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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/603/4 | Kirk Session minutes Includes poor payments | 1726-1844 | Request lookup |
| CH2/603/5 | Kirk Session minutes | 1844-1858 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine ROSS or SCLATER | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Betsy RUTHERFORD | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Betty RUTHERFORD | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Elizabeth BROWN Clifton, Morebattle | William LEITCH | 21 Apr 1880 Belford, Morebattle | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Margaret CAMERON Morebattle Mains, Morebattle | Thomas BURRELL | 13 Feb 1881 Morebattle Mains, Morebattle | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Margaret DICKISON Morebattle | George YOUNG | 27 Aug 1879 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
| Elizabeth FLETCHER Gateshaw, Morebattle | Robert SMITH | 9 Nov 1884 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Alison HALL or WORKMAN Whitton, Morebattle | John SMAIL | 16 Aug 1857 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/11 |
| Elizabeth WHEELANS Under Whitton, Morebattle | Robert RIDDELL | 15 Feb 1880 Under Whitton, Morebattle | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
| Elizabeth WOODCOCK Grubbet Mill, Morebattle | John Aitchison TURNBULL | 3 Nov 1877 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James AMOS | 30 April 1857 | Janet AMOS | Find the father |
| Robert ANDERSON | 7 June 1870 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander BALLANTYNE | 1 October 1870 | Catherine BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BALLANTYNE | 21 June 1872 | Agnes BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BALLANTYNE | 29 July 1874 | Agnes BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Margaret BENNET | 6 October 1859 | Janet BENNET | Father found |
| Elizabeth BROWN | 19 April 1874 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| Francis CAIRNS | 19 February 1864 | Catherine CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Andrew CHISHOLM | 25 February 1860 | Mary CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| Jessie CLARK | 24 December 1865 | Isabella CLARK | Find the father |
| James COONEY | 5 February 1873 | Mary COONEY | Find the father |
| Catharine CORKORAN | 28 January 1869 | Jane CORKORAN | Find the father |
| Alexander COWAN | 3 April 1864 | Janet COWAN | Father found |
| William CUNNINGHAM | 1 June 1862 | Janet CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| John Lees DUNN | 2 January 1860 | Janet DUNN | Find the father |
| Harriet ELLIOT | 30 April 1860 | Jessie ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Allan FORD | 2 February 1872 | Lucy FORD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FOX | 28 August 1871 | Isabella FOX | Find the father |
| Jane FOX | 22 July 1858 | Margaret FOX | Find the father |
| Mary FOX | 28 September 1856 | Agnes FOX | Find the father |
| James GRAHAM | 25 November 1872 | Sophia GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Charles HALL | 15 December 1855 | Alison HALL | Find the father |
| James HALL | 16 September 1857 | Alison HALL | Find the father |
| Jessie HALL | 12 April 1866 | Elisabeth HALL | Find the father |
| Helen HARDIE | 3 July 1856 | Isabella HARDIE | Find the father |
| William HARDIE | 29 May 1866 | Agnes HARDIE | Find the father |
| Archibald HAY | 27 July 1874 | Mary HAY | Find the father |
| Annie HELM | 11 January 1870 | Jane HELM | Find the father |
| Jessie HENDERSON | 15 June 1869 | Jessie HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Andrew HOGARTH | 18 May 1868 | Elizabeth HOGARTH | Find the father |
| Jane HOGARTH | 13 June 1857 | Betsy HOGARTH | Find the father |
| George HOPE | 19 February 1860 | Betsy HOPE | Father found |
| Mary INGLES | 25 October 1866 | Janet INGLES | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 23 July 1869 | Eliza JOHNSTON | Father found |
| Margaret KERR | 28 January 1868 | Elizabeth Tait KERR | Find the father |
| William LAIDLAW | 24 August 1862 | Ann LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| Adam Ainslie LILICO | 16 October 1863 | Ann LILICO | Find the father |
| Janet MCDOUGALL | 1 November 1871 | Margaret MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Adam Bennet MELROSE | 11 February 1873 | Margaret MELROSE | Find the father |
| Thomas Bennet MELROSE | 10 December 1862 | Margaret MELROSE | Find the father |
| William MELROSE | 18 May 1866 | Margaret MELROSE | Find the father |
| John MILLS | 29 November 1857 | Mary MILLS | Find the father |
| George MINTO | 18 September 1862 | Agnes MINTO | Find the father |
| Henry MURDIE | 29 May 1871 | Jane MURDIE | Find the father |
| Janet Telfer MURDIE | 29 May 1871 | Jane MURDIE | Find the father |
| Mary MURDIE | 9 August 1867 | Janet MURDIE | Find the father |
| Isabella Matilda MURRAY | 20 September 1860 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
| James Veitch ORMISTON | 8 November 1858 | Jessie ORMISTON | Find the father |
| George PAXTON | 22 October 1859 | Elisabeth PAXTON | Find the father |
| Thomas PAXTON | 22 April 1869 | Euphemia PAXTON | Find the father |
| Andrew QUARRY | 20 April 1872 | Elizabeth QUARRY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Clarke QUARRY | 8 June 1871 | Isabella QUARRY | Find the father |
| Helen REDPATH | 8 February 1867 | Ann REDPATH | Find the father |
| William Welens REID | 25 November 1857 | Janet REID | Find the father |
| Robert RICHARDSON | 13 August 1872 | Isabella RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Janet ROBSON | 18 January 1873 | Janet ROBSON | Find the father |
| Adam SCOTT | 13 September 1860 | Betsy SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 25 May 1870 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Alexander Baird SPEIRS | 5 October 1873 | Margaret Bell SPEIRS | Find the father |
| Thomas SPEIRS | 5 August 1868 | Margaret SPEIRS | Find the father |
| Hugh Cambell STEWART | 25 April 1872 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| James TAIT | 7 February 1874 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Jemima Lockie THOMSON | 12 March 1871 | Mary Lockie THOMSON | Find the father |
| Adam TROTTER | 18 December 1864 | Elisabeth TROTTER | Find the father |
| Helen TURNBULL | 23 December 1867 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Jane TURNBULL | 27 August 1861 | Helen TURNBULL | Find the father |
| John TURNBULL | 15 January 1869 | Mary TURNBULL | Father found |
| James TURNER | 20 January 1860 | Agnes TURNER | Find the father |
| Margaret WATSON | 12 March 1868 | Helen WATSON | Find the father |
| James WHELENS | 4 November 1857 | Margaret WHELENS | Find the father |
| Jessie WHELENS | 24 October 1862 | Helen WHELENS | Find the father |
| Margaret WHELENS | 27 September 1862 | Agnes WHELENS | Find the father |
| William WHELLANS | 25 February 1862 | Margaret WHELLANS | 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 | Cummins | |||
| John | Gourlay | Primside | ||
| Adam | Blake | Morebattle Tofts | ||
| Andrew | Blake | Morebattle Tofts | ||
| Francis | Paterson | Morebattle | ||
| Thomas | Hall | Seefew | ||
| George | Kennedy | Primside | ||
| William | Dick | Morebattle | ||
| John | Whelans | Morebattle | ||
| William | Nicholson | Whitton | ||
| Robert | Fox | Morebattle | ||
| John | Aichieson | |||
| Robert | Robson | Morebattle Mains | ||
| James | Jamieson | Primside | ||
| William | Bell | Whitton | ||
| John | Hood | Morebattle | ||
| Thomas | Gibson | Morebattle Tofts | ||
| John | Cockburn | Morebattle | ||
| John | Scott | Gateshaw | ||
| William | Lindsay | Primside | ||
| George | Rutherford | Heughhead | ||
| James | Kennedy | Primside | ||
| John | Gladston | Morebattle | ||
| James | Dickson | Grubbit Mill | ||
| James | Dickson | Crookedshaws | ||
| Andrew | Welch | Morebattle Mains | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Wide Open | ||
| Charles | Ker | Gateshaw | ||
| John | Rutherford | Morebattle | ||
| George | Turnbull | Morebattle | ||
| John | Calvert | Morebattle | ||
| Samuel | Calvert | Morebattle | ||
| William | Watson | Morebattle | ||
| Andrew | Elliot | Morebattle | ||
| John | Bennet | Morebattle | ||
| William | Smith | Morebattle | ||
| John | Swanston | Morebattle |
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.
