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Edinburgh St. Mary's 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 do not currently have any records for this parish.


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 currently found any decrees for this parish.


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.

We have not found any relevant records for this parish.


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: CH2/139/1 pp. 149-156)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAllesterwriter9 London Street
WilliamAndersoncoach guardLeopold Place
GeorgeAdamof Sasine OfficeHart Street
JamesAitkenAt Mrs Dawson's 13 Frederick Street
JohnAdam6 St James Street
AlexanderBoswellWSLondon Street
PeterBurn1 London Street
HenryBankstailor22 Duke Street
DavidBrown8 Brandon Street
BogleWarriston Crescent
WilliamBellWS9 Queen Street
AndrewBellshoemakerSt Mary's Place Lothian RoadNew address Pitt or Dundas Street [CH2/139/83/17]
JohnBell13 Great King Street
JamesBellgardenerCanonmills
NicolBaird35 Claremont Street
JamesBorthwickof NB Insurance Coy14 Claremont Crescent
WilliamBoydWSDrummond Place
WilliamBrodie16 Hart Street
JamesBrodiewriter16 Hart Street
ThomasBlackwellgrocerUnion Street
GeorgeBrownmerchant17 Scotland Street
JohnBarronwright67 Great King Street
WalterBallantynelithographer8 Annandale StreetDeleted [CH2/139/83/18]
WilliamBird2 East Broughton Place
Campbell4 Picardy Place
Thomas BCampbellGreenside Place
WilliamCooperteacher17 George Street
HughCowanWSScotland Street
JohnCowanAdvocate30 Drummond Place
CheyneInverleith Terrace
CharlesChisholm40 London Street
JamesCarstairs7 Spences Place Port Hopetoun
JohnCraigFerniehill CottageDeleted [CH2/139/83/18]
WilliamClarkprinterCanonmills
C MChristieYork Place
WilliamCockburnBroughton Hall
WilliamCowansilk mercer1 Bellevue Crescent
HewCrichtonwriterNelson Street
DavidCraigmacerNelson Street
CraigieHanover Street
JohnDuffmeasurer10 Catherine Street
JohnDickmasonClaremont Street
PatrickDalmahoyWS3 Hart Street
James SDarlingWSScotland Street
GeorgeDouglassmith4 Old Broughton
AlexanderDouglasWSDrummond Place
JamesDowellwrightEast Thistle Street51 Hanover Street [CH2/139/83/18]
JohnDick8 Greenside Row
ThomasDickgardener40 Claremont Street
ThomasDewarteacher40 George Square
WilliamElliot23 Drummond Place
WalterFerrierWSAlbany Street
ThomasFinlaymeal dealer16 Scotland Street
WilliamFraserWS9 Mansfield Place
WilliamFergussonmerchantDrummond Place
CosmoFalconerwriterJames Square
CharlesFisherwriter19 London Street
ThomasFraserDuncan Street
HenryGoodsirof Bank of ScotlandInverleith Row
WilliamGallawayaccountantElder Street
WilliamGibson27 Haddington Place
AlexanderGibsonof British Linen Co5 Pitt Street
GeorgeGunncowfeederAllan Street Stockbridge
JohnGordonclothierEyre Place
JamesGrayironmonger48 London Street
HenryGreyInverleith Row
PeterGrahamwright2 Greenside Place
RobertGilchristprinter9 Crichton Street
P CGibsonsurgeon5 Antigua Street
WilliamHowdenDickson & Sons NurseryInverleith Row
WilliamHenrybuilderScotland Street
WilliamHuntWS26 Broughton Place
JohnHillof British Linen Co28 Scotland Street
WilliamHamiltonof General Post Office9 Brown Street
JohnHamiltonWS1 Scotland Street
JohnHoggof City Chambers7 Scotland Street
WilliamHoggDuncan Street
JamesHislop33 Union Place
JohnHughesprinter6 Mansfield Place
JohnHepburn1 Shrub Place Leith Walk
J HHorneof Longformacus13 Inverleith Row
WilliamInnesStevenlaw's Close
HughJohnstonSt Mary's Church
JamesJohnstontobacconist6 Mansfield Place
JohnJohnstondraftsman1 Cheyne Street
JohnJacksonpainter17 Leopold Place
JohnKermackWS20 Broughton Place
Knox8 Annandale Street
ColinKempgrocer31 Nelson Street
JosephLiddleSSC12 Scotland Street
William MLittleSSC50 Cumberland StreetDelete [CH2/139/83/20]
RobertLogan5 Laverock Bank Trinity
JohnMarshallAdvocateFettes Row
RobertMarshallMiddlefield Leith Walk
DavidManderstonsmith39 Dublin Street
HectorMasonACSScotland Street
DuncanMathesonSheriff SubstituteLeith
AndrewMilroyWSScotland Street
JohnMelvingrocer19 Dublin Street
JohnMansonConstitution Street Leith
GeorgeMorrisplastererCanonmills
GeorgeMaulewright58 Broughton Street
HenryMuir7 Lochend Close Canongate
JamesMorrisonof National BankCanal Street
ThomasMoontailor22 Pitt Street
JamesMelvingrocer19 Dublin Street
JamesMitchellsurgeon39 Dublin StreetDelete [CH2/139/83/20]
JohnMacintosh10 Jamaica Street
LachlanMacintoshSSC35 London Street
JamesMackaygoldsmith24 Forth Street
JohnMackaypensioner2 Old Broughton
AlexanderMacaulayGreat King Street
JohnMacnair5 London Street
CharlesMacleangrocer5 Queensferry Street
GeorgeMacbeanpoliceman12 Union Street
JamesMcphersonImprovements Office30 Hanover Street
ArchibaldMackinlay16 Forth Street
AlexanderMckean2 York Place
GavinMcdowall2 Mansfield Place
JohnMcdowall11 Forth StreetNational Bank [CH2/139/83/21]
ArchibaldMcrae4 Union Street
WilliamMckenzieshoemaker40 Broughton Street
WilliamMackerseyWS2 Bellevue Crescent
HMccallumof Bank of Scotland16 South Charlotte Street
NeilMclarenmerchant7 Hope Crescent
DanielMcphersonprinterHigh Street
JohnNeillbuilder17 Carlton Place
PatrickNeillprinterCanonmills
JohnNicholagent17 James Square
JamesNisbet17 Fettes Row
RobertNisbetAt Mrs Shakerly's 3 Smiths Place Leith Walk
JamesOrrdruggistForth Street
ArchibaldPatterson7 Annandale Street
ThomasPaterson5 East Register Street
HenryPatersonHoward Place
AllanPaterson47 Cumberland Street
PringleWarriston Crescent
WilliamPagan20 Howe Street
DavidPagan20 Howe Street
JohnPollock16 Jamaica Street
RobertPaulWS20 Dublin Street
JohnPonton22 Scotland Street
PatrickForth Street
JamesRichardson40 London Street
ThomasRichardson48 London Street
AndrewRichardsonWSRoyal Crescent
JohnRichardsonWSFettes Row
JamesRichardson8 Hope Crescent
JohnRichardson41 Dundas Street
WilliamRossclothierInverleith Row
SylvesterReidWS5 Mansfield Place
RobertReid2 Scotland Street
WilliamRussell11 Scotland Street
GeorgeRussellmerchant4 East Broughton Place
JohnRobertson27 London Street
JohnReochPilrig Street
JamesRutherford11 Annandale Street
WilliamRichardsonof Dickson & CoLeopold Place
AlexanderRobertsonturner50 Broughton Street
JohnRonaldsonwright25 East Cumberland StreetClaremont [CH2/139/83/22]
AlexanderRobertsonservant3 Northumberland Street
JohnRobbbuilderBarony Street
AndrewScott39 London Street
RobertScottdruggistForth Street
WilkinsonSteele1 London Street
RobertStevensonengineer1 Baxters Place
Thomas WShawwriterNelson Street
Stoddart10 Bellevue Crescent
JohnSinclair6 Mansfield Place
JamesSinclair4 New Street
CharlesStewartSSC19 East Thistle Street
Stewart10 Dublin Street
WilliamStarkCanonmills
WilliamSommersPaterson's Court Broughton
GeorgeSmitharchitectWemyss Place
RobertShiells43 East Cross Causeway
JamesSlater1 Shrub Place
JamesSimpsonCanonmills
StupartClaremont Street11 Fettes Row [CH2/139/83/23]
AlexanderSeatongrocer168 Cowgate
JamesStarkskinnerCanonmills
JamesShade24 Gayfield Square
JamesSymwriter45 Frederick Street
JamesScottmerchant34 London Street
James LStewartlandscape painter25 East Claremont StreetDelete [CH2/139/83/23]
DuncanStewartsurgeon13 Danube Street"Robert" in original, but corrected as per CH2/139/1/169
WilliamSutherland2 Cheyne Street
ThomasThomsonCanonmills
JamesTodWS21 Dublin Street
JohnTaylorsurgeonDublin Street
JohnWatson3 Duke Street
ThomasWattof Allanhill11 East Claremont Street
WardenBaxter's Place
WilliamWilsonbookseller25 Scotland Street
RobertWeir41 Moray Place
ArchibaldWilsonBroughton Street
MatthewWalkermerchant48 London Street
WilliamYoungerDrummond Place

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/139/1 pp. 168-168)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WalterBallantynelithographer8 Annandale StreetExpunged at this date
JohnCraigFerniehill CottageExpunged at this date
William MLittleSSC50 Cumberland StreetExpunged at this date
JamesMitchellsurgeon39 Dublin StreetExpunged at this date
James LStewartlandscape painter25 East Claremont StreetExpunged at this date
ThomasBell5 Scotland StreetAdded at this date
RichardBaird26 Haddington PlaceAdded at this date
WilliamBrownclerk20 Drummond PlaceAdded at this date
PeterBarclaygilder1 Gilmore StreetAdded at this date
GeorgeHenderson3 Duncan StreetAdded at this date
AlexrHendersonshoemaker12 Duncan StreetAdded at this date
CharlesLyongardener5 Cumberland StreetAdded at this date
JamesSadlerservantEast Broughton CourtAdded at this date
CharlesHutchisonarchitect18 Bedford StreetAdded at this date
RobertForster20 James SquareAdded at this date
AlexanderStrathyteacher of dancing31 Dundas StreetAdded at this date
JohnNairnSSC26 Royal CrescentAdded at this date

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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