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Earlston records

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Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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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.
We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.

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
Ann CHISHOLM 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused; not in receipt of relief
Andrew DODS 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Janet SHIEL 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused on understanding that special diet, ordered by medical officer, will be provided
Widow Catherine SWANSON 1871 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann THOMSON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Eric AITCHISON12 August 1872Jane AITCHISONFind the father
Mary AITCHISON12 June 1856Elspeth AITCHISONFind the father
William AITCHISON26 September 1873Janet AITCHISONFind the father
Grezel Scott BAIRD1 April 1855Hannah BAIRDFind the father
Thomas BLAIR30 August 1860Agnes BLAIRFind the father
Thomas Smith BLAIR22 July 1874Jessie BLAIRFind the father
Jamima BOYD19 December 1866Agnes BOYDFind the father
John BOYD7 December 1874Catherine BOYDFind the father
Elizabeth BROWN29 April 1866Alison BROWNFind the father
Jane BROWN22 May 1862Alison BROWNFind the father
Janet BROWN29 December 1868Alison BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN27 February 1865Alison BROWNFind the father
William Jamieson BRYDON3 June 1874Catherine BRYDONFather found
Emmalina CHAMBERS10 February 1874Hellen CHAMBERSFind the father
Isabella CHAMBERS21 September 1870Margaret CHAMBERSFind the father
Elizabeth CLARK18 September 1866Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
John CLARK23 November 1864Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
Margaret Walker CLARK28 September 1855Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
James COCKBURN8 May 1866Ann COCKBURNFind the father
Helen CROOKS25 February 1861Alison CROOKSFind the father
Jessie DALGLEISH16 July 1862Janet DALGLEISHFind the father
William DEWAR22 December 1858Helen DEWARFind the father
John DODDS22 July 1867Margaret DODDSFind the father
Alexander DONALDSON5 March 1864Mary DONALDSONFind the father
John DONALDSON1 July 1871Mary DONALDSONFind the father
Mary DOUGLAS31 January 1860Ann DOUGLASFind the father
Robert Wilson DOUGLAS5 April 1855Ann DOUGLASFind the father
Margaret FINN9 February 1866Ann FINNFind the father
Jane GILL18 March 1870Jessie GILLFind the father
Charles GOODWIN16 October 1867Catherine GOODWINFind the father
Helen GRAY1 January 1860Margaret GRAYFind the father
Janet HAPPER1 May 1859Elspeth HAPPERFind the father
Robert Fraser HENDERSON10 July 1868Agnes HENDERSONFind the father
George HOGARTH9 January 1866Isabella HOGARTHFind the father
Alexander HOGGARTH16 September 1855Janet HOGGARTHFind the father
George Lillia HUME20 October 1866Mary HUMEFather found
Mary KERR11 May 1865Mary KERRFind the father
Margaret Jane Kerr KNOX18 August 1872Janet KNOXFind the father
Ellenor Isabella LAING26 May 1866Mary LAINGFather found
Jessie LEE4 November 1864Ellen LEEFind the father
James LOTHIAN11 March 1865Jessie LOTHIANFather found
Margaret Scott LOTHIAN11 June 1870Elizabeth LOTHIANFind the father
Elizabeth MARTIN2 November 1871Euphemia MARTINFind the father
William MARTIN25 September 1868Euphemia MARTINFind the father
Robert MCNALTY22 February 1870Jane MCNALTYFind the father
Margaret MCQUILLIN19 September 1863Mary MCQUILLINFind the father
Mary MENAN24 July 1873Mary MENANFind the father
George MILL3 July 1872Agnes MILLFind the father
Hannah Pringle MILL15 May 1870Agnes MILLFind the father
John MILLS23 March 1865Elizabeth MILLSFind the father
Margaret MILLS4 January 1863Joanna MILLSFind the father
Robert Bruce MILLS24 July 1859Joan MILLSFind the father
James MURRAY11 June 1864Isabella MURRAYFind the father
Margaret Donald PARK15 May 1866Agnes PARKFind the father
George PORTEOUS8 January 1873Mary PORTEOUSFind the father
Agnes PRINGLE17 July 1869Jane PRINGLEFind the father
Janet Lauder PRINGLE3 November 1872Margaret PRINGLEFind the father
Alexander PURVES10 June 1867Jane PURVESFind the father
Agnes Bell REDPATH19 May 1861Helen REDPATHFind the father
Isabella REDPATH6 December 1862Betsy REDPATHFind the father
Jane RENWICK27 May 1869Elizabeth RENWICKFind the father
Jane ROBERTSON1 September 1871Jane JOYCEFind the father
Mary ROBERTSON20 September 1869Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
William ROBERTSON26 August 1874Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Elizabeth Ann RUTHERFORD28 July 1861Ann RUTHERFORDFind the father
Helen RUTHERFORD22 November 1862Agnes RUTHERFORDFather found
Margaret SCOTT22 September 1864Margaret PATONFind the father
Wilhelmina Maclauchlan SCOTT29 November 1874Elizabeth SCOTTFind the father
William Swanston SCOTT11 July 1861Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Jane Armstrong SHEILS21 June 1855Margaret SHEILSFind the father
Isabella Hewie SHORTREED21 July 1866Elizabeth SHORTREEDFather found
John SHORTREID1 April 1864Hellen SHORTREIDFind the father
George Crawford SMITH2 January 1872Janet SMITHFind the father
Betsey SUDDEN18 August 1855Isabella SUDDENFather found
James SUDDEN30 June 1857Isabella SUDDENFind the father
Divina Purves SWANSTON22 May 1868Agnes SWANSTONFind the father
Jane Oliver SWINTON3 September 1862Ellen SWINTONFind the father
Walter Oliver SWINTON19 April 1871Ellen Oliver SWINTONFind the father
Alison TAIT7 August 1863Margaret TAITFind the father
William THOMPSON7 January 1874Janet THOMPSONFind the father
Adam WALDIE7 February 1871Margaret WALDIEFind the father
Alexander Black WATSON17 October 1864Jane WATSONFind the father
George Brunton WATSON25 July 1865Anne WATSONFind the father
Mary Isabella WATSON15 August 1873Catherine SWANSTONFind the father
Margaret WELSH22 September 1866Margaret WELSHFind the father
George WHITE31 December 1863Julia WHITEFind the father
Janet Craig WHITE29 November 1855Janet WHITEFind the father
Isabella WOOD28 November 1867Alison WOODFind the father
George YOUNG26 February 1868Barbara YOUNGFind the father
Helen Stewart YULE11 April 1874Margaret YULEFather found
Robert Walker YULE1 February 1872Barbara YULEFind the father

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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

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.