Records -> Selkirkshire
Ettrick and Buccleuch 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1503/2 | Kirk session minutes | 1871-1907 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1503/3 | Kirk session minutes | 1904-1929 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1503/4 | Communicants' roll book | 1889-1895 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1503/5 | Communicants' roll book | 1895-1908 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1503/6 | Communion roll book | 1909-1917 | Request lookup |
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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret COLTHERD | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| W J DAVIDSON | 1850 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Walter DAVIDSON | 1857 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary FITZPATRICK or AYTON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew GEDDES | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret HUME Thirlestane Mains, Hopehouse, Ettrick | Henry BURN | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 | |
| Margaret JOHNSTONE Crook Cottage, Ettrick, Selkirkshire | John SCOTT | 31 Jul 1888 | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/15 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Amos ANDERSON | 8 August 1859 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Robertson ARMSTRONG | 27 April 1860 | Jane ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Jeanie ARMSTRONG | 25 August 1871 | Christina ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Agnes Burns BAILLIE | 7 January 1859 | Janet BAILLIE | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 4 March 1857 | Lillias BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Agnes BLYTHE | 20 May 1862 | Margaret BLYTHE | Father found |
| Isabella BLYTHE | 22 June 1862 | Janet BLYTHE | Find the father |
| William BLYTHE | 31 August 1868 | Janet BLYTHE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BURNET | 17 February 1874 | Margaret BURNET | Find the father |
| Euphemia BURNET | 13 August 1870 | Margaret BURNET | Find the father |
| James BURNET | 22 July 1869 | Isabella BURNET | Find the father |
| Jane CLARK | 4 December 1861 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| William CROZIER | 23 May 1862 | Jane CROZIER | Find the father |
| Helen DAVIDSON | 20 January 1856 | Helen Davidson Or ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 15 May 1859 | Elisabeth DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary ELLIOT | 1 March 1857 | Violet ELLIOT | Find the father |
| William ELLIOT | 26 March 1864 | Violet ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Maggie GRIEVE | 31 January 1868 | Janet GRIEVE | Find the father |
| John HENRIE | 25 August 1855 | Janet HENRIE | Find the father |
| Adam PRINGLE | 18 December 1855 | Janet PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Catherine Biggar PRINGLE | 1 March 1869 | Christina PRINGLE | Father found |
| Janet PRINGLE | 7 September 1863 | Janet Burnet PRINGLE | Find the father |
| John ROARK | 30 September 1856 | Catherine ROARK | Find the father |
| Henry Glendinning SCOTT | 21 December 1857 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| Anne Jane SHANKIE | 21 August 1864 | Anne Jane SHANKIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SHANKIE | 17 April 1865 | Mary SHANKIE | Find the father |
| Thomas SHANKIE | 9 August 1864 | Elisabeth SHANKIE | Find the father |
| George William SWORD | 29 July 1865 | Christina SWORD | Find the father |
| Isabella Joan SWORD | 25 June 1860 | Christina SWORD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth THOMSON | 31 July 1867 | Elisabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| William John THOMSON | 21 August 1870 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Father found |
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.
