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Westruther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecilia GARDNER | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes LAIDLAW | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Betty WATHERSTON | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes WEATHERSTONE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes WETHERSTONE | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan HARDY Spottiswood, Westruther, Berwickshire | George THOMSON OR THOMPSON | 12 Nov 1852 Camieston, Lessudden | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/10 |
| Elizabeth LOGAN Broomiebank, Westruther | Andrew SMEATON | Order now | Duns SC60/7/42 | |
| Mary STUART or LYALL Bassendeanhill, Westruther | Joseph DEANS | 30 Dec 1849 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella ANDERSON | 25 July 1862 | Isabella ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet ANDERSON | 23 August 1865 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ANDERSON | 26 June 1856 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Aken BRUNTON | 22 January 1865 | Barbara BRUNTON | Find the father |
| Robina Runciman DAVIDSON | 21 August 1874 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret DODDS | 12 June 1860 | Margaret DODDS | Find the father |
| Mary DODS | 22 July 1863 | Margaret DODS | Find the father |
| Aaron FORD | 17 February 1867 | Janet FORD | Father found |
| Margaret FORD | 30 June 1864 | Janet FORD | Find the father |
| Alexa GALBRAITH | 23 December 1867 | Jane GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| James GALBRAITH | 1 September 1861 | Jane GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Janet GALBRAITH | 27 April 1858 | Jane GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Margaret GALBRAITH | 19 February 1871 | Margaret GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Sophia GALBRAITH | 2 February 1866 | Margaret GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Thomas GALBRAITH | 7 June 1869 | Janet GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Euphemia GARDINER | 22 September 1864 | Cecilia GARDINER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth GRAY | 17 May 1869 | Betsy GRAY | Find the father |
| Violet GRAY | 24 January 1862 | Jessie GRAY | Father found |
| Jane Renton HOGG | 23 January 1859 | Margaret HOGG | Find the father |
| John HOGG | 26 December 1860 | Margaret HOGG | Find the father |
| George HUME | 20 September 1860 | Elisabeth HUME | Find the father |
| Agnes HUNTER | 15 July 1872 | Helen HUNTER | Find the father |
| James HUNTER | 13 December 1856 | Janet HUNTER | Find the father |
| William JEFFREY | 1 May 1872 | Agnes JEFFREY | Find the father |
| Isabella KELLY | 26 January 1867 | Isabella KELLY | Find the father |
| Thomasina KELLY | 30 June 1873 | Isabella KELLY | Find the father |
| Sidney LAURIE | 25 August 1868 | Isabella LAURIE | Find the father |
| William LAURIE | 25 August 1868 | Isabella LAURIE | Find the father |
| James LOGAN | 5 December 1869 | Elisabeth LOGAN | Find the father |
| Jane Luke MARSHALL | 20 March 1867 | Jane MARSHALL | Father found |
| Ann MCFADYEN | 22 February 1873 | Rosann MCFADYEN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKELVIE | 14 November 1873 | Margaret MCKELVIE | Father found |
| Williamina Clark MILLS | 18 December 1873 | Isabella Clark MILLS | Find the father |
| Elisabeth PARK | 11 January 1865 | Isabella PARK | Find the father |
| Mary PREACHER | 7 January 1864 | Helen PREACHER | Find the father |
| George PRINGLE | 23 August 1855 | Isabella PRINGLE | Find the father |
| James PRINGLE | 24 November 1864 | Elisabeth PRINGLE | Find the father |
| John PRINGLE | 22 August 1858 | Ann PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Agnes RENWICK | 23 January 1872 | Janet RENWICK | Find the father |
| Isabella Bain ROBERTSON | 15 October 1871 | Isabella Bain ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SMITH | 14 May 1860 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Catherine STEWART | 3 December 1859 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| Janet WANLESS | 13 June 1869 | Mary WANLESS | Find the father |
| Susan WANLESS | 12 July 1857 | Susan WANLESS | Find the father |
| Mary Ann WATHERSTON | 11 June 1862 | Mary Ann T. WATHERSTON | Find the father |
| Thomas Stark WILSON | 19 August 1863 | Elisabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WYLLIE | 7 April 1865 | Jane WYLLIE | 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.
