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Records -> Midlothian

Newton 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
CH2/283/5Minutes1763-1800Request lookup
CH2/283/6Minutes
comprises two minute books stitched into one cover and that on Virtual Volumes the later minute book appears first
1800-1838Request lookup
CH2/283/7Minutes1839-1862Request lookup
CH2/283/8Minutes1862-1885Request lookup
CH2/283/11Accounts
collections
1705-1744Request lookup
CH2/283/14Accounts1769-1781Request lookup
CH2/283/15Accounts1781-1798Request lookup
CH2/283/16Accounts1790-1805Request lookup
CH2/283/17Accounts1798-1812Request lookup
CH2/283/18Accounts1798-1812Request lookup
CH2/283/19Testimonials and accounts
testimonials 1727-1753, accounts 1750-1780
1727-1780Request lookup
CH2/283/20Minutes1885-1934Request lookup
CH2/283/21Baptismal register1855-1884Request lookup
CH2/283/22Baptismal register1884-1906Request lookup
CH2/283/23Proclamation register1855-1920Request lookup
CH2/283/24Communion roll1833-1866Request lookup
CH2/283/25Communion roll1869-1876Request lookup
CH2/283/26Communion roll1877-1897Request lookup
CH2/283/27Communion roll1898-1914Request lookup
CH2/283/28Electoral roll1897Request lookup
CH2/283/29Parochial and missionary association cash book1864-1885Request lookup
CH2/283/30Poor's fund: minutes
Includes poor roll 1816-1829
1831-1859Request lookup
CH2/283/31Poor's fund: accounts1812-1830Request 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:
  • £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)
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 Janet ADAM or MILLER 1850 (2)Order imagesRefused
Dorotha ADAMS 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes BARR 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes BARR or BLYTH 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Agnes BARR or BLYTH 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow BLYTH 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Charles BLYTH Redrow1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret BROWN or HOGGART 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Peter BROWN 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Christian CHEYNE 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary CHEYNE 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth CRAIG 1850 (2)Order imagesRefused
Agnes FERGUSSON or WATT Danderhall1845 (1)Order imagesRefused
Catherine FERME 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow GIBSON Toddhills Libberton1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet HUNTER or BAPTIE 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
George JACK 1867 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes KING 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Clementina LOCH or PORTEOUS 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas MCCABE 1878 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John MILLER 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Eliz MORRISON or KING 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Euphemia NELSON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary PACE or DURIE 1880-1881 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Andrew PHILIPS 1880-1881 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Sarah PHILLIPS 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow PORTEOUS or JAMESON 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Isabella ROBERTSON or ERICKSON 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John ROBERTSON 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow ROSS 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary SHYNE 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James SOMERVILLE 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused
James SOMERVILLE 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Isabella TAIT or SMEATON 1853 (6)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jennet TAIT or FLOCKHART 1883 (1)Order imagesRefused - if dissatisfied poorhouse
Widow A YOUNG 1858 (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
Margaret FLOCKHART
Cauldcoats, Newton, Midlothian
Alexander HARE1 Dec 1880Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/49
Mary MALCOLM or HENDERSON
Edmonstone, Newton
Alexander GLOVER23 Feb 1864Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/38


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
Hugh Adams ADAMS18 June 1856Dorotha ADAMSFind the father
James ADAMS21 February 1860Dorothea ADAMSFind the father
Alison BAIRD17 October 1857Isabella BAIRDFind the father
Alison BAIRD25 August 1861Isabella BAIRDFind the father
Christian Brown BAIRD1 June 1856Margaret BAIRDFind the father
Charles CAMPBELL7 March 1867Christina CAMPBELLFind the father
Joan CAMPBELL23 October 1863Christina CAMPBELLFind the father
Margaret CLEGHORN20 August 1867Mary CLEGHORNFind the father
William CLEGHORN8 May 1866Marion CLEGHORNFather found
David DUNLOP4 March 1861Marion DUNLOPFind the father
Jane FOSTER23 February 1864Mary FOSTERFind the father
Thomas GILBERT18 February 1864Isabella GILBERTFind the father
Agnes Christina GILLON7 September 1865Ann GILLONFind the father
Henry GIRVAN13 January 1860Janet GIRVANFind the father
Hugh GIRVAN24 December 1857Grace GIRVANFind the father
Alexander GLASGOW29 January 1862Isabella GLASGOWFind the father
Margaret HANNAN24 January 1864Elizabeth HANNANFind the father
Thomas HANNAN19 December 1856Isabella HANNANFind the father
William HENDERSON8 October 1867Jane HENDERSONFind the father
Janet INGLIS2 October 1863Catherine INGLISFind the father
Elizabeth Young KERR15 May 1856Mary KERRFind the father
Janet Inglis KING29 December 1865Janet KINGFind the father
David MCDONALD4 September 1864Isabella MCDONALDFind the father
William MILLER31 December 1856Janet MILLERFind the father
Peter NISBET18 July 1869Jane NISBETFather found
John NOTMAN28 July 1866Christina NOTMANFind the father
David PEARSON17 August 1859Rachel PEARSONFind the father
Robert SLIGHT20 March 1859Mary SLIGHTFind the father
Catherine SMITH29 June 1855Jane SMITHFind the father
John SYMINGTON5 August 1863Martha SYMINGTONFind the father
Jane WATSON27 October 1858Elizabeth WATSONFind the father
George WATT30 August 1866Jane WATTFather found
Jessie Ann WILSON24 September 1866Margaret 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 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/283/6 pp. 168-175)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesPeacockRedrow+ beside name
JohnMitchellRedrow+ beside name
HughCampbellRedrow
JohnScottRedrow
WilliamWilsonRedrow+ beside name
JohnNicolsonAdamsrow
JohnMillarAdamsrow And Squaretown+ beside name
HenryWrightAdamsrow And Squaretown
GeorgeMcnielAdamsrow And Squaretown+ beside name
JamesKingAdamsrow And Squaretown+ beside name
DavidCraigAdamsrow And Squaretown
AlexanderBrownAdamsrow And Squaretown
CharlesMillarClaybarns
WilliamShawAdamsrow And Squaretown
ArchibaldNielAdamsrow And Squaretown
DanielStewartAdamsrow And Squaretown
ThomasStewartAdamsrow And Squaretown
HughAdamAdamsrow And Squaretown
ThomasRossAdamsrow And Squaretown
WilliamReidAdamsrow And Squaretown
GeorgeBennetAdamsrow And Squaretown
JamesReidAdamsrow And Squaretown
ThomasDunlopAdamsrow And Squaretown
WilliamReidAdamsrow And Squaretown
AbramReidRedrow
HughAdamAdamsrow And Squaretown
JamesMeikleAdamsrow And Squaretown
AndrewArchibaldAdamsrow And Squaretown
WilliamBrownAdamsrow And Squaretown
WilliamNicolNewton And Newton Entry
JohnFergussonNewton And Newton Entry
DavidHopeNewton And Newton Entry
DavidKinnearNewton And Newton Entry
JohnBellNewton Old Engine
GeorgeMcgillBackdean
DavidPhilipNewton Old Engine
AlexanderWightmanNewton Old Engine
WilliamLyonNewton Old Engine
JohnBanksNewton New Engine
FrancisWiseNewton New Engine+ beside name
GeorgeMurdochNewton New Engine
AndrewBernardMillerhill+ beside name
JohnNelsonMillerhill
ThomasMillarMillerhill
DavidRossMillerhill
JamesPorteousMillerhill
JamesBrownMillerhill
PeterJackMillerhill+ beside name
GeorgeEastonMillerhill+ beside name
WilliamLoganMillerhill
WilliamWrightMillerhill
JamesMoffatMillerhill
BernardYoungMillerhill+ beside name
JohnReidMillerhill
JamesBrownMillerhill
AdamJackMillerhill
PeterBrownMillerhill
RobertShawMillerhill
JohnMarshallMillerhill+ beside name
JohnBaigrieMillerhill
WilliamPorteousLongthorn
DavidWalkerWester Millerhill
WilliamLaingWester Millerhill+ beside name
PeterRankineWester Millerhill+ beside name
DavidBrownWester Millerhill
JohnTaitWester Millerhill
DavidHeriotWester Millerhill
JamesDennySheriffhall Mains
DavidBellSheriffhall Mains
WilliamWilsonSheriffhall Mains
AlexanderRobertsonSheriffhall Mains+ beside name
GeorgeSetonSheriffhall Mains
JamesPaxtonSheriffhall Engine
WilliamWardenSheriffhall Engine
JohnWardenSheriffhall Engine
ThomasTurnerSheriffhall Engine
WilliamFraserSheriffhall+ beside name
GordonPeacockSheriffhall
JohnWilsonSheriffhall+ beside name
JohnYoungSheriffhall
PeterLowClaybarns
RobertFlemingClaybarns
AlexanderKingClaybarns
PeterCummingClaybarns
JohnBennetClaybarns
JamesHoodClaybarns+ beside name
JohnJohnstonClaybarns+ beside name
WilliamMoffatClaybarns+ beside name
WilliamJamiesonClaybarns+ beside name
ThomasWilsonClaybarns
PeterGallowayClaybarns
JamesPhilipClaybarns
DanielStewartClaybarns+ beside name
ThomasStewartClaybarns
JamesCummingClaybarns+ beside name
PeterBrownClaybarns
CharlesBlythClaybarns
NicolSmithClaybarns
WalterReidClaybarns+ beside name
ThomasHoodClaybarns+ beside name
RobertLaingCampend
RMeikleNewton SchoolhouseRecord deleted
WilliamEckfordWoolmet Mains
AlexanderWallaceMillerhill West
JamesFlemingClaybarns
CharlesBlythKirktown+ beside name
RobertWilsonDanderhall
ThomasGilchristDanderhallAdded later
RobertRobertsonWoolmet
JamesWattWoolmet+ beside name
GeorgeFergusonWoolmetAddress changed to Pentecox then Craigour
PeterThomsonWoolmet
WilliamPorteousEdmonstone
ThomasClephaneEdmonstone
JohnAitkenEdmonstone
DavidLockEdmonstone
RamsayHunterEdmonstone
AlexanderBrownEdmonstone
RobertWilsonEdmonstone+ beside name
GeorgeBailieEdmonstone
AlexanderBlackEdmonstone
ThomasWrightEdmonstone
DavidSymEdmonstone
JohnWauchopeEdmonstone House
GeorgeAitkenEdmonstone House
JohnMcnaughtonEdmonstone House
JohnCarlisleEdmonstone House
GeorgeGlasgowEdmonstone House
DavidCollierSmithy Green
JohnYoungSmithy Green
JohnDouglasCraigover
ThomasPringleLittle France+ beside name
WilliamBowersLittle France
JohnRonaldsonBells Law
JohnHutchisonHilltown
JohnStevensonCauldcoats
WalterGibsonCauldcoats
AlexanderThomsonCauldcoats
ThomasAitchisonBankfield+ beside name
ThomasBrownBankfield
WilliamLyonBankfield+ beside name
JohnNewlandsWisp+ beside name
RobertDixonWisp
AlexanderLaingShawfair
JamesHannanBackdean
RobertBowieBackdean
AbramLochBackdean
DavidBoeBackdean
DavidBeeSheriffhall EngineNot a member of the congregation
AlexanderWhytockCampendNot a member of the congregation
ThomasGilchristDanderhallNot a member of the congregation
GeorgeScottWoolmetNot a member of the congregation
JamesScottWoolmetNot a member of the congregation
GeorgeSetonEdmonstone MainsNot a member of the congregation
JohnBlairPenticoxNot a member of the congregation
JohnHendersonPenticoxNot a member of the congregation
DavidHoodClaybarnsNot a member of the congregation
JohnDalgleishPenticoxNot a member of the congregation
JohnLindsayWispNot a member of the congregation
AlexanderPringleEdmonstoneMarried and member of the congregation but resides in the house of father-in-law
JamesGreigEdmonstoneMarried and member of the congregation but resides in the house of father-in-law
AlexanderStenhouseWhitehill MainsMember of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk
LaurenceLyonWhitehill MainsMember of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk
AndrewMartinWhitehill MainsMember of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk

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.


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