National records
General Register of Lunatics in Asylums - a complete index to all patients admitted to asylums in Scotland 1858-1921
Board of Supervision Poor Law appeals - these appeals are shown on individual parish pages (see Records by County) below.
Board of Supervision Poor Law appeals - these appeals are shown on individual parish pages (see Records by County) below.
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Index to over 43,000 Sheriff Court affiliation and aliment decrees. When a single mother took the father of her child to court, seeking maintenance payments for her child, she would often go to the Sheriff Court. The extract decrees typically identify the father and mother, give the date of the child's birth, and stipulate the amount the father was required to pay. This index currently covers all records at least from 1800 to 1919, with the exception of Orkney and Shetland.
Sheriff Court extract decrees
Sheriff Courts heard much more than just affiliation and aliment decrees. Our growing index, currently with over 30,000 entries, lists a wide range of civil court cases, and can provide fascinating information for local, family and social and economic historians.
School leaving certificates
Indexes to Scottish school leaving certificates and exam results. This record set currently contains over 250,000 entries covering 1908-1924.
Registers of deeds
Deeds were legal documents that were formally registered for preservation or as a precursor to legal action. Fascinating, informative and diverse, we've indexed over 20,000 deeds recorded in Sheriff Courts and Commissary Courts across Scotland.
General registers of the poor
Indexes to the General Registers of the Poor from 1865-1930. Index currently has around 8,500 entries from Wigtonshire.
Registers of sudden deaths
Indexes to Registers of Sudden Deaths reported to the Crown Counsel office in Edinburgh. Over 8,500 deaths from 1822-1857, mostly predating civil registration.
Anatomy registers
Indexes to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland, 1842-1949.
Fathers found
We've been working to identify fathers of "illegitimate" children who are not named in birth records. So far we've found over 8,000 - is your ancestor among them? Visit Fathers Found to find out.
Records by county
These records are arranged by parish. They include Rolls of Male Heads of Families 1834-1842, Kirk Session minutes, Poor Law appeals to the Board of Supervision and records of births with no father named (1855-1874).
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Not sure which county your parish is in? Use this search to find the right parish page, or to search for records with your ancestor's name.
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