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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Midlothian => Topic started by: ScottishAncestry on Monday 01 September 14 14:33 BST (UK)
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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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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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This index now covers Edinburgh cases from 1830 to 1849!
www.scottishindexes.com
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This index now covers Edinburgh cases from 1830-1855.
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Thanks to our volunteer, Margaret, this index now includes cases up to 1859... more coming soon!
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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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This index now extends to 1869.
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This index now covers extracted 'paternity' decrees for Edinburgh 1830-1892 and processes for Edinburgh 1788, 1808-09, 1819, 1829.
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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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What a shame! We'll keep indexing and hopefully something will help in the future.
Emma