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Foulden records
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School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1138/1 | Foulden kirk session: Accounts 1814-96 Minutes 1821 Minutes 1835 Minutes 1841 Minutes 1848 List of members 1868-72 Minutes 1870-7 Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1814-1896 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1138/2 | Foulden kirk session: Communion roll | 1875-1890 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1138/3 | Foulden kirk session: Proclamation register | 1868-1978 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1138/4 | Foulden kirk session: Birth and baptismal register | 1881-1926 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1138/5 | Foulden kirk session: Communion roll | 1890-1904 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1138/6 | Foulden kirk session: Communion roll | 1905-1927 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John PURVIS | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James REAY | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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.
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Rutherford CHIRNSIDE | 25 June 1869 | Christina CHIRNSIDE | Find the father |
| Alexander CUNNINGHAM | 4 April 1871 | Janet CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| David FISH | 10 July 1874 | Elisabeth FISH | Find the father |
| Alexander GRAY | 13 January 1869 | Jessie GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary Anne GRAY | 9 March 1873 | Jessie GRAY | Find the father |
| Andrew HERMISTON | 6 July 1871 | Catherine HERMISTON | Find the father |
| John HOOD | 24 November 1871 | Allison HOOD | Find the father |
| William LOGAN | 20 September 1872 | Helen LOGAN | Find the father |
| David NELSON | 5 July 1865 | Agnes NELSON | Find the father |
| William NELSON | 7 February 1863 | Agnes NELSON | Find the father |
| William NISBET | 8 January 1858 | Isabella NISBET | Find the father |
| Robert PATERSON | 22 May 1874 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary PATTERSON | 21 October 1857 | Jane PATTERSON | Find the father |
| John PORTER | 25 May 1858 | Elisabeth PORTER | Find the father |
| David PURVES | 19 March 1871 | Isabella PURVES | Father found |
| Isabella PURVES | 8 June 1862 | Isabella PURVES | Find the father |
| Elisabeth REDPATH | 22 August 1867 | Mary REDPATH | Father found |
| Robert REDPATH | 11 April 1863 | Mary REDPATH | Find the father |
| George Laing RUTHERFORD | 10 February 1867 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Margaret RUTHERFORD | 18 February 1871 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Adam VEITCH | 27 June 1872 | Isabella VEITCH | Find the father |
| John WAITE | 25 March 1871 | Agnes WAITE | Find the father |
| John WALKINSHAW | 4 January 1858 | Margaret WALKINSHAW | Find the father |
| Robert WIGHTMAN | 28 January 1873 | Jane WIGHTMAN | Find the father |
| Janet YOUNGER | 4 October 1862 | Janet YOUNGER | Find 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George | Jeffrey | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Alexander | Dickson | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Robert | Scott | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Peter | Mason | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Smith | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Thomas | Bogue | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| George | Hills | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Jameson | Dickson | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Wilkie | Foulden House | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| James | Darling | Foulden | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| David | Spiers | Greenlaw | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| James | Blackhall | Nunlands | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Purves | Nunlands | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Telford | Nunlands | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Telford | Nunlands | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Robert | Cleghorn | St John's | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Hall | Foulden Hill | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Purves | Moorpark | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Thomas | Millar | Hagg | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| George | Waddle | Hagg | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Robert | Purves | Newfarm | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Lillie | Newfarm | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Henry | Loul | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| George | Guthrie | Loul | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Lamberton | New Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| George | Runciman | New Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Philip | Hastie | New Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Ninian | Davidson | New Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Cleghorn | West Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| George | Cockburn | West Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Blackby | West Mains | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| William | Dickson | Bastle | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Alexander | Porter | Bastle | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Alexander | Smith | Bastle | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Mcdougall | Mill | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| Ralph | Kerr | Newton | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| James | Hughes | Newton | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 | |
| John | Deans | Newton | Undated, previous minute dated 30 Aug 1835, next minute dated 13 Sep 1841 |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Wilkie | |||
| George | Cockburn | |||
| William | Learmont | |||
| Ninian | Davidson | |||
| Peter | Laidlaw | |||
| John | Lamberton | |||
| James | Frater | |||
| George | Runciman | |||
| William | Telford | |||
| John | Purves | |||
| James | Blackhall | |||
| John | Shearlaw | |||
| James | Carr | |||
| John | Purves | |||
| George | Guthrie | |||
| John | Mcdougall | |||
| Alexander | Smith | |||
| Robert | Johnston | |||
| James | Hughes | |||
| William | Thompson | |||
| William | Wood | |||
| John | Henry | |||
| William | Preston | |||
| William | Sharp | |||
| George | Jeffray | |||
| Alexander | Dickson | |||
| Alexander | Porter | |||
| Peter | Mason | |||
| George | Hills | |||
| William | Smith | |||
| Thomas | Bogue | |||
| Jameson | Dickson | |||
| James | Darling | |||
| Alexander | Aitkin | |||
| James | Blakie | |||
| Robert | Cleghorn | |||
| William | Hall | |||
| James | Bald | |||
| Robert | Purves | |||
| Robert | Scott |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Cleghorn | St John's | ||
| James | Bald | Foulden Hill | ||
| William | Hall | Foulden Hill | ||
| James | Blackhall | Nunlands | ||
| William | Telford | Nunlands | ||
| William | Telford | Nunlands | ||
| John | Purves | Nunlands | ||
| Robert | Purves | Newfarm | ||
| John | Purves | Moorpark | ||
| George | Guthrie | Loul | ||
| John | Lillie | Deans | ||
| David | Spiers | Greenlaw | ||
| George | Jeffrey | Foulden | ||
| Alexander | Dickson | Foulden | ||
| Robert | Scott | Foulden | ||
| Alexander | Porter | Foulden | ||
| Peter | Mason | Foulden | ||
| George | Hills | Foulden | ||
| William | Smith | Foulden | ||
| Thomas | Bogue | Foulden | ||
| Jameson | Dickson | Foulden | ||
| James | Darling | Foulden | ||
| John | Henry | Newton | ||
| William | Preston | Newton | ||
| John | Mcdougall | Foulden Mill | ||
| Robert | Johnston | Bastle | ||
| George | Waddle | Bastle | ||
| Alexander | Smith | Bastle | ||
| William | Learmont | West Mains | ||
| William | Cleghorn | West Mains | ||
| John | Blakby | West Mains | ||
| George | Cockburn | West Mains | ||
| Ninian | Davidson | New Mains | ||
| George | Runciman | New Mains | ||
| Thomas | Millar | Hagg | ||
| Ralph | Kerr | Newton | ||
| Hugh | Leitch | Burnmouth | "The Session are doubtful whether ... Should be admitted upon this roll as ... Not resident in the parish and merely communicate without attending worship here" | |
| Andrew | Brown | Edington | ||
| James | Spence | Whiteridge | "The Session are doubtful whether ... Should be admitted upon this roll as ... Not resident in the parish and merely communicate without attending worship here" | |
| Peter | Laidlaw | Lamberton | "The Session are doubtful whether ... Should be admitted upon this roll as ... Not resident in the parish and merely communicate without attending worship here" |
Kirk Session Records Index
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