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Earlston 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.
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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann CHISHOLM | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; not in receipt of relief | |
| Andrew DODS | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet SHIEL | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused on understanding that special diet, ordered by medical officer, will be provided | |
| Widow Catherine SWANSON | 1871 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann THOMSON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza BARCLAY Earlston | William MATHIESON | 15 May 1852 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Jane BROWN or DOUGLAS Earlston | Frederick R SCOTT | 26 Jun 1892 Reahead, Stow | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/15 |
| Agnes DOUGLAS Redpath, Earlston | Andrew BROTHERSTONE | 16 Feb 1881 Redpath, Earlston | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Agnes DOUGLAS Redpath, Earlston formerly Ednam Mains, near Kelso | Andrew CURRIE | 16 Jul 1888 Redpath, Earlston | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Jane GIBB Fans, Earlston | James TURNBULL | 2 Sep 1881 Fans, Earlston | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Isabella HARDIE Georgefield, Earlston | Alexander THOMSON OR THOMPSON | 31 Dec 1865 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/42 |
| Agnes MATTHIESON Earlston | John FORD | 7 Jun 1854 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Elizabeth PATERSON Grizzlefield, Earlston | William WOOD | 13 Sep 1903 Grizzlefield, Earlston | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Isabella STEWART Grigglefield, Earlston, Berwickshire | Joseph JOHNSTON | Order now | Hamilton SC37/7/26 | |
| Helen Kerr YULE Park, Earlston | John WILKIE | 25 Oct 1884 Park, Earlston | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric AITCHISON | 12 August 1872 | Jane AITCHISON | Find the father |
| Mary AITCHISON | 12 June 1856 | Elspeth AITCHISON | Find the father |
| William AITCHISON | 26 September 1873 | Janet AITCHISON | Find the father |
| Grezel Scott BAIRD | 1 April 1855 | Hannah BAIRD | Find the father |
| Thomas BLAIR | 30 August 1860 | Agnes BLAIR | Find the father |
| Thomas Smith BLAIR | 22 July 1874 | Jessie BLAIR | Find the father |
| Jamima BOYD | 19 December 1866 | Agnes BOYD | Find the father |
| John BOYD | 7 December 1874 | Catherine BOYD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BROWN | 29 April 1866 | Alison BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane BROWN | 22 May 1862 | Alison BROWN | Find the father |
| Janet BROWN | 29 December 1868 | Alison BROWN | Find the father |
| Thomas BROWN | 27 February 1865 | Alison BROWN | Find the father |
| William Jamieson BRYDON | 3 June 1874 | Catherine BRYDON | Father found |
| Emmalina CHAMBERS | 10 February 1874 | Hellen CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| Isabella CHAMBERS | 21 September 1870 | Margaret CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CLARK | 18 September 1866 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| John CLARK | 23 November 1864 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| Margaret Walker CLARK | 28 September 1855 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| James COCKBURN | 8 May 1866 | Ann COCKBURN | Find the father |
| Helen CROOKS | 25 February 1861 | Alison CROOKS | Find the father |
| Jessie DALGLEISH | 16 July 1862 | Janet DALGLEISH | Find the father |
| William DEWAR | 22 December 1858 | Helen DEWAR | Find the father |
| John DODDS | 22 July 1867 | Margaret DODDS | Find the father |
| Alexander DONALDSON | 5 March 1864 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| John DONALDSON | 1 July 1871 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DOUGLAS | 31 January 1860 | Ann DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Robert Wilson DOUGLAS | 5 April 1855 | Ann DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Margaret FINN | 9 February 1866 | Ann FINN | Find the father |
| Jane GILL | 18 March 1870 | Jessie GILL | Find the father |
| Charles GOODWIN | 16 October 1867 | Catherine GOODWIN | Find the father |
| Helen GRAY | 1 January 1860 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Janet HAPPER | 1 May 1859 | Elspeth HAPPER | Find the father |
| Robert Fraser HENDERSON | 10 July 1868 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| George HOGARTH | 9 January 1866 | Isabella HOGARTH | Find the father |
| Alexander HOGGARTH | 16 September 1855 | Janet HOGGARTH | Find the father |
| George Lillia HUME | 20 October 1866 | Mary HUME | Father found |
| Mary KERR | 11 May 1865 | Mary KERR | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane Kerr KNOX | 18 August 1872 | Janet KNOX | Find the father |
| Ellenor Isabella LAING | 26 May 1866 | Mary LAING | Father found |
| Jessie LEE | 4 November 1864 | Ellen LEE | Find the father |
| James LOTHIAN | 11 March 1865 | Jessie LOTHIAN | Father found |
| Margaret Scott LOTHIAN | 11 June 1870 | Elizabeth LOTHIAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MARTIN | 2 November 1871 | Euphemia MARTIN | Find the father |
| William MARTIN | 25 September 1868 | Euphemia MARTIN | Find the father |
| Robert MCNALTY | 22 February 1870 | Jane MCNALTY | Find the father |
| Margaret MCQUILLIN | 19 September 1863 | Mary MCQUILLIN | Find the father |
| Mary MENAN | 24 July 1873 | Mary MENAN | Find the father |
| George MILL | 3 July 1872 | Agnes MILL | Find the father |
| Hannah Pringle MILL | 15 May 1870 | Agnes MILL | Find the father |
| John MILLS | 23 March 1865 | Elizabeth MILLS | Find the father |
| Margaret MILLS | 4 January 1863 | Joanna MILLS | Find the father |
| Robert Bruce MILLS | 24 July 1859 | Joan MILLS | Find the father |
| James MURRAY | 11 June 1864 | Isabella MURRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Donald PARK | 15 May 1866 | Agnes PARK | Find the father |
| George PORTEOUS | 8 January 1873 | Mary PORTEOUS | Find the father |
| Agnes PRINGLE | 17 July 1869 | Jane PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Janet Lauder PRINGLE | 3 November 1872 | Margaret PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Alexander PURVES | 10 June 1867 | Jane PURVES | Find the father |
| Agnes Bell REDPATH | 19 May 1861 | Helen REDPATH | Find the father |
| Isabella REDPATH | 6 December 1862 | Betsy REDPATH | Find the father |
| Jane RENWICK | 27 May 1869 | Elizabeth RENWICK | Find the father |
| Jane ROBERTSON | 1 September 1871 | Jane JOYCE | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 20 September 1869 | Jane ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 26 August 1874 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann RUTHERFORD | 28 July 1861 | Ann RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Helen RUTHERFORD | 22 November 1862 | Agnes RUTHERFORD | Father found |
| Margaret SCOTT | 22 September 1864 | Margaret PATON | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina Maclauchlan SCOTT | 29 November 1874 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Find the father |
| William Swanston SCOTT | 11 July 1861 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jane Armstrong SHEILS | 21 June 1855 | Margaret SHEILS | Find the father |
| Isabella Hewie SHORTREED | 21 July 1866 | Elizabeth SHORTREED | Father found |
| John SHORTREID | 1 April 1864 | Hellen SHORTREID | Find the father |
| George Crawford SMITH | 2 January 1872 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Betsey SUDDEN | 18 August 1855 | Isabella SUDDEN | Father found |
| James SUDDEN | 30 June 1857 | Isabella SUDDEN | Find the father |
| Divina Purves SWANSTON | 22 May 1868 | Agnes SWANSTON | Find the father |
| Jane Oliver SWINTON | 3 September 1862 | Ellen SWINTON | Find the father |
| Walter Oliver SWINTON | 19 April 1871 | Ellen Oliver SWINTON | Find the father |
| Alison TAIT | 7 August 1863 | Margaret TAIT | Find the father |
| William THOMPSON | 7 January 1874 | Janet THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Adam WALDIE | 7 February 1871 | Margaret WALDIE | Find the father |
| Alexander Black WATSON | 17 October 1864 | Jane WATSON | Find the father |
| George Brunton WATSON | 25 July 1865 | Anne WATSON | Find the father |
| Mary Isabella WATSON | 15 August 1873 | Catherine SWANSTON | Find the father |
| Margaret WELSH | 22 September 1866 | Margaret WELSH | Find the father |
| George WHITE | 31 December 1863 | Julia WHITE | Find the father |
| Janet Craig WHITE | 29 November 1855 | Janet WHITE | Find the father |
| Isabella WOOD | 28 November 1867 | Alison WOOD | Find the father |
| George YOUNG | 26 February 1868 | Barbara YOUNG | Find the father |
| Helen Stewart YULE | 11 April 1874 | Margaret YULE | Father found |
| Robert Walker YULE | 1 February 1872 | Barbara YULE | 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.
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.
