Haddington Sheriff Court 1829-1917

[ScottishAncestry]

We have just added 'paternity' cases from the register of extracted decrees of Haddington Sheriff Court 1829-1917.

These are cases where the mother of an illegitimate child takes the father to court to prove paternity and make him pay for the child's maintenance.

The work of making the index has been done a a volunteer and it is free to search online at www.scottishindexes.com

If you have not used these records before you may find our learning zone helpful: http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcourt.aspx

I hope this index helps you!

Emma

[josey]

Great work, I am sure it will help more than a few!!