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Prestonkirk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/306/3 | Minutes 1725-1785, accounts 1742-1785 Includes mortcloth dues | 1725-1785 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/4 | Minutes | 1835-1851 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/5 | Cash books | 1786-1834 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/6 | Cash books | 1833-1842 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/7 | Cash books | 1842-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/9 | Minutes of session as trustees for female school 1846-51 Minutes of session 1851-1917 | 1846-1917 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/13 | Communion roll | 1876-1912 | Request lookup |
| CH2/306/14 | Young communicants | 1809-1891 | 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 BADGER | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James BERTRAM | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Martha BLYTH or TUNNEY | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret DINGWALL | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret DINGWALL | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret DINGWALL | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret DINGWALL | 1855-1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert EDINGTON | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet LEVY or WHITE | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella MACKENZIE | 1859 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Archibald PANTON | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused, in respect of assistance afforded by family | |
| Archibald PANTON | 1855 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Archibald PANTON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Archibald PONTON | 1857 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Martha TUNNY | 1858 (1) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Or Anne AITKEN East Linton | David CAMPBELL | 22 Feb 1884 East Linton | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Janet BROWN East Linton | George BOWHILL | 13 Nov 1849 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Janet BROWN East Linton | George BOWHILL | 13 Nov 1849 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Jemima CLARK Overhailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian | Peter GOODWIN | 7 Sep 1883 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
| Agnes EDMOND Howmuir, near East Linton | George SIVES | 21 Mar 1881 Bielgrange, Stenton | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Margaret Jane MILLER East Linton | William FORD | 22 Jan 1881 Eyemouth | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Jessie ROBERTSON Brownrig, Prestonkirk | Henry BLACK | 23 Aug 1887 Brownrig, Prestonkirk | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis FERRY | 78 | Prestonkirk Home, East Linton | 5 Jun 1937 | Order record |
| Albert John GAIRNS | 63 | Lived: Prestonkirk Home, East Linton Died: City Hospital | 15 Sep 1943 | Order record |
| Robert MACDONALD or GOODFELLOW | 62 | Prestonkirk Home, East Linton | 27 Sep 1935 | Order record |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George ALLAN | 12 January 1863 | Euphemia ALLAN | Find the father |
| Agnes ANDERSON | 21 November 1869 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella ANDERSON | 2 October 1864 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John BATHGATE | 17 May 1874 | Ann BATHGATE | Find the father |
| Mary BELL | 31 July 1857 | Ann BELL | Find the father |
| Thomas BELL | 6 November 1865 | Janet BELL | Find the father |
| David BLACK | 10 September 1871 | Jane BLACK | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BLACK | 9 December 1866 | Elisabeth BLACK | Find the father |
| William BRAID | 3 September 1863 | Jane BRAID | Find the father |
| Jessie BROWN | 5 February 1870 | Ann BROWN | Find the father |
| George BUCHANAN | 15 January 1866 | Mary BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Jane BUCHANAN | 18 September 1855 | Helen BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| William BUCHANAN | 25 January 1858 | Mary BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BURN | 26 September 1860 | Ann BURN | Find the father |
| Joan BURNS | 15 July 1867 | Anne BURNS | Find the father |
| Marion Watt BURNS | 22 December 1873 | Ann BURNS | Find the father |
| Alexander CHRISTIE | 19 January 1858 | Elizabeth CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Peter CLAPPERTON | 16 December 1858 | Margaret CLAPPERTON | Find the father |
| John CLARK | 8 June 1870 | Jane CLARK | Find the father |
| Annie CONOLY | 22 April 1874 | Helen CONOLY | Find the father |
| Henry CROMBIE | 13 February 1871 | Isabella CROMBIE | Find the father |
| Margaret DICKINSON | 30 April 1867 | Helen DICKINSON | Find the father |
| John DOBBIE | 9 December 1858 | Elizabeth DOBBIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Murray DUDGEON | 16 November 1868 | Barbara DUDGEON | Find the father |
| Thomas EDMOND | 18 February 1870 | Isabella EDMOND | Find the father |
| James EWART | 19 April 1863 | Martha EWART | Find the father |
| Mary EWART | 10 August 1861 | Martha EWART | Find the father |
| James FAICHEN | 22 March 1867 | Helen FAICHEN | Find the father |
| Helen Ann Munrow FAIRLIE | 12 June 1870 | Jemima FAIRLIE | Find the father |
| Thomas FARRELL | 9 May 1861 | Winnie FARRELL | Find the father |
| Bella Clark FERGUSON | 24 November 1872 | Margaret FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Purves GAYLOR | 18 July 1869 | Helen GAYLOR | Find the father |
| Farle GIBB | 28 November 1855 | Janet GIBB | Find the father |
| John GIBB | 7 July 1864 | Janet GIBB | Find the father |
| John GILMORE | 14 October 1863 | Mary Ann GILMORE | Find the father |
| Agnes Bell Smith GOODALL | 24 November 1863 | Christina GOODALL | Find the father |
| George GOVAN | 9 September 1873 | Janet GOVAN | Find the father |
| Thomas GRAHAM | 16 July 1866 | Jane GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Helen GRIEVE | 21 January 1868 | Ann GRIEVE | Find the father |
| John HADDEN | 9 September 1872 | Agnes HADDEN | Find the father |
| George HEPBURN | 8 April 1860 | Agnes HEPBURN | Find the father |
| George HOGG | 19 May 1870 | Margaret HOGG | Father found |
| Margaret HOGG | 4 March 1859 | Margaret HOGG | Find the father |
| Margaret HOOD | 16 December 1873 | Agnes HOOD | Father found |
| Elizabeth Brown HUNTER | 23 January 1871 | Jane Jaffrey HUNTER | Find the father |
| Isabella Melrose INGLIS | 17 September 1869 | Isabella INGLIS | Find the father |
| William KELLY | 30 May 1866 | Janet KELLY | Find the father |
| Alexander KEMP | 9 March 1870 | Isabella KEMP | Find the father |
| Mary Ann KERR | 29 May 1867 | Helen KERR | Find the father |
| Alexander LAW | 2 August 1867 | Mary LAW | Find the father |
| Thomas LAW | 2 August 1867 | Mary LAW | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LITTLE | 29 July 1856 | Charlotte LITTLE | Find the father |
| Archibald LOGAN | 18 July 1872 | Jane LOGAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann LOGAN | 12 August 1867 | Isabella LOGAN | Find the father |
| William LOGAN | 15 May 1870 | Jane LOGAN | Find the father |
| Daniel MALARCHY | 17 July 1872 | Bridget MALARCHY | Find the father |
| Peter Brown MCARTHUR | 19 September 1866 | Jane MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 22 May 1873 | Mary MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Annie MCDONALD | 13 May 1868 | Flora MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Betsy MCDONALD | 28 January 1870 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Euphemia MCDONALD | 14 December 1862 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCDONALD | 2 May 1865 | Mary MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Margaret MCDONALD | 6 November 1859 | Marion MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James Mccormack MCGERMIT | 13 July 1864 | Margaret MCGERMIT | Find the father |
| John MCINTOSH | 8 January 1860 | Margaret MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Catherine MCLEAN | 29 May 1866 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MCLEAN | 30 April 1870 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Ann MCLEOD | 26 August 1867 | Euphemia MCLEOD | Find the father |
| James MCLEOD | 2 December 1867 | Euphemia MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCLEOD | 31 July 1869 | Catherine MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Alexander MCNEIL | 10 September 1866 | Isabella MCNEIL | Find the father |
| John MCPHERSON | 30 December 1860 | Christina MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Helen MILLER | 23 September 1867 | Barbara MILLER | Find the father |
| Isabella MILLER | 19 September 1872 | Barbara MILLER | Find the father |
| James Wright MONCRIEFF | 23 January 1874 | Christina MONCRIEFF | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MOORE | 24 April 1872 | Margaret MOORE | Find the father |
| David Carlisle MURDOCH | 23 October 1864 | Helen MURDOCH | Father found |
| Jane Norman NEILL | 16 August 1873 | Alison NEILL | Find the father |
| William NEWTON | 23 August 1866 | Elisabeth NEWTON | Find the father |
| Alexander NICHOLSON | 30 March 1858 | Christina NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Angus NICHOLSON | 26 March 1867 | Marion NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| James NICHOLSON | 15 July 1863 | Marion NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| William George NORMAN | 26 May 1864 | Mary Ann NORMAN | Find the father |
| John OLIVER | 15 September 1874 | Helen OLIVER | Find the father |
| Jane RAMAGE | 21 July 1869 | Jane RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Betty RHIND | 21 August 1856 | Mary RHIND | Find the father |
| Agnes ROSS | 29 August 1866 | Agnes ROSS | Find the father |
| Thomas SAUNDERS | 16 September 1858 | Mary SAUNDERS | Find the father |
| Richard SCOTT | 10 November 1868 | Jane SCOTT | Find the father |
| Isabella SKELDON | 11 September 1872 | Mary SKELDON | Find the father |
| John SOUNESS | 6 June 1870 | Barbara SOUNESS | Find the father |
| Agnes SPIDEN | 22 January 1858 | Jane SPIDEN | Find the father |
| John STIRLING | 5 June 1860 | Catherine STIRLING | Find the father |
| Daniel THOMSON | 14 April 1866 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert TODD | 16 September 1874 | Helen TODD | Find the father |
| Robert TURNBULL | 8 June 1873 | Helen TURNBULL | Find the father |
| James TURNER | 20 March 1859 | Clarance Lindsay TURNER | Find the father |
| Mary TURNER | 7 May 1860 | Margaret TURNER | Find the father |
| Andrew WALKER | 19 December 1869 | Elisabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Thomas WALKER | 27 June 1872 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Helen WATT | 7 March 1869 | Helen WATT | Find the father |
| Jessie Jane WATT | 4 September 1864 | Agnes WATT | Father found |
| John WHITE | 24 September 1870 | Jane WHITE | Find the father |
| John WHITE | 13 February 1871 | Mary WHITE | Find the father |
| William WHITE | 30 January 1857 | Isabella WHITE | Find the father |
| George WOOD | 20 July 1874 | Elizabeth WOOD | Find the father |
| Isabella Wallace WOOD | 24 January 1861 | Isabella WOOD | Find the father |
| Margaret WOOD | 26 April 1863 | Margaret WOOD | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Gillis | |||
| William | Michie | record deleted | ||
| Peter | Learmonth | |||
| John | Millar | |||
| William | Anderson | |||
| Robert | Punton | record deleted | ||
| William | Punton | |||
| Archibald | Punton | |||
| Archibald | Nisbet | |||
| Alexander | Hunter | |||
| Richard | Sanderson | |||
| John | Weir | record deleted | ||
| Thomas | Reid | |||
| Alexander | Lennox | |||
| Adam | Sives | |||
| Alexander | Sanderson | |||
| James | Cameron | record deleted | ||
| Alexander | Strachan | record deleted | ||
| James | Dudgeon | |||
| Peter | Moir | |||
| Laing | added later | |||
| W | Brown | added later | ||
| John | Gibb | |||
| Donald | Reid | |||
| Robert | Hamilton | |||
| J | Bathgate | added later | ||
| Robert | Denholm | |||
| Andrew | Litser | |||
| James | Brown | |||
| John | Brown | |||
| George | Tait | |||
| John | Hately | |||
| James | Lumsden | |||
| George | Gaylor | |||
| George | Mason | |||
| John | Stott | |||
| Andrew | Thomson | |||
| John | Morrison | |||
| Philip | Denham | |||
| Thomas | Forrest | record deleted | ||
| Andrew | Denham | |||
| Charles | Hepburn | |||
| George | Comb | |||
| William | Lamb | |||
| George | Smellie | |||
| John | Walker | |||
| James | Walker | |||
| J | Logan | added later | ||
| David | Hunter | |||
| Thomas | Faitchen | |||
| A | Brown | record deleted | ||
| John | Cray | |||
| John | Stirling | |||
| Hepburn | Gibb | |||
| Peter | Beaver | |||
| John | Dickson | |||
| John | Watt | |||
| John | Punton | |||
| Alexander | Malcolm | |||
| John | Anderson | |||
| John | Mcintyre | |||
| Grieve | Smellie | |||
| Peter | Dickson | |||
| George | Ballantyne | |||
| Logan | added later | |||
| John | Punton | record deleted | ||
| John | Ker | |||
| William | Dickinson | |||
| Andrew | White | |||
| Donald | Mckenzie | |||
| Robert | Moyes | |||
| George | Smith | |||
| J | Brooks | added later | ||
| Robert | Farquhar | |||
| James | Aikman | |||
| Robert | Millar | |||
| John | Pettycrew | |||
| Hepburn | Dickson | |||
| Peter | Siers | |||
| Robert | Ralstone | |||
| David | Malcolm | record deleted | ||
| Andrew | Levy | |||
| James | Gowans | |||
| Robert | Dobbie | |||
| Andrew | Hume | |||
| John | Mcadam | record deleted | ||
| Peter | Mirrylees | |||
| Thomas | Muir | |||
| Andrew | White | |||
| D | Levy | added later | ||
| Jo | White | |||
| Peter | Walker | |||
| David | Lawrie | |||
| Donald | Mcnicol | |||
| James | Sounnes | |||
| Adam | White | |||
| Richard | Gray | |||
| James | Hardie | |||
| Richard | Burns | |||
| A | Hope | added later | ||
| John | Thomson | |||
| William | Moncrieff | |||
| James | Gould | |||
| John | Broadfute | |||
| Alexander | Hogg | |||
| Thomas | Goodall | record deleted | ||
| George | Seaton | |||
| John | Rodger | |||
| Robert | Hamilton | |||
| Robert | Grieve | |||
| John | Ford | |||
| John | Mack | |||
| Charles | Lawrie | |||
| Thomas | Punton | |||
| James | Pringle | |||
| William | Pringle | |||
| Thomas B | Hepburn | |||
| William | Spence | |||
| Adam | Skeldon | |||
| Archibald | Nisbet | |||
| Campbell | Anderson | |||
| Andrew | Turnbull | |||
| Benjamin | Newton | |||
| Charles | Dickson | |||
| George | Henderson | |||
| James | Kirk | |||
| John | Reid | |||
| James | Redpath | |||
| Robert | Watt | |||
| Thomas | Logan | |||
| James | Coalstone | |||
| Hugh | Ross | record deleted | ||
| John | Walker | |||
| Alexander | Brown | |||
| Peter | Johnston | |||
| Andrew | Hume | |||
| Thomas | Cockburn | record deleted | ||
| James | Watt | |||
| James | Edmond | |||
| William | Thomson | |||
| James | Bathgate | |||
| Thomas | Forrest | |||
| John | Imrie | record deleted | ||
| Willm | Cunningham | |||
| Charles | Grierson | |||
| Alexr | Richardson | record deleted | ||
| David | Peffers | |||
| John | Peffers | added later | ||
| William | Thomson | |||
| John | Cow | |||
| Thomas | Cowan | |||
| William | Rennie | |||
| Richard | Horseburgh | |||
| Peter | Learmonth | |||
| Robert | Miller | |||
| James | Inglis | |||
| George | Anderson | |||
| James | Watt | |||
| George | Young | |||
| William | Wood | record deleted | ||
| Peter | Barrie | |||
| Robert | Watt | |||
| Thomas | Skeldon | record deleted | ||
| James | Douglas | record deleted | ||
| James | Corbett | |||
| Adam | Anderson | |||
| Archibald | Whitson | |||
| William | Walker | |||
| Adam | Robertson | |||
| William | Sherriff | |||
| Alexander | Anderson | |||
| Thomas | Sanderson | |||
| Robert | Crichton | |||
| Alexander | Cow | |||
| George | Burns | record deleted | ||
| William | Moncrieff | record deleted | ||
| James | Thomson | |||
| Robert | Hogg | |||
| Alexander | Brodie | |||
| James | Hunter | |||
| George | Cow | record deleted | ||
| Thomas | Grieve | record deleted | ||
| John | Sanderson | |||
| William | Young | |||
| John | Bathgate | record deleted | ||
| John | Baxter | |||
| William | Ewart | |||
| James | Young | |||
| Robert | Wilson | |||
| Peter | Braid | |||
| William | Pringle | record deleted | ||
| John | Simpson | |||
| James | Wight | record deleted | ||
| George | Yorkstone | |||
| John | Finlay | |||
| William | Ewart | record deleted | ||
| William | Cow | |||
| Archibald | Sandilands | Recorded as Sandilands Archibald | ||
| Russell | added later | |||
| Hugh | Ker | |||
| Thomas | Boyd | |||
| James | Hunter | |||
| Robert | Caldwell | record deleted | ||
| George | Greenfield | |||
| William | Brotherstone | |||
| Alexander | Black | |||
| Thomas | Lawrie | record deleted | ||
| Alexander | Spaden | |||
| John | Waddel | |||
| Robert | Bathgate | |||
| John | Skirving | |||
| George | Yorkstone | |||
| William | Vertie | |||
| William | Sounnes | |||
| James | Bell | |||
| John | Black | record deleted | ||
| Archibald | Yorkstone | |||
| James | Blackie | |||
| Patrick | Begbie | |||
| John | Arthur | |||
| William | Bathgate | |||
| John | Drysdall | |||
| John | Thomson | |||
| Robert | Arthur | |||
| William | Yorkstone | |||
| Alexander | Black | record deleted | ||
| George | Robinson | record deleted | ||
| John | Clerk | |||
| James | Young | |||
| John | Cow | |||
| Thomas | Anderson | |||
| Charles | Hogg | |||
| Nicol | Jaffrey | |||
| John | Johnston | |||
| James | Wight | |||
| Adam | Rentoul | |||
| Christopher | Anderson | |||
| William | Alison | |||
| Andrew | Watt | |||
| Robert | Irvine | |||
| James | Sives | |||
| George | Irvine | |||
| James | Crow | |||
| John | Slate | |||
| Thomas | Dobbie | |||
| John | Moncrieff | |||
| Dickson | added later | |||
| William | Ramage | record deleted | ||
| David | Richardson | |||
| James | Comb | |||
| Alexander | Moffat | |||
| Alexander | Clapperton | |||
| James | Bathgate | |||
| Robert | Hamilton | |||
| John | Richardson | |||
| John | Richardson | |||
| Richard | Scott |
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.
