Please remember that the spelling of place
names and the names of Parishes, as with the spelling of surnames, has varied
over the course of many years. We have endeavoured to check the spelling
of names in this catalogue to ensure accuracy, however be aware of variations
from present day spelling. Adopt a liberal approach in your research in the
interpretation of the entries.
Please note that items in this Catalogue are for research within the library
premises only and are NOT available for LOAN or SALE.
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This catalogue is divided into the following categories. Click on the link to go direct to your area of interest.
Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships
The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers all
of Scotland. For West Lothian ships are listed in the following Registration
Districts: - Borrowstouness, Carriden and Queensferry. These entries are
all listed on film 902.
1881 Census Index for entire County
of West Lothian in 6 sets of fiche.
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated, Misc.
Notes, Ships, Institutions.)
Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822
Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds of
court decisions involving people from all over Scotland.
The collection of Maps held in
the library is in paper format, and will be found in either the Maps Stands
or on top of the film cabinets in Map holders.
Civil Parishes and Counties of Scotland
showing Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records Held in Edinburgh and available
Worldwide on microfilm for the Counties of East, West and Midlothian.
Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for Scotland.
Armadale
Certfied Copy Interlocuter 1866
Contains land charter papers with petition, 1866-1880
Armadale is a police burgh in Bathgate Parish, and was declared a registration
district of this parish
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - Volume 1 by
Hew Scott.
A full listing, with biographical details, of ministers who served in the
Synod of Lothian & Tweedale from the Reformation to the Twentieth Century
and covers the counties of Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian.
The Register of Apprentices of the City of Edinburgh
1583-1800
(Note: These Apprentices come from all parts of Scotland)
(CD)
Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index. UK-wide
index
(CD)
Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement Lists 1851
PRO Catalogue No. BT 98 Note: The area designation relates to the ships’ Port of Registration
not the birthplace of the seaman. A seaman could sign on anywhere and
change ships at will, so if you do not find him where expected try other
areas.
The files include a Master Surname Index to Lists
published to date.
Areas covered are:-Aberdeen, Angus, Cornwall,
Lanark, Renfrew, Scotland South- East, Scotland South-West, Highlands &
Islands, Wales, Ireland North (Ulster), Ireland Mid & East (Leinster)
Ireland South &West (Munster & Connaught).
Whitburn Parish Registers (673)
Baptisms 1719-1819
Kirk Session Minutes including Proclamations to Marry, Burial Fees and Disbursements
from the Session covering approximately the dates 1735-1794, 1803-1820.
Baptisms 1820-1855
Kirk Session Minutes 1819-1820 – as above.
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 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 Service of Heirs Index The Retours of Services of Heirs index.
(insert CD 130)
(insertCD 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”.)
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, Dumbarton, Renfrew, Bute and Argyll for 1846-1865.
(FilmSct 4)
If you are unable to visit the A.I.G.S. Library to use any of
the above resources,
why not make use of the Institute Research
Service
?