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Ladykirk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/660/4 | List of inhabitants of parish, giving details of members in each family. With a list of totals of inhabitants for other Berwickshire parishes. | 1811 | Request lookup |
| CH2/660/5 | A more detailed list giving professions | 1831 | Request lookup |
| CH2/660/10 | Baptismal register | 1855-1899 | Request lookup |
| CH2/660/11 | Roll of heads of families (communion roll) 1835-68 Minutes (mostly discipline) 1835-67 | 1835-1868 | Request lookup |
| CH2/660/12 | Communion roll | 1868-1895 | Request lookup |
| CH2/660/13 | Communion roll | 1896-1917 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander AITCHISON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David COCKBURN | 1866 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Isabella COCKBURN | 1850 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew EASTON | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes KERR | 1850 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Peter MCDONALD | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MOFFAT or ANDREW | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John NELSON | Whitsome Parish | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Alice WADDELL | 1850 (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.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane RAMSAY Ladykirk Shiels | Adam WIGHTMAN OR WIGHTY | 1 Feb 1852 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Agnes RICHARDSON Ladykirk Shiels, Ladykirk | George PIKE | 11 Sep 1895 Ladykirk Shiels, Ladykirk | Order now | Duns 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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert AITCHISON | 16 May 1865 | Margaret AITCHISON | Find the father |
| Euphemia BALMER | 5 August 1868 | Euphemia BALMER | Find the father |
| John BELL | 17 January 1863 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Jane BONE | 20 October 1868 | Agnes BONE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BROWN | 7 February 1860 | Mary Ann BROWN | Find the father |
| George BURNETT | 18 July 1870 | Elizabeth BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jannette Logan DEANS | 11 June 1867 | Janet DEANS | Find the father |
| Alexander DICKSON | 10 February 1868 | Eliza DICKSON | Find the father |
| Agnes DUNSE | 2 September 1863 | Agnes DUNSE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN | 8 December 1870 | Mary FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| John GORDON | 27 August 1861 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Vertue GRIEVE | 13 December 1865 | Isabella GRIEVE | Find the father |
| Mary HOOD | 15 March 1869 | Mary HOOD | Find the father |
| Robert James HORSEBURGH | 25 March 1874 | Mary Ann HORSEBURGH | Find the father |
| Georgina JOHNSTON | 7 November 1860 | Jane JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Jane MCDOUGAL | 28 August 1860 | Mary MCDOUGAL | Father found |
| Hellen O'DONEL | 23 January 1874 | Elizabeth O'DONEL | Find the father |
| Henry QUEEN | 22 February 1857 | Elizabeth QUEEN | Find the father |
| Margaret QUEEN | 4 September 1856 | Anne QUEEN | Find the father |
| Margaret Hornsby RENTON | 27 September 1874 | Margaret RENTON | Find the father |
| Adam SCOTT | 13 January 1860 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| John SIMPSON | 5 January 1873 | Euphemia SIMPSON | Father found |
| James SPEEDY | 2 February 1869 | Hellen SPEEDY | Father found |
| Mary SPRATT | 17 January 1862 | Mary SPRATT | Father found |
| John WILSON | 15 February 1866 | Margaret WILSON | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Speedy | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Henderson | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Burnett | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Lothian | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Ford | Upsetlington | ||
| Matthew | Briggs | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Forsythe | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Thompson | Upsetlington | ||
| Strachan | Walter's Stead | |||
| Alexr | Binny | Walter's Stead | ||
| Thomas | Robertson | Shiels | ||
| Thomas | Robertson | Shiels | ||
| Mark | Aitken | Shiels | ||
| Fortune | Ladykirk | |||
| David | White | Ladykirk | ||
| John | Clinkscale | Ladykirk | ||
| John | Deans | Ladykirk | ||
| John | Geggie | Follyhills | ||
| David | Thompson | Follyhills | ||
| Burn | Follyhills | |||
| Peter | Cowe | Follyhills | ||
| James | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| John | Carr | New Ladykirk | ||
| Thomas | Cossar | New Ladykirk | ||
| James | Yule | New Ladykirk | ||
| John | Wilkinson | New Ladykirk | ||
| Young | New Ladykirk | |||
| George | Waddel | New Ladykirk | ||
| Thompson | Ramridge | |||
| Alexr | Aitchison | Ramridge | ||
| George | Brack | Ramridge | ||
| Thomas | Blackhall | Ramridge | ||
| William | Gilly | Ramridge | ||
| Alexr | Young | Ramridge | ||
| Robt | Veitch | Ramridge | ||
| William | Deans | Horndeans | ||
| David | Deans | Horndeans | ||
| William | Purves | Horndeans | ||
| William | Paulin | Horndeans | ||
| James | Robertson | Horndeans | ||
| Alexr | Blair | Horndeans |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | Briggs | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Speedy | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Henderson | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Thomson | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Burnet | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Ford | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Lothian | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Forsythe | Upsetlington | ||
| Straughan | Walter's Stead | |||
| Mark | Aitkin | Shiels | ||
| John | Whitehead | Shiels | ||
| John | Clinkscale | Old Ladykirk | ||
| John | Deans | Old Ladykirk | ||
| David | White | Old Ladykirk | ||
| Fortune | Old Ladykirk | |||
| David | Thomson | Foleyhills | ||
| Peter | Cowe | Foleyhills | ||
| Burn | Foleyhills | |||
| John | Geggie | Foleyhills | ||
| Young | New Ladykirk | |||
| John | Wilkinson | New Ladykirk | ||
| James | Yule | New Ladykirk | ||
| Thomas | Cossar | New Ladykirk | ||
| James | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| George | Cockburn | New Ladykirk | ||
| William | Ramsay | Ramridge | ||
| Thomas | Blackhall | Ramridge | ||
| George | Brack | Ramridge | ||
| Robert | Veitch | Ramridge | ||
| David | Deans | Horndean | ||
| Thomas | Bennet | Horndean | ||
| William | Paulin | Horndean | ||
| William | Purvis | Horndean | ||
| George | Paxton | New Horndean | ||
| James | Robertson | New Horndean | ||
| Robert | Bowmaker | New Horndean |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Speedie | Upsettlington | ||
| John | Paulin | Upsettlington | ||
| John | Thompson | Upsettlington | ||
| James | Burnet | Upsettlington | ||
| Wm | Paulin | Upsettlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsettlington | ||
| John | Henderson | Upsettlington | ||
| Wm | Ford | Upsettlington | ||
| Wm | Lothian | Upsettlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsettlington | ||
| Matthew | Briggs | Upsettlington | ||
| James | Forsythe | Upsettlington | ||
| Straughan | Walter's Stead | |||
| Mark | Aitken | Shiels | ||
| John | Whitehead | Shiels | ||
| John | Clinkscale | Ladykirk | ||
| David | White | Ladykirk | ||
| Robert | Mcmillan | Ladykirk | ||
| Peter | Cowe | Foleyhills | ||
| John | Geggie | Foleyhills | ||
| Thomas | Cossar | New Ladykirk | ||
| James | Yule | New Ladykirk | ||
| James | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| Thos | Blackhall | Ramrig | ||
| Geo | Brack | Ramrig | ||
| Wm | Ramsay | Ramrig | ||
| Alexr | Young | Ramrig | ||
| Geo | Cockburn | Ramrig | ||
| Robt | Veitch | Ramrig | ||
| Thos | Bennet | Horndean | ||
| David | Deans | Horndean | ||
| Wm | Richardson | Horndean | ||
| William | Purves | Horndean | ||
| John | Milne | New Horndean |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Henderson | Upsetlington | ||
| Wm | Lothian | Upsetlington | ||
| Wm | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| Jno | Young | Upsetlington | ||
| Matthew | Briggs | Upsetlington | ||
| Wm | Ford | Upsetlington | ||
| Jno | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| Jno | Thomson | Upsetlington | ||
| Jas | Speedy | Upsetlington | ||
| Jas | Forsyth | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| Robt | Spence | Upsetlington | ||
| Jas | Burnet | Upsetlington | ||
| Wm | Strachan | Walter's Stead | ||
| James | Grey | Walter's Stead | ||
| Wm | Grey | Walter's Stead | ||
| Mark | Aitken | Shiels | ||
| Jno | Whitehead | Shiels | ||
| G H | Robertson | Ladykirk | ||
| Robert | Mcmillan | Ladykirk | ||
| David | White | Ladykirk | ||
| Tho | Cossar | Ladykirk | ||
| Tho | Fargie | Foleyhills | ||
| Peter | Cowe | Foleyhills | ||
| John | Geggie | Foleyhills | ||
| Jas | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| Simon | Scott | New Ladykirk | ||
| Henry | Dickson | New Ladykirk | ||
| George | Brack | Ramrig | ||
| Geo | Cockburn | Ramrig | ||
| Alexr | Young | Ramrig | ||
| Tho | Wilson | Ramrig | ||
| Tho | Blackhall | Ramrig | ||
| Wm | Paulin | Horndean | ||
| Tho | Bennet | Horndean | ||
| Wm | Richardson | Horndean | ||
| Wm | Deans | Horndean | ||
| David | Deans | Horndean | ||
| Wm | Purves | Horndean | ||
| Wm | Hogg | New Horndean | ||
| Geo | Paxton | Horndean |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| Robert | Davidson | Upsetlington | ||
| Alexander | Landles | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Speedy | Upsetlington | ||
| Robert | Spence | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Young | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Henderson | Upsetlington | ||
| Matthew | Briggs | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Lothian | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Ford | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Forsyth | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Burnet | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Straughan | Walter's Stead | ||
| James | Grey | Walter's Stead | ||
| William | Grey | Walter's Stead | ||
| Mark | Aitken | Shiels | ||
| William | Marshal | Shiels | ||
| Adam | Aitchison | Shiels | ||
| James | Robertson | Shiels | ||
| G H | Robertson | Ladykirk | ||
| J H | Thomson | Ladykirk | ||
| David | White | Ladykirk | ||
| Thomas | Cossar | Ladykirk | ||
| Thomas | Fargie | Foleyhills | ||
| Peter | Cowe | Foleyhills | ||
| Robert | Heriot | Foleyhills | added later | |
| John | Geggie | Foleyhills | ||
| James | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| Simon | Scot | New Ladykirk | ||
| Mark | Scot | New Ladykirk | ||
| George | Brack | Ramrig | ||
| Thomas | Blackhall | Ramrig | ||
| George | Cockburn | Ramrig | ||
| George | Wilson | Ramrig | ||
| William | Purves | Horndean | ||
| Thomas | Bennet | Horndean | ||
| William | Deans | Horndean | ||
| William | Paulin | Horndean | ||
| David | Deans | Horndean | ||
| Peter | Mcdonald | Horndean | ||
| James | Robertson | New Horndean | ||
| Thomas | Runciman | New Horndean |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Speedy | Upsetlington | ||
| Robert | Spence | Upsetlington | ||
| Peter | Pentland | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Young | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Henderson | Upsetlington | ||
| Matthew | Brigs | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Paulin | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Lothian | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Ford | Upsetlington | ||
| James | Forsyth | elder | Upsetlington | |
| James | Burnet | Upsetlington | ||
| William | Burns | Upsetlington | ||
| John | Thomson | Upsetlington | Record deleted | |
| John | Robertson | Walter's Stead | Record deleted | |
| James | Grey | Walter's Stead | ||
| William | Straughan | Walter's Stead | ||
| Mark | Aitken | Shiels | ||
| Joseph | Lindsay | Shiels | ||
| Henry | Fairbairn | Shiels | ||
| John | Sheppard | Shiels | ||
| David | White | Ladykirk | Record deleted | |
| Alexander | Miller | Ladykirk | Record deleted | |
| Joseph H | Thomson | Ladykirk | ||
| Robert | Handyside | Ladykirk | ||
| George | Spence | Ladykirk | ||
| John | Geggie | elder | Foleyhills | |
| Peter | Cowe | Foleyhills | ||
| Robert | Heriot | Foleyhills | ||
| James | Wilson | New Ladykirk | ||
| Robert | Caruthers | New Ladykirk | Record deleted | |
| Thomas | White | New Ladykirk | ||
| Thomas | Blackhall | Ramrig | Record deleted | |
| John | Robertson | Ramrig |
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.
