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Stirlingshire / Falkirk Illegitimacy Index 1841-1918

« on: Wednesday 17 October 18 18:56 BST (UK) »

Hi,

We have created an index to paternity cases heard at the Falkirk Sheriff Court (1841-1918). You can find out more about our indexing project here (https://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcourt.aspx).

Our index has been created by a wonderful volunteer so the index is free to access and gives a lot of detail.

These are cases where the father of an illegitimate child was forced to pay 'maintenance' for the child. I like to search for male ancestors and see how many illegitimate children they had!

Hope these records help someone.

Emma

www.scottishindexes.com

Sutherland / Dornoch Sheriff Court Paternity Cases 1855-1869

« on: Wednesday 17 October 18 18:40 BST (UK) »

Hi,

We have created an index to Dornoch Sheriff Court Paternity Cases (1855-1869). These are cases where the mother of an illegitimate child takes the father to court to prove he's the father and force him to pay maintenance for the child.

These are great if you know of an illegitimate ancestor, but also search the database for male ancestors and see how many had children you know nothing about! Could explain some odd DNA results!

Search for free: www.scottishindexes.com
Find out more in our Learning Zone: https://www.scottishindexes.com/learning.aspx

Emma

Ross & Cromarty / Cromarty 1833-1918 - Illegitimate Births Index

« on: Monday 15 October 18 20:56 BST (UK) »

Hi,

Our amazing volunteer has indexed Cromarty Sheriff Court Paternity Cases 1833-1918! We have added a free index to www.scottishindexes.com and we have a free guide in our Learning Zone: https://www.scottishindexes.com/learning.aspx

These records are great for smashing down brickwalls in your research!

Hope these help someone!

Emma

Ayrshire / Ayr Sheriff Court ‘Actions of Affiliation and Aliment’ 1837-1918

« on: Monday 15 October 18 20:50 BST (UK) »

Hi,

Just to let you know that you can now search Ayr Sheriff Court ‘Actions of Affiliation and Aliment’ 1837-1918 on www.scottishindexes.com.

If a woman had an illegitimate child she could take the father to court to prove paternity and force him to pay maintenance for the child. These amazing records can smash down brickwalls and thanks to our amazing volunteer you can now search over 28,469 entries from across Scotland.

Find out more in our Learning Zone: https://www.scottishindexes.com/learning.aspx

Emma

Angus (Forfarshire) / Arbroath Sheriff Court Paternity Case Index 1887-1918

« on: Monday 15 October 18 20:44 BST (UK) »

Hi,

A comprehensive index to Arbroath Sheriff Court Paternity Case records (1887-1918) has been added to www.scottishindexes.com.

This is an index to cases where the mother of an illegitimate child took the father to court to force him to pay maintenance for the child.

To find out more visit our Learning Zone: https://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcourt.aspx

I hope this helps someone with a brickwall!

Emma

Inverness / Inverness Sheriff Court Paternity Cases 1799-1806 and 1825-1869

« on: Tuesday 09 October 18 15:03 BST (UK) »

Hi,

Just thought you may like to know that we have added Inverness Sheriff Court Paternity Cases 1799-1806 and 1825-1869 to www.scottishindexes.com.

These are cases where the mother of an illegitimate child takes the father to court to force him to pay aliment for the child.

You can see the full coverage of our free index here: https://www.scottishindexes.com/coveragecourt.aspx

Hope this helps with some of those brickwalls!

Emma

Scotland / Scottish Prison Registers - How to use them and where to find them

« on: Tuesday 09 October 18 14:57 BST (UK) »

I have just written an article about Scottish prison records that you may find useful.

https://www.scottishindexes.com/learningprison.aspx

When we discover that our ancestors came upon difficult times, we have a greater opportunity to delve into their lives and find out more about them. As a large proportion of the ‘working class’ Victorian population was in prison at one point or another, there is a high chance that one of your ancestors will appear in a prison register.

I hope this guide proves to be useful.

Emma

Inverness / Inverness 'paternity' records

« on: Monday 06 November 17 15:59 GMT (UK) »

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that our volunteer has begun indexing Inverness 'paternity' cases. Entries from 1842-1850 are now online.

For a number of years, we have been indexing ‘Actions of Affiliation and Aliment’ found in the extracted decrees of the Scottish Sheriff Courts. We have so far indexed 25,192 entries and the index is free to search on our website. These are cases where the mother of an illegitimate child takes the father to court to prove he is the father and force him to contribute towards caring for the child.

You can search by both parents or just one. It can be quite interesting to search by 'defender', that is your male ancestors, and see which of them had a child you know nothing about! http://www.scottishindexes.com

Hope you find something useful.

Emma

Roxburghshire / Jedburgh Prison from 1811-1841

« on: Thursday 31 August 17 15:35 BST (UK) »

Hello everyone,

A few years ago we indexed Jedburgh prison records 1843-1869. We have just completed an index to Jedburgh prison records 1811-1841.

You can search all our prison register indexes here: www.scottishindexes.com/prisonsearch.aspx

As always you can view the index for free online. These records are interesting and useful when you are researching your family tree.

I hope this index helps with your research.

Emma