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Records -> West Lothian

South Queensferry 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
CH2/689/4Minutes 1736-9 & 1742-63
Includes poor rolls
1736-1763Request lookup
CH2/689/5Minutes
(Fragmentary)
1775-1794Request lookup
CH2/689/6Minutes1804-1854Request lookup
CH2/689/7Minutes1854-1884Request lookup
CH2/689/8Minutes1884-1910Request lookup
CH2/689/9Communion roll1855-1878Request lookup
CH2/689/10Communion roll1878-1887Request lookup
CH2/689/11Communion roll1888-1896Request lookup
CH2/689/12Communion roll1897-1902Request lookup
CH2/689/13Meek Bequest accounts
Regular poor payments
1831-1917Request lookup
CH2/689/16Meek Bequest Roll book
Regular poor rolls
1850-1865Request lookup
CH2/689/17Meek Bequest Roll book
Regular poor rolls for Queensferry and Dalmeny
1866-1896Request lookup
CH2/689/19Baptismal register1855-1939Request lookup
CH2/689/21Meek's Charity, committee of management minutes
Minutes of consideration of applications for poor relief
1896-1958Request lookup
CH2/689/22Meek's Charity, roll of recipients
Rolls of recipients of poor relief in Queensferry and Dalmeny from the Meek Trust
1897-1949Request lookup
CH2/689/28Communion roll1902-1906Request 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
Jean BROWN 1853-1854 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Eliza CORRIGAN 1870 (3)Order imagesRefused
Euphemia HENDERSON 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused
Mary HIGGINS 1873 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow O'NEIL 1868 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John O'NEIL 1868 (2)Order imagesDead


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
Mary BAIN
Queensferry, West Lothian
Neil DARROCH10 Nov 1878Order nowGreenock
SC53/7/4
Catherine CONNERTON
Bellstone, South Queensferry
Andrew MCKENNA18 Feb 1882Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/49
Margaret DANDIE or SNEDDON
South Queensferry
James ALEXANDER8 Apr 1879Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5
Janet FOSSET
Belstane, South Queensferry
Robert GUNN16 Oct 1889Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5
Elizabeth MURRAY
Clark Place, Queensferry
James MARSHALL18 Jun 1888
Clark Place, Queensferry
Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5


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
William AGNEW8 July 1872Bridget AGNEWFather found
Thomas ALLAN29 March 1870Christina ALLANFind the father
Phemy ANDERSON15 March 1861Betsey ANDERSONFind the father
Rachel ANDERSON27 February 1856Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
Agnes BELL28 May 1861Helen BELLFind the father
George BELL12 March 1874Helen BELLFind the father
James BELL3 October 1862Helen BELLFind the father
John Stewart BELL25 October 1856Jessy BELLFind the father
Margaret BELL19 June 1859Helen BELLFind the father
Margaret BELL8 February 1867Ellen BELLFind the father
George BIRRELL9 January 1869Margaret BIRRELLFind the father
Daniel BLACK9 December 1858Phemy Shaw BLACKFind the father
Helen BOLT9 January 1857Helen BOLTFind the father
Elizabeth Cowper BOWIE14 May 1864Catherine BOWIEFind the father
James BOWIE19 June 1856Marion BOWIEFind the father
Anne BOYLEN27 September 1860Catherine BOYLENFind the father
Hugh BOYLEN16 June 1871Catherine BOYLENFind the father
William BRUCE17 September 1862Jane BRUCEFind the father
Agnes COCKBURN12 September 1870Jane COCKBURNFind the father
William COUPER21 May 1873Marion COUPERFind the father
Allison DAVIDSON19 October 1862Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
Catherine DAVIDSON10 November 1865Ellen DAVIDSONFind the father
Elizabeth Meikle DAVIDSON2 July 1864Elizabeth DAVIDSONFather found
George DAVIDSON29 August 1855Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Peter DAVIDSON17 July 1871Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
George DOWIE2 June 1857Elizabeth DOWIEFind the father
James DOWIE2 October 1856Christina DOWIEFind the father
George Taylor DOWNIE25 January 1874Charlotte DOWNIEFind the father
David FINLAY21 October 1860Charlotte FINLAYFind the father
James FINLAY15 March 1863Charlotte FINLAYFind the father
George FINNIGAN14 May 1873Catherine FINNIGANFind the father
Isabella FORD24 March 1862Jane FORDFind the father
Anne FOSSET8 March 1872Margaret FOSSETFind the father
Charles GARVIE26 March 1864Bridget GARVIEFind the father
John GRAY1 May 1855Mary GRAYFind the father
Ann HALDANE6 July 1870Marjory HALDANEFind the father
Charles HALDANE26 September 1874Margary HALDANEFind the father
Christina HALDANE19 April 1863Elizabeth HALDANEFind the father
Christina HALDANE13 June 1865Ann HALDANEFind the father
James HAMILTON16 January 1856Elizabeth HAMILTONFind the father
Jane HAMILTON10 June 1862Janet HAMILTONFind the father
Wilhelmina HAMILTON3 September 1868Alison HAMILTONFind the father
Jemima HENDERSON4 May 1866Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Alexander INNES29 March 1865Margaret INNESFind the father
Catherine JAMIESON24 December 1868Ailison JAMIESONFind the father
William JOHNSTON14 March 1862Jean JOHNSTONFind the father
Margaret Louisa KENNEDY12 August 1872Margaret WYLIEFind the father
John KERACHER27 July 1867Rose KERACHERFind the father
Elizabeth Wilson Black KERR6 September 1874Euphemia KERRFind the father
Henry LEADBETTER25 August 1872Catherine LEADBETTERFind the father
Elizabeth MACFIE18 December 1859Mary MACFIEFind the father
Helen Kerson MACFIE1 March 1874Jane MACFIEFind the father
Janet Kerr MARSHALL15 May 1858Agnes MARSHALLFind the father
Thomas Peter MARSHALL4 October 1855Janet MARSHALLFind the father
Thomas MARTIN11 May 1856Anne MARTINFind the father
Catherine MCARTHUR6 September 1856Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
David MCARTHUR15 December 1870Margaret MCARTHURFind the father
James MCARTHUR26 May 1859Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
John MCARTHUR4 July 1865Margaret MCARTHURFind the father
Margaret MCARTHUR16 October 1866Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
Mary MCARTHUR12 May 1857Anne MCARTHURFind the father
Mary MCARTHUR16 October 1866Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
Mary MCARTHUR17 September 1869Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
Mary MCARTHUR18 October 1870Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
Michael MCARTHUR25 November 1867Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
William MCARTHUR22 May 1862Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
William MCARTHUR20 February 1863Ann MCARTHURFind the father
William MCARTHUR11 January 1865Jemima MCARTHURFind the father
Williamina MCBAIN20 May 1873Hellen MCBAINFind the father
Patrick MCDONALD3 December 1870Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Ellen MCDOUGALL7 April 1873Margaret JOHNSTONFather found
Robert MEIKLE28 December 1868Elizabeth MEIKLEFind the father
Bridget MILLAN14 July 1861Eliza MILLANFind the father
Catherine MILLAN6 April 1866Elizabeth MILLANFind the father
Mary Ann MILLAN2 March 1863Eliza MILLANFind the father
Margaret MILNE15 February 1874Elizabeth MILNEFind the father
James John MITCHELL19 May 1873Elizabeth MITCHELLFind the father
George MORREN9 January 1861Catharine MORRENFind the father
Maggie ORROCK21 October 1868Margaret Jane ORROCKFind the father
David PONTON6 August 1864Isabella PONTONFind the father
John PONTON20 August 1862Isabella PONTONFind the father
Jemima PRYDE20 April 1865Elizabeth PRYDEFind the father
Mary Anne PRYDE24 March 1861Betsey PRYDEFind the father
John ROXBURGH7 July 1857Mary ROXBURGHFind the father
Alison SCOTT21 June 1859Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Julia SCOTT19 February 1866Catherine SCOTTFind the father
Wilhelmina SCOTT13 February 1871Catherine SCOTTFind the father
Elizabeth Sinclair SHADE30 July 1866Margaret Paterson SHADEFind the father
Cicilia SINCLAIR23 July 1873Mary SINCLAIRFind the father
Peter SINCLAIR25 October 1867Mary SINCLAIRFind the father
William SINCLAIR26 August 1869Mary SINCLAIRFind the father
Robert TEMPLE11 October 1865Jane TEMPLEFind the father
Ellen TORMEY6 June 1866Mary TORMEYFind the father
John VIRTUE27 April 1873Susan VIRTUEFind the father
Peter WALLACE23 April 1859Margaret WALLACEFind the father
Andrew WEBSTER23 November 1868Christina WEBSTERFind the father
James WESTON27 February 1863Elizabeth WESTONFind the father
James WHITE20 November 1861Cathrine WHITEFind 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: CH2/689/6 pp. 137-138)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
ThomasDimmaMinister
RobtCharleselder
GeorgeYoungelder
EliasJohnstonelder
RobertMasonelder
JohnGordonelder
RobtHamiltonelder
JamesWilson
CharlesBrown
ThomasFleming
RobertCarphin
JamesJohnston
JamesDalgleish
JKinmont
WilliamMeikle
RobertWilson
JamesBroomfield
DavidMason
JamesRoberts
ThomasRitchie
AlexrMcgibbon
RobertStrachan
AndwRobertson
WilliamMarshall
RobtHamilton
JamesHenderson
JohnGourlay
DavidSharp
JohnGardner
CampbellInnes
JohnYoung
AlexanderBell
AlexanderHunter
CharlesHamilton
JamesHamilton
GeorgeMiles
HughCochrane
AlexanderJohnston
GeorgeGlen
WilliamHalliday
GeorgeMason
RobtWalker

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/689/6 pp. 142-142)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertCharleselder
GeorgeYoungelder
EliasJohnstonelder
RobertMasonelder
JohnGordonelder
RobertHamiltonelder
JamesWilson
CharlesBrown
ThomasFleming
RobertCarphin
JamesJohnston
JamesDalgleish
JamesKinmint
WilliamMeikle
RobertWilson
JamesBroomfield
DavidMason
ThomasRitchie
AlexanderMcgibbon
RobertStrachan
AndwRobertson
WilliamMarshall
RobertHamilton
JamesHenderson
JohnGourlay
DavidSharp
JohnGairdner
CampbellInnes
JohnYoung
AlexanderBell
AlexanderHunter
CharlesHamilton
JamesHamilton
GeorgeMiles
HughCochrane
AlexanderJohnston
GeorgeGlen
WilliamHalliday
GeorgeMason
RobertWalker
WilliamCampbell

Kirk Session Records Index

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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.


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