Tweedsmuir parish 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/613/1 | Transcript session minutes Includes some mortcloth dues | 1691-1774 | Request lookup |
| CH2/613/3 | Transcript collections Includes poor payments | 1761-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/613/9 | Communion roll | 1898-1926 | Request lookup |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew ANDERSON | 24 December 1855 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John BRODIE | 27 June 1866 | Joan BRODIE | Find the father |
| John DOUGLAS | 22 August 1855 | Ann DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Margaret MUNDELL | 17 May 1858 | Janet MUNDELL | Find the father |
| Anne Halliday MURRAY | 13 June 1870 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| James Fraser MURRAY | 25 December 1865 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| Georgina NEILSON | 3 December 1858 | Mary NEILSON | Find the father |
| James TWEEDIE | 13 September 1864 | Mary TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| Helen WALKER | 29 March 1857 | Janet WALKER | Find the father |
| Robert WALKER | 16 June 1874 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew ANDERSON | 24 December 1855 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John BRODIE | 27 June 1866 | Joan BRODIE | Find the father |
| John DOUGLAS | 22 August 1855 | Ann DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Margaret MUNDELL | 17 May 1858 | Janet MUNDELL | Find the father |
| Anne Halliday MURRAY | 13 June 1870 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| James Fraser MURRAY | 25 December 1865 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| Georgina NEILSON | 3 December 1858 | Mary NEILSON | Find the father |
| James TWEEDIE | 13 September 1864 | Mary TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| Helen WALKER | 29 March 1857 | Janet WALKER | Find the father |
| Robert WALKER | 16 June 1874 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Brown | |||
| George | Ballantine | |||
| John | Murray | farmer | Hearthstane | |
| John | Murray | shepherd | Moat | |
| James | Nielson | weaver | Harestone | |
| James | Thomson | |||
| Walter | Johnston | Bowers | ||
| Thomas | Dempster | |||
| Archibald | Fairlie | |||
| James | Aitken | tailor | Bridgend | |
| David | Tweedie | sheep dealer | ||
| Thomas | Geddes | |||
| Tweedie | Mcgrath | ostler | ||
| William | Renwick | Fingland | ||
| John | Walker | Menzion | ||
| James | Walker | Glenbreck | ||
| John | Tait | |||
| Martin | Taylor | mole catcher | ||
| Alexander | Fleming | shepherd | Crook | |
| Thomas | Borthwick | Carterhope | ||
| Thomas | Anderson | |||
| William | Currie | |||
| James | Johnston | cottar | Crook | |
| James | Johnston | Tweedhopefoot | ||
| William | Paterson | Hawkshaw | ||
| Robert | Anderson | |||
| Alexander | Burnet | Over Menzion | ||
| Francis | Shaw | roadman | ||
| Daniel | Kirk | Tweedshaw | ||
| James | Bryden | |||
| Archibald | Douglas | Menzion | ||
| George | Bell | shepherd | Fruid | |
| Robert | Johnston | shepherd | Fruid | |
| John | Mcallum | Riggs | ||
| William | Anderson | Gameshope | ||
| Lawrence | Tweedie | |||
| George | Tait | farmer | Bridgend | |
| John | Hall | |||
| Alexander | Affleck |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Murray | farmer | Harestone | |
| John | Murray | shepherd | Moat | |
| Walter | Johnston | blacksmith | Bowers | |
| James | Nielston | weaver | Harestone | |
| Thomas | Dempster | labourer | Tweedsmuir | |
| Archd | Fairlie | schoolmaster | Tweedsmuir | |
| James | Aitken | tailor | Bridgend | |
| John | Macallum | labourer | Riggs | |
| William | Anderson | shepherd | Gameshope | |
| George | Bell | shepherd | Fruid | |
| Robert | Johnston | shepherd | Fruid | |
| James | Bryden | shepherd | Linnfoots | |
| Archibald | Gilchrist | ploughman | Harestone | |
| Alexander | Fleming | shepherd | Cadger Acre | |
| Adam | Walker | ploughman | Newbigging | |
| James | Scott | shepherd | Riggs | |
| Martin | Taylor | mole catcher | Riggs | |
| James | Watson | shepherd | Tweedhopefoot | |
| Thomas | Borthwick | shepherd | Carterhope | |
| William | Renwick | shepherd | Fingland | |
| William | Currie | shepherd | Badlieu | |
| James | Johnston | shepherd | Tweedhopefoot | |
| James | Walker | shepherd | Glenbreck | |
| Thomas | Anderson | shepherd | Glencraigie | |
| Alexander | Burnett | shepherd | Over Menzion | |
| Archd | Douglas | shepherd | Craiglaw | |
| William | Helem | shepherd | Linnfoots | |
| Francis | Shaw | roadman | Tweedshaws | |
| William | Paterson | farmer | Hawkshaw | |
| Walter | Mundell | joiner | Tweedsmuir |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Murray | farmer | Harestone | |
| Thomas | Anderson | shepherd | Glencraigie | |
| William | Renwick | shepherd | Fingland | |
| William | Currie | shepherd | Badlieu | |
| James | Johnston | shepherd | Tweedhopefoot | |
| James | Watson | shepherd | Tweedhopefoot | |
| James | Walker | shepherd | Glenbreck | |
| Alexander | Fleming | shepherd | Cadger Acre | |
| George | Bell | shepherd | Fruid | |
| Robert | Johnston | shepherd | Fruid | |
| Francis | Shaw | roadman | Tweedshaws | |
| Archibald | Gilchrist | ploughman | Harestone | |
| William | Anderson | shepherd | Gameshope | |
| Daniel | Kirk | innkeeper | Tweedshaws | |
| John | Murray | shepherd | Moat | |
| Walter | Mundell | joiner | Tweedsmuir | |
| Thomas | Dempster | labourer | Tweedsmuir | |
| John | Mcallum | labourer | Riggs | |
| George | Geddes | tailor | Newbigging | |
| Adam | Walker | ploughman | Newbigging | |
| Tweedie | Mcgrath | innkeeper | Bield | |
| Alexander | Borthwick | shepherd | Harestone | |
| Martin | Taylor | mole catcher | Riggs | |
| James | Nielson | weaver | Harestone | |
| James | Johnston | coachman | Crook | |
| James | Scott | shepherd | Over Menzion | |
| Archibald | Douglas | shepherd | Craiglaw | |
| William Stark | Baillie | roadman | Bridgend | |
| John | Walker | shepherd | Glenbreck | |
| Archibald | Fairlie | schoolmaster | Tweedsmuir | |
| David | Tweedie | fisher | Bridgend | |
| Thomas | Borthwick | shepherd | Carterhope | |
| George T | Stodart | proprietor | Oliver |
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
