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Records -> Midlothian

Temple 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
CH2/353/2Minutes1738-1866Request lookup
CH2/353/4Cash and accounts1781-1809Request lookup
CH2/353/5Cash and accounts1809-1827Request lookup
CH2/353/6Baptisms1863-1935Request lookup
CH2/353/7Communion roll1840-1874Request 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
Robert BARNS 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused
James BROWN 1859 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Agnes CHISHOLM 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Martha DAVIDSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Barbara HASTIE 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Michael HUGHES 1883 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary KIRKE or BLACKIE 1862-1863 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Peter MCFARLANE 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet Allan STEWART 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
George SYME 1847 (1)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
Agnes BATHGATE
Catcune Farm, Gorebridge
Archibald MCGLASHAN13 Nov 1884Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/54
Hetty CUNNINGHAM
Haughhead, Gorebridge
Walter BERTRAM9 Jan 1904
Heriot
Order nowSelkirk
SC63/6/15
Anne Or Annie DAVIDSON
East Wood, Gorebridge
Henry COWE25 Aug 1878
Elphingstone, Tranent
Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/38
Jane HADDEN
Gorebridge
John TAYLOR21 Mar 1885Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/53
Christina MASON
Hillhead, Gorebridge
John ADDISON OR ADDINSON28 Feb 1856Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/37
Christina MASON
Hillhead, Gorebridge
John ADAMSON28 Feb 1856Order nowHaddington
SC40/7/37
Flora MCINNES
Carrington Barns, Gorebridge
John STEWART12 Jun 1884Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/53
Margaret RUTHERFORD
Gorebridge, Temple
James LEES30 Dec 1866Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/40
Margaret SCOUGAL
Mossend, Gorebridge
George MELROSE24 May 1887Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/56
Elizabeth SIMPSON
Barleyknowe, Gorebridge
William YOUNG27 Sep 1880Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/49
Jane YOUNG
Hunterfield, near Gorebridge
William DAVIDSON14 Feb 1883Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/50
Janet YOUNG
Outerstone, Gorebridge
William FYFE9 Jun 1876Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/45


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.
Anatomy Registers
NameAgeLast residence and place of deathDate of deathOrder record
Thomas CONNELL74Middleton Limeworks, Gorebridge11 Jan 1935Order record
James KELLY6820 Jubilee Row, Hunterfield, Gorebridge20 May 1917Order record
Mary NOBLE263 Stobhill, Gorebridge24 Jun 1908Order 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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Isabella ANDERSON4 December 1857Agnes ANDERSONFind the father
James BLAKE28 July 1864Jane BLAKEFind the father
Robert BONAR25 April 1861Rebecca BONARFather found
Janet BROWN17 May 1860Janet Brown Or FRASERFind the father
Anne BRUCE24 December 1860Christina BRUCEFind the father
James BRUCE24 December 1860Christina BRUCEFind the father
James Armstrong BRYDEN29 December 1858Margaret BRYDENFind the father
Mary BUTLER4 February 1858Anne Butler Or DARGEFind the father
Mary BUTLER11 December 1860Anne Butler Or DARGEFind the father
Agnes CORNWALL31 August 1863Janet CORNWALLFind the father
David CRAIG23 April 1868Isabella CRAIGFind the father
Mary DENHOLM25 August 1866Christina DENHOLMFind the father
Mary Morrison DENHOLM8 December 1858Margaret DENHOLMFind the father
James Lynn DICKSON1 June 1863Louisa DICKSONFind the father
Isabella Jane Brown DRYSDALE29 May 1858Jane DRYSDALEFind the father
John DRYSDALE6 August 1869Annie DRYSDALEFind the father
Mary DRYSDALE5 December 1858Isabella DRYSDALEFind the father
John FORREST5 March 1863Jane FORRESTFind the father
John FRATER13 December 1856Elisabeth FRATERFind the father
Janet GOLDIE21 October 1856Anne GOLDIEFind the father
Archibald HERRIOT9 October 1864Marion HERRIOTFind the father
Margaret HERRIOT27 March 1860Marion HERRIOTFind the father
Alexander HODGE11 February 1860Christina HODGEFind the father
John HOGG1 March 1869Alison Hogg Or MARKFind the father
Alexander Finlayson JOHNSTON5 October 1867Jemima Goldie JOHNSTONFind the father
William JOHNSTON6 May 1855Helen JOHNSTONFind the father
Catherine KELLY25 June 1859Mary KELLYFind the father
Isabella KINNEAR23 April 1868Susan KINNEARFind the father
Elisabeth LAW7 May 1865Margaret LAWFind the father
Helen Mc Intosh LAW23 September 1868Margaret LAWFind the father
John Stodart MITCHELL30 April 1866Helen MITCHELLFind the father
Alexander MORRISON10 September 1864Frances Morrison Or LEARMONTHFind the father
David MORRISON4 July 1869Helen MORRISONFind the father
Frances MORRISON11 November 1862Catherine MORRISONFind the father
Helen MORRISON11 December 1868Catherine MORRISONFind the father
Jessie Prentice MORRISON12 January 1866Helen MORRISONFather found
Robert MORRISON27 June 1865Catherine MORRISONFind the father
Thomas MORRISON30 March 1867Fanny Morrison Or LEARMONTHFind the father
Isabella NICOL2 June 1860Helen NICOLFind the father
Mary PATON23 May 1869Janet PATONFind the father
George PRINGLE18 August 1856Margaret PRINGLEFind the father
Helen PRINGLE11 June 1860Margaret PRINGLEFind the father
James PRINGLE18 March 1863Margaret PRINGLEFind the father
Margaret PRINGLE3 July 1867Margaret PRINGLEFind the father
John Christie RICHARDSON3 February 1861Margaret RICHARDSONFather found
Charles RUSSELL19 July 1860Mary RUSSELLFind the father
Archibald RUTHERFORD30 November 1868Margaret RUTHERFORDFind the father
Janet Hill SANDERSON30 March 1863Janet SANDERSONFind the father
John Kerr SANDERSON31 July 1865Ann SANDERSONFind the father
John SHEARER9 December 1867Margaret SHEARERFind the father
Alexander SIMPSON22 November 1864Alison SIMPSONFather found
Alison SIMPSON7 September 1861Isabella SIMPSONFind the father
James SMITH4 December 1864Marion Hope SMITHFather found
James STEWART13 October 1866Janet STEWARTFind the father
William VEITCH8 September 1864Isabella VEITCHFind the father
Elisabeth WALKER7 August 1856Elisabeth WALKERFind the father
John Moffat WALKER8 November 1866Margaret WALKERFind the father
William Cairns WALKER23 June 1866Joan WALKERFind the father
George WEST16 July 1867Anne WESTFind 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 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/353/2 pp. 461-464)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAffleckmasonTemple
JohnAffleckmasonTemple
JosephAfflecklabourerTemple
JohnAmosblacksmithGorebridge
ThomasAmostailorTemple
JamesBlackielabourerTemple
RobertBlaikietollkeeperSide
DavidBowmangardenerArniston
JohnBrownlabourerTemple Mill
RobertBruntoncollierStobs Green
William TaitBruntonof Toxside
AdamCairnsweaverHowburn
ArchibaldChisholmploughmanYorkston
JohnColdwellspowder manufacturerStobs Mills
RobertCossarcarpenterTemple
AlexanderCowanploughmanFountain Side
WilliamCraiktailorTemple
JohnCunninghamploughmanOuterston
ThomasDenholmploughmanTemple Farm
WilliamDicksonploughmanCastleton
JohnDoigploughmanMuirfoot
GeorgeFermefarmerRosebery
ThomasFermefarmerBraidwood
GeorgeFerrierlabourerStobs Mills
RobertFerrierlabourerStobs Mills
RobertFinlaysonlabourerTemple
JamesGilchristshepherdMuirfoot
JamesGoldieminister of Temple
JamesGrangerlabourerRosebery
JamesGrangerblacksmithRosebery
RobertGrindlaycarpenterRosebery
AlexanderHalstonploughmanEsperston
RobertHardyploughmanStobs Farm
HenryHoggfarmerTweeddale Burn
WilliamHunterfarmerOuterston
RobertInglisshepherdPig Knolls
WalterInglisploughmanBraidwood
JohnIrvineploughmanMuirfoot
PeterJardineploughmanTemple Farm
JamesJohnstonploughmanFountain Side
RobertJohnstoncarpenterTemple
ThomasJohnstoncarpenterTemple
WilliamHogglabourerTemple
AlexanderKayploughmanTemple Farm
AdamKnoxploughmanEsperston
JohnLawsonploughmanFountain Side
WilliamLiddellgamekeeperRosebery
RobertLiddelloverseerRosebery
AeneasMackintoshschoolmaster of TempleTemple
JamesMoirmasonTemple
AndrewMurraylabourerTemple
ArchibaldMurrayshepherdHuntlycote
JamesMurrayweaverTemple
StevensonPatonploughmanOuterston
AdamPringlelabourerRosebery
WalterRitchieinnkeeperCockmuir
DavidRussellmasonTemple
GeorgeRussellploughmanEsperston
JohnRussellcarrierTemple
JosephRusselllabourerTemple
JamesSandersonploughmanRosebery
AdamScottmasonGorebridge
GeorgeSheillploughmanEsperston
ArchibaldSmithploughmanToxside
JamesSmithfarm servantToxside
WilliamSmithploughmanRosebery
WilliamSomervilleflesherGorebridge
ThomasSpiersploughmanOuterston
GeorgeTaitlabourerFountain Side
JamesTaitoverseerSide
JamesTaitfarmerMaulslie
JohnTaitshepherdBlackburn
JohnThomsonploughmanFountain Side
DavidThorburnlabourerGorebridge
AlexanderVeitchploughmanYorkston
RobertWaldieploughmanEsperston
ThomasWhiteoverseerYorkston
ThomasWhiteblacksmithToxside
WilliamWhitefarmerYorkston
JohnWhiteshoemakerTemple
WalterWhitsonshepherdBlackburn
JamesWilkinsoncarpenterTemple
RobertWilkinsonlabourerRosebery
HenryWilsonploughmanFountain Side
JohnWilsonploughmanRosebery
JohnWilsonbakerTemple
ThomasWilsonmerchantGorebridge
WilliamWilsonmasonTemple
JohnYounglabourerTemple

Kirk Session Records Index

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


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