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PARISH REGISTERS
Abbreviations uses: B. Burials, C. Christenings/Baptisms, D. Deaths, M. Marriages.

Duddingston Parish Register [Blotter] - Mortcloth Dues 1825-1834	Film Sct 23
Edinburgh Parish The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh for the years: 1595-1800, 1595-1700, 1751-1800 [including Alpha sort]	CD
Edinburgh - St Buccleuch’s Church[685] Burials & Index 1820-1854	Film Mln 3
Edinburgh – Canongate Church Parish Register [Blotter] [685] Kirk Session Minute Book 1564-1567, Notebook of William Cairnes 1687-1706, Writer in Edinburgh & Postmaster in Canongate. Containing notes of legal actions taken by him on behalf of individuals and other legal jottings. Details of the Desptach of the 'Flying Packets' weekly. Notes of Money collected by Deacons.	Film Sct 24
Edinburgh - Canongate Parish Register [685] Burials 1811-1820 (containing cause of death and position of burial)	Film Mln 6
Edinburgh - Canongate Parish Register [685] Burials 1830-1854 (containing cause of death and position of burial)	Film Mln 7
Edinburgh - St Cuthberts Church [685] Burials 1793-1819, Burials [Holyrood Chapel Royal] 1621-1819, Baptisms 1820-1830	Film Mln 5
Edinburgh - St Cuthberts Church [685] - Marriages & Baptisms 1743-1784	Film Sct 26
Edinburgh - St Cuthbert’s Church [685] - Burials 1844-1854, Index to Burials 1840-1854	Film Mln 3
Edinburgh - St Cuthbert’s Church - Births & Baptisms 1843-1855	Film Mln 2
Edinburgh - St Cuthbert’s Church [685] Chapel of Ease Mortality Cloth Ledger 1794-1798 and Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1798-1807, Chapel of Ease Mortality Cloth Ledger 1794-1803, Chapel of Ease Dues 1803-1805, Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1808-1816, Chapel of Ease Dues 1805-1816, Chapel of Ease Burying Ground 1817-1819, Chapel of Ease Dues 1817-1820, St Cuthbert’s Births and Baptisms, 1826-1831 [with Index of Fathers]	Film Mln 4
Edinburgh - Tolbooth Parish Register (Kirk Session) Marriages 1825-1836, 1838-1865, Baptisms 1824-1849, 1850-1865 Glencorse Parish Register (Kirk Session) (687) Marriages 1852-1854	Film Sct 36
Inveresk Parish Registers [Blotter] [689] Neglected Birth Registrations 1840-1855	Film Sct 24
Lasswade Parish Register C. 1617-1687, 1687-1776, 1776-1819, 1820-1854, B. 1819-1820, 1634-1641, 1689-1696, 1820-1854, M. 1617-1820, 1689-1696, 1820-1854	Film Mln 1
Newbattle Parish Register [695] - Register of Proclamations 1855-1857	Film Sct 26
South Leith Records Vol 1 & II 1588-1850,1588-1700 Extracts from the Minute Books, Articles from the Church Magazine, The Chronicle of South Leith etc.1700-1850 - List of Ministers, Members of Session, Extracts from Registers, Monumental Stones etc.	insert CD 635

PROBATE RECORDS & WILLS
Wills before 1875 were proved in Commissariot Courts.
The areas covered by Commissariot Courts pre 1800 in Scotland relate to Church jurisdiction and not county borders
so more than one Court can cover a County.
The Commissariot Court of Edinburgh had jurisdiction for the whole of Scotland and abroad and should also be checked.
These Testaments are for personal property only.
The Library has a complete set of Indexes for pre 1800 Commissariot Court Wills.

The Commissariot of Edinburgh was the main court and covers all of Scotland and Overseas as well as the local area and should always be checked.	fiche T11-T23
The Commissariot of Dunkeld covers the following parishes in East Lothian - Aberlady.	fiche T10
Land was covered by separate laws and is covered by the records detailed in: *The Retours of Services of Heirs index 1544 - 1699* *The Service of Heirs Index 1700 - 1859*	insert CD 130 insert CD 131
Scottish Calendar of Confirmations (of wills) 1876 - 1923	fiche

British Probate Calendar 1858 - 1898
Contains English and Welsh Wills and Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish entries. Entries can also be found from around the world and from deaths many years earlier. (See Guide) *Where a Scottish Testator also held property in England,* for the years listed below, wills were also proved in London , and indexes to these are found at the end of the films listing English probate on the last film for each year after the letter 'Z.' 1858 to 1866 inclusive 1869 to 1876 inclusive	Film
Register of Defuncts
Index to the Inventories of the Personal Estates of Defuncts recorded in the Commissary Court Books of Edinburgh, Haddington and Linlithgow for 1827-1865 and Commissary Court Books of Lanark, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Bute and Argyll for 1846-1865.	Film Sct 4

QUAKERS or SOCIETY of FRIENDS

Scottish Society of Friends
Register of Births, Proposals of Marriages,
Marriages and Deaths 1647-1878 [Transcript found on Scotland General CD].

SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY RECORDS

Calender Free Church SchoolSchool Roll & Register of Attendance 1857-1868	Film Sct 26
Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914	CD
Edinburgh University Medical Graduates 1705-1866	fiche Sct 372-374
Edinburgh University Medical Graduates 1859-1888	fiche Sct 370-371
Matriculation Roll of The University of St Andrews 1747-1897	CD
Merchiston Castle School Register 1833-1903 [The register of the Edinburgh boys' boarding school founded in 1833] This book contains biographical details about the scholars, listings of various sporting teams and competitions, including detailed cricket records.	insert CD 1128

TAXES

Hearth Tax
List of Hearths Edinburgh (within the City) 1691,
List of Hearths within the shire, exc. Edinburgh, Canongate West Kirk, 1694,
List of Hearths Edinburgh (without walls), South & North Leith,
Canongate & West Kirk 1695

Film Sct 20

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