen GOODALL | Find the father |
| Martha GRIEVE | 15 March 1866 | Martha GRIEVE | Find the father |
| Joan Shirreff INGLIS | 29 January 1860 | Janet INGLIS | Father found |
| James KILMORE | 19 October 1855 | Mary Anne KILMORE | Find the father |
| William LINDORES | 17 December 1870 | Agnes LINDORES | Find the father |
| Catherine LOGAN | 30 June 1873 | Mary LOGAN | Father found |
| James MCDONALD | 3 March 1857 | Marion MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCLEOD | 23 November 1872 | Euphemia MCLEOD | Find the father |
| John MORRISON | 10 March 1855 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| William Messer MURRAY | 8 September 1867 | Agnes MURRAY | Find the father |
| Robert PAXTON | 26 November 1864 | Margaret PAXTON | Find the father |
| Jane Anderson PEEBLES | 18 February 1856 | Georgina PEEBLES | Find the father |
| William RAMAGE | 17 February 1857 | Agnes RAMAGE | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 13 March 1856 | Agnes ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George SHERRIFF | 14 February 1857 | Beatrice SHERRIFF | Find the father |
| John SHIELLS | 19 June 1862 | Jane SHIELLS | Find the father |
| Jane SMAIL | 31 October 1857 | Ann SMAIL | Find the father |
| Thomas THOMSON | 19 December 1864 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| Isabella VERTH | 20 August 1866 | Marion VERTH | Find the father |
| James VERTH | 24 November 1861 | Marion VERTH | Find the father |
| John VERTH | 11 January 1858 | Marion VERTH | Find the father |
| Margaret Brotherston WATERS | 8 November 1872 | Helen WATERS | Father found |
| James WILSON | 11 August 1872 | Marion WILSON | 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 | Arklie | Congalton | ||
| John | Howden | Congalton Mains | ||
| Thos | Fleming | Rockville | ||
| Geo | Begbie | Queenstonbank | ||
| Alexr | Bell | Queenstonbank | ||
| Robt | Whitehead | Queenstonbank | ||
| James | Bell | Queenstonbank | ||
| Walter | Wilson | Queenstonbank | ||
| John | Whitehead | Queenstonbank | ||
| William | Fairlie | Queenstonbank | ||
| Andw | Henderson | Queenstonbank | ||
| Church | Chapel | |||
| John | Jamieson | Chapel | ||
| James | Watt | Chapel | ||
| James | Whitsom | Chapel | ||
| John | Dixon | Kingston | ||
| Alexr | Monfries | Kingston | ||
| Andw | Wight | Kingston | ||
| George | Norton | Kingston | ||
| Wm | Merrylees | Kingston | ||
| Peter | Mack | Kingston | ||
| Robt | Lermont | Kingston | ||
| David | Guyler | Kingston | ||
| Andw | Stenhouse | Kingston | ||
| John | Burns | Kingston | ||
| Wm | Carrail | Kingston | ||
| George | Grieve | Colledgehead | ||
| George | Grieve | Colledgehead | ||
| James | Mackintosh | Colledgehead | ||
| James | Smart | Colledgehead | ||
| William | Craven | Dirleton | ||
| James | Todd | Dirleton | ||
| John | Bolton | Dirleton | ||
| George | Lieth | Dirleton | ||
| John | Bell | Dirleton | ||
| George | Crawford | Dirleton | ||
| Andw | Ritchie | Dirleton | ||
| William | Sherriff | Dirleton | ||
| Andw | Dods | Dirleton | ||
| Archd | Day | Dirleton | ||
| Peter | Bolton | Dirleton | ||
| Peter | Cumming | Dirleton | ||
| Andw | Bolton | Dirleton | ||
| George | Cairns | Dirleton | ||
| George | Cairns | Dirleton | ||
| Thos | Congalton | Dirleton | ||
| James | Henderson | Dirleton | ||
| George | Smith | Dirleton | ||
| Thos | Urquhart | Dirleton | ||
| Peter | Horsburgh | Dirleton | ||
| David | Ritchie | Dirleton | ||
| Alexr | Horsburgh | Dirleton | ||
| Ritchie | Doughty | Dirleton | ||
| David | Lugton | Dirleton | ||
| James | Wood | Dirleton | ||
| John | Hunter | Dirleton | ||
| Wm | Craven | Dirleton | ||
| Wm | Hislop | Dirleton | ||
| Alexr | Smith | Dirleton | ||
| John | Runciman | Dirleton | ||
| Adam | Burns | Dirleton | ||
| John | Craven | Dirleton | ||
| James | Day | Dirleton | ||
| James | Douglas | Dirleton | ||
| George | Greig | Dirleton | ||
| James | Greig | Dirleton | ||
| Adam | Cairns | Dirleton | ||
| George | Mclean | Dirleton | ||
| Andrew | Watt | Dirleton | ||
| James | Sneath | Dirleton | ||
| Alexr | Watt | Dirleton | ||
| Thomas | Crow | Dirleton | ||
| George | Pringle | Dirleton | ||
| George | Lindsay | Dirleton | ||
| James | Merrylees | Dirleton | ||
| Thomas | Henry | Dirleton | ||
| Alexr | Horsburgh | Dirleton | ||
| Chas | Runciman | Dirleton | ||
| George | Anderson | Dirleton | ||
| John | Russell | Dirleton | ||
| Wm | Crawford | Dirleton | ||
| Alexr | Fowler | Dirleton | ||
| James | Bell | Dirleton | ||
| Thos | Hamilton | Dirleton | ||
| Duncan | Cram | Dirleton | ||
| George | Lieth | Dirleton | ||
| John | Smith | Dirleton | ||
| William | Hume | Dirleton | ||
| Thomas | Peden | Dirleton | ||
| Robert | Crawford | Dirleton | ||
| Charles | Sives | Dirleton | ||
| James | Hamilton | Gullane | ||
| George | Kerr | Gullane | ||
| William | Whitsom | Gullane | ||
| Peter | Tait | Gullane | ||
| Charles | Rattray | Gullane | ||
| Robert | Cumming | Gullane | ||
| John | Hendrie | Gullane | ||
| James | Johnston | Gullane | ||
| Samuel | Harriot | Gullane | ||
| John | Muir | Gullane | ||
| George | Shepherd | Gullane | ||
| James | Oliver | Gullane | ||
| James | Shepherd | Gullane | ||
| George | Hastie | Gullane | ||
| Kenneth | Mckenzie | Gullane | ||
| James | Waldie | Gullane | ||
| David | Hume | Gullane | ||
| Thomas | Darg | Gullane | ||
| James | Arnot | Gullane | ||
| George | Harriot | Gullane | ||
| Hugh | Watt | Gullane | ||
| John | Hogg | Gullane | ||
| Wm | Goodale | Gullane | ||
| James | Anderson | Gullane | ||
| Thos | Borthwick | Gullane | ||
| Robt | Porteous | Gullane | ||
| John | Crow | Gullane | ||
| John | Pringle | Saltcoats | ||
| John | Watt | Saltcoats | ||
| William | Watt | Saltcoats | ||
| John | Robertson | Saltcoats | ||
| Andw | Thomson | Muirfield | ||
| Peter | Dickson | Muirfield | ||
| John | Dudgeon | Muirfield | ||
| Adam | Young | Muirfield | ||
| Tweedie | Muirfield | |||
| Peter | Handyside | Fenton | ||
| Alexr | Mack | Fenton | ||
| Robert | Pringle | Fenton | ||
| Crawford | Lesslie | Fenton | ||
| James | Nicol | Fenton | ||
| John | Thomson | Fenton | ||
| Moodie | Tait | Fenton | ||
| Thos | Mckenzie | Fenton | ||
| John | Lyle | Fenton | ||
| John | Ross | Fenton | ||
| John | Bell | Fenton | ||
| John | Stirling | Fenton | ||
| William | Forest | Fenton | ||
| Alexr | Stirling | Fenton | ||
| John | Forsyth | Fenton | ||
| Richd | Fowler | Fenton | ||
| John | Ramage | Fenton | ||
| Andw | Cockburn | Fenton | ||
| Robert | Storrie | Fenton | ||
| George | Hogg | Fenton | ||
| Robert | Thomson | Fenton | ||
| George | Crooks | Fenton | ||
| George | Bell | Fenton | ||
| Robert | Hope | Fenton Barns | ||
| Adam | Whitehead | Fenton Barns | ||
| John | Anderson | Fenton Barns | ||
| Francis | Blair | Fenton Barns | ||
| John | Walker | East Fenton | ||
| William | Henry | East Fenton | ||
| John | Horsburgh | East Fenton | ||
| Thos | Walker | East Fenton | ||
| Fras | Edington | East Fenton | ||
| William | Verth | Newhouse | ||
| Archd | Campbell | Newhouse | ||
| Adam | Young | Newhouse | ||
| William | Berry | Newhouse | ||
| Andw | Stuart | Newhouse | ||
| Chiene | Williamston | |||
| John | Whiggam | Williamston | ||
| Richd | Robertson | Ferrygate | ||
| William | Thomson | Ferrygate | ||
| Andw | Watt | Ferrygate | ||
| John | Malcolm | East Fenton | ||
| Thos | Wilson | Highfield | ||
| Alexr | Bartleman | Highfield | ||
| Hugh | Goodlett | Link House | ||
| Alexr | Bolton | Link House | ||
| James | Johnston | Highfield |
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.
