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Edinburgh St. Giles' 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.

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.

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.

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. We have not found any relevant records for 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: CH2/136/3 pp. 41-46)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
Allan31 Buccleugh Place
WmAllanof GlenHillside Crescent
RobertAllanLaureston
T SAnderson1 Athol Place
GeorgeAnderson142 High Street
WilliamAitkenChalmers Close
George HusbandBaird13 Regent Terrace
ThomasBlackwoodNewington
Begbie15 Heriot Row
ThomasBrown398 Castle Hill
DavidBrownof Park19 Regent Terrace
WmBoswellAdvocate25 Castle Street
WilliamBlair7 Montague Street
AlexanderBriggs5 Rankeillor Street
NicolsonBainCollege
Bonnar11 Graham Street
RobertBurtBank Street
WilliamBrydon9 Jamaica Street
RobertBuchan5 East Thistle Street
IsaacBayley13 Regent Terrace
FrancisBurkeaccountant47 York Place
ThomasBrownarchitect6 Argyle Square
ArchibaldBonnar9 Ann Street
JohnBroadfoot22 George Square
JamesClarkson7 Melville Place
WilliamCarmichaelHope Park And House
JamesCochraneGreenside House
JamesCraigmerchant15 Leopold Place
JohnCuningham2 Athol Place
JohnCaird31 St Leonard Hill
JamesCallanderParliament Square
AClapperton130 George Street
HenryCadellBank Of Scotland Office
MichaelCarr19 South St David's Street
AlexanderCrawford2 Walker Street
DavidCunninghamSalisbury Cottage
JohnCarphin14 Addam Street
AlexanderCampbell9 George Street
WalterDickson31 James Square
AndrewDickson31 James Square
JamesDuncan107 West Bow
GeorgeDunbarRose Park
AndrewDobson54 High Street
AndrewDickaccountantParliament Square
GeorgeDonaldson1 Mackenzie Place
SamuelDavidson13 Annandale Street
JamesDickson20 Heriot Place
RobertDalziellfishmonger108 Rose Street
Alexr NicolDalziell3 West Newington
RobertDavidsonAdvocate28 York Place
RobertFlemingWS21 Northumberland Street
JohnFraser2 South West Circus Place
FergusonDrumsheugh Cottage
JamesFairbairn18 Chapel Street
C GFergusonwriter5 North Charlotte Street
LockhartFrame2 James Court
J A SForrest26 London Street
PeterForbes20 Drummond Place
Peter ScottFraser20 Fettes Row
JohnFairbairn6 Elm Row
DavidFalconer66 North Bridge
WilliamFleming3 East Claremont Street
JamesFleming145 Cowgate
JohnForrest9 Antigua Street
RobertFlockhart8 Laureston Street
JohnFisherteacher6 George Street
RobertGordonAthol Crescent
JamesGreywatchmaker59 South Bridge
WmGalbraith54 South Bridge
JohnGardinerSSC18 Duncan Street
EbenezerGardinerMD3 Argyle Square
JosephGrantWS16 Great King Street
JamesGardner56 George Street
AlexrGladston20 Grass Market
ThomasHewit1 Surgeon Square
MenziesHendersonglazier39 Thistle Street
WmHoginsof Newlands56 George Square
AndrewHenderson18 Dundas Street
WilliamHomeWS24 N Walker Streert
Jas MHoggAdvocateNewliston
RobertHunterGilmore Place
RobertJohnstonmerchantJames Square
AlexrJohnston4 Queensferry Street
JohnJohnston2 Windsor Street
JamesIrvinepainter74 Thistle Street
WilliamInnes63 Cumberland Street
Wm HackneyKerraccountant12 Fettes Row
JamesKirkwoodBridewell
J GardnerKinnearGreat King Street
RossKennedyteacher17 George Street
JamesKylemason18 South Frederick Street
JamesKnoxSSC8 Gayfield Square
WmKerrBuchanan Court
LowCraigleith House
DLittlejohnwriter507 Lawn Market
JohnLaing11 Bank Street
WilliamLambSociety Close
W HLizarsengraver3 Regent Terrance
JohnLowgrocer68 Thistle Street
ThomasLeithhead5 North James Street
WilliamLawgrocerSt Andrews Square
DavidLawsonDean of Guild OfficesHigh Street
JohnMurray31 Nicolson Street
A EMonteithAdvocate2 Charlotte Square
Myrtle2 Hay Street
C HMurray30 Gilmore Place
WilliamMurrayWS17 Forth StreetAdded later
J BMurdochAdvocate13 Melville Street
ThosMoffatSSC6 Hales Street
WalterMarshalljeweller27 Gayfield Square
JamesMarshalljeweller8 Hope Crescent
JamesMiller23 Archibald Place
DonaldMorris11 George Street
JohnMeiklejohnteacher7 St Anthony Place
DuncanMckinlay41 Lothian Street
DonaldMcleanWS21 Albany Street
JamesMcglashan23 James Square
AlexanderMcdonald169 Pleasance
W MMckean19 Forth Street
HectorMcfadyenCouncil officer11 Archibald Place
JohnMccraw391 High Street
RobertMclaren47 George Street
JohnMcfiemerchant27 Regent Terrace
KennethMcdonald199 Head Fleshmarket Close
J CMcdonaldsurgeon5 Wharton Place
WmMckenziesurgeon3 George Square
ArchdMcdiarmidtailor3 East Register Street
Robert StephenOliverhatter25 Gayfield Square
MoricePaterson1 James Street
ArchibaldPark21 Buccleugh Place
JohnPlummer30 East Canal Street
JohnPringleWS22 London Street
F LRoyWS4 St Vincent Street
JamesRossSSC8 Mansfield Place
JohnRichardsonwriter21 Salisbury Street
JasRichardsonof Commercial Bank4 Torphichen Street
WmRodgerbookseller59 Crosscauseway
C LRamsayof Fala29 Frederick Street
AdamRollandWSRoyal Circus
AdamRollandWS15 Rutland Street
ThosRankenSSC21 Duke Street
JamesRamsay7 Hill Place
WmRae39 Dublin Street
JohnReidsilk mercer11 Lothian Street
AlexrRussellgrocer17 Regent Terrace
GeorgeSomervilleCowan's Close Cross Causeway
AdamSmithwrightStrichan's Close 164 High Street
AlexrSmithsolicitor13 Gayfield Square
GrahamSpiersAdvocate4 Coats Crescent
JamesShawbookseller28 Gayfield Square
HughSinclairOld Fishmarket Close
DonaldSmith2 Moray Place
TimothySmithSeller's Close
CharlesStewart21 Blair Street
JohnSimLeith Shore
JamesThomson19 Great Stuart Street
JamesThomson22 Elm Row
Thos AlexrThomson3 Duncan Street
JamesThomson2 East Broughton Place
ArchibaldTait25 Fleshmarket Close
WmThomsonsolicitor54 Grass Market
JamesUsher26 West Nicolson Street
WmVeitchcutlerAdvocates Close 357 High Street
DavidWattengraver37 North Bridge
JasWhitelawwatchmakerWest Register Street
FrancisWilsonbookseller21 Montague Street
JohnWrightWS2 Leopold Place
Alexr ArthurWatt13 North Bridge
JohnWhite21 Charles Street
WilliamWallaceWS40 Broughton Street
AlexanderWeir13 Carubbers Close
JamesWood19 Royal Circus
JohnYulebakerStrichan's Close 164 High Street

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.