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Records -> East Lothian

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1157/3Minutes and accounts
Register of deaths at end 1783-1793
1737-1787Request lookup
CH2/1157/4Minutes
Lists of poor included
1806-1817Request lookup
CH2/1157/5Minutes1817-1843Request lookup
CH2/1157/6Minutes1848-1911Request lookup
CH2/1157/8Excerpts from minutes
With reference to the Poor Fund
1655-1845Request lookup
CH2/1157/9Communion roll1862-1876Request lookup
CH2/1157/10Communion roll1870Request lookup
CH2/1157/11Communion roll1878-1882Request lookup
CH2/1157/17Proclamation register1855-1871Request lookup
CH2/1157/18Proclamation register1872-1933Request lookup
CH2/1157/19Baptismal register1855-1917Request lookup
CH2/1157/20Accounts
Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues
1752-1772Request lookup
CH2/1157/21Accounts
Includes poor rolls
1772-1801Request lookup
CH2/1157/22Accounts
Includes poor rolls
1801-1822Request lookup
CH2/1157/23Kirk session funds1822-1846Request lookup
CH2/1157/24Kirk session funds
Includes poor rolls
1847-1903Request 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
Widow Helen BLAIR or CRAWFORD 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert BLAIR 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Marion CHISHOLM 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Ann GRIEVE 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
George LINDSAY 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow MALCOM 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary MCDONALD 1853 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Elizabeth WATT 1847 (3)Order imagesGround 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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Janet BLACK
West Fenton, Dirleton
John MELROSE4 Dec 1877Order nowHaddington
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Mary Jane Catherine Elizabeth AINSLIE12 June 1856Jane AINSLIEFind the father
William AINSLIE16 October 1857Elizabeth AINSLIEFind the father
William AITKEN9 January 1862Janet AITKENFind the father
John Joseph BELL30 December 1871Mary BELLFind the father
Margaret BLAIR22 September 1868Jane BLAIRFind the father
John Curran BLEST3 May 1869Alice BLESTFind the father
Patrick BRANNIGAN23 October 1864Mary BRANNIGANFind the father
Charles BRUCE8 March 1859Patricia BRUCEFind the father
Elizabeth BRYSON25 December 1869Isabella BRYSONFind the father
Joseph Leslie BURNS7 April 1872Margaret BURNSFind the father
George Mason CAIRNS22 September 1867Mary CAIRNSFind the father
Mary CLARK25 August 1868Ann CLARKFind the father
Agnes COMB6 July 1866Isabella COMBFind the father
Jane Miller COMB25 July 1862Isabella COMBFind the father
James CROOKS20 October 1856Alison CROOKSFind the father
Helen Simpson CUNNINGHAM21 March 1866Isabella CUNNINGHAMFather found
James Taylor CUNNINGHAM6 December 1860Margaret CUNNINGHAMFind the father
James DUDGEON4 January 1862Helen DUDGEONFind the father
John DUDGEON12 February 1859Marion DUDGEONFind the father
James DURIE29 December 1855Anne DURIEFind the father
Mary Anne DURIE18 October 1857Anne DURIEFind the father
Marion EDDINGTON11 December 1864Mary EDDINGTONFind the father
John FAIRLIE25 October 1858Jemima FAIRLIEFind the father
Amy GILLAM12 April 1864Christina GILLAMFind the father
Adam Johnston GOODALL26 January 1873Helen GOODALLFind the father
Martha GRIEVE15 March 1866Martha GRIEVEFind the father
Joan Shirreff INGLIS29 January 1860Janet INGLISFather found
James KILMORE19 October 1855Mary Anne KILMOREFind the father
William LINDORES17 December 1870Agnes LINDORESFind the father
Catherine LOGAN30 June 1873Mary LOGANFather found
James MCDONALD3 March 1857Marion MCDONALDFind the father
John MCLEOD23 November 1872Euphemia MCLEODFind the father
John MORRISON10 March 1855Mary MORRISONFind the father
William Messer MURRAY8 September 1867Agnes MURRAYFind the father
Robert PAXTON26 November 1864Margaret PAXTONFind the father
Jane Anderson PEEBLES18 February 1856Georgina PEEBLESFind the father
William RAMAGE17 February 1857Agnes RAMAGEFind the father
James ROBERTSON13 March 1856Agnes ROBERTSONFind the father
George SHERRIFF14 February 1857Beatrice SHERRIFFFind the father
John SHIELLS19 June 1862Jane SHIELLSFind the father
Jane SMAIL31 October 1857Ann SMAILFind the father
Thomas THOMSON19 December 1864Helen THOMSONFind the father
Isabella VERTH20 August 1866Marion VERTHFind the father
James VERTH24 November 1861Marion VERTHFind the father
John VERTH11 January 1858Marion VERTHFind the father
Margaret Brotherston WATERS8 November 1872Helen WATERSFather found
James WILSON11 August 1872Marion WILSONFind 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 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/1157/5 pp. 40-42)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesArklieCongalton
JohnHowdenCongalton Mains
ThosFlemingRockville
GeoBegbieQueenstonbank
AlexrBellQueenstonbank
RobtWhiteheadQueenstonbank
JamesBellQueenstonbank
WalterWilsonQueenstonbank
JohnWhiteheadQueenstonbank
WilliamFairlieQueenstonbank
AndwHendersonQueenstonbank
ChurchChapel
JohnJamiesonChapel
JamesWattChapel
JamesWhitsomChapel
JohnDixonKingston
AlexrMonfriesKingston
AndwWightKingston
GeorgeNortonKingston
WmMerryleesKingston
PeterMackKingston
RobtLermontKingston
DavidGuylerKingston
AndwStenhouseKingston
JohnBurnsKingston
WmCarrailKingston
GeorgeGrieveColledgehead
GeorgeGrieveColledgehead
JamesMackintoshColledgehead
JamesSmartColledgehead
WilliamCravenDirleton
JamesToddDirleton
JohnBoltonDirleton
GeorgeLiethDirleton
JohnBellDirleton
GeorgeCrawfordDirleton
AndwRitchieDirleton
WilliamSherriffDirleton
AndwDodsDirleton
ArchdDayDirleton
PeterBoltonDirleton
PeterCummingDirleton
AndwBoltonDirleton
GeorgeCairnsDirleton
GeorgeCairnsDirleton
ThosCongaltonDirleton
JamesHendersonDirleton
GeorgeSmithDirleton
ThosUrquhartDirleton
PeterHorsburghDirleton
DavidRitchieDirleton
AlexrHorsburghDirleton
RitchieDoughtyDirleton
DavidLugtonDirleton
JamesWoodDirleton
JohnHunterDirleton
WmCravenDirleton
WmHislopDirleton
AlexrSmithDirleton
JohnRuncimanDirleton
AdamBurnsDirleton
JohnCravenDirleton
JamesDayDirleton
JamesDouglasDirleton
GeorgeGreigDirleton
JamesGreigDirleton
AdamCairnsDirleton
GeorgeMcleanDirleton
AndrewWattDirleton
JamesSneathDirleton
AlexrWattDirleton
ThomasCrowDirleton
GeorgePringleDirleton
GeorgeLindsayDirleton
JamesMerryleesDirleton
ThomasHenryDirleton
AlexrHorsburghDirleton
ChasRuncimanDirleton
GeorgeAndersonDirleton
JohnRussellDirleton
WmCrawfordDirleton
AlexrFowlerDirleton
JamesBellDirleton
ThosHamiltonDirleton
DuncanCramDirleton
GeorgeLiethDirleton
JohnSmithDirleton
WilliamHumeDirleton
ThomasPedenDirleton
RobertCrawfordDirleton
CharlesSivesDirleton
JamesHamiltonGullane
GeorgeKerrGullane
WilliamWhitsomGullane
PeterTaitGullane
CharlesRattrayGullane
RobertCummingGullane
JohnHendrieGullane
JamesJohnstonGullane
SamuelHarriotGullane
JohnMuirGullane
GeorgeShepherdGullane
JamesOliverGullane
JamesShepherdGullane
GeorgeHastieGullane
KennethMckenzieGullane
JamesWaldieGullane
DavidHumeGullane
ThomasDargGullane
JamesArnotGullane
GeorgeHarriotGullane
HughWattGullane
JohnHoggGullane
WmGoodaleGullane
JamesAndersonGullane
ThosBorthwickGullane
RobtPorteousGullane
JohnCrowGullane
JohnPringleSaltcoats
JohnWattSaltcoats
WilliamWattSaltcoats
JohnRobertsonSaltcoats
AndwThomsonMuirfield
PeterDicksonMuirfield
JohnDudgeonMuirfield
AdamYoungMuirfield
TweedieMuirfield
PeterHandysideFenton
AlexrMackFenton
RobertPringleFenton
CrawfordLesslieFenton
JamesNicolFenton
JohnThomsonFenton
MoodieTaitFenton
ThosMckenzieFenton
JohnLyleFenton
JohnRossFenton
JohnBellFenton
JohnStirlingFenton
WilliamForestFenton
AlexrStirlingFenton
JohnForsythFenton
RichdFowlerFenton
JohnRamageFenton
AndwCockburnFenton
RobertStorrieFenton
GeorgeHoggFenton
RobertThomsonFenton
GeorgeCrooksFenton
GeorgeBellFenton
RobertHopeFenton Barns
AdamWhiteheadFenton Barns
JohnAndersonFenton Barns
FrancisBlairFenton Barns
JohnWalkerEast Fenton
WilliamHenryEast Fenton
JohnHorsburghEast Fenton
ThosWalkerEast Fenton
FrasEdingtonEast Fenton
WilliamVerthNewhouse
ArchdCampbellNewhouse
AdamYoungNewhouse
WilliamBerryNewhouse
AndwStuartNewhouse
ChieneWilliamston
JohnWhiggamWilliamston
RichdRobertsonFerrygate
WilliamThomsonFerrygate
AndwWattFerrygate
JohnMalcolmEast Fenton
ThosWilsonHighfield
AlexrBartlemanHighfield
HughGoodlettLink House
AlexrBoltonLink House
JamesJohnstonHighfield

Kirk Session Records Index

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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.


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