Records -> Selkirkshire
Yarrow 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1552/1 | Kirk session minutes 1760-1842 with abstract of accounts at back 1779-1884 Includes mortcloth dues and poor | 1760-1884 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/2 | Kirk session minutes | 1880-1939 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/10 | Proclamation fees | 1855-1872 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/15 | Communion roll book | 1883-1885 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/16 | Communion roll book | 1886-1889 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/17 | Communion roll book | 1890-1895 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/18 | Communicants' roll book | 1896-1901 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/19 | Communicants' roll book | 1902-1907 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/20 | Communicants' roll book | 1908-1913 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1552/30 | Disbursement book | 1870-1876 | Request 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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes INGLIS | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes MILLAR | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Agnes MILLAR | 1850 (1) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina SANDILANDS Mountbenger, Yarrow | James MACALISTER | 27 Mar 1895 | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/15 |
| Mary SCOTT Yarrowford, Selkirkshire | Francis RIDDELL | 5 Feb 1877 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BAPTIE | 22 March 1863 | Beatrice BAPTIE | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth BRUNTON | 7 January 1858 | Elizabeth BRUNTON | Find the father |
| Robert Wood BRUNTON | 27 October 1860 | Elizabeth BRUNTON | Find the father |
| James BRYDON | 7 November 1867 | Isabella BRYDON | Find the father |
| Catherine DALGLEISH | 3 December 1866 | Mary DALGLEISH | Find the father |
| James DALGLEISH | 17 August 1863 | Helen DALGLEISH | Find the father |
| Walter DALGLIESH | 25 February 1861 | Helen DALGLIESH | Find the father |
| James DIXSON | 30 May 1861 | Janet DIXSON | Find the father |
| James Hope DOBIE | 27 March 1874 | Mary Hope DOBIE | Find the father |
| Anne GOODFELLOW | 17 May 1867 | Isabella GOODFELLOW | Find the father |
| Margaret GOODFELLOW | 7 May 1873 | Isabella GOODFELLOW | Find the father |
| Marion IRELAND | 4 November 1863 | Jane IRELAND | Find the father |
| Alexander MATHISON | 29 January 1871 | Mary MATHISON | Find the father |
| Alexander MATHISON | 29 January 1872 | Mary MATHISON | Find the father |
| Margaret MURRAY | 10 September 1874 | Ellen MURRAY | Find the father |
| Robert MURRAY | 16 August 1868 | Ellen MURRAY | Find the father |
| Robina RENWICK | 27 July 1862 | Elizabeth RENWICK | Father found |
| Jane RUTHERFORD | 26 August 1863 | Janet RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Margaret RUTHERFORD | 15 January 1866 | Janet RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| William RUTHERFORD | 27 February 1869 | Janet RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| George SHANKIE | 3 July 1869 | Ann SHANKIE | Find the father |
| Jane SHANKIE | 1 August 1869 | Betsy SHANKIE | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 2 July 1873 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Jessie STEWART | 20 April 1863 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| Robert STEWART | 13 April 1871 | Isabella STEWART | Father found |
| Margaret TURNER | 14 December 1864 | Mary TURNER | Find the father |
| Agnes WHITE | 21 July 1867 | Agnes WHITE | 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.
