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Records -> Berwickshire

Whitsome 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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/977/1Minutes 1834-44; 1847-701834-1870Request 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:
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  • £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
Thomas FALCONER 1852 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary KIRK 1849 (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
Isabel BROWN
Whitsome
Alexander PURVES22 Jul 1847Order nowDuns
SC60/7/41
Mary Jane GAULT
Leetside, Whitsome
Samuel BRODIE4 Mar 1906
Leetside, Whitsome
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Susan HALL
Whitsome Laws, Whitsome
John REDPATH10 Mar 1887
Whitsome Laws, Whitsome
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Margaret PURVES
Wynfield, Whitsome
John DUMMA$2 Apr 1862Order nowDuns
SC60/7/41
Jessie SHEPHERD
Leetside, Whitsome
John LEITHEAD4 Jan 1882
Leetside, Whitsome
Order nowDuns
SC60/7/43
Alison WHITEHEAD
Newton, Whitsome
Ebenezer PATERSONOrder nowDuns
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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
George ANDERSON17 January 1860Elisabeth ANDERSONFind the father
John ANDERSON17 January 1860Elisabeth ANDERSONFind the father
David BROOMFIELD7 March 1868Agnes BROOMFIELDFind the father
Agnes BROWN7 June 1870Helen BROWNFind the father
Mary COCKBURN23 May 1860Hannah COCKBURNFind the father
George Edwin CROW30 November 1855Mary CROWFind the father
John CROW26 November 1859Mary CROWFind the father
Jamima CURLE23 June 1857Margaret CURLEFind the father
Ann ELLIOT17 March 1863Ann ELLIOTFind the father
James ELLIOT24 February 1862Elisabeth ELLIOTFind the father
Alexander FORD15 February 1857Helen FORDFind the father
Christian FORD7 October 1856Janet FORDFind the father
William JOHNSTON10 January 1858Elisabeth JOHNSTONFind the father
Thomas LEWENS30 January 1856Margaret LEWENSFind the father
Georgina LEWINS12 September 1859Isabella LEWINSFind the father
Alexander LOCKIE12 July 1855Margaret LOCKIEFind the father
Agnes MIDDLEMISS1 November 1867Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
William NAIRN3 February 1870Elisabeth NAIRNFind the father
Agnes PURVES2 April 1862Agnes PURVESFind the father
James Bookless REDDEN23 December 1871Mary REDDENFind the father
Margaret REDDEN23 October 1856Agnes REDDENFind the father
James ROBERTSON29 January 1873Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet ROBERTSON21 July 1857Janet ROBERTSONFind the father
Joseph SHEPHERD25 March 1868Jessie SHEPHERDFind the father
Margaret SHEPHERD17 February 1863Eliza SHEPHERDFind the father
Matilda SIMPSON17 June 1867May SIMPSONFind the father
George Oliver SIMSON26 April 1864May SIMSONFind the father
William SMITH13 June 1870Mary SMITHFind the father
Robert Douglas TAIT12 August 1872Susan TAITFind the father
John VIRTUE11 September 1868Agnes VIRTUEFind the father
Robert VIRTUE11 September 1868Agnes VIRTUEFind the father
Agnes WILSON21 April 1860Ann WILSONFind the father
James WILSON31 March 1869Agnes WILSONFind the father
Robert Helen WILSON13 June 1857Sarah WILSONFind 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: CH2/977/1 pp. 5-8)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnAllanWhitsome
JohnAllanLaws
WilliamAndersonLongridge
ThomasBalmerHilton
JamesBarupHilton
HenryBellWynnefield
RobertBowmakerDykegatehead
ThomasBrownWhitsome
PeterChirnsideDykegatehead
JohnChisholmEagle Hall
DavidCockburnDykegatehead
JohnClayDykegatehead
AlexanderCockburnWhitsome
AndrewCommonMoor House
PeterCoweJardinefield
JamesCoweHilton
AlexanderCoweWhitsome
RobertCoweWhitsome
AndrewDavisonWhitsome
AlexanderDippieWhitsome
JamesDonaldsonWhitsome
GeorgeFordWhitsome
JohnGibsonWhitsome
ThomasGibsonWhitsome
GeorgeGillanDykegatehead
PeterHumeWhitsome
AndrewInglisOld Newton
GeorgeInglisRevelaw
JohnJohnsonFrenchlaw
JamesLaidlawHilton
EbenezerLindsayHilton
ThomasLoganLaws
GeorgeLorraineWhitsome
ThomasLyallOld Newton
ThomasMabonDykegatehead
AndrewMiddlemissWhitsome
AlexanderNeilansNew Newton
GeorgePatersonLaws
GeorgePaxtonJardinefield
JohnPorterLaws
JamesPringleWhitsome Hill
JamesPurvisWhitsome
JosephPurvesWhitsome
JohnRichardsonWhitsome Hill
JohnRobisonWhitsome Hill
ThomasRogerWhitsome
ThomasRussellLongridge
GeorgeScottWhitsome
JamesSharpWhitsome Hill
WilliamShirlawWhitsome
JohnSimpsonNew Newton
JamesSimpsonNew Newton
WilliamSmithWhitsome
JohnSpenseFrenchlaw
ArchibaldSpenseLongridge
JamesTrotterWhitsome
RobertVietchJardinefield
ThomasWaddellWhitsome
RobertWalkingshawLaws Moor
WilliamWatsonWhitsome
JohnWeatherstonWhitsome Hill
AlexanderWilsonLongridge

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/977/1 pp. 16-19)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnAllanWhitsome
WilliamAndersonLangrigg
ThomasBalmerHilton
JamesBearupHilton
WilliamBlakieNew Newton
JamesBlakieWynnefield
ThomasBrownWhitsome
PeterChirnsideDykegatehead
JohnChisholmEagle Hall
JohnClayDykegatehead
DavidCockburnDykegatehead
AlexanderCockburnWhitsome
PeterCombeWhitsome
AndrewCommonMoor House
PeterCoweJardinefield
JamesCoweHilton
AlexanderCoweWhitsome
RobertCoweWhitsome
ThomasDarrieWhitsome Hill
AlexanderDippieWhitsome
WilliamDunnLaws
GeorgeFordWhitsome
ThomasGibsonRevelaw
JohnGibsonWhitsome
ThomasGibsonWhitsome
JamesGrinlawDykegatehead
ThomasHayJardinefield
PeterHumeWhitsome
AndrewInglisOld Newton
JohnJohnsonFrenchlaw
JamesLaidlawHilton
EbenezerLindsayHilton
GeorgeLorraineWhitsome
ThomasLyallOld Newton
ThomasMabonDykegatehead
WilliamMarshallLaws
JamesMiddlemissLaws
AndrewMiddlemissWhitsome
JamesMiddlemissWhitsome
JamesMitchellLaws
RobertPatersonWynnefield
GeorgePatersonLaws
GeorgePaxtonDykegatehead
JamesPringleWhitsome Hill
JamesPurvisWhitsome
JosephPurvisWhitsome
AlexanderRentonNew Newton
JohnRichardsonWhitsome Hill
JohnRobisonWhitsome Hill
ThomasRobisonWhitsome
ThomasRobisonWhitsome
ThomasRogerWhitsome
ThomasRussellLangrigg
GeorgeScottWhitsome
JamesSharpWhitsome Hill
JohnSimpsonNew Newton
JamesSimpsonWhitsome Hill
WilliamSmithWhitsome
JohnSpenseFrenchlaw
ArchibaldSpenseLangrigg
JamesTrotterWhitsome
RobertVeitchDykegatehead
AlexanderWaitLaws
RobertWalkingshawLaws Moor
WilliamWatsonWhitsome
AlexanderWilsonLangrigg

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/977/1 pp. 23-26)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
WilliamAndersonLangrigg
AlexanderAitkenLaws
JohnAllanWhitsome
JamesBearupDykethead
ThomasBalmerHilton
JamesBlakieWynnefield
ThomasBrownWhitsome
WilliamBlakieNew Newton
GeorgeBowmakerDykethead
RobertBowmakerHilton
JamesCoweHilton
AndrewCommonMoor House
JohnClayDykethead
PeterCoweJardinefield
PeterChirnsideJardinefield
JohnChisholmEagle Hall
PeterCombeWhitsome
AlexanderCoweWhitsome
RobertCoweWhitsome
AlexanderCockburnWhitsome
ThomasDarrieWhitsome Hill
AlexanderDippieWhitsome
JohnElliotLaws
GeorgeFordWhitsome
GeorgeGardnerLaws
ThomasGibsonWhitsome
JohnGibsonWhitsome
JohnGibsonWhitsome
JamesGillieOld Newton
JamesGrinlawWhitsome
PeterHumeWhitsome
AndrewInglesOld Newton
JohnJohnsonFrenchlaw
WilliamJeffreyWhitsome
ThomasIzattOld Newton
EbenezerLindsayHilton
JamesLaidlawHilton
GeorgeLorraineWhitsome
JamesMiddlemissOld Newton
JosephMiddlemissLangrigg
ThomasMabonDykethead
WilliamMylneWhitsome Hill
JamesMitchellLaws
AndrewMiddlemissWhitsome
JamesMiddlemissWhitsome
GeorgePaxtonDykethead
RobertPatersonWynnefield
GeorgePatersonLaws
JamesPurvesWhitsome
JosephPurvesWhitsome
ThomasRogerWhitsome
RobertRentonDykethead
JohnRichardsonWhitsome Hill
JohnRobisonWhitsome Hill
AlexanderRentonNew Newton
ThomasRussellLangrigg
ThomasRobisonWynnefield
ThomasRobisonWynnefield
JohnSimsonNew Newton
JohnSpenceFrenchlaw
ArchibaldSpenceLangrigg
JamesSharpWhitsome Hill
JamesSimsonWhitsome Hill
JamesSmailLaws
GeorgeScottWhitsome
WilliamSmithWhitsome
JamesTrotterWhitsome
RobertVeitchDykethead
RobertWalkingshawSouth Laws
WilliamWatsonWhitsome

Male Heads of families 1837 (NRS Reference: CH2/977/1 pp. 30-31)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeAndersonLangrigg
JohnAllanWhitsome
WilliamAitchisonJardinefieldremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
AlexanderAitkenLawsremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
ThomasBrownWhitsome
WilliamBlakieWest Newton
GeorgeBowmakerDykethead
RobertBowmakerHilton
AndrewCommonMuirhouse
JohnClayDykethead
PeterCoweJardinefield
PeterChirnsideDykethead
JohnChisholmEagle Hall
AlexanderCoweWhitsome
RobertCoweWhitsome
AlexanderCockburnWhitsome
AlexanderDippieWhitsome
GeorgeFordRavelaw
JohnFortuneWynnefieldremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
AbrahamFalconerWhitsome
WilliamGillyWynnefieldremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
ThomasGibsonWhitsome
JamesGillyEast Newtonremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
JamesHillEast Newton
PeterHumeWhitsome
DavidHalidayDykethead
JohnHerriotWhitsomeremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 as dissenter [p 33]
AndrewInglisEast Newton
JohnJohnstoneFrenchlaw
WilliamJaffreyWhitsome
ThomasIzattEast Newton
EbenezerLindsayHilton
JamesLaidlawHilton
GeorgeLorrainWhitsome
AndrewLunnJardinefieldremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
JohnLambertonWynnefield
JosephMiddlemissHilton
ThomasMabonDykethead
WilliamMilneWhitsome Hillremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
JamesMitchelLaws
AndrewMiddlemissWhitsome
JamesMiddlemissWhitsomeremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
DavidNicholLawsremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]
GeorgePatersonWhitsome Hill
JamesPurvesWhitsome
JosephPurvesWhitsome
ThomasRogerWhitsomedied Feb 1838 [p 33]
JohnRichardsonWhitsome Hill
AlexanderRentonWest Newton
ThomasRobisonWynnefield
ThomasRobisonWynnefield
AlexanderRayLongrigg
JohnSimsonWest Newton
JohnSpenceFrenchlaw
ArchibaldSpenceLangriggmisnumbered 56 in original
JamesSmailLaws
GeorgeScottWhitsome Schoolhouse
WilliamSmithWhitsome
JamesTrotterWhitsome
RobertWalkingshawSouth Laws
WilliamWatsonWhitsomeremoved by Presbytery 2 Oct 1838 [p 33]

Kirk Session Records Index

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