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Old parish registers
« on: Wednesday 11 January 12 22:40 GMT (UK) »
Hello

Sorry if this has been asked before but for Scotland deaths pre 1855, is there any way I can find out a cause of death?  I have found a few parish burial records for some of my ancestors but I can't seem to find out their cause of death pre 1855.

Can anyone help?

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Anya

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 11 January 12 22:42 GMT (UK) »
Oh, by the way, it's the coldstream area I'm interested in - I don't know if it was up to the parish what they recorded and in my case they may not have recorded cause of death or if there is another place I should be looking for cause of death in my coldstream ancestors pre 1855!

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 January 12 23:25 GMT (UK) »
pre 1855 its rare dependant to recorder and records are incomplete - generally death records are mainly burial records and the recorder would probably not know the cause, because there bases on the old parish registers.

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #3 on: Friday 13 January 12 16:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi Anya,

One of the few places you'll find a pre 1855 cause of death are the records of the Kelso dispensary. Whilst the dispensary was in Kelso it had patients all over the Borders. I have begun transcribing and the first year is available here: http://tinyurl.com/8y36egk. It may take me a while to transcribe the rest so if you give me the name and date I’m more than happy to have a quick look for you.


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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 15 January 12 14:27 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Emma - I'm going to keep an eye on your site.  There are quite a few people that I'm interested in, a few too many to ask you to check, but if you did come across any mention of the surname 'Tear' or 'Weatherson/Weatherston' I would be grateful of any information.

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Anya

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 15 January 12 17:42 GMT (UK) »
Emma

What a fantastic site,  I shall keep coming back to it. Thank you for undertaking such an enormous task which will certainly be a great help to all those with ancestral connections in the Borders. Best wishes

Maureen :) :) :)

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 15 January 12 17:59 GMT (UK) »
Hello Emma!  What a wonderful thing you are doing!  I, too, will keep checking it in the hopes that one of mine will have gone there!   ;D   Pat
ARCHIBALD/ARCHBALD: Tweedmouth, NBL; CHARLTON: Ponteland, NBL;
ERRINGTON: West Denton, NBL; 
FAIRLESS: Longbenton, NBL;
HARDING: Hollinside, Co. Durham;
KING: Newcastle-on-Tyne & Berwickshire;
LOCKEY: Ryton, Whickham, Co. Durham & YKS; NICHOLSON: Ponteland, Newburn, NBL; PAXTON: Norham, NBL;
PAULIN: Berwickshire; REAY, Ponteland, NBL;
SCOTT: Norham, NBL; SELBY: Tweedmouth, NBL;
SLIGH: Berwickshire; SPOOR: Whickham & Ryton;
WIDDRINGTON: NBL

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Re: Old parish registers
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 17 January 12 15:33 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Thank you all for your kind words, it certainly spurs me on!

Apart from Margt. Weatherston in 1778 which is I the PDF there is only one other so far but I’ll keep my eyes peeled!!


Entry 239 of the second year of the Kelso dispensary.

Name: Mary Weatherstone
Parish: Sprouston.
Recommender: Revd. Mr Turnbull.
Admission: 24 Sepr. 1779
Age: 16
Disease: Diarrhoea
Outcome: Cured 5 Oct 1779
© Kelso dispensary data - Crown copyright. National Archives of Scotland reference HH71/7



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