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Records -> East Lothian

Garvald and Bara 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
CH2/167/1Garvald and Bara Kirk Session - Minutes1721-1852Request lookup
CH2/167/2Garvald and Bara Kirk Session - Bara minutes and accounts
Bara minutes 1694-1709
accounts 1694-1712
accounts 1718-1721
1694-1721Request lookup
CH2/167/3Garvald and Bara Kirk Session - Accounts1762-1819Request lookup
CH2/167/4Garvald and Bara Kirk Session - Accounts1819-1864Request 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:
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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
Widow BORTHWICK or DEANS 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Margaret MITCHELL or BRYSON 1863 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Agnes PETERS or VALLANCE 1875 (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
Helen STEWART
Garvald
Thomas GRAY23 Dec 1900
Garvald
Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/38


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
Peter BAILLIE10 February 1872Margaret BAILLIEFind the father
Margaret BEATON25 December 1872Isabella BEATONFind the father
Helen BLYTH6 April 1867Catherine BLYTHFather found
James Frank BROWN6 September 1865Janet Cribbis BROWNFind the father
John BROWN1 October 1869Jane BROWNFind the father
Alexander COW26 September 1857Agnes COWFind the father
James COWE7 October 1870Agnes COWEFind the father
Thomas CUNNINGHAM13 July 1866Mary CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Jamesina DICKSON14 November 1865Jane DICKSONFind the father
Robert Gray FARROL16 March 1865Mary FARROLFind the father
Ann Watt GILMORE2 August 1860Mary Ann GILMOREFind the father
Agnes GRAY11 November 1865Jane GRAYFind the father
Margaret GRAY17 February 1862Agnes GRAYFind the father
Thomas GRAY4 January 1857Jane GRAYFind the father
James HARKES11 June 1869Helen HARKESFather found
Mary Ann HARKES18 April 1864Jane HARKESFind the father
Andrew Blyth HOGG30 January 1863Mary HOGGFind the father
Margaret HOGG22 March 1867Margaret HOGGFind the father
Robert HOGG22 December 1864Mary HOGGFind the father
Margaret JACK30 September 1861Margaret JACKFind the father
Robert JAMIESON16 February 1867Mary JAMIESONFind the father
James JOHNSTON18 December 1859Elisabeth JOHNSTONFind the father
Agnes Dickson KELLIE26 June 1871Agnes KELLIEFind the father
Agnes LEES14 November 1866Isabella LEESFind the father
James Haldane MCDONALD10 March 1873Jessie Margaret MCDONALDFather found
John MCDONALD8 September 1860Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
Ann Crosbie MCLEOD16 July 1858Ann MCLEODFind the father
Agnes MELROSE26 May 1862Agnes MELROSEFind the father
Christina MELROSE11 June 1868Agnes MELROSEFind the father
Helen MELROSE7 March 1870Janet MELROSEFind the father
Isabella MELROSE10 August 1858Agnes MELROSEFind the father
Isabella MELROSE16 January 1859Janet MELROSEFind the father
James MELROSE31 October 1862Isabella MELROSEFind the father
Janet MELROSE16 January 1859Janet MELROSEFind the father
Thomas MELROSE15 January 1864Agnes MELROSEFind the father
Ann MONTGOMERY22 May 1860Beatrice MONTGOMERYFind the father
Mary NEILLANS8 January 1856Jane NEILLANSFather found
George PUNTON18 April 1859Janet PUNTONFind the father
Adam REDPATH8 March 1863Agnes REDPATHFind the father
William ROSS13 February 1869Margaret ROSSFind the father
Charles SANDERSON20 December 1863Isabella SANDERSONFind the father
David SCOTT4 July 1858Janet SCOTTFind the father
David SCOTT22 March 1869Helen SCOTTFind the father
Elizabeth Jane Struthers SCOTT10 December 1865Agnes SCOTTFind the father
Henry SCOTT15 February 1860Mary SCOTTFind the father
James William Robertson SCOTT4 January 1855Agnes SCOTTFind the father
Elisabeth SKED8 July 1858Margaret SKEDFind the father
John Thomas STEWART12 December 1863Mary Ann STEWARTFind the father
Marion SYMINGTON25 November 1868Isabella SYMINGTONFind the father
John THOMSON28 October 1870Margaret THOMSONFind the father
George Adie WHITE24 January 1870Helen WHITEFind 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.

Earl of Wemyss

Managers of Tweeddale

Peter Baillie

Mr Bogue

Adam Bogue Esq

Mr Douglas

Miss Hay

Mr Hay

Captain Hay of Hopes

Lord John Hay

Rev Dr Sangster

Mr Scott

Mr William Scott

Francis Walker Esq

Jean Young

Name: Earl of Wemyss

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address: Wemyss

Role: represented by proxy

Details: represented by Walker [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Managers of Tweeddale

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address: Tweeddale

Role: represented by proxy

Details: represented by Lord John Hay [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Peter Baillie

Date: 15/01/1832

Case type: Irregular Marriage

Occupation:

Address: Garvald

Role: Compeared

Other parish: Coldstream

Details: Compeared Peter Baillie & Jean young residing in Garvald & being interrogated if they were married persons declared in the affirmative & produced a certificate of their Marriage dated at Coldstream the 3rd Inst.:- They were reprimanded for their irregularity & e[x]horted to a more circumspect behaviour for the future.' [This year is unusual as it only has a single entry in the Session Minutes - There is an additional Heritors minute extracted towards the end of the volume for 1832]

Other names: Peter Baillie; Jean Young


Name: Mr Bogue

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Mention

Details: [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Adam Bogue Esq

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Preses, present as representative

Details: Mr Bogue Preses. The meeting agree that there should be a Collection at the Church door on Sunday the 29th Current & that a paper should be sent round among the Heritors and Tenants for subscriptions to raise a fund for the purpose of providing additional support and necessaries for the prevention of Cholera.
The Meeting also assess the Heritors eight pounds to pay the expense of paving the water runs and repairing the street of the village of Garvald in order to keep it in a clean state.'

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Mr Douglas

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address: Garvald

Role: represented by proxy

Details: represented by Scott [see entry for Adam Bogue of this date]

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Miss Hay

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address: Numraw

Role: represented by proxy

Details: represented by Bogue [see entry for Adam Bogue of this date]

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Mr Hay

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address: Linplum

Role: represented by proxy

Details: represented by Bogue [see entry for Adam Bogue of this date]

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Captain Hay of Hopes

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address: Hopes

Role: present

Details: [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Lord John Hay

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Preses, present as representative

Details: 'The meeting having taken into consideration the great distress prevailing in the village & Parish of Garvald agree to make a voluntary contribution by the Heritors according to their value rents of Thirty pounds Stirling to be applied in relieving the distress & authorise their clerk to levy it in proportion of the valued rents. & Appoint Lord John Hay, Captain Hay of Hopes, Mr. Walker, Mr. Bogue, Mr. Scott, & the Revd Dr Sangster as a Committee for the Management of said concern. The Meeting also agree to establish a Soup Kitchen in the Village of Garvald to be under the management of Dr. Sangster & the board of health.'

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Rev Dr Sangster

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address:

Role: represented by proxy

Details: [see entry for Adam Bogue of this date]

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Mr Scott

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address:

Role: represented by proxy

Details: representing Douglas and the Rev Dr Sangster [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Mr William Scott

Date: 19/01/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting: Cholera

Occupation:

Address:

Role: present as representative

Details: for Douglas and Rev Dr Sangster [see entry for Adam Bogue of this date]

Other names: Adam Bogue Esq; Mr Hay; Miss Hay; Mr William Scott; Mr Douglas; Rev Dr Sangster


Name: Francis Walker Esq

Date: 07/03/1832

Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting

Occupation:

Address:

Role: present as representative

Details: representing The Earl of Wemyss, [See entry for Lord John Hay of this date]

Other names: Lord John Hay; Managers of Tweeddale; Captain Hay of Hopes; Francis Walker Esq; Earl of Wemyss; Mr Scott; Mr Bogue


Name: Jean Young

Date: 15/01/1832

Case type: Irregular Marriage

Occupation:

Address: Garvald

Role: Compeared

Other parish: Coldstream

Details: Compeared Peter Baillie & Jean young residing in Garvald & being interrogated if they were married persons declared in the affirmative & produced a certificate of their Marriage dated at Coldstream the 3rd Inst.:- They were reprimanded for their irregularity & e[x]horted to a more circumspect behaviour for the future.' [This year is unusual as it only has a single entry in the Session Minutes - There is an additional Heritors minute extracted towards the end of the volume for 1832]

Other names: Peter Baillie; Jean Young


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