Records -> Peeblesshire
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Lyne and Megget 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/255/4 | Lyne and Megget Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts Minutes 1852-1924 accounts 1846-1924 | 1846-1924 | Request lookup |
| CH2/255/6 | Lyne and Megget Kirk Session - Baptismal register | 1902-1954 | Request lookup |
| CH2/255/8 | Lyne and Megget Kirk Session - Communion roll | 1868-1908 | Request lookup |
| CH2/255/11 | Lyne and Megget Kirk Session - Examination book Gives school exam results (in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Needle Work, Religious Knowledge, Sacred Music and Penmanship) for Simson scholars | 1879-1889 | Request lookup |
| CH2/255/12 | Lyne and Megget Kirk Session - Stock book (books given out) Lists school books given to students | 1879-1889 | 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ANDERSON | 31 January 1855 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James DALGLIESH | 12 March 1859 | Agnes DALGLIESH | Find the father |
| Janet DICKSON | 25 February 1866 | Jane DICKSON | Find the father |
| James FORREST | 16 June 1867 | Marion FORREST | Find the father |
| William KERR | 29 December 1867 | Ann KERR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LAIDLAW | 28 November 1856 | Agnes LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| William PATERSON | 27 January 1871 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| John ROBERTSON | 19 July 1863 | Helen ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary ROSS | 31 December 1863 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| John Davidson SHIEL | 28 July 1868 | Christina SHIEL | Find the father |
| Agnes WHITE | 30 January 1863 | Helen WHITE | Find the father |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| Oswald | Pagan | |||
| George | Pagan | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| Alexander | Dun | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Robert | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| Walter | Dalgliesh | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Braidwood | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| Oswald | Pagan | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| Alexander | Dun | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Robert | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| Adam | Dalgliesh | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Braidwood | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| Alexr | Dun | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Adam | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Braidwood | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Adam | Somerville | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| Alexr | Dun | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Adam | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| James | Shiel | |||
| William | Braidwood | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Adam | Sommerville | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| John | Stewart | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Adam | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| William | Braidfute | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes | |||
| William | Shiel |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | White | |||
| Adam | Sommerville | |||
| Thomas | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Pagan | |||
| William | Symington | |||
| John | Macknight | |||
| James | Dun | |||
| Thomas | Glendinning | |||
| Adam | Dalgliesh | |||
| Walter | Anderson | |||
| William | Shiel | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| William | Bradefoot | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| James | Sykes |
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.
