Roxburghshire Catalogue of Fiche, Film & CDs

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Roxburghshire
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.

Updates highlighted in Red

This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.

	1851 Census 1861 Census 1861 Census Indexes 1881 Census Transcript & Index 1891 Census Index Court Records Directories Gazetteers Maps	Monumental Inscriptions Miscellaneous Newspapers Nonconformist Registers Occupational Records Parish Registers New Poor Law Probate Records & Wills
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1851 CENSUS
Roxburgh Parishes in the 1851 Census held in the AIGS Library
Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records
and are filed in the Film cabinets under their County Abbreviation and Film Number.

Stitchel

Film Ber 2

1861 CENSUS
Parishes in the Roxburgh 1861 Census held in the AIGS Library
Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records
and are filed in the Film cabinets under their Parish Numbers.

Abbotrule - refer to Southdean (and Abbotrule) (806) Ancrum (780) Ashkirk (781) Bedrule (782) Bowden (783) Castleton (784) Cavers (785) Crailing (786) Eckford (787a) Quoad Sacra Parish of Edgerston (787b) Edgerston (787b) Ednam (788) Hawick (789) Hobkirk (790) Hownam (791) Jedburgh (792) Kelso (793)	Kirktown (794) Lilliesleaf (795) Linton (795) Makerston (797) Maxton (798) Melrose (799) Minto (800) Morebattle (801) Oxnam (802) Roxburgh (803) St. Boswells (804) Smailholm (805) Southdean (and Abbotrule) (806) Stitchill (808) Teviothead (809) Wilton (810) Yetholm (811)
Selkirk Landward (Parish of Selkirk) is in Roxburgh County.

Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships
The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers all of Scotland. These entries are all listed on film 902.

1861 CENSUS INDEXES

Index to the Marine Returns for Scotland

fiche Sct 1E

1881 CENSUS TRANSCRIPT & INDEX
1881 Census Index for entire County of Roxburgh in 6 sets of fiche. .
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated, Misc. Notes, Institutions).
Also on CD (1881 British Census and Index).

1891 CENSUS INDEX
Parishes in the Roxburgh 1891 Census in the AIGS Library
We have a complete set of Indexes for all parishes for the 1891 Census on microfiche.

COURT RECORDS

Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822
Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds of
court decisions involving people from all over Scotland.

DIRECTORIES

1825-26 Pigot & Co Directory Scotland	CD
1837 Directory of Roxburghshire Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Rox 1
1866 Directory of Roxburghshire Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Rox 2-5
1915 Directory of Scotland [Private Residents & Trades] Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Sct 419-425

GAZETTEERS

Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (6 volumes) together with additional material and indexes.	CD
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland	CD

MAPS

The collection of Maps held in the library is in paper format, and will be found in either the
Maps Stands or on top of the film cabinets in Map holders.

Civil Parishes and Counties of Scotland showing Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records Held in Edinburgh and
available Worldwide on microfilm for the Counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles.

Plan of the Town of Hawick [from the actual survey 1824 Wood, John]

Plan of the Town of Jedburgh [from the actual survey 1824 Wood, John]

Plan of the Town of Kelso [from the actual survey 1824 Wood, John]

Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for Scotland

MISCELLANEOUS

Heart of Hawick - Information on Parish & Local Resources and Border Family History

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

Minto Parish Church Monumental Inscriptions (including digital images of headstones)	CD
St Mary & St Cuthbert Monumental Inscriptions (including digital images of headstones)	CD
Weirhill & High Cross Melrose Monumental Inscriptions	CD

NEWSPAPERS

Kelso Mail Newspaper Marriage Announcements 1798-1854	Film Sct 26
Kelso Marriage Announcements 1798-1854	Film Sct 30

NONCONFORMIST REGISTERS

Ashkirk Free Church [Blotter] [781]. Christenings 1844-1908 Parish transferred to Selkirk In 1891.	Film Sct 23
Jedburgh Associate Congration [792]. Baptisms 1743-1838	Film Sct 28
Jedburgh Free Church [792]. Baptisms 1812-1854	Film Sct 30
Jedburgh Relief Church [792]. Baptisms 1825-1861	Film Sct 27
Midlem Original Session Church [Bowden 783] Christenings 1743-1747, 1761-1796, 1830-1914	Film Sct 23

OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS

Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements 1863-1913 [CLIP]	CD
The Register of Apprentices of the City of Edinburgh 1583-1800. Note: These Apprentices come from all parts of Scotland.	CD
Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index [UK-wide index]	CD
Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement Lists 1851 PRO Catalogue No. BT 98 (Note: The area designation relates to the ships’ Port of Registration not the birthplace of the seaman. A seaman could sign on anywhere and change ships at will, so if you do not find him where expected try other areas) The files include a Master Surname Index to Lists published to date. Areas covered are:-Aberdeen, Angus, Cornwall, Lanark, Renfrew, Scotland South- East, Scotland South-West, Highlands & Islands, Wales, Ireland North (Ulster), Ireland Mid & East (Leinster) Ireland South &West (Munster & Connaught).	CD

PARISH REGISTERS
Abbreviations used: B. Burials, C. Christenings/Baptisms, D. Deaths, M. Marriages.

Castleton Parish Register [784] Baptisms 1820-1854, Marriages 1836-1854	Film Rox 5
Cavers Parish Register [785] Baptisms 1684-1807, 1795-1819, 1819-1854, Marriages 1685-1754, 1780-1819, 1819-1854, Burials 1795-1800	Film Rox 5
Crailing Parish Register [786] Baptisms 1708-1819,1820-1854, Marriages 1708-1819, 1820-1854, Burials 1743-1819, 1820-1854	Film Rox 5
Hawick Parish Register [Blotter] [789]. Baptisms 1808-1818	Film Sct 24
Hawick Old Parish Register [789] Baptisms 1723-1821, Index of Surnames A - W. Marriages 1699-1800, Banns 1806, Marriages 1758-1820, Costs/Donations for Sundry Causes 1758-1775, List of Ministers 1689-1833, Burials 1775-1819, Baptisms 1821-1836, Index of Surnames A -Y, Baptisms 1836-1853	Film Rox 3
Hawick Old Parish Register [789] Marriages & Burials 1819-1854, Surname Index, Register of Neglected Entries	Film Rox 4
Hobkirk Old Parish Register [790] Baptisms 1726-1819, 1820-1854, Marriages 1726-1819, 1920-1854, Burials 1726-1819, 1820-1837, Surname Index	Film Rox 4
Hownam Parish Register [791]. Baptisms 1689-1820, 1820-1854, Marriages 1703-1810, 1809-1851	Film Rox 4
Melrose Parish Register [799] C. 1642-1723, 1723-1739, 1739-1791, 1791-1819, 1820-1854, Index to Christenings 1820-1854, Register of Neglected Entries, M. 1642-1722, 1723-1741, 1739-1791, 1791,1819, 1820,1854, B. 1734-1741, 1791-1819, 1820-1854	Film Rox 1
Southdean Parish Register [806] Including Abbotrule, Item 1-2 Baptisms 1696-1855, 1755-1776 (Abbotrule) Marriages, 1736-1740, 1758-1762, 1785-1854, Marriages 1755-1776 (Abbotrule) Burials 1736-1772, 1802-1844	LDS Film 1067952
Stitchel Parish Register [808] Items 1-2 [includes records from Hume Berwickshire] Baptisms 1819-1854, Marriages 1648-1854	LDS Film 1067953
Stitchel & Hume Parish Register [808] Baptisms 1640-1819, Marriages 1648-1819, Bonds of Marriage Contract 1820-1854	Film Rox 2 LDS Film 1067952 LDS Film 1067953
Teviothead Parish Register [809]. Births 1824-1854	Film Rox 2 LDS Film 1067953
Wilton Parish Register [810] Item 4-6 Baptisms 1694-1804 (Indexed), Marriages 1756-1832, Baptisms 1799-1820, Burials 1756-183	LDS Film 1067953

POOR LAW

Jedburgh Parish Poor Law Records 1852-1874	CD
Jedburgh Parish Poor Law Records 1875-1894	CD

PROBATE & 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 Peebles covers the County of Roxburgh.	fiche T40
Land was covered by separate laws and is covered by the records detailed in: *The Service of Heirs Index* 1544 - 1699 *The Retours of Services 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 1846 -1867
Index to the Inventories of the Personal Estates of Defuncts recorded in the Commissary Court Books of: Ayr, Berwick, Dumfries, Kircudbright, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk & Wigtown from 1846-1867, plus an Addenda.	Film Sct 4

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