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Records -> Berwickshire

Eccles 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:
  • £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
George REED 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Isabella SMITH 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused


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
Elspeth MIDDLEMISS
Ann's Grove, Eccles
Andrew MIDDLEMISS31 May 1844Order nowDuns
SC60/7/41
Elizabeth RENTON
Springwells, Eccles
Alexander DODS23 Aug 1876Order nowDuns
SC60/7/42
Margaret ROBERTSON
Printonan, Eccles
William COCHRANE15 Jun 1883
Printonan, Eccles
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Mary STEWART or LYAL
Crosshall, Eccles
Andrew COOPEROrder nowSelkirk
SC63/6/13
Agnes WHEELANS
Belleville, Eccles
John DAVIDSON23 Feb 1898
Belleville, Eccles
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Elizabeth WRIGHT
Eccles Tofts, Eccles
Alexander WATSON14 Nov 1882
Eccles Tofts, Eccles
Order nowJedburgh
SC62/7/14


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
Janet ANDERSON17 February 1873Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Mary BALMER20 September 1859Mary BALMERFind the father
Thomas BARRON13 July 1865Margaret BARRONFind the father
Elisabeth BEARHOPE21 June 1861Isabella BEARHOPEFather found
Mary BLACKIE22 September 1860Janet BLACKIEFind the father
Helen BROWN13 April 1870Jane BROWNFind the father
James BROWN26 February 1869Isabella BROWNFind the father
John BROWN10 October 1861Margaret BROWNFind the father
Robert BROWN6 October 1867Elizabeth BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN19 April 1868Margaret BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN14 June 1870Margaret BROWNFind the father
Jessie CAVERS8 February 1869Elisabeth CAVERSFind the father
William COULTER14 April 1862Margaret COULTERFind the father
Augustavie COURTIN5 November 1870Armandine COURTINFind the father
Agnes COWE21 June 1874Margaret COWEFind the father
George COWE21 July 1866Elisabeth COWEFind the father
David DARLING21 September 1872Janet DARLINGFind the father
Isabella DARRIE21 October 1872Margaret DARRIEFind the father
Thomas DARRIE5 April 1869Margaret DARRIEFind the father
Jane DODDS8 October 1863Elspeth DODDSFind the father
Janet DODDS12 January 1863Janet DODDSFind the father
Ralph DODDS29 January 1858Janet DODDSFather found
William DODDS25 June 1855Elizabeth DODDSFind the father
Helen DUMMA31 January 1857Helen DUMMAFind the father
Jane DUMMA30 December 1858Isabella DUMMAFind the father
Ann ELLIOT17 March 1863Ann ELLIOTFind the father
Helen FAIRBAIRN4 August 1867Isabella FAIRBAIRNFind the father
William FAIRBAIRN24 February 1865Isabella FAIRBAIRNFind the father
James FORD1 February 1864Janet FORDFind the father
Agnes GARDINER10 May 1858Isabella DUNCANFind the father
Helen GIBSON5 December 1866Janet GIBSONFind the father
James GIBSON20 May 1861Isabella GIBSONFind the father
Agnes GLENDINNING6 December 1861Ann GLENDINNINGFind the father
John HARDIE1 April 1872Isabella HARDIEFather found
Caroline HATELY20 February 1870Margaret HATELYFind the father
Mary HATELY23 November 1873Margaret HATELYFind the father
David HENDERSON7 June 1866Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
Elisabeth Lees HENDERSON15 February 1862Helen HENDERSONFind the father
Isabella HENDERSON23 July 1870Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
John HENDERSON21 February 1864Euphemia HENDERSONFind the father
John Wylie HENDERSON9 February 1862Agnes HENDERSONFind the father
Mary Ann HENDERSON15 September 1867Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
Sophia HENDERSON22 April 1869Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
Thomas HENDERSON15 April 1864Elisabeth HENDERSONFind the father
William HENDERSON12 February 1865Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
George HENRY2 August 1855Margaret HENRYFind the father
Robert HOLLIDAY27 August 1869Margaret HOLLIDAYFather found
Agnes HUNTER29 June 1868Susanna HUNTERFind the father
Robert HUNTER13 November 1860Janet HUNTERFind the father
Isabella JENKINSON22 November 1866Jane JENKINSONFind the father
Isabella JENKINSON30 November 1873Agnes JENKINSONFind the father
Margaret JENKINSON2 October 1874Sarah JENKINSONFind the father
Thomas JENKINSON1 August 1871Sarah JENKINSONFind the father
Janet JOHNSTON20 May 1871Mary JOHNSTONFind the father
John KIRKWOOD16 January 1867Mary REIDFind the father
Thomas KIRKWOOD16 January 1867Mary REIDFind the father
Agnes LAMB27 June 1874Agnes LAMBFind the father
Jane LAMB1 March 1860Jane LAMBFind the father
Margaret Alice LAURIE6 May 1863Ann LAURIEFind the father
William LAURIE24 August 1865Ann LAURIEFind the father
Alexander LINDSAY11 August 1855Janet LINDSAYFind the father
William Lighterness LUNHAM25 January 1865Margaret LUNHAMFind the father
Agnes MATHISON18 May 1861Louisa MATHISONFind the father
William MCLEOD12 September 1859Margaret MCLEODFind the father
Elisabeth MIDDLEMISS9 December 1870Alison MIDDLEMISSFind the father
Robert MIDDLEMISS9 December 1870Alison MIDDLEMISSFind the father
Sarah Ann Gairn MILLER27 February 1874Agnes MILLERFind the father
Thomas MILLER4 June 1863Eliza MILLERFind the father
John MILLS22 February 1858Jane MILLSFind the father
John MURRAY17 December 1866Mary MURRAYFind the father
Catherine NICHOL26 October 1865Isabella NICHOLFind the father
Alexander Purves NICHOLL8 August 1868Isabella NICHOLLFind the father
Euphemia OLIVER17 October 1869Violet OLIVERFind the father
James OLIVER13 September 1867Violet OLIVERFind the father
Thomas OLIVER27 June 1863Isabella OLIVERFind the father
Robert ORD8 February 1855Agnes ORDFind the father
James ORMSTON13 September 1858Isabella ORMSTONFind the father
Mary PATTERSON16 November 1872Margaret PATTERSONFind the father
Agnes PAXTON1 May 1857Margaret PAXTONFind the father
David PITT28 October 1862Janet PITTFind the father
William PITT14 April 1865Janet PITTFind the father
Robert PRENTICE4 December 1866Agnes PRENTICEFind the father
Alexander PRESTON8 December 1871Margaret PRESTONFind the father
Euphemia PURVES12 June 1866Ellen PURVESFind the father
James PURVES17 November 1864Janet PURVESFind the father
Ralph ROBERTSON26 July 1861Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Agnes RUSSELL21 November 1866Agnes DONALDSONFind the father
Robert SIMPSON26 July 1863Margaret SIMPSONFind the father
William SMART8 July 1865Christina Oliver SMARTFind the father
Isabella SMITH14 November 1864Mary SMITHFind the father
Robert STARK4 January 1866Alison STARKFind the father
Catherine STENHOUSE6 April 1872Agnes STENHOUSEFind the father
Jasper STEWART3 December 1861Helen STEWARTFind the father
William STUART6 August 1865Agnes STUARTFind the father
Marion THOMPSON26 May 1872Jane THOMPSONFind the father
Elizabeth TURNBULL24 August 1856Jane TURNBULLFather found
Mary UNTHANK13 December 1865Isabella UNTHANKFind the father
Janet WALKER6 April 1859Janet WALKERFind the father
George WILSON16 July 1869Isabella WILSONFind the father
Margaret WILSON5 November 1862Jane WILSONFind the father
William WILSON6 February 1860Margaret WILSONFind the father
Andrew Bell WOOD17 March 1872Isabella Bell WOODFind the father
Christina WOOD18 January 1869Christian WOODFind the father
Margaret WOOD1 September 1856Christian WOODFind the father
George YOUNG22 May 1866Helen YOUNGFind 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.


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