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Records -> Midlothian

Fala and Soutra 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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/148/1Fala Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts.
Minutes 1715-1776
Accounts 1715-1765
1715-1776Request lookup
CH2/148/2Fala Kirk Session - Minutes1777-1839Request lookup
CH2/148/3Fala Kirk Session - Minutes1839-1874Request lookup
CH2/148/4Fala Kirk Session - Minutes1874-1913Request 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:
  • £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
James BROUNLEE 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret REID or BROWNLEE 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused


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
Ann HUNTER
Fala, Midlothian
Walter STODDART28 Apr 1870Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/37
Ann Good MCCORMACK
Fala, Midlothian
Robert ROBINSON11 Apr 1863Order nowDuns
SC60/7/42


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
Agnes Devina AMOS13 October 1871Elizabeth AMOSFind the father
James AMOS16 January 1873Elizabeth AMOSFind the father
John BAILLIE31 October 1866Elizth. BAILLIEFind the father
Patrick BOYLE19 November 1856Margaret BOYLEFind the father
Jane BRUCE30 September 1869Margaret BRUCEFind the father
John CRAIG7 August 1869Janet CRAIGFind the father
David CROOKSTON9 July 1864Catherine CROOKSTONFind the father
Peter DODDS10 July 1869Ann DODDSFind the father
Mary Jane FARRELL10 October 1867Maria FARRELLFind the father
Marion HAY4 September 1858Jane HAYFather found
Mary INGLIS13 November 1865Margt. INGLISFind the father
Isabella KNOX30 May 1874Jean KNOXFind the father
Jane LINDSAY5 July 1858Janet LINDSAYFind the father
William LINDSAY4 December 1862Janet LINDSAYFind the father
Robert MCKINLAY23 November 1856Jessie MCKINLAYFind the father
James NAPIER25 November 1864Flora NAPIERFind the father
David NORMAN22 August 1867Ann NORMANFind the father
Euphemia NOTMAN25 December 1863Euphemia NOTMANFind the father
Helen NOTMAN17 July 1861Mary NOTMANFind the father
John O'NEILE25 August 1874Bridget O'NEILEFind the father
Euphemia PREACHER14 December 1861Helen PREACHERFind the father
Helen SCOTT12 February 1868Helen SCOTTFind the father
Janet SCOTT16 August 1859Helen SCOTTFind the father
Margaret STODDART19 January 1863Mary STODDARTFind the father
Charles WATT11 December 1867Barbara WATTFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 130-131)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAnderson
JohnBaxter
WilliamBinnie
DavidBroomfield
RobertBroomfield
JohnBrown
JosephBrown
PeterBurton
AndrewCatto
WilliamCree
AndrewDickson
MatthewDobson
DavidDowie
JohnDuff
PeterElder
RobertForsyth
AndrewGibson
RalphHill
JamesHutchinson
PeterInstant
JohnKing
WilliamLauder
WilliamLinton
JohnLow
ThomasLunn
MurdochMcleod
GeorgeMitchell
AlexanderMurray
JamesMurray
CharlesNotman
JamesPaterson
WilliamPaterson
JamesPurves
NeilRobertson
ThomasRobertson
RobertRoughead
GeorgeRuthven
WilliamScarlet
ThomasScott
JohnSmart
RobertStorrie
GeorgeTaylor
WilliamThomson
RobertTrotter
JamesWelsh
JamesWight
AndrewWilson
AndrewWood
JohnWylie
AndrewYoung

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 138-139)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAnderson
JohnBaxter
WilliamBinnie
DavidBroomfield
RobertBroomfield
JohnBrown
JosephBrown
WilliamBurns
PeterBurton
AndrewCatto
WilliamCree
AndrewDickson
MatthewDobson
DavidDowie
JohnDuff
RobertForsyth
AndrewGibson
WilliamHenderson
RalphHill
JamesHutchinson
PeterInsh
JohnKing
WilliamLauder
WilliamLinton
JohnLow
ThomasLunn
MurdochMcleod
GeorgeMitchell
AlexMurray
CharlesNotman
JamesPaterson
WilliamPaterson
JamesPurves
NeilRobertson
ThomasRobertson
RobertRoughead
GeorgeRuthven
WilliamScarlet
ThomasScott
JohnSmart
RobertStorrie
GeorgeTaylor
WilliamThomson
RobertTrotter
JamesWelsh
JamesWight
AndrewWilson
JamesWinter
AndrewWood
JohnWylie
AndrewYoung

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 145-146)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAndersonFalahall
WilliamBinnieFala
PeterBurtonFala South Mains
AndrewCattanachWoodcot
AndrewCockburnFala Toll
MatthewDobsonFala
AndrewGibsonSoutra Mains
WilliamHendersonFala Toll
RalphHillSoutra Hill
JamesHutchinsonKellybank
PeterInstantFala Dam
JohnKingFala
WilliamLauderFalahall
WilliamLintonSoutra Mains
ThomasLunnFala
JamesMcfarlaneHoneywalls
MurdochMcleodFala
AlexanderMurrayFala
JamesMurrayHoneywalls
JamesPatersonFala
WilliamPatersonFala
ThomasRobertsonFala
JamesScottFalaNB has been a communicant for a twelvemonth, but came into the Parish only at Whitsunday last
CharlesSimpsonMakerichNB has come into the Parish at Whitsunday last
JohnSmartFala
RobertStorrieSoutra Mill
GeorgeTaylorFalahall
WilliamVallenceFala
JamesWelshSoutra Hill
JamesWightFala
AndrewWilsonFala
AndrewWoodSalvendo
AndrewYoungFala Mill

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 149-149)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAndersonFalahall
WilliamBinnieFala
AlexanderBoothSoutra
AlexanderBrotherstonSoutra Hill
PeterBurtonFala South Mains
AndrewCattoWoodcot
AndrewCockburnFala Toll
MatthewDobsonFala
DavidDowieFala
AndrewGibsonSoutra Mains
WilliamHendersonFala Toll
RalphHillSoutra Hill
JamesHutchisonKellybank
PeterInstantFala Dam
JohnKingFala
WilliamLauderFalahall
WilliamLintonSoutra Mains
ThomasLunnFala
JamesMcfarlaneHoneywalls
MurdochMcleodFala
AlexanderMurrayFala
JamesMurrayHoneywalls
JamesPatersonFala
WilliamPatersonFala
ThomasRobertsonFala
JamesScottFala
CharlesSimpsonMakerich
JohnSmartFala
RoStorrieSoutra Mill
GeorgeTaylorFalahall
WilliamVallanceFala
JamesWelshSoutra Hill
JamesWightFala
AndrewWilsonFala
AndrewWoodSalvendo
AndrewYoungFala Mill

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 161-162)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAndersonFalahall
AlexanderBoothSoutra
AlexanderBrotherstonSoutra
PeterBurtonFala South Mains
JohnChisholmFala
AndrewCockburnFala Toll
ThomasDarlingGilston Mains
MatthewDobsonFala
AndrewGibsonSoutra Mains
JamesHutchisonKellybank
JohnKingFala
WilliamLauderFalahall
JamesLeitchFalahall
WilliamLintonSoutra Mains
ThomasLunnFala
MurdochMcleodFala
AlexanderMurrayFala
JamesMurrayHoneywells
JamesPatersonFala
WilliamPatersonFala
ThomasRobertsonFala
JamesScottFala
JohnSmartFala
RobertStorrieSoutra Mill
JamesTaitOld Brotherstones
JamesThomsonSoutra
JamesTudhopeSoutra Hill
WilliamVallanceFala South Mains
JamesWelshSoutra Hill
JamesWightFala
AndrewWoodSalvendo

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/148/2 pp. 171-173)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAndersonFalahall
JohnBaxterSoutra Hill Toll
AlexanderBoothSoutra
RobertBroomfieldFala Dam
AlexanderBrotherstonSoutra
PeterBurtonFala South Mains
ThomasDarlingGilston Mains
MatthewDobsonFala
WilliamEastonSoutra Hill
AndrewGibsonSoutra Mains
GeorgeHendersonFala
JamesHutchisonKellybank
JohnKingFala
JamesLeitchFalahall
WilliamLintonSoutra Mains
ThomasLunnFala
MurdochMcleodFala
AlexanderMurrayFala
JamesMurrayHoneywells
JamesPatersonFala
WilliamPatersonFala
ThomasRobertsonFala
PeterRougheadSoutra
RobertRougheadFala Mill
JamesScottFala
JohnSmartFala
RobertStorrieSoutra Mill
JamesThomsonSoutra
JamesTudhopeSoutra Hill
ThomasTurnerFala South Mains
JamesWelshSoutra Hill
JamesWightFala
AlexanderWoodFala
AndrewWoodSalvendo

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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