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Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« on: Monday 01 September 14 14:33 BST (UK) »
Some of you may have seen our new website www.scottishindexes.com. For a few years we have been indexing records for the south of Scotland. These were available on www.maxwellancestry.com. One of the most recent additions is the Sheriff Court Paternity index. This is an index to cases where the mother of an illegitimate child took the father to court, firstly to prove he was the father and secondly to be able to extract cash from him.

These records are useful to us as they can be the only surviving evidence of who the father of an illegitimate child was. Even if we have this information from a birth certificate the records can be interesting as they give more detail and add to your family story.

With the help of a volunteer we have now begun indexing the Edinburgh Sheriff Court Cases: 1830 and 1831 cases are now online.

Our index is free to search with no registration required. We also give the reference number so that you can look up the full record up at the National Records of Scotland.

Here is a typical entry in our index:

Pursuer   Helen Amos, South Bridge Street, Edinburgh
Defender   Alexander Marjoribanks, Carlton Street nr Edinburgh
Year of Child's Birth   1826
Year of Decree or Extract   1831
Sheriff Court   Edinburgh
County   Midlothian
NRS Reference   SC39/8/8 p300

I hope this new resource proves to be useful.

Emma

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 October 14 16:13 BST (UK) »
Hi everybody,

Just to let you know we've been updating the index over the last few weeks and Edinburgh Sheriff Court cases from 1830-1840 are now indexed.

If you've not used Sheriff Court records before you may find the new section of our 'Learning Zone' helpful: http://www.scottishindexes.co.uk/learningcourt.aspx

Emma


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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 03 December 14 16:20 GMT (UK) »
This index now covers Edinburgh cases from 1830 to 1849!

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #3 on: Friday 09 January 15 15:38 GMT (UK) »
This index now covers Edinburgh cases from 1830-1855.


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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 28 January 15 20:06 GMT (UK) »
Thanks to our volunteer, Margaret, this index now includes cases up to 1859... more coming soon!

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #5 on: Friday 03 April 15 14:37 BST (UK) »
Just to let you know this index now covers Edinburgh Sheriff Court cases from to 1830-1865. You can see full coverage of all our indexes from this page: http://www.scottishindexes.com/coverage.aspx

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:21 BST (UK) »
This index now extends to 1869.

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #7 on: Monday 07 November 16 14:36 GMT (UK) »
This index now covers extracted 'paternity' decrees for Edinburgh 1830-1892 and processes for Edinburgh 1788, 1808-09, 1819, 1829.

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Re: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index
« Reply #8 on: Monday 07 November 16 20:53 GMT (UK) »
Ach my wee heart skipped a beat when I saw 1892 ......... but nothing about my grandmother ...... guess my gt grandmother didn't bother pursuing whoever the father was  :'(
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