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Records -> Berwickshire

Edrom 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
William AITCHISON 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth BRUNTON Foulden1845-1846 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William CLAGIE 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused
Peter DONALDSON 1863 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John FALCONER 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
Biddy HALLORAN or SHERIDAN 1858 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret KAY or GIGGIE 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Agnes MARSHALL 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alice MCALLISTER 1853 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Catherine MCALLISTER 1851 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Georgina H REAY 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused
James ROBERTSON 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
John THOMSON 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alison WAIT 1848 (1)Order imagesRequire medical certificate of applicant's health and ability


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
Agnes BLACKHALL
Nisbet Hill, Edrom, Berwickshire
George KINGHORN OR KING10 Feb 1875
Oldcambus East Mains, Cockburnspath
Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/38
Margaret BROWN
Nisbethill, Edrom
Anderson GIBSON27 Dec 1876Order nowDuns
SC60/7/42
Jane DARLING
Edrom, Berwickshire
George HISLOP14 Sep 1884
Edrom, Berwickshire
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Eleanor HARDIE
Blackadder Mains, Edrom
James COWE24 Mar 1886Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Elizabeth MARTIN
Swallowdean, Edrom
John MARTIN28 Sep 1900
Swallowdean, Edrom
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Jane MAVIN
Broomhouse Mains, Edrom
John ENENS18 Feb 1886
Broomhouse Mains, Edrom
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Ellen MOFFAT
Todheugh, Edrom, Berwickshire
Charles PATERSON14 Sep 1884Order nowJedburgh
SC62/7/14
Margaret PRENTICE
Reedyloch, Edrom
James HUNTER18 Jul 1845Order nowDuns
SC60/7/41
Euphemia SIMPSON
Kimmerghame Mains, Edrom
William WADDELL17 Mar 1884Order nowDuns
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Henry AINSLIE29 October 1871Elizabeth AINSLIEFind the father
James AINSLIE6 December 1865Ann AINSLIEFather found
John AINSLIE27 September 1858Charlotte AINSLIEFind the father
Christina Aitchison ANDERSON22 October 1871Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
John ANDERSON17 June 1857May ANDERSONFind the father
Thomas ARMSTRONG29 January 1856Helen ARMSTRONGFind the father
Andrew BROWN1 February 1872Margaret BROWNFind the father
George BROWN2 May 1861Helen BROWNFind the father
Isabella BROWN18 October 1866Margaret BROWNFind the father
John BROWN20 December 1865Elizabeth BROWNFind the father
John BROWN7 January 1867Margaret BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN7 January 1870Margaret BROWNFind the father
John BURNS4 July 1857Agnes BURNSFind the father
Thomas COCKBURN7 August 1865Mary COCKBURNFind the father
Andrew COSSAR31 December 1874Isabella COSSARFind the father
Helen COWE26 December 1865Margaret COWEFind the father
Thomas CROW16 November 1874Margaret CROWFind the father
Catherine CUTHBERT3 February 1860Elizabeth CUTHBERTFind the father
Agnes DUNSE28 August 1867Isabell DUNSEFind the father
Helen FAIRLIE19 January 1861Eliza FAIRLIEFind the father
Jane FALCONER31 August 1863Jane FALCONERFind the father
William FISH28 December 1863Elizabeth FISHFind the father
Alexander FORREST8 February 1862Elizabeth FORRESTFind the father
Jane FORREST30 November 1862Jane FORRESTFind the father
Elizabeth FORSYTH18 September 1860Christina FORSYTHFind the father
James Alexander FORSYTH30 November 1861Margaret FORSYTHFind the father
Margaret FORSYTH13 March 1861Mary FORSYTHFind the father
Agnes GILLIE23 October 1873Mary GILLIEFather found
Margaret GRAY2 May 1868Janet GRAYFind the father
Margaret HALLIDAY8 September 1860Margaret HALLIDAYFather found
Agnes HEATTIE29 May 1871Isabella HEATTIEFind the father
James HILSON4 December 1862Elisabeth HILSONFind the father
Peter HOGG14 October 1871Hellen HOGGFind the father
John George HOLYDAY16 July 1863Margaret HOLYDAYFind the father
Margaret HUME1 August 1864Agnes HUMEFather found
John HUNTER16 July 1871Margaret HUNTERFind the father
James Stennis HUSH25 May 1860Jane HUSHFather found
David JEFFERY6 April 1862Mary JEFFERYFind the father
George JEFFREY4 March 1861Euphemia JEFFREYFind the father
Robert JONES28 August 1869Margaret JONESFind the father
George KERR24 November 1866Margaret KERRFind the father
Margaret KERR24 November 1866Margaret KERRFind the father
John KERSE14 January 1864Isabella KERSEFind the father
Robert LAIDLAW5 October 1864Jane LAIDLAWFind the father
Walter LAIDLAW16 June 1861Jane LAIDLAWFind the father
Wilhelmina MCDONALD13 August 1871Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Agnes Georgina Lily MCLAREN5 November 1864Margaret MCLARENFind the father
Jane MCLAREN2 January 1857Jane MCLARENFind the father
Christina MURRAY25 June 1868Agnes MURRAYFind the father
Janet MURRAY9 June 1872Agnes MURRAYFind the father
John MURRAY4 October 1864Agnes MURRAYFind the father
Andrew NAIRN13 March 1874Christina NAIRNFind the father
George NAIRN19 May 1871Christina NAIRNFind the father
James PATERSON9 March 1870Margaret PATERSONFind the father
James Willis PATTERSON18 March 1866Helen Willis PATTERSONFind the father
Margaret PATTERSON28 September 1866Margaret PATTERSONFather found
Marion Clagie PENNY3 March 1872Jane PENNYFind the father
John PRENTICE9 February 1862Mary PRENTICEFind the father
Margaret RENTON2 October 1861Jane RENTONFind the father
Robert ROBERTSON31 July 1869Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
Margaret RUNCIMAN14 May 1863Joan RUNCIMANFind the father
May SIMPSON1 June 1865Catherine SIMPSONFind the father
Catherine Gullen STEEL22 February 1858Agnes STEELFind the father
Agnes SWANSTON26 December 1867Marjory SWANSTONFind the father
Mary SWANSTON9 November 1868Margaret SWANSTONFind the father
James Bell TAIT11 June 1871Catherine TAITFind the father
James TAYLOR6 December 1857Elizabeth TAYLORFind the father
Mary Ann THOMPSON7 February 1860Elizabeth THOMPSONFind the father
John TURNER26 April 1868Margaret TURNERFind the father
Robert TURNER31 October 1871Margaret TURNERFind the father
Ellen WARDHAUGH25 December 1860Ellen WARDHAUGHFind the father
George WARDHAUGH19 January 1855Fanny WARDHAUGHFind the father
Margaret WATSON5 December 1871Agnes WATSONFind the father
Agne WHITE25 November 1856Agnes WHITEFind the father
Anthony WHITEHEAD5 September 1869Mary WHITEHEADFind the father
George WIGHTMAN6 November 1874Margaret WIGHTMANFind the father
Peter Aitchison WILSON3 January 1860Jane WILSONFind the father
Alexander WINDRAM24 August 1855Agnes WINDRAMFind 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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