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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

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CH2/292/4Minutes1730-1765Request lookup
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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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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
Robert DOUGLAS 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused
Christian KINGHORN 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused
William NASMYTH 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused
John PRIDE 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
John SELKIRK 1874 (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
Ann COCKBURN
House of Muir, near Ormiston, East Lothian		William SHIELS22 May 1885Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/54
Jemima DOUGLAS
Ormiston		Thomas HOGG9 Dec 1851Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/36
Elizabeth HAY
Ormiston		George MONRO15 Feb 1852Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/36
Marion HUTCHISON
The Manse, Ormiston		Thomas HOOK10 May 1893
Southfield Cousland, Cranston		Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/38
Mary Currie PONTON
Murrays, near Ormiston, East Lothian		Thomas JEFFREY11 Aug 1887Order nowEdinburgh
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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Margaret ALLAN28 September 1859Elizabeth ALLANFind the father
Mary ALLAN28 September 1859Elizabeth ALLANFind the father
Jane BLACKSHAW19 October 1862Mary BLACKSHAWFind the father
Margaret Davidson BROWN10 October 1865Martha BROWNFather found
Richard BURNS5 January 1869Helen BURNSFind the father
Margaret CHRISTIE7 January 1866Margaret CHRISTIEFind the father
Jessie DARLING25 January 1868Jessie DARLINGFind the father
Alexander DOBSON23 October 1862Elizabeth DOBSONFind the father
Robert DOBSON2 December 1856Elizabeth DOBSONFind the father
Mary Will DOUGLAS17 February 1856Jemima Rannerman DOUGLASFind the father
William GIBSON29 September 1869Helen GIBSONFind the father
Janet Porteous GORDON9 April 1868Margaret GORDONFind the father
James GRAHAM28 August 1855Katherine GRAHAMFind the father
Alexander GUTHRIE15 November 1864Elizabeth GUTHRIEFind the father
Alexander HAY16 September 1865Elizabeth HAYFind the father
George HAY24 November 1862Elizabeth HAYFind the father
John HAY31 August 1859Elizabeth HAYFind the father
Isabella Durham HENDRY8 July 1870Ellen HENDRYFind the father
David JAFFRAY26 January 1868Isabella JAFFRAYFind the father
William JAFFRAY31 January 1862Mary JAFFRAYFind the father
Alexander JOHNSTON19 January 1863Alison JOHNSTONFind the father
Rachel Grieve JOHNSTON17 September 1863Mary JOHNSTONFind the father
Ann LOGAN25 May 1872Ann LOGANFind the father
Mary LOGAN5 November 1874Mary LOGANFind the father
Janet LOUNESS4 October 1857Mary LOUNESSFind the father
Margaret MACINTOSH11 November 1859Janet MACINTOSHFind the father
Thomas MACINTOSH10 February 1863Janet MACINTOSHFind the father
Jane Grieve MARTIN19 August 1864Elizabeth MARTINFind the father
Margaret MARTIN14 September 1868Margaret MARTINFather found
Elizabeth MARTINE3 March 1867Margaret MARTINEFind the father
Agnes MCKECHNIE13 July 1866Jessie MCKECHNIEFind the father
Mary MIDDLEMASS11 July 1857Mary MIDDLEMASSFind the father
Jamesina Annie MILNE8 February 1866Mary MILNEFind the father
Janet PONTON7 October 1864Catherine PONTONFind the father
Janet PONTON15 September 1869Euphemia PONTONFind the father
John PONTON22 May 1861Margaret PONTONFind the father
Margaret PONTON30 July 1867Ann PONTONFind the father
Susan RAY1 December 1859Catherine RAYFind the father
Ann RENTON11 March 1866Marion RENTONFind the father
Agnes ROSS2 June 1869Agnes ROSSFind the father
James ROSS29 April 1870Euphemia ROSSFind the father
Joan Renwick ROSS26 October 1871Agnes ROSSFind the father
John SCOTT7 July 1857Janet SCOTTFind the father
Elizabeth SELKIRK17 January 1864Joan SELKIRKFather found
Elizabeth SELKIRK22 October 1868Isabella SELKIRKFind the father
Euphemia SIMPSON30 September 1867Marion SIMPSONFind the father
Marion SIMPSON30 September 1867Marion SIMPSONFind the father
James Tulloch SLIGHT5 February 1871Mary Ann SLIGHTFind the father
Peter SMITH17 April 1873Agnes SMITHFind the father
Agnes STEWART11 November 1872Janet STEWARTFind the father
Elizabeth STEWART1 November 1860Jane STEWARTFind the father
John THOMSON21 March 1874Ann THOMSONFind the father
Mary THOMSON22 November 1859Mary THOMSONFind the father
Elizabeth WATSON17 June 1862Elizabeth WATSONFind the father
Anne WOOD4 June 1855Allison WOODFather found
Herriot WOOD12 September 1861Catherine WOODFather found
William WOOD8 June 1857Allison WOODFind the father
Isabella WRIGHT18 January 1859Isabella WRIGHTFind the father
John WRIGHT18 January 1859Isabella WRIGHTFind 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: CH2/292/6 pp. 205-206)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnAndersonLimylands
ArchibaldAinslieWest Peaston
ThomasAllanEast Peaston
WilliamAinsliePeaston Bank
ThomasBrownWest Peaston
ThomasBrotherstonEast Peastonx next to name
ArchibaldBathgateEast Peaston
ThomasBlairPeaston Mill
WilliamBlackieEast Mains Of Finhaven
HenryBurnettNorth Mainsx next to name; Address changed to Tranent
WilliamBruceLamplands
AlexanderBranderOrmiston
AbnerBaillieOrmiston
JohnBowieOrmiston
RobertBlairOrmiston Hall
AlexanderBoswellKing's Lodge
GeorgeBlairMurrays
WilliamBaillieDodridge
JamesBaxterWest Peaston
MatthewChalmersEast Mains
JamesCassidyOrmiston
GeorgeCunninghamOrmiston
JohnCraigOrmiston
JamesCockburnWest Peaston
AlexanderCockburnLimylands
AndrewCarstairsEast Peaston
GeorgeDavyOrmiston
GeorgeDicksonOrmiston
RobertDouglasMurrays
JamesDunlopWest Peaston
RobertForrestOrmiston
PeterFellOrmistonx next to name
GeorgeFosterHouse Of Muir
JohnGoldieNorth Mains
AlexanderGoodallOrmiston
GavineGodfreyOrmiston
AdamGilliesOrmiston
GeorgeGilliesOrmiston
FrancisHamiltonOrmiston
RobertHerkesWest Peaston
DavidHeriotWest Peastonx next to name
HenryHutchesonWest Peaston
GeorgeHowdenEast Peaston
ArchibaldHendersonPeaston Bank
RobertHunterPeaston Mill
JohnKnoxEast Peaston
JamesKnoxOrmiston
WilliamKinghornOrmiston
AlexanderKayHouse Of Muirx next to name
JamesKeppieDodridge
ThomasLoganOrmiston
DavidLawsonDodridge
JohnLunnOrmiston
DavidMontgomeryOrmiston
WilliamMoffatOatlands
DavidMoffatPeaston Bank
JamesMccammondOrmiston
JamesMccormickOrmiston
WmMcgregorOrmiston
WalterMcalpineLimylands
JamesMcdonaldOrmiston
RichardMcintoshHouse Of Muir
JohnMcdonaldMurrays
CharlesNairneOrmiston
JohnNotmanOrmiston
NormanNotmanOrmiston
RobertNaysmithHouse Of Muir
JohnPrideHouse Of Muir
JohnRonaldsonOrmiston
RobertRichardsonWest Byres
JamesReidDodridge
WilliamSkirvingWest Peaston
GeorgeSmithOrmiston
AdamSutherlandOrmiston
WalterScottOrmiston
WilliamSimpsonOrmiston
AlexanderScottOrmiston
GeorgeSandilandsWest Byres
GeorgeSpeedinHouse Of Muir
RobertStewartHouse Of Muir
RobertSlightHouse Of Muir
WilliamTaitOrmiston
JamesThomsonPeaston Bank
PeterVeitchOrmiston
RichardWhitlawNorth Mains
JohnWilsonOrmiston
JohnWhitlawOrmiston
BaillieWilsonOrmiston
GeorgeWoodOrmiston
AndrewWilsonOrmiston
AlexanderWatsonOrmiston
JosephWilsonWest Byres
JamesWhitelawWest Byres
JohnWeirHouse Of Muir
JamesWhyteOatlands
JamesWilliamsWest Peaston
JamesWrightWest Peaston
JohnWrightWest Peaston
AdamWattEast Peaston
ThomasWoodLamplands
RobertYoungRunciehall
DavidBorelandCranstonNot resident in this parish
DavidCraigInvereskNot resident in this parish
WilliamHendersonNewbattleNot resident in this parish
AlexanderRutherfordCranstonNot resident in this parish
SpenceCranstonNot resident in this parish
AndrewWightmanCranstonNot resident in this parish

Kirk Session Records Index

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