Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy

Heriot, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland (#688)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1685–1854 - baptisms 1057752 items 5–6 Marriages: 1692–1818 1057752 items 5–6 Deaths: 1691–1755, 1845–1854 1057752 items 5–6

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are no entries January 1688–November 1689 or January 1693–August 1695; one for July 1745–November 1748. One entry at January 1697 has been torn off. From 1784–1793 births, marriages, and deaths are intermixed. Marriages: There are entries of marriage pledges until December 1702. There are no entries December 1702–May 1731; August 1744–June 1755; and except three for 1817–1818, record ends November 1814. Entries 1784–1793 are among births for same period. Deaths: Records are mainly Mortcloth Dues and funeral expenses, except 1784–1793, when burials are recorded among births and marriages for same period. There are no entries July 1702–July 1731 and 1819–1845 after which they are burials. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Collections 1731–1846 Minutes 1832–1891 List of Communicants 1819–1835 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/187.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are none

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