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Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs
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PARISH  REGISTERS
Abbreviations uses:  B. Burials,  C. Christenings/Baptisms,  D.  Deaths,  M.  Marriages.

Cramond Parish Register [679] [Items 1-2]
Marriages 1651-1819, 1819-1855, Church Meeting Events and Proceedings 1690-1819
Burials 1816-1819, 1818-1854, Births & Baptisms 1819-1854
LDS Film 1066676
Cranston Parish Register [680] [Item 3]
Births & Baptisms 1682-1820, Marriages & Proclamations 1692-1696, 1784-1820
LDS Film 1066676
Cranston Parish Register [680] [Item 1]
Births & Baptisms 1820-1855, Marriages & Proclamations 1820-1855, Burials, 1853-1857
LDS Film 1066677
Cranston Parish Index [680] [Taken from LDS Films 1066676-1066677, 0103010]
Births and christening, A thru Z, 1682-1855 (2 fiche)
Marriages A thru Z, 1692-1696, 1820-1855, 1855

LDS Fiche 6900375
LDS Fiche 6902367
Crichton Parish Register [680] [Items 2-4]
Births & Baptisms 1682-1819,
Parish Statistical Table 1793-1817, Parish Financial Accounts 1679-1683, 1730-1776
Marriage Proclamations 1683-1820, Burial Money 1679-1696, 1724-1818
Births & Baptisms 1818-1855, Marriages 1816-1854, Burial Money 1820-1854
LDS Film 1066677
Crichton Parish Index [681] [Taken from LDS Films 1066677, 0103011]
Births and christenings A thru Z 1682-185 6 (2 fiche)
Marriages A thru Z 1683-1854 (2 fiche)

LDS Fiche 6902416
LDS Fiche 6900376
Currie Parish Register [681] [Items 5]  Births & Baptisms 1639-1729
LDS Film 1066677
Duddingston Parish Register [Blotter]  Mortcloth Dues 1825-1834
Film Sct 23
Edinburgh Parish
The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh for the years:
1595-1800, 1595-1700, 1751-1800 [including Alpha sort]
CD
Edinburgh Canongate Church Parish Register [Blotter] [685]
Kirk Session Minute Book 1564-1567
Notebook of William Cairnes 1687-1706
Writer in Edinburgh & Postmaster in Canongate.
Containing notes of legal actions taken by him on behalf of individuals and other legal jottings.
Details of the Desptach of the 'Flying Packets' weekly. Notes of Money collected by Deacons.
Film Sct 24
Edinburgh Canongate Church Parish Register [Blotter [685] Baptisms, 1840-1855 (Item 1)
LDS Film 1068225
Edinburgh Canongate Parish Register [685]
Burials 1811-1820 (containing cause of death and position of burial)
Film Mln 6
Edinburgh Canongate Parish Register [685]
Burials 1830-1854 (containing cause of death and position of burial)
Film Mln 7
Edinburgh St Buccleuch’s Church [685]   Burials & Index  1820-1854
Film Mln 3
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Baptisms 1743-1753
LDS Film 1068219 Item 5
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Baptisms 1753-1772, 1824-1826, Marriages 1744-1755, 1768-1772
LDS Film 1068220
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Baptisms 1826-1843
LDS Film 1068221
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Baptisms 1843-1855, Marriage Proclamations 1818-1819
LDS Film 1068222
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Marriage proclamations 1824-1826, 1832-1840, 1844-1848
LDS Film 1068223
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Marriage Proclamations 1847-1855
LDS Film 1068224 Item 1-4
Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s Blotter Registers (685)
Marriages 1746-1784
LDS Film 1068242 Item 13
Edinburgh St Cuthberts Church [685]
Burials 1793-1819,  Burials [Holyrood Chapel Royal] 1621-1819,  Baptisms 1820-1830
Film Mln 5
Edinburgh St Cuthbert's Church [685]  Marriages & Baptisms 1743-1784
Film Sct 26
Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Church [685] Marriages 1788-1818
LDS Film 1066757
Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Church Parish Index [685] [Taken from LDS Films 0993529, 1066751-1066754, 1066756-1066767, 1040212-1040214, 1040331, 1040214, 1041993-1041995, 0103053-0103054, 0103057-0103060, 0103064-0103065, 0103068, 0103072, 1068219-1068224]
Births and christenings A thru Z, 1573-1855 (29 fiche)
Marriages A thru Z, 1614-1854 (20 fiche)



LDS Fiche 6901046
LDS Fiche 6900813
Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Church [685]  Burials 1844-1854,  Index to Burials 1840-1854
Film Mln 3
Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Church  Births & Baptisms 1843-1855
Film Mln 2
Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Church [685]
Chapel of Ease Mortality Cloth Ledger 1794-1798 & Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1798-1807
Chapel of Ease Mortality Cloth Ledger 1794-1803, Chapel of Ease Dues 1803-1805
Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1808-1816, Chapel of Ease Dues 1805-1816
Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1817-1819, Chapel of Ease Dues 1817-1820
St Cuthbert’s Births and Baptisms, 1826-1831 [with Index of Fathers]
Film Mln 4
Edinburgh Tolbooth Parish Register (Kirk Session)
Marriages 1825-1836, 1838-1865, Baptisms 1824-1849, 1850-1865
Glencorse Parish Register (Kirk Session) [687] Marriages 1852-1854
Film Sct 36
Inveresk Parish Registers [Blotter] [689]  Neglected Birth Registrations 1840-1855
Film Sct 24
Lasswade Parish Register
C. 1617-1687, 1687-1776, 1776-1819, 1820-1854,
B. 1819-1820, 1634-1641, 1689-1696, 1820-1854,
M. 1617-1820, 1689-1696, 1820-1854
Film Mln 1
Newbattle Parish Register [695]  - Register of Proclamations 1855-1857
Film Sct 26
Penicuik Parish Index (697) Taken from LDS Films 1067788-1067789
Births and christenings A thru Z 1654-1854 (2 fiches)
Marriages A thru Z 1654-1854
LDS Fiche 6901518
LDS Fiche 6901519
Penicuik Parish Register [697] [Item 5]
Burials 1759-1855, Baptisms 1819-1854, Marriages 1819-1854
LDS Film 1067789
Rutherglen Parish Registers [654] Baptisms 1698-1854,
Marriages 1698-1758, 1820-1854, Burials 1705-1794
LDS Film 1066604
Rutherglen Parish Index [654] [Taken from LDS Film 1066604]
Births and christenings A thru Z, 1698-1854 (4 fiche)
Marriages A thru Z 1698-1854

LDS Fiche 6901322
LDS Fiche 6901323
South Leith Records Vol 1 & II  1588-1850,1588-1700
Extracts from the Minute Books, Articles from the Church Magazine,
The Chronicle of South Leith etc.1700-1850 - List of Ministers, Members of Session,
Extracts from Registers, Monumental Stones etc.
CD
South Leith Parish Register Marriages 1839-1854 (Indexed)
Birth Index 1816-1846, Burials 1719-1787
LDS Film 1067777
South Leith Parish Index [Taken from LDS Films 1067770-1067781]
Marriages A thru Z, 1599-1855 (8 fiche)

LDS Fiche 6901048

PROBATE   RECORDS  &   WILLS
Wills before 1875 were proved in Commissariot Courts.
The areas covered by Commissariot Courts pre 1800 in Scotland relate to Church jurisdiction and not county borders
so more than one Court can cover a County. 

The Commissariot Court of Edinburgh had jurisdiction for the whole of Scotland and abroad and should also be checked. 
These Testaments are for personal property only.

The Library has a complete set of Indexes for pre 1800 Commissariot Court Wills.

The Commissariot of Edinburgh was the main court and covers all of Scotland and Overseas as well as the local area and should always be checked. fiche T11-T23
The Commissariot of Dunkeld covers the following parishes in East Lothian - Aberlady.
fiche T10
Land was covered by separate laws and is covered by the records detailed in:
The Retours of Services of Heirs index 1544 - 1699
The Service of Heirs Index 1700 - 1859
 
CD
CD
Scottish Calendar of Confirmations (of wills) 1876 - 1923 fiche

British Probate Calendar  1858 - 1898
Contains English and Welsh Wills and Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish entries.
Entries can also be found from around the world and from deaths many years earlier. (See Guide)
Where a Scottish Testator also held property in England, for the years listed below, wills were also proved in London , and indexes to these are found at the end of the films listing English probate on the last film for each year after the letter 'Z.'
1858 to 1866 inclusive
1869 to 1876 inclusive
Film
Register of Defuncts
Index to the Inventories of the Personal Estates of Defuncts recorded in the Commissary Court Books of Edinburgh, Haddington and Linlithgow for 1827-1865 and Commissary Court Books of Lanark, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Bute and Argyll for 1846-1865.
Film Sct 4


QUAKERS  or  SOCIETY  of  FRIENDS

Scottish Society of Friends
Register of Births, Proposals of Marriages,
Marriages and Deaths 1647-1878 [Transcript found on Scotland General CD].
CD

SCHOOL  &  UNIVERSITY  RECORDS

Calender Free Church SchoolSchool Roll & Register of Attendance 1857-1868
Film Sct 26
Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914
CD
Edinburgh University Medical Graduates 1705-1866
fiche Sct 372-374
Edinburgh University Medical Graduates 1859-1888
fiche Sct 370-371
Matriculation Roll of The University of St Andrews 1747-1897
CD
Merchiston Castle School Register 1833-1903
[The register of the Edinburgh boys' boarding school founded in 1833]
This book contains biographical details about the scholars, listings of various sporting teams and competitions, including detailed cricket records.

CD

TAXES

Hearth Tax
List of Hearths Edinburgh (within the City) 1691,
List of Hearths within the shire, exc. Edinburgh, Canongate West Kirk, 1694,
List of Hearths Edinburgh (without walls), South & North Leith,
Canongate & West Kirk 1695
Film Sct 20


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