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Livingston records

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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

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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

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/467/4Minutes
Minutes 1720-1758
Minutes 1764
Minutes 1807-1826		1720-1826Request lookup
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CH2/467/12Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts1712-1741Request lookup
CH2/467/13Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts
Includes poor rolls		1719-1782Request lookup
CH2/467/14Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts
Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts 1718
Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts 1727-1737
Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts 1773
Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts 1802-1814		1718-1814Request lookup
CH2/467/15Deaconry Books: Poor's accounts
Includes poor rolls		1815-1837Request lookup
CH2/467/17Register of Baptisms1859-1896Request lookup
CH2/467/18Register of Baptisms1897-1945Request lookup
CH2/467/19Proclamations of Marriage
Proclamations of Marriage 1855-1856
Proclamations of Marriage 1861-1862		1855-1862Request lookup
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CH2/467/24Blackburn Mission: Communion roll1877-1882Request lookup
CH2/467/25Parish Communion roll1843-1866Request lookup
CH2/467/26Parish Communion roll1867-1897Request lookup
CH2/467/27Parish Communion roll1897-1916Request 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.

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Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow BRODIE 1868 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Ebenezer CLARKSON West Calder1846 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James FRAME 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused
Helen HEGGIE 1867 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Elizabeth LEYDEN or MCBRIDE 1877 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary MACFARLANE 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jane MCKENNA 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
John MCNEIL 1867 (3)Order imagesRefused
David STEIN 1873 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes STRACHAN or BROWN 1869 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes STRAHAN or BROWN 1868 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary WHITELAW 1880 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow WISHART 1865 (2)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
Agnes CAMPBELL
Livingston, West Lothian		James MARSHALL20 Aug 1879
Livingston, West Lothian		Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/46
Marion CUNNINGHAM
Livingstone, West Lothian		Alexander INGLIS10 Nov 1880
Livingstone, West Lothian		Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/49
Elizabeth KIRKLAND
Long Livingston, Livingston		Adam BAIRD15 Dec 1877
Long Livingston, Livingston		Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/4
Elizabeth LAMB
Murrayfield, near Bathgate, Livingston		Robert NOBLE3 Aug 1867Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/40
Catherine RENNIE
Blackburn, Livingston		William YOUNG8 Feb 1888
Blackburn, Livinngston		Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5
Ann ROBERTSON
Dechmont, Livingston		James POTTER15 Apr 1874Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/4
Elizabeth WARDROP or POTTER
Dechmont, Livingston		Henry DAVIEOrder nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5
Margaret YOUNG
Hopefield, Blackburn, Livingston		Alexander BRYCE14 Mar 1885Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Isabella AITKEN15 October 1865Elizabeth AITKENFind the father
William AITKEN21 January 1865Mary AITKENFind the father
David ANDERSON24 March 1866Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Mary Tod BELL8 January 1874Catherine BELLFind the father
James BROWN20 June 1874Janet BROWNFind the father
Robina BRYCE25 December 1864Janet BRYCEFind the father
Robert Thomson CALDER3 July 1869Elisabeth CALDERFind the father
Alexander CARLAW6 December 1866Catherine CARLAWFind the father
Christina Mcnair CARLAW15 August 1868Marion CARLAWFind the father
Janet Anderson CERRANS28 October 1873Sarah CERRANSFind the father
Bridget CONVEY27 January 1864Bridget CONVEYFind the father
Helen DOUGAL5 May 1865Allison DOUGALFind the father
James DOUGAL20 January 1861Catherine DOUGALFather found
James Robertson DRYDEN24 August 1870Agness DRYDENFind the father
Thomas FINDLAY6 December 1858Mary FINDLAYFind the father
John FINNIE28 October 1856Elisabeth FINNIEFind the father
Stewart FINNIE10 November 1861Elizabeth FINNIEFind the father
Isabella Tulley FISHER22 May 1862Janet FISHERFind the father
Janet FISHER21 March 1857Helen FISHERFind the father
Robert FISHER29 June 1868Agnes FISHERFind the father
David FLINN31 May 1859Ann FLINNFind the father
Mary Ann GALLACHER15 December 1857Janet GALLACHERFind the father
Jane GILLERLANE4 August 1865Mary GILLERLANEFind the father
Catherine GRAY30 November 1866Margaret GRAYFind the father
Thomas GRAY14 October 1869Margaret GRAYFind the father
James GRINDLAY2 July 1861Margaret GRINDLAYFind the father
John GRINDLAY9 December 1857Janet GRINDLAYFind the father
William GRINDLAY17 January 1865Margaret GRINDLAYFind the father
James Shanks HALL13 December 1862Ann HALLFind the father
Christina HARDIE19 July 1857Christina HARDIEFind the father
James HARDIE9 July 1865Christina HARDIEFind the father
Jane HARDIE22 August 1859Christina HARDIEFind the father
Margaret HARDIE14 August 1861Christina HARDIEFind the father
John HEGGIE15 August 1870Agnes HEGGIEFind the father
Ann HOOLAHAN19 August 1865Mary HOOLAHANFind the father
Mary HOOLAHAN19 August 1865Mary HOOLAHANFind the father
Ann HOOLIKEN16 July 1863Mary HOOLIKENFind the father
Archibald HOOLIKEN17 October 1857Mary HOOLIKENFind the father
Hugh JOHNSTONE12 May 1865Mary JOHNSTONEFind the father
Isabella JOHNSTONE27 December 1867Isabella JOHNSTONEFind the father
James KERR16 November 1859Charlotte KERRFind the father
Janet KERR22 September 1857Charlotte KERRFind the father
Thomas Graham KERR2 May 1856Janet KERRFind the father
Elisabeth LAMB28 December 1860Marion LAMBFind the father
James LAMB19 August 1867Elizabeth LAMBFind the father
Catherine LEYDEN15 September 1856Elisabeth LEYDENFind the father
William LIDDELL24 June 1858Agnes LIDDELLFind the father
George Swan LIDDLE26 August 1864Janet LIDDLEFind the father
James MARSHALL24 November 1871Janet MARSHALLFather found
John MARTIN20 June 1872Isabella MARTINFind the father
William MCBRYDE19 June 1860Allison MCBRYDEFind the father
Alice MCCABE16 February 1869Elisabeth MCCABEFind the father
Helen Heggie MCCABE9 March 1872Helen MCCABEFind the father
John MCCABE11 December 1857Mary MCCABEFind the father
Janet MCFARLANE29 September 1870Janet Muir MCFARLANEFind the father
Thomas MCFEE27 February 1857Bridget MCFEEFind the father
George Frew MCGINTY9 July 1873Jane MCGINTYFind the father
Elisabeth MEEK28 June 1869Margaret MEEKFind the father
John NICOL19 September 1871Jane NICOLFind the father
Margaret NICOL11 May 1866Jane NICOLFind the father
Peter NICOL14 March 1863Jane NICOLFind the father
Janet White NIMMO4 December 1865Margaret NIMMOFather found
William Prentice NIMMO12 March 1864Margaret NIMMOFind the father
Peter ORR23 April 1871Elizabeth ORRFind the father
Alexander Kidd OSBORNE5 January 1873Mary Ann OSBORNEFind the father
William PHILIPS28 April 1858Isabella PHILIPSFind the father
Alexander POTTER26 December 1873Helen POTTERFind the father
Euphemia POTTER15 December 1857Janet POTTERFind the father
Isabella PRENTICE15 November 1864Helen PRENTICEFind the father
Robert PRENTICE31 May 1866Janet PRENTICEFind the father
Isabella PURVES11 May 1866Isabella PURVESFind the father
Jessie RENNIE31 August 1857Jessie RENNIEFind the father
Jane ROADMAN20 May 1856Sarah ROADMANFind the father
Janet ROBERTS13 October 1868Jane ROBERTSFind the father
Barbara Heddrick ROBERTSON5 September 1868Janet ROBERTSONFind the father
George ROBERTSON15 April 1874Anne ROBERTSONFather found
Joan ROBERTSON21 June 1874Joan ROBERTSONFind the father
Marion ROBERTSON23 September 1864Helen ROBERTSONFind the father
Margaret ROBISON30 January 1857Elisabeth ROBISONFind the father
David SANDERSON2 November 1859Jessie SANDERSONFind the father
James SMITH8 January 1856Ann SMITHFind the father
Mary Ann SOMMERVILLE10 November 1871Emily SOMMERVILLEFind the father
John Black STEIN7 April 1864Agnes STEINFind the father
William Black STEIN15 February 1866Agnes STEINFind the father
Agnes Sanderson STEVEN8 May 1864Janet STEVENFind the father
David Sanderson STEVEN8 January 1863Janet STEVENFind the father
Ann WALKER4 December 1859Janet WALKERFind the father
Elisabeth WALKER5 October 1860Agnes WALKERFind the father
Hugh WALKER22 January 1859Elisabeth WALKERFind the father
Agnes WALLACE1 October 1861Elizabeth WALLACEFather found
Thomas WALLACE24 April 1864Marion WALLACEFind the father
Jemima WARDROP4 July 1856Elisabeth WARDROPFind the father
John WHITELAW17 May 1859Mary WHITELAWFind the father
Walter WHYTE26 November 1863Marion WHYTEFather found
Hannah WILSON23 March 1867Margaret WILSONFind the father
John WILSON29 December 1864Ann WILSONFind 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 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/467/5 pp. 28-31)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnMeiklefarmerEast Breich
AlexanderBallantynefarmerMid Breich
RobertShanksfarmerWest Breich
ArchibaldFergusongardenerAuchinhardx next to name
WilliamNeiloverseerBlackburnx next to name
JohnLivingstoneweaverBlackburnx next to name
DuncanLivingstoneweaverBlackburn
WilliamRennieshoemakerBlackburn
JohnForestersclaterBlackburnx next to name
WashingtonMacabeweaverBlackburn
WilliamEdnieflax dresserBlackburn
ThomasFinleylabourerBlackburn
RitchardWallacemasonBlackburn
PeterWallacemasonBlackburn
ThomasWallacelabourerBlackburn
WilliamWhitlawcotton spinnerBlackburn
ThomasLiddlecotton spinnerBlackburnx next to name
EbenezerClerksonweaverBlackburn
DanielCrawlabourerBlackburn
ThomasBelllabourerBlackburnx next to name
WilliamMoirlabourerBlackburnx next to name
GeorgeWhytecarterBlackburnx next to name
ErskineGrayinnkeeperBlackburn
HenryMillwrightBlackburn
JamesMilltaylorBlackburnx next to name
WilliamGrayfarmerReddoch Hill
WilliamMacfarlanefarmerBarracks
ThomasBrycelabourerChuckethall
WilliamSteinlabourerChuckethall
PeterRennieforemanDechmont
JamesWilsonlabourerDechmontx next to name
JamesCranelabourerDechmont
JohnCrawfordfarm servantDechmont
WilliamErskineblacksmithDechmont
WilliamRobertsonlabourerDechmontx next to name
JohnGrinleylabourerDechmont
DuncanMaclinninlabourerDechmontx next to name
PeterNichollabourerDechmont
JamesDougaldlabourerDechmont
JohnMiddlemaslabourerDechmont
JoMacabecarterDechmont
AlexanderGrayKnightridge
WilliamNeilfarmerKnightridge
JohnDouglasoverseerDechmont
DavidDouglasfarm servantDechmont
JamesWaterstonfarm servantDechmont
DavidRobertsonfarm servantDechmont
WilliamOrrlabourerDechmont
JamesWaughgrazierDechmontx next to name
WilliamHenrylabourerMoss
DavidFishercooperBogyates
JohnShorelabourerBogyates
DavidDowiefarm servantNewyearfield
HughJohnstonhedgerNorth Gate
JohnMackaylabourerPlough Hall
JohnGallawaygardenerLivingston
JamesMeiklefarmerLivingston Mill
HughDouglasLivingstonx next to name; record deleted
JamesBraidwrightLivingston
JamesPirretlabourerLivingston
JohnCunninghamlabourerLivingston
WilliamForsythinnkeeperLivingston
ThomasMortonfarm servantLivingston
ArchibaldShankslabourerLivingston
AndrewBraidgrocerLivingston
AndrewBraidfarmerLivingston
GeorgeHamiltonshoemakerLivingston
JamesClerklabourerLivingston
JohnLourielabourerLivingston
JohnWaterstonlabourerLivingston
WilliamTaylorlabourerLivingston
JohnWattschoolmasterLivingston
DavidSteinlabourerDechmont

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/467/5 pp. 32-34)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnMeiklefarmerEast Breich
AlexanderBallantynefarmerMid Breich
RobertShanksfarmerWest Breich
WilliamNeiloverseerBlackburn
DuncanLivingstoneweaverBlackburn
WilliamRennieshoemakerBlackburn
WashingtonMacabeweaverBlackburn
WilliamEdnieflax dresserBlackburn
ThomasFairleylabourerBlackburn
RitchardWallacemasonBlackburn
PeterWallacemasonBlackburn
ThomasWallacelabourerBlackburn
WilliamWhitlawcotton spinnerBlackburn
EbenezerClerksonweaverBlackburn
DanielCrawlabourerBlackburn
ErskineGrayinnkeeperBlackburn
WilliamGrayfarmerReddoch Hill
WilliamMacfarlanefarmerBarracks
ThomasBrycelabourerChuckethall
WilliamSteinlabourerChuckethall
PeterRenniefarm servantDechmont
JohnCrawfordfarm servantDechmont
JamesCrawlabourerDechmont
WilliamErskineblacksmithDechmont
JohnGrinleylabourerDechmont
JamesDougaldlabourerDechmont
JohnMiddlemaslabourerDechmont
JohnMacabecarterDechmont
AlexanderGrayKnightridge
WilliamNeilfarmerKnightridge
JohnDouglasoverseerDechmont
DavidDouglasfarm servantDechmont
JamesWaterstonfarm servantDechmont
DavidRobertsonfarm servantDechmont
WilliamOrrlabourerDechmont
WilliamHendrylabourerMoss-sideName deleted
DavidFishercooperBogyeats
JohnShorelabourerBogyeats
DavidDowiefarm servantNewarsfieldAddress sic, presumably Newyearfield
HughJohnstonhedgerNorthgate
JohnMackaylabourerPlough Hall
JohnGallawaygardenerLivingston
JamesMeiklefarmerLivingston
JamesBraidwrightLivingston
JamesPirretlabourerLivingston
JohnCunninghamlabourerLivingston
WilliamForsythinnkeeperLivingston
HenryMortonfarm servantLivingstonName deleted
ArchibaldShankslabourerLivingstonName deleted
AndrewBraidgrocerLivingstonName deleted
AndrewBraidfarmerLivingston
JohnLourielabourerLivingston
JoWaterstonlabourerLivingston
WilliamTaylorlabourerLivingston
JohnWattschoolmasterLivingston
DavidSteinlabourerDechmont
AndrewRusselllabourerDechmont
JamesThorntonfarm servantLivingston
ThomasGascoigneweaverBlackburn
MichaelGardenerweaverBogyeats
RobertAitkinfarmerWestwood
RobertMuirheadgrocerBlackburn

Kirk Session Records Index

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