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Stow 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.
We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow COLLIER | 1857 (3) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| William DODDS | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John FRIER | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John FRIER | 1861-1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret MCDONALD | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused in respect that applicant's outdoor allowance is not yet withdrawn | |
| Widow Margaret MCDONALD | 1883 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth PRYDE | 1853 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James TAIT | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David THOMSON | 1847 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christina WILSON | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Emily WILSON or JOHNSTON | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet DODDS Stow, Midlothian | Henry JACKSON | 22 Mar 1878 | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/14 |
| Janet DODDS Stow, Midlothian | Robert MELROSE | 28 May 1884 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Dalgliesh ADAMSON | 30 June 1865 | Jane ADAMSON | Find the father |
| John Whillens AITCHISON | 1 June 1868 | Betsy AITCHISON | Find the father |
| Betsy Davidson AMOS | 12 November 1866 | Eliza AMOS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ANDERSON | 11 May 1872 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane ANDERSON | 10 June 1867 | Jane ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Brown BALD | 17 May 1868 | Margaret BALD | Find the father |
| Thomas BAXTER | 12 November 1871 | Catherine BAXTER | Find the father |
| Isabella BENNET | 2 December 1855 | Isabella BENNET | Find the father |
| Andrew BOGGIE | 27 March 1857 | Helen BOGGIE | Find the father |
| William BOYD | 21 January 1858 | Elizabeth BOYD | Find the father |
| Agnes BROWN | 15 July 1871 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 25 October 1857 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 23 August 1872 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BROWN | 27 November 1874 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| Charles BROWNLEE | 12 February 1867 | Betsy BROWNLEE | Find the father |
| Isabella BROWNLEE | 3 August 1860 | Isabella BROWNLEE | Find the father |
| Janet BROWNLEE | 18 March 1862 | Betsy BROWNLEE | Find the father |
| William BROWNLEE | 5 December 1865 | Isabella BROWNLEE | Find the father |
| John Simpson BRUNTON | 23 July 1861 | Barbara BRUNTON | Find the father |
| James BRYDON | 19 April 1864 | Christina BRYDON | Find the father |
| Adam BURNET | 24 July 1857 | Margaret BURNET | Father found |
| Margaret BURNET | 26 April 1860 | Margaret BURNET | Find the father |
| George BURNS | 1 December 1861 | Helen BURNS | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Scott COUSINS | 17 August 1859 | Elisabeth Jane Stewart COUSINS | Find the father |
| John Stevenson COWAN | 24 May 1866 | Agnes COWAN | Find the father |
| Margaret CRAIG | 19 June 1862 | Betsy CRAIG | Find the father |
| Helen DALGLEISH | 9 December 1865 | Helen DALGLEISH | Find the father |
| John DANIEL | 3 November 1860 | Ann DANIEL | Find the father |
| Jemima DICKSON | 14 December 1863 | Jane DICKSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Robertson DICKSON | 18 December 1873 | Mary DICKSON | Find the father |
| David DODDS | 23 August 1874 | Helen DODDS | Find the father |
| Janet DODDS | 20 December 1855 | Janet DODDS | Find the father |
| William Johnston DODDS | 3 November 1867 | Janet DODDS | Find the father |
| Mary DODS | 27 September 1862 | Margaret DODS | Find the father |
| Margaret Cunningham DONALD | 25 September 1863 | Margaret DONALD | Find the father |
| Isabella DRYDEN | 29 April 1865 | Margaret DRYDEN | Find the father |
| James DUN | 2 February 1865 | Fanny DUN | Find the father |
| Thomas DUN | 13 October 1866 | Fanny DUN | Find the father |
| John FAIRGRIEVE | 20 August 1861 | Isabella FAIRGRIEVE | Find the father |
| Alexander FORSYTH | 12 April 1871 | Agnes FORSYTH | Father found |
| Thomas FORSYTH | 6 January 1866 | Janet FORSYTH | Find the father |
| William FORSYTH | 28 February 1871 | Mary FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Henry Taylor FRASER | 20 September 1869 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| William FRASER | 2 January 1869 | Jane FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary HAINIE | 13 July 1863 | Catherine HAINIE | Find the father |
| Alexander Tough HALL | 31 January 1874 | Betsy HALL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HALLIDAY | 1 January 1867 | Maria HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Mary Binnie HALLIDAY | 12 February 1860 | Mary HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| William Currie HALLIDAY | 13 April 1864 | Sarah HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| James HOGARTH | 27 May 1873 | Janet HOGARTH | Find the father |
| James HUNTER | 16 June 1858 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Betsy Scott JAFFERY | 7 August 1860 | Betsy JAFFERY | Find the father |
| Janet JOHNSTON | 7 February 1869 | Agnes JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Margaret Middlemass KNOX | 5 November 1859 | Agnes KNOX | Find the father |
| Margaret Jamieson LAIDLAW | 22 January 1859 | Marion LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| James LAURIE | 20 October 1855 | Helen LAURIE | Find the father |
| Mary LEE | 14 June 1861 | Jane LEE | Find the father |
| Christina LINDSAY | 31 May 1874 | Agnes LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Robert LINDSAY | 22 June 1871 | Christina LINDSAY | Find the father |
| James LUKE | 29 December 1870 | Helen LUKE | Find the father |
| Helen Murray LYNCH | 7 January 1866 | Helen LYNCH | Find the father |
| Isabella MACK | 28 May 1861 | Mary MACK | Find the father |
| Margaret MACK | 28 May 1861 | Mary MACK | Find the father |
| Mary MACLACHLAN | 28 May 1867 | Ann MACLACHLAN | Find the father |
| James MALCOLM | 22 October 1863 | Margaret MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Peter MCDONALD | 12 December 1865 | Agnes MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Thomas Forsyth MELROSE | 7 March 1873 | Helen MELROSE | Find the father |
| George Allan MERCER | 3 February 1868 | Helen MERCER | Find the father |
| Jessie MIDDLEMASS | 27 October 1856 | Janet MIDDLEMASS | Find the father |
| Peter Divine MILLER | 16 May 1867 | Margaret Or Phoebe Ann MILLER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | 15 June 1861 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| James MOFFAT | 13 August 1864 | Ann MOFFAT | Find the father |
| May MOFFAT | 4 December 1866 | Christina MOFFAT | Find the father |
| John Charters PATERSON | 13 March 1865 | Marion PATERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas PATERSON | 15 May 1869 | Marion PATERSON | Father found |
| John PEGLER | 10 April 1871 | Robina PEGLER | Find the father |
| Janet PORTEOUS | 2 January 1870 | Agnes PORTEOUS | Find the father |
| John Cairns PRETSELL | 29 October 1866 | Margaret Cairns PRETSELL | Find the father |
| Mary PRINGLE | 22 June 1870 | Mary PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann PRINGLE | 22 October 1866 | Barbara PRINGLE | Find the father |
| John RAMAGE | 22 November 1865 | Janet RAMAGE | Find the father |
| James ROBB | 2 March 1855 | Margaret ROBB | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ROBERTSON | 7 June 1864 | Elizabeth ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| John Clark ROE | 9 June 1859 | Mary ROE | Find the father |
| Margaret RUSSELL | 16 September 1858 | Isabella RUSSELL | Find the father |
| William SANDERSON | 6 December 1857 | Euphemia SANDERSON | Father found |
| Robert Lindsay SANDILANDS | 29 September 1859 | Christina SANDILANDS | Find the father |
| Andrew SCOTT | 21 July 1855 | Betsy SCOTT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Pace SHORTREED | 18 February 1862 | Mary SHORTREED | Find the father |
| James Lumsden SIMPSON | 5 August 1859 | Margaret SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Thomas SMITH | 28 August 1863 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Catherine STENHOUSE | 15 April 1863 | Helen STENHOUSE | Find the father |
| Ann STEVENSON | 25 May 1868 | Agnes STEVENSON | Find the father |
| George TAIT | 11 November 1866 | Joan TAIT | Find the father |
| George Riddle TAIT | 19 January 1861 | Joan TAIT | Find the father |
| James Lambert TAIT | 7 April 1862 | Helen TAIT | Find the father |
| Helen Melrose Cranston THOMSON | 14 December 1864 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 6 December 1868 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann TONNOR | 20 March 1871 | Elizabeth TONNOR | Find the father |
| Alexander TOUGH | 18 November 1855 | Elizabeth TOUGH | Find the father |
| Robert Lees TURNBULL | 20 February 1861 | Elizabeth TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Alice WADDELL | 1 August 1864 | Agnes WADDELL | Find the father |
| Alice WADDELL | 23 March 1866 | Agnes WADDELL | Find the father |
| Helen Hogarth WALKER | 12 December 1864 | Robina WALKER | Find the father |
| Jane Manro WARD | 28 July 1859 | Mary WARD | Find the father |
| Robert WHITE | 2 August 1868 | Jane WHITE | Find the father |
| James WHITELAW | 24 August 1869 | Mary WHITELAW | Find the father |
| Mary WHITELAW | 24 August 1869 | Mary WHITELAW | Find the father |
| George WILSON | 4 July 1867 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| John William WILSON | 2 March 1872 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| Robert Whitson WILSON | 13 November 1862 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| Christina YOUNG | 10 October 1870 | Elizabeth YOUNG | Find the father |
| Jessie YOUNG | 28 July 1866 | Margaret YOUNG | Find the father |
| Nicol Hall YOUNG | 19 March 1872 | Christina YOUNG | 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.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for 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.
