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Ormiston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/292/4 | Minutes | 1730-1765 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/5 | Minutes | 1766-1814 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/6 | Minutes | 1814-1841 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/7 | Minutes | 1881-1936 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/9 | Accounts | 1660-1689 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/10 | Accounts | 1730-1765 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/11 | Accounts | 1765-1813 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/12 | Accounts | 1814-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/14 | Baptisms | 1856-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/15 | Proclamations | 1857-1936 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/16 | Communion roll | 1833-1842 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/17 | Communion roll | 1872-1874 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/18 | Communion roll | 1875-1881 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/19 | Communion roll | 1881-1895 | Request lookup |
| CH2/292/20 | Communion roll | 1896-1909 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert DOUGLAS | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christian KINGHORN | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William NASMYTH | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John PRIDE | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John SELKIRK | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann COCKBURN House of Muir, near Ormiston, East Lothian | William SHIELS | 22 May 1885 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/54 |
| Jemima DOUGLAS Ormiston | Thomas HOGG | 9 Dec 1851 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Elizabeth HAY Ormiston | George MONRO | 15 Feb 1852 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Marion HUTCHISON The Manse, Ormiston | Thomas HOOK | 10 May 1893 Southfield Cousland, Cranston | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Mary Currie PONTON Murrays, near Ormiston, East Lothian | Thomas JEFFREY | 11 Aug 1887 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/56 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ALLAN | 28 September 1859 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary ALLAN | 28 September 1859 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Jane BLACKSHAW | 19 October 1862 | Mary BLACKSHAW | Find the father |
| Margaret Davidson BROWN | 10 October 1865 | Martha BROWN | Father found |
| Richard BURNS | 5 January 1869 | Helen BURNS | Find the father |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | 7 January 1866 | Margaret CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Jessie DARLING | 25 January 1868 | Jessie DARLING | Find the father |
| Alexander DOBSON | 23 October 1862 | Elizabeth DOBSON | Find the father |
| Robert DOBSON | 2 December 1856 | Elizabeth DOBSON | Find the father |
| Mary Will DOUGLAS | 17 February 1856 | Jemima Rannerman DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| William GIBSON | 29 September 1869 | Helen GIBSON | Find the father |
| Janet Porteous GORDON | 9 April 1868 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| James GRAHAM | 28 August 1855 | Katherine GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Alexander GUTHRIE | 15 November 1864 | Elizabeth GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| Alexander HAY | 16 September 1865 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| George HAY | 24 November 1862 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| John HAY | 31 August 1859 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| Isabella Durham HENDRY | 8 July 1870 | Ellen HENDRY | Find the father |
| David JAFFRAY | 26 January 1868 | Isabella JAFFRAY | Find the father |
| William JAFFRAY | 31 January 1862 | Mary JAFFRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander JOHNSTON | 19 January 1863 | Alison JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Rachel Grieve JOHNSTON | 17 September 1863 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Ann LOGAN | 25 May 1872 | Ann LOGAN | Find the father |
| Mary LOGAN | 5 November 1874 | Mary LOGAN | Find the father |
| Janet LOUNESS | 4 October 1857 | Mary LOUNESS | Find the father |
| Margaret MACINTOSH | 11 November 1859 | Janet MACINTOSH | Find the father |
| Thomas MACINTOSH | 10 February 1863 | Janet MACINTOSH | Find the father |
| Jane Grieve MARTIN | 19 August 1864 | Elizabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| Margaret MARTIN | 14 September 1868 | Margaret MARTIN | Father found |
| Elizabeth MARTINE | 3 March 1867 | Margaret MARTINE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCKECHNIE | 13 July 1866 | Jessie MCKECHNIE | Find the father |
| Mary MIDDLEMASS | 11 July 1857 | Mary MIDDLEMASS | Find the father |
| Jamesina Annie MILNE | 8 February 1866 | Mary MILNE | Find the father |
| Janet PONTON | 7 October 1864 | Catherine PONTON | Find the father |
| Janet PONTON | 15 September 1869 | Euphemia PONTON | Find the father |
| John PONTON | 22 May 1861 | Margaret PONTON | Find the father |
| Margaret PONTON | 30 July 1867 | Ann PONTON | Find the father |
| Susan RAY | 1 December 1859 | Catherine RAY | Find the father |
| Ann RENTON | 11 March 1866 | Marion RENTON | Find the father |
| Agnes ROSS | 2 June 1869 | Agnes ROSS | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 29 April 1870 | Euphemia ROSS | Find the father |
| Joan Renwick ROSS | 26 October 1871 | Agnes ROSS | Find the father |
| John SCOTT | 7 July 1857 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SELKIRK | 17 January 1864 | Joan SELKIRK | Father found |
| Elizabeth SELKIRK | 22 October 1868 | Isabella SELKIRK | Find the father |
| Euphemia SIMPSON | 30 September 1867 | Marion SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Marion SIMPSON | 30 September 1867 | Marion SIMPSON | Find the father |
| James Tulloch SLIGHT | 5 February 1871 | Mary Ann SLIGHT | Find the father |
| Peter SMITH | 17 April 1873 | Agnes SMITH | Find the father |
| Agnes STEWART | 11 November 1872 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 1 November 1860 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 21 March 1874 | Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary THOMSON | 22 November 1859 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WATSON | 17 June 1862 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| Anne WOOD | 4 June 1855 | Allison WOOD | Father found |
| Herriot WOOD | 12 September 1861 | Catherine WOOD | Father found |
| William WOOD | 8 June 1857 | Allison WOOD | Find the father |
| Isabella WRIGHT | 18 January 1859 | Isabella WRIGHT | Find the father |
| John WRIGHT | 18 January 1859 | Isabella WRIGHT | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Anderson | Limylands | ||
| Archibald | Ainslie | West Peaston | ||
| Thomas | Allan | East Peaston | ||
| William | Ainslie | Peaston Bank | ||
| Thomas | Brown | West Peaston | ||
| Thomas | Brotherston | East Peaston | x next to name | |
| Archibald | Bathgate | East Peaston | ||
| Thomas | Blair | Peaston Mill | ||
| William | Blackie | East Mains Of Finhaven | ||
| Henry | Burnett | North Mains | x next to name; Address changed to Tranent | |
| William | Bruce | Lamplands | ||
| Alexander | Brander | Ormiston | ||
| Abner | Baillie | Ormiston | ||
| John | Bowie | Ormiston | ||
| Robert | Blair | Ormiston Hall | ||
| Alexander | Boswell | King's Lodge | ||
| George | Blair | Murrays | ||
| William | Baillie | Dodridge | ||
| James | Baxter | West Peaston | ||
| Matthew | Chalmers | East Mains | ||
| James | Cassidy | Ormiston | ||
| George | Cunningham | Ormiston | ||
| John | Craig | Ormiston | ||
| James | Cockburn | West Peaston | ||
| Alexander | Cockburn | Limylands | ||
| Andrew | Carstairs | East Peaston | ||
| George | Davy | Ormiston | ||
| George | Dickson | Ormiston | ||
| Robert | Douglas | Murrays | ||
| James | Dunlop | West Peaston | ||
| Robert | Forrest | Ormiston | ||
| Peter | Fell | Ormiston | x next to name | |
| George | Foster | House Of Muir | ||
| John | Goldie | North Mains | ||
| Alexander | Goodall | Ormiston | ||
| Gavine | Godfrey | Ormiston | ||
| Adam | Gillies | Ormiston | ||
| George | Gillies | Ormiston | ||
| Francis | Hamilton | Ormiston | ||
| Robert | Herkes | West Peaston | ||
| David | Heriot | West Peaston | x next to name | |
| Henry | Hutcheson | West Peaston | ||
| George | Howden | East Peaston | ||
| Archibald | Henderson | Peaston Bank | ||
| Robert | Hunter | Peaston Mill | ||
| John | Knox | East Peaston | ||
| James | Knox | Ormiston | ||
| William | Kinghorn | Ormiston | ||
| Alexander | Kay | House Of Muir | x next to name | |
| James | Keppie | Dodridge | ||
| Thomas | Logan | Ormiston | ||
| David | Lawson | Dodridge | ||
| John | Lunn | Ormiston | ||
| David | Montgomery | Ormiston | ||
| William | Moffat | Oatlands | ||
| David | Moffat | Peaston Bank | ||
| James | Mccammond | Ormiston | ||
| James | Mccormick | Ormiston | ||
| Wm | Mcgregor | Ormiston | ||
| Walter | Mcalpine | Limylands | ||
| James | Mcdonald | Ormiston | ||
| Richard | Mcintosh | House Of Muir | ||
| John | Mcdonald | Murrays | ||
| Charles | Nairne | Ormiston | ||
| John | Notman | Ormiston | ||
| Norman | Notman | Ormiston | ||
| Robert | Naysmith | House Of Muir | ||
| John | Pride | House Of Muir | ||
| John | Ronaldson | Ormiston | ||
| Robert | Richardson | West Byres | ||
| James | Reid | Dodridge | ||
| William | Skirving | West Peaston | ||
| George | Smith | Ormiston | ||
| Adam | Sutherland | Ormiston | ||
| Walter | Scott | Ormiston | ||
| William | Simpson | Ormiston | ||
| Alexander | Scott | Ormiston | ||
| George | Sandilands | West Byres | ||
| George | Speedin | House Of Muir | ||
| Robert | Stewart | House Of Muir | ||
| Robert | Slight | House Of Muir | ||
| William | Tait | Ormiston | ||
| James | Thomson | Peaston Bank | ||
| Peter | Veitch | Ormiston | ||
| Richard | Whitlaw | North Mains | ||
| John | Wilson | Ormiston | ||
| John | Whitlaw | Ormiston | ||
| Baillie | Wilson | Ormiston | ||
| George | Wood | Ormiston | ||
| Andrew | Wilson | Ormiston | ||
| Alexander | Watson | Ormiston | ||
| Joseph | Wilson | West Byres | ||
| James | Whitelaw | West Byres | ||
| John | Weir | House Of Muir | ||
| James | Whyte | Oatlands | ||
| James | Williams | West Peaston | ||
| James | Wright | West Peaston | ||
| John | Wright | West Peaston | ||
| Adam | Watt | East Peaston | ||
| Thomas | Wood | Lamplands | ||
| Robert | Young | Runciehall | ||
| David | Boreland | Cranston | Not resident in this parish | |
| David | Craig | Inveresk | Not resident in this parish | |
| William | Henderson | Newbattle | Not resident in this parish | |
| Alexander | Rutherford | Cranston | Not resident in this parish | |
| Spence | Cranston | Not resident in this parish | ||
| Andrew | Wightman | Cranston | Not resident in this parish |
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.
