Edinburgh St Stephens parish records
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/607/1 | Minutes (With index) | 1829-1861 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/3 | Minutes | 1880-1904 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/20 | Baptismal register | 1878-1894 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/21 | Baptismal register | 1895-1911 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/22 | Communion roll | 1829-1840 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/23 | Communion roll | 1834 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/24 | Communion roll | 1861-1867 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/25 | Communion roll | 1868-1873 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/26 | Communion roll | 1874-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/27 | Communion roll | 1877-1882 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/28 | Communion roll | 1883-1888 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/29 | Communion roll | 1890 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/30 | Communion roll | nd. | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/69 | Ghospara mission abstract accounts (With gaps). Includes subscriber lists | 1874-1900 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/73 | Ghospara mission printed reports, 1845, 1850, 1852, 1875, 1881, 1883, 1885-7, 1890-2, 1894 Reports include subscriber lists | 1845-1894 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/74 | Ghospara mission reports (1846, 1853-1859) and subscriptions (1882-1886) Includes subscriber lists | 1846-1886 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/116 | General guild committee minutes | 1890-1911 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/118 | Young mens' guild executive committee minutes | 1897-1914 | Request lookup |
| CH2/607/129 | Bible class (young mens' guild) roll 1864/1865-1913/1914. In early years includes descriptions of individual boys, and three photos of groups of boys with names | 1864-1914 | Request lookup |
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.
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | Allan | 2 London Street | ||
| John | Anderson | 6 Mansfield Place | ||
| Peter | Anderson | 7 Carlton Street St Bernards | ||
| James | Anstruther | 42 Moray Place | ||
| John | Baird | 4 Circus Place | ||
| Henry | Baxter | 23 Heriot Row | ||
| George | Berry | 10 Antigua Street | ||
| J P | Bertram | 17 Broughton Place | ||
| Thomas H | Bertram | 26 Royal Crescent | ||
| John | Blackwood | 43 George Street | ||
| Alexander | Blair | 13 Northumberland Street | ||
| Alexander | Boyd | Hillhousefield House Bonnington | ||
| Hugh | Bremner | 69 Great King Street | ||
| Francis | Bridges | 16 Hill Street | ||
| John | Brodie | 59 Northumberland Street | ||
| Archibald | Browne | 26 Scotland Street | ||
| John Osburn | Brown | 66 Northumberland Street | ||
| William | Brown | 6 Nottingham Place | ||
| John | Bruce | 82 Great King Street | ||
| John | Burnet | Hamilton Place New Buildings | ||
| William | Calder | 55 India Place | ||
| Sharp | Callender | 29 Saxe Coburg Place | ||
| Cameron | 24 Saxe Coburg Place | |||
| Colin | Campbell | 12 Abercromby Place | ||
| Peter | Campbell | 10 Great King Street | ||
| S | Campbell | 15 East Claremont Street | ||
| James | Cathcart | 17 Great King Street | ||
| George Todd | Chiene | 7 Great Stuart Street | ||
| Robert | Christie | 12 Inverleith Row | ||
| John | Cockburn | 5 Doune Terrace | ||
| John | Collins | 39 Minto Street Newington | ||
| George | Cousin | 3 Johnstone Place Stockbridge | ||
| John | Cousin | 24 Fettes Row | ||
| Alexander | Craig | 23 Anne Street Stockbridge | ||
| Cheyne | 15 Cheyne Street | added later | ||
| Colin | Campbell | 4 Abyn Place | added later | |
| William | Dallas | 25 India Street | ||
| Charles Forbes | Davidson | 8 Saxe Coburg Place | ||
| J Henry | Davidson | 61 North Berwick | ||
| John | Dewar | Advocate | 24 Drummond Place | |
| John | Dickie | 14 Dean Terrace | ||
| Alexander | Dickison | Comely Bank Nursery | ||
| Henry Gordon | Dickson | 5 St Vincent Street | ||
| Andrew | Dods | 11 West Circus Place | ||
| William | Dumbreck | 14 Dublin Street | ||
| Thomas | Duncan | 78 Great King Street | ||
| William | Dunlop | 38 India Street | ||
| W Malcolm | Dymock | 18 Albany Street | ||
| Charles | Fergusson | 3 Glenfinlas Street | ||
| Charles | Finlay | 6 Great Stuart Street | ||
| Thomas | Finlay | 12 India Place | ||
| Peter | Forbes | Blacket Place Newington | ||
| John | Forrester | 9 Hart Street | ||
| Robert | Forsyth | Advocate | 11 Royal Circus | |
| M | Fullerton | 27 Hamilton Place | ||
| James | Gairdner | 12 Dean Street | ||
| James | Geddes | 6 Blenheim Place | ||
| John | Gillan | 27 Jamaica Street | ||
| Andrew | Girvan | 17 Howard Place | ||
| Archd Watson | Goldie | 6 York Place | ||
| James | Gordon | 46 Frederick Street | ||
| John | Gordon | 52 Inverleith Row | ||
| Robert | Gordon | 13 Nelson Street | ||
| Alexander | Gowan | 13 Gayfield Square | ||
| James | Graham | 26 Pitt Street | ||
| Patrick | Graham | 37 Inverleith Row | ||
| Robert | Graham | 26 Nelson Street | ||
| William | Graham | 37 Anne Street | ||
| John | Grant | 19 Jamaica Street | ||
| Alexander | Greig | 51 Queen Street | ||
| James | Hastie | 36 Howe Street | ||
| John | Hay | 14 Pitt Street | ||
| Hay | 29 St Bernard's Crescent | |||
| David | Hector | 56 India Street | ||
| William | Henderson | 21 St Andrew Square | ||
| William | Henderson | Trinity Cottage | ||
| Alexander | Hill | 66 Great King Street | ||
| George | Hill | 10 St Andrew Square | ||
| Robert | Hislop | 9 Jamaica Street | ||
| John | Hope | Granton | ||
| Donald | Horne | 10 Athole Crescent | ||
| Robert | Horsburgh | accountant | 15 London Street | |
| Walter | Horsburgh | 29 Northumberland Street | ||
| Houston | 34 Greenside Place | |||
| James | Hunt | of Pittencrieff | 13 Moray Place | |
| John | Hunter | 5 Fettes Row | ||
| David | Irvine | 6 Meadow Place | ||
| Archibald | Iver | 8 Carlton Street | ||
| Robert | Jackson | 20 Clarence Street | ||
| Andrew | Jamieson | 1 West Claremont Street | ||
| John | Jardine | 9 Great King Street | ||
| John S | Keay | 1 Claremont Place | ||
| John | Kennedy | 71 Great King Street | ||
| David | Kidd | 1 Henderson Row | ||
| James | Kier | New Street Court Canongate | ||
| David V | Lambe | 4 Henderson Row | ||
| L'Amy | 27 Northumberland Street | |||
| Robert | Laurie | 38 Brunswick Street | ||
| Andrew | Lawson | 11 High Terrace Leith Street | ||
| John | Learmonth | 6 Roxburgh Street | ||
| John | Leven | 5 Henderson Row | ||
| Ephraim | Lockhart | 14 Pitt Street | ||
| John | Logan | 1 Nelson Street | ||
| Adam | Longmore | 46 Melville Street | ||
| William | Low | accountant | 18 Pitt Street | |
| Alexander | Macdonald | 5 North St David Street | ||
| Donald | Mackenzie | 8 Howe Street | ||
| Parlan | Macfarlane | 22 Fettes Row | ||
| W | Macfarlane | 37 Northumberland Street | ||
| William | Mackintosh | 54 Great King Street | ||
| John | Macwhirter | 4 Ainslie Place | ||
| William | Marshall | 26 Regent Terrace | ||
| George | Mccallum | 42 India Street | ||
| Adam | Mccheyne | 56 Queen Street | ||
| William | Mcclacherty | 16 India Place | ||
| Duncan | Mccuaig | 6 Frederick Street | ||
| W | Mcdowall | 7 Forth Street | ||
| John | Mcfarlan | 14 India Street | ||
| Mclagan | 77 Great King Street | |||
| Gilbert | Mclaren | 10 St Vincent Street | ||
| James | Mclaren | 6 Saunders Street Stockbridge | ||
| Mcnicol | 44 Howe Street | |||
| John | Menzies | 19 Pitt Street | ||
| James | Mercer | 31 Howe Street | ||
| Robert | Mercer | 20 India Street | ||
| Thomas H | Miller | 41 Heriot Row | ||
| Robert | Milne | Craigleith | ||
| John | Minto | 15 Clarence Street | ||
| George | Monro | Advocate | 28 Northumberland Street | |
| John | Morrison | 24 Northumberland Street | ||
| Robert | Morrison | 6 Heriot Row | ||
| Charles | Moubray | St Stephens Church | Name deleted | |
| Claud | Muirhead | 7 Heriot Row | ||
| Col | Macdonald | Powder Hall | added later | |
| Charles | Nairne | 22 Albany Street | ||
| Napier | 29 Scotland Street | |||
| James | Newton | 11 Darnaway Street | ||
| Newton | 15 Catherine Street | |||
| James | Paterson | merchant | 4 India Street | |
| Alexander | Pearson | 17 Royal Circus | ||
| John | Phin | 37 Dublin Street | ||
| Robert | Purdie | 38 Heriot Row | ||
| John | Purdon | 21 Jamaica Street | ||
| Quin | 79 Rose Street | |||
| John | Ramage | 5 Hope Street | ||
| R Wardlaw | Ramsay | 11 Moray Place | ||
| Robert | Rattray | 8 Bellevue Crescent | ||
| John | Renton | 30 Royal Circus | ||
| George | Ritchie | 11 Castle Street | ||
| Robert | Ritchie | 54 India Street | ||
| George | Robertson | 28 Albany Street | ||
| James | Robin | 34 Jamaica Street | ||
| James | Robison | Advocate | 18 Elder Street | |
| Daniel | Ross | Edinburgh Academy | ||
| P W | Roy | 18 Fettes Row | ||
| James | Ruthven | 23 New Street Canongate | ||
| John | Sang | 23 Scotland Street | ||
| Peter | Sawers | 39 Dublin Street | ||
| Scot | 42 Northumberland Street | |||
| W D | Scott | 13 London Street | ||
| William | Scott | 43 Northumberland Street | ||
| Ralph Erskine | Scott | 26 Ann Street St Bernards | ||
| John | Shand | 23 Fettes Row | ||
| John Robertson | Sibbald | 142 Princes Street | ||
| Sinclair | 16 Inverleith Row | |||
| Small | 6 Fingal Place | |||
| Archibald | Smith | 36 Dundas Street | ||
| David | Smith | 3 Doune Terrace | ||
| Peter | Smith | 23 Howe Street | ||
| William | Smith | 3 Saxe Coburg Place | ||
| Spalding | 85 Great King Street | |||
| James | Spence | 24 Pitt Street | ||
| Robert | Spittal | 6 Wemyss Place | ||
| Alexander | Stevenson | 3 Heriot Row | ||
| Stevenson | 41 Great King Street | |||
| George | Stodart | 18 Windsor Street | ||
| Robert | Stoddart | 43 India Place | ||
| Duncan | Stewart | 85 Great King Street | ||
| Patrick | Stewart | 47 India Place | ||
| J Graham | Stuart | 9 Picardy Place | ||
| Stuart | 34 Great King Street | |||
| John | Sutherland | 20 India Place | ||
| John | Swinton | 16 Inverleith Place | ||
| John | Syme | 1 Dundas Street | ||
| J R | Stodart | 2 Drummond Place | added later | |
| John | Tait | 1 Melville Street | ||
| Andrew | Tawse | 11 Royal Terrace | ||
| John | Taylor | 15 Claremont Crescent | ||
| David | Thom | 19 Pilrig Street | ||
| William | Thomson | 4 Claremont Place | ||
| Andrew | Thomson | 13 Pitt Street | ||
| William R | Thomson | 28 Brunswick Street | ||
| Traill | 10 Albyn Place | |||
| Richard | Trotter | 26 Royal Circus | ||
| David | Turnbull | 34 India Street | ||
| John | Turnbull | 10 Dundas Street | ||
| James | Valentine | 10 West Claremont Street | ||
| William | Waddell | 50 Melville Street | ||
| Alexander | Walker | 22 London Street | ||
| James | Walker | Advocate | 23 Royal Circus | |
| Charles | Watson | 28 Dundas Street | ||
| H G | Watson | accountant | 21 East Claremont Street | |
| Robert | Whigham | 79 Great King Street | ||
| Whitehead | 27 St Bernard's Crescent | |||
| David K | Whytt | 10 Scotland Street | ||
| David | Wight | 16 Pitt Street | ||
| Robert | Wilkie | 67 Great King Street | ||
| Thomas Ramsay | Williamson | Lixmount | ||
| Thomas | Wood | 48 Great King Street | ||
| John | Wood | Gayfield Square | ||
| Peter | Wood | 85 Great King Street |
