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| Topic | Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
| Churches | A Divine Heritage by James Denham | Review of the book 'A Divine Heritage' by James Denham. | less than 1 page | 87 | Peter Munro |
| A Village Roll Call 1935 | A Village Roll Call 1935 | A list of the names found in St Abbs in 1935 - in verse. In addition to those in the index another 22 names which appear less than 8 times are listed. | 1 page or more | 70 | Alexander Nisbet |
| Abbey St Bathans | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Abbey St Bathans | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Abbey St Bathans | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Aberfoyle | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Adair | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Adelaide | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Advertiser | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Africa | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Africa | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Aikwood Tower | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Ainslie | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Ainslie | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Ainslie | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Ainslie | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser 1855-1900 | A transcription of death notices in the local newspaper. There are too many names to list them all. Only those with extended entries are indexed. | 10 pages or more | 69 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ainslie | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Ainslie | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Ainslie | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Ainslie | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Aitchison | Galashiels through Time | A review of the book 'Galashiels through Time' published by Amberley Press. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Aitchison | Aitchison - A Berwickshire Family | Information on a book 'Aitchison - A Berwickshire Family' by Pam Rae published by the Society. | less than 1 page | 89 | Bill Stewart |
| Aitchson | Guess Who’s Missing | The descendants of William Steel Story who lived in Yetholm, Morebattle, Hobkirk, who married Elizabeth Aitchson, daughter of Francis Aitchson and Elizabeth Hogg around 1806. | 1 page or more | 64 | E .Helen Ball |
| Aitken | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Aitkenhead | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Akeld | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Alberta | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Alderman | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Alderne | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Alexander | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| All Blacks | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| Allan | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Allan | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Allan | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Allan | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Allan | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Allan | Gallipoli and Hill 70 Loos | Some notes on an exhibition on Gallipoli staged by the Society with background; also notes on the centenary of the Battle of Loos and service of commemoration at Edrom Church | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Allan Line | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Allerdean | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Altarstone | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Alwin | Hawick and District from Old Photographs | Some notes on the recently published book 'Hawick and District from Old Photographs', by Alastair M Redpath. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -Deaths 1857-1878 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 5 pages or more | 51 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1872-1875 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | less than 1 page | 49 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1879-1889 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 52 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1890-1900 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 53 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1876-1900 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Amos | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Amos | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Amos | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Amos | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Amos | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Anchor line | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ancrum | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Ancrum | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Ancrum | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Ancrum | Inheritances and Family History | A short article on the inheritance of a pair of silver sugar tongs which had originally belonged to Walter Laing Wilson and his wife Janet Nichol of Ancrum. | less than 1 page | 78 | Anne Golden |
| Ancrum | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Ancrum | Placenames in the Ancrum area | Review of book 'Placenames in the Ancrum area' by David Cain. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Anderson | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Anderson | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Anderson | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Anderson | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Anderson | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Anderson | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Anderson | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Anderson | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Anderson | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Anderson | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Anderson | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Anderson | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Anderson | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Anderson | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Andrea Ferares | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott 1828. | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Angling | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Angling | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Antigua | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| Anti-Slavery | Thomas Pringle, Writer, Poet and Anti-Slavery Campaigner | An account of the life of Thomas Pringle born at Linton in 1789 who went on to become a respected poet an close acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. He later emigrated to South Africa where he experiences many travails. The article recounts these experiences and how the family overcame many difficulties as early settlers. He founded a school and wrote a book on the state of the English settlers. He became a noted campaigner for human rights and came to be known as "the father of South African Poetry" | 9 pages or more | 82 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Applegarth | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Applegirth | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Apprenticeships | Melrose Apprenticeships | A report on the compilation by Society member Dr. Vivienne Dunstan on masters and apprentices in Melrose Parish between 1743 and 1804. | less than 1 page | 83 | Vivienne Dunstan |
| Archaeology | Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum | An update on archaeological digs and other activities and research relative to the Battle of Flodden. | 1 page or more | 85 | Becki Cooper |
| Archdale | The Genealogical Society of Utah | The history, and the Mormons with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Society has grown to be the largest family history reseach organisation and resource in the world. | 2 pages or more | 28 | Mr Rogers |
| Architects | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Archives | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Armstrong | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Armstrong | Clan Armstrong Trust | Some paragraphs on the Clan Armstrong Trust. | less than 1 page | 82 | |
| Armstrong | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Armstrong | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Armstrong | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery, the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Artisans | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Ashton | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser 1855-1900 | A transcription of death notices in the local newspaper. There are too many names to list them all. Only those with extended entries are indexed. | 10 pages or more | 69 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Atcheson | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Atkin | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Atkins | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| Atkinson | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Auchope | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Austin | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Australia | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Deaths 1862-1900, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 55 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | John Liddle (13.3.1842 - 26.9.1907) | An account of the life of John Liddle born at Reston and his voyage to Australia in 1865 aboard the "Clara". He kept a diary during the voyage and extracts are included illustrating what life was like aboard an emigrant ship. There are also details from the ship's register (a full list of the names of the 384 immigrants is available) also a breakdown of occupations, nationalities and deaths during the voyage. | 6 pages or more | 80 | Bill Stewart |
| Australia | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Australia | Charles McGinn | Some notes on Charles McGinn born at Stow in 1865 and his emigration to Australia. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Michael and Chris Hume |
| Australia | George Hope 1814-1884 | The story of George Hope 1814-1884 born in Morebattle who with his family emigrated to Australia, their struggles and achievements in Australia including their experiences of the 'Goldrush' and an account of their return visit to Morebattle 38 years later. | 4 pages or more | 85 | Alistair Hope |
| Australia | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Australia | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Australia | Andrew Thompson (Convict, Emancipist and Philanthropist) | Some notes on the life of Yetholm born Andrew Thompson transported to Australia for petty theft but who went on to become a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and one of the most influential men in the Colony. How a town square created by him and now the oldest surviving in Australia is under threat and of attempts to try to preserve this. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Australia | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| Australia | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Australia | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Australia | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Australia | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Australia | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Australia | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Auxiliaries | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Ayton | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Ayton | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Ayton | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| Ayton | 'Fair' Suspended | An account of how the writer discovered there generations his ancestors of the name Fair in the Churchyard at Ayton. | 1 page or more | 84 | Bill Stewart |
| Ayton | Ayton History Society | Note on a booklet 'The History of Ayton and other personal Recollections published by Ayton History Society; includes extracts from the work of T Ramsay Turner, an account by an unknown author entitled 'Happy Childhood Reminiscences of 1876' and some works by the local poet Robert Mennon. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Ayton | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Ayton | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Babington | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Baillie | What Might Have Been | The writer pursues a mysterious entry which she finds in the family Bible and suggests that her ancestor Lochhart Baillie was the natural son of George Baillie of Jerviswood and Catherine Sangster and surmises how different the history of her family could have been. | 2 pages or more | 78 | Mike Bucher |
| Baillie | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Bailzie | More Gypsy Snippets | Some interesting snippets extracted by Peter Munro regarding gypsies throughout the ages | 2 pages or more | 0 | Peter Munro |
| Bain | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Baird | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Baird | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Baker | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Balaclava | Coldstream History Society | A note on the raising of a stone to commemorate James Charles Purves who died at the Battle of Balaclava in the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Balaclava | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Balaclava | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Balfour | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Balfour | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Balfour | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Balfour Hays of Yester | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Ballantyne | Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso | Review of two books, Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso looking in particular at the connection between Sir Walter Scott and the Town. | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Ballantyne | Donation to Society Archive | An acknowledgement of the donation to the Society of the book ' John Wood (blacksmith) - from Scotland to Rawdon N.S. in 1815 and his Descendants'. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Ballie | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Balliol | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Bankhouse | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Banking | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a bank in East Lothian. | less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Banking | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Banks | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Baptie | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Barclay | My Barclay Ancestors | The author's great grandfather, Joseph Edgely Barclay, and other relatives. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Liz Butchart |
| Barony | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Barossa | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Barrie | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Bartoun | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Bass | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Bass Rock | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Batavia | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Bathgate | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Baton Rouge | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Battle of Chickamauga | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Dunbar | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Battle of Murphreesboro | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Nashville | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Shiloh | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Baumholder | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Bavianns | Thomas Pringle | A follow up from Professor Charles Wait in South Africa on the article on Thomas Pringle in the previous edition with photographs of a memorial church to Thomas Pringle, its history, some notes on his descendants and how he is remembered in South Africa. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Professor Charles Wait |
| Bawbee | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Baxter | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Baxter | Who Was Lizzie Jardine ? | The author's start on her family history - mainly ordinary working folk in the Borders. | 3 pages or more | 51 | Carol Trotter |
| Baxter | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| Beanburn | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Beattie | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Beattie | Beatties | Langholm Archive Centre is looking for Beattie volunteers to take part in a DNA project. Participation is completely free and available to all male Beatties not immediately related who can provide a little family tree information and full results will be made available. | less than 1 page | 67 | Bruce McCartney |
| Beattie | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Bedrule | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Bedrule | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Befinells | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Beggars badges | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Belfast | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Belford | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Bell | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Bell | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Bell | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Bell | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Bell | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Bell | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Bell | Peeblesshire's First Car | An account of Peeblesshire's first car built by Laurence Bell in a rented shed in Peebles and how from such humble beginnings developed the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT). | 2 pages or more | 82 | Gwen Stein |
| Bell | Excerpts from the Diaries of the Rev William Bell | Biography of Rev Bell who emigrated from Scotland in 1817 to lead a pioneer life in Perth, in the wilderness of Upper Canada. | 3 pages or more | 48 | Malcolm & Jennifer Sissons |
| Bell | Genealogy of the Symington Family | A review of the book 'The Genealogy of the Symington Family' by the Rev Henry Paton kindly donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 88 | Ronald Morrison |
| Bells | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Belses | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Belses | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Beltane | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Bemersyde | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Bemersyde | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Bennet | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Bennet | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Benrig | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Berrywell | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Bertram | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Berwick | County Railway Routes - Berwick to St Boswells | Details of the book in the Country Railway Book series Berwick to St. Boswells. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Berwick | St. Boswells to Berwick Railway via Duns | Some paragraphs on a book 'St Boswells to Berwick via Duns which traces the history of this railway line. | less than 1 page | 83 | |
| Berwick | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery, the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Berwick | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Berwick | Migration From Glendale To New Brunswick, Canada | Account of the families who migrated from Berwick-upon-Tweed to New Brunswick, Canada, and the hazards they faced. Includes a list of families with Glendale or Border origins were granted land. | 4 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Berwick | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | Linda Bankier |
| Berwick | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Berwick | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Berwick on Tweed | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Berwickshire | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Berwickshire | My Grandfather and the Demon Drink - the Berwickshire "No-Licence" campaign of 1920 | An account by the Rev. Tom Notman, minister of Leitholm United Free Church in his campaign for prohibition in Berwickshire and later in the Cowcaddens District in Glasgow prior to the Second World War | 3 pages or more | 75 | Malcolm Lindsay |
| Berwickshire | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Berwickshire | Howes and Knowes | Mention of a volume 'An introduction to Berwickshire Place Names' by Michael E Braithwaite. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Berwickshire | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Berwickshire | The Autobiography of a Working man | Some notes regarding the life of Alexander Somerville born in East Lothian but who spent most of his early life in Berwickshire. He became a cavalryman in the Royal British Dragoons but was subjected to punishment of 100 lashes for writing to a local paper at the time of the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Questions were asked in Parliament regarding his punishment almost universally regarded as excessive and his release from the army was purchased by public subscription. His autobiography recalls the hardship of his early life in Berwickshire as son of a farm hand. | 2 pages or more | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Berwickshire | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Berwickshire | The Parish Churches Of Berwickshire | A talk by the author given to the Society on 22nd March, 1998. | 5 pages or more | 51 | G A C Binnie |
| Berwickshire | Bondagers of the Borders | Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers. | 1 page or more | 9 | Liz Taylor |
| Berwickshire | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Berwickshire | Coldstream History Society | A note on a project recently undertaken by the Society including the transcription of the graveyard at Lennel Cemetery, Coldstream and also a project to record detailed genealogical information of all names appearing on War Memorials in Berwickshire and North Northumberland. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Berwickshire | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Berwickshire | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | The first part of an account of the History of the Rentons of Billie and Lamberton in Berwickshire. Tracing in detail the history of the family from the early fourteenth century. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Berwickshire | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Berwickshire | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Beveridge | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Bews | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Biggiesknowe | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Billerwell | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Billie | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | The first part of an account of the History of the Rentons of Billie and Lamberton in Berwickshire. Tracing in detail the history of the family from the early fourteenth century. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Billie | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | Continuation of the article in the previous issue of the history of the Renton family of Billie and Lamberton. The story continues from the 16th. Century to date detailing many achievements but also revealing some scandal. | 7 pages or more | 84 | Gregory Lauder- Frost |
| Binnie | George Fleming M.A. | Article on George Fleming MA, distinguished educationalist. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ian McGregor |
| Bird | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Bird | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Birgham | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Birgham | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Birgham | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| Birth | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Birth | American Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser Births 1859-1900 and Marriages 1855-1872 | Births and marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Births | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Births | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1855 - 1898 | A list of births and marriages of Canadians intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1898, with brief additional notes on some items. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Marjory Gavin |
| Births | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1861-1896 | Births and marriages, 1861-1896, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Black | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Black | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Black Dwarf | The Black Dwarf | An account of the life of David Ritchie, the "Black Dwarf" of Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name An account of his life (1741 to 1811) in and around the Manor Valley including an account of his meeting with Sir Walter Scott and after death the removal of his corpse by the Resurrectionists. | 5 pages or more | 76 | Ronald Morrison |
| Blackadder | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Blackadder | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Blackadder | Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association | Note on the renovation by the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association of stone in North Berwick Churchyard to the Rev John Blackadder and his Borders connections. | less than 1 page | 77 | Ronald Morrison |
| Blackadder | Gallipoli and Hill 70 Loos | Some notes on an exhibition on Gallipoli staged by the Society with background; also notes on the centenary of the Battle of Loos and service of commemoration at Edrom Church | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Blackburn | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Blacket | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Blackethouse | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Blackie | Longformacus Free Church | Discovery of a poem written in 1869 relating to Longformacus Free Church. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Blacksmith | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Blacksmith | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Blacksmiths | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Blaikie | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Blaikie | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Blaikie | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Blair | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Blair | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Blake | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Blakelaw | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Blakemore | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| Blindburn | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Blog | The Society's Website Blog | Notes on the Society blog and how to access and post. | 2 pages or more | 76 | Peter Munro |
| Blyndlee | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Blyth | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Blyth | The Gypsy King and the President | Relationship between President Clinton and Charles Blyth, king of the gypsies. Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph. | less than 1 page | 23 | |
| Blyth | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Blythe | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Bodle | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Body Snatching | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Body Snatching | History in the Graveyard | Body snatching in the Borders and how it was fought. | less than 1 page | 10 | Violet Jardine |
| Boer War | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Bollardson | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Bombay | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Bonchester Bridge | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Bonkyl | Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions | Some background on the CD of Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Bookless | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| boots | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Border Games | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Border Magazine | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Border Railway | 1849 | A report on Hawick in the year 1849, the year the Border Railway reached Hawick but also the year of the cholera epidemic. Includes contemporary reports on the epidemic and names of a number of those who died | 4 pages or more | 77 | Anne Golden |
| Borders | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Borders | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Borders | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Borders | Border Names | A note of the most common names in the Borders extracted from the Society's transcription of Memorial Inscriptions, | less than 1 page | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Borders | 17th. Century Borders Witchcraft Trials; the role of reputation | A resume by the author of her talk to the Society on witchcraft in the Borders, evidence of witchcraft and sentences and the reasons for its particular prevalence in Scotland. | 2 pages or more | 78 | Mary Craig |
| Borders Festivals | No Room at the Inn for Common Riding 2014 | An account of the Borders Festivals, their dates and formats. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Borders FHS | Borders Family History Society - from its beginning | The story of the foundation and growth of the Borders FHS. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Borders Hardie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Borrowman | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Borthwick | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a bank in East Lothian. | less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Borthwick | Is Anybody Out There ? | The author's search for an ancestor's home. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Jean Currie |
| Borthwick | The Banker's Revenge | Extract from the History of Banking in Scotland by A W Kerr concerning some aspects of William Borthwick's behaviour. | less than 1 page | 13 | Colin Woods |
| Borthwick water | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Boston | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Boston | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Bothwell | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Bovina | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Bowden | CD Review - Bowden Monumental Inscriptions | Review of the content of this publication, and suggestions of other useful publications. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Bowden | McKenzie's around the River Ale | An account of McKenzies in and around the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 49 | W E McKenzie |
| Bowden | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Bowden | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Bowden School | Bowden School Records | Transcribed admission register of pupils admitted 1864-1872, showing addresses, dates of birth, and parents. Continued in issue 25. | 2 pages or more | 24 | |
| Bowhill | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Bowhill | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Bowie | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Bowling | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Bowmaker | Gunsgreen House, Eyemouth | Notes on the book "Eustace the Outcast" by David Pae also on the will of James Swanston of Eyemouth containing what is thought to be a list of customers for illicit produce including the Rev. Robert Bowmaker, minister, Duns. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Bowmaker | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Bowmaker | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Bowshank | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Boyd | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Boyd | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Boyle | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Boyle | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Bradford | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Bradley | Who was Robert Proudfoot? | A look by the author at his Proudfoot ancestry and mysteries surrounding it. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Chris Proudfoot |
| Bradshaw's Railway Guide | Bradshaw's Railway Guide | A note on Bradshaw's Railway Guide and what might be available - some snippets from the entry for Duns. | less than 1 page | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Braidford | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Bramton | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Brandt | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Branxholm | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Branxton | Hawick Through Time | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alistair Moffat. | 1 page or more | 85 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Breasted | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Brewster | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Brewster | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Brice | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Bridges | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Bridges | Moves to Restore the Union Bridge | An account of moves to restore the Union Bridge linking Scotland and England at the lowest crossing point on the River Tweed. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Brisbane house | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| British Army | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| British Linen Bank | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| British Resistance Army | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Brittain | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Brixton | Forgotten Borderers--Andrew Walker (1808-1896) | Andrew Walker, born Earlston, worked at Newton Don and moved eventually to Camden and started a Ragged School. He emigrated to Troy in New York and died there. | less than 1 page | 30 | |
| Broadlee | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Broderbund | Family Tree Maker | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Unsworth |
| Broderbund | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Brodie | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Brodies | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Brogdale | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Brook | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Brooke | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| Broomhouse | Helen Home of Broomhouse | Notification that copies of the letters from James Home of Broomhouse, captain of marines with the Mediterranean fleet during the Napoleonic Wars written to his sister Helen have been donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Broomhouse | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Broomiesdyke | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Brown | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Brown | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Brown | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Brown | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Brown | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Brown | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Brown | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Brown | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Brown | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Brown | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Brown | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Brown | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Brown | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Brown | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Brown | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Brown | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Brown | An ill-matched couple | An account from a solicitor's file of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife over assets. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ralph Maltman |
| Brown | One of the many Brown Families | A family tree of Browns in Galashiels, Selkirk areas. | 1 page or more | 26 | I.M. Brown |
| Brown | More Gypsy Snippets | Some interesting snippets extracted by Peter Munro regarding gypsies throughout the ages | 2 pages or more | 0 | Peter Munro |
| Browne | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| Browning | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Bruce | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Brunton | Roxburgh Here ! | Extract from the memoirs of the late John Fairbairn, born 28th March 1912, married in 1937, who died on 20th July 2003. He worked for the Kelso Chronicle, and later was the editor of the Hobart Mercury, Tasmania. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Fairbairn |
| Bryce | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Brydon | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Brydon | Mike Brydon | Biopic of Mike Brydon, then Vice-Chairman of the Society. | 1 page or more | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Brydon | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Brydone | A Quite Remarkable Man | Review of a book ' A Quite Remarkable Man - the life of Patrick Brydone' (1736-1818) by John Evans. | 1 page or more | 87 | Peter Munro |
| Brymer | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Buchan | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Buchan | Masterton Family Website | A link to the Masterton Family History Website | less than 1 page | 0 | |
| Buchan | The Tweedsmuir Connection | Report of the society's summer outing to Upper Tweeddale. | 1 page or more | 13 | Violet Jardine |
| Buchan | On John Buchan's grave | An account of a small volume by David Weekes on his search to interpret the Latin and Greek text on the grave of John Buchan in Elsfield Church, Oxfordshire. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Weekes |
| Buckholm | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Budapest | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Buglass | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Buglass | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Bukles | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Bunkle | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Bunkle | Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions | Some background on the CD of Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Bunkle and Preston | Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions | Some background on the CD of Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Bunzie | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Burgeon | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Burgon | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Burial | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Burials | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Burials | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Burke | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery, the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Burnet | The Reverand Alexander Naughley | A very interesting account of a Parish Clergyman from Stow to Threlkeld and his life story. | 2 pages or more | 31 | Eddie Wren |
| Burnett | Old Uncle | Brief biopic about Alexander Virtue, sometime schoolmaster at Nenthorn. | less than 1 page | 20 | Margery V. Turnbull |
| Burnmouth | The Tweed to the Northern Isles | Some information on a new publication entitled 'The Tweed to the Northern Isles' which traces the history of fishing along Scotland's east coast. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Burns | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Burns | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery, the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Burns | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Burt | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Bus | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Caberston | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Caddonfoot | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Caddonfoot | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Cadell | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Cairncross | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Cairncross | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Cairns | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Cairns | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Calder | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Calgary | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| California | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Cambrai | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Cameron | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Cameron | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Cameron | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Cameron | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Cameron | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Cameron | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Cameron | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Cammond | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Campbell | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Campbell | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Campbell | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Campbell | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Campbell-Renton | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Campbell-Swinton | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Canada | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Canada | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Canada | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Canada | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Canada | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Canada | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Canada | Whitsome to West Sparta | The story of Christopher Moffat and his wife Agnes Common who emigrated to Canada aboard the John Bright in 1856, some earlier history, the reason for their emigration, an account of the voyage and their subsequent life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 81 | Elizabeth Doley |
| Canada | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Canada | Excerpts from the Diaries of the Rev William Bell | Biography of Rev Bell who emigrated from Scotland in 1817 to lead a pioneer life in Perth, in the wilderness of Upper Canada. | 3 pages or more | 48 | Malcolm & Jennifer Sissons |
| Canada | Migration From Glendale To New Brunswick, Canada | Account of the families who migrated from Berwick-upon-Tweed to New Brunswick, Canada, and the hazards they faced. Includes a list of families with Glendale or Border origins were granted land. | 4 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Canada | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Canada | The Dumma Family of Kelso | James Dumma, born 1790, in Kelso; Helen Hay, and their descendants, many of whom went to England, USA, and Canada. | 2 pages or more | 48 | Shirley Dumma |
| Canada | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Canada | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Canada | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| Canada | A Tale of Two Sisters | A Wanless family’s emigration from Yetholm to Canada. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Gordon Roy Fairbairn |
| Canada | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Canada | More Canadian Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser 1864-1868 | List of deaths in Canada mainly of persons who had connections with Hawick and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Canada | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1857 – 1863 | Deaths extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued in issue 43. | 1 page or more | 40 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Canada Hardie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Canadian Expeditionary Force | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Canals | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Cannobie | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose. | less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Canonbie | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Canonbie | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Cape Town | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Captain Samuel Brown | Moves to Restore the Union Bridge | An account of moves to restore the Union Bridge linking Scotland and England at the lowest crossing point on the River Tweed. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Captain Widderington | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Cardigan | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Carham | Who am I | History of the Cockburns who all came from Duns parish. It also looks into the history of Edinshall Broch. | 1 page or more | 37 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Carnegie | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Carolside | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Carr | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Casimer | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Cassillis | More Gypsy Snippets | Some interesting snippets extracted by Peter Munro regarding gypsies throughout the ages | 2 pages or more | 0 | Peter Munro |
| Castleton | Kelso Dispensary and Castleton Poor Law Records | Some notes by the author on his publication on C.D. of Poor Law records instancing some of the information available and mentioning various diseases mentioned | 1 page or more | 75 | Peter Munro |
| Castleton | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Castletown | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Castletown | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Castlewood | Thomas Davidson (1838-1870), Scottish poet | Some notes on the life of Thomas Davidson, poet born in Jedburgh. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Nick Hide |
| Casualties | Records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties, Roxburghshire | The records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties in Roxburghshire between 1876 and 1906 have now been indexed. Some examples from these records. | 3 pages or more | 80 | |
| Catherine Glen | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Catherine II | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Cavalryman | The Autobiography of a Working man | Some notes regarding the life of Alexander Somerville born in East Lothian but who spent most of his early life in Berwickshire. He became a cavalryman in the Royal British Dragoons but was subjected to punishment of 100 lashes for writing to a local paper at the time of the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Questions were asked in Parliament regarding his punishment almost universally regarded as excessive and his release from the army was purchased by public subscription. His autobiography recalls the hardship of his early life in Berwickshire as son of a farm hand. | 2 pages or more | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Caverhill | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Cavers | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Cavers | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Cavers | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Cavers | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Cavers | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Cavers | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Cavers | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Cavers | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Cawderstanes | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Celery | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Census | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Census | New Research Facility at Eyemouth Museum | Details of new research facilities available at Eyemouth Museum and a project to determine the names of old wynds and vennels recorded in the 1841 census. | 1 page or more | 80 | |
| Census | The Clovenfords District and the Census | Clovenfords and notable residents mainly in the 19th century. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Mike Brydon |
| Census | Borders Family History Inaugural Lecture | Inaugural talk on the basic sources for looking into your family history. Dealing with parochial registers, census returns, etc. | 5 pages or more | 1 | Donald Whyte |
| Cessford | Borders family origins | Border family origins, surname derivations, and various aspects of family history . | 1 page or more | 33 | Michael Robson |
| Cessford | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Chamberlin | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Chandler | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Channelkirk | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| Channelkirk | A Nostalgic Visit to Lauder and Channelkirk | A report of the author's return from South Africa, his attendance at a late night Church service in Lauder, the erection of a plaque and his family connections with the area. | 3 pages or more | 82 | Prof. Charles Wait |
| Chaplehope | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Chappell | Glass Slides | Some information on a large collection of glass slides containing images taken in the 1940s to 1960s by Leslie Chappell photographer Duns, mostly relating to the town | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Charlesworth | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Charteris | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Chatton | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Chatton | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Chelsea | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Chelsea | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| Chelsea Hospital | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Cherrytrees | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Cheswick | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Chevy Chase | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Chiholm | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Children | An act anent murthering of children | Act of Assembly May 26th 1762 for reading the 21st Act of Parliament of the second session of parliament of King William and Queen Mary dated July 19th 1690 about murdering of children. | less than 1 page | 21 | Margaret Steele |
| Chile | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| China | Robert Fortune | An account of the life of Robert Fortune born at Edrom who became a renowned botanist and undertook several journeys (often proving quite perilous ) to China and the Far East - Many plants are named after him and he can probably lay claim to be the founder of the tea industry in India having smuggled plants out of China to help establish this. Buried at Brompton Cemetery, London where a memorial to him has recently been restored. | 3 pages or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| China | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| Chirnside | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Chirnside | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and their likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Chirnside | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Chirnside | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Chirnside | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Chirnside | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Chirnside | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Chisholm | The Chisholm Highland Connection | The story of the Chisholm family, their involvement in medieval wars and their move from the Borders to the Highlands. | 5 pages or more | 73 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Chisholm | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Chisholm | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Cholera | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| cholera epidemic | 1849 | A report on Hawick in the year 1849, the year the Border Railway reached Hawick but also the year of the cholera epidemic. Includes contemporary reports on the epidemic and names of a number of those who died | 4 pages or more | 77 | Anne Golden |
| Cholers | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Christening | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Christison | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Chritison | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Church | Full of Egotism, Diaries of Rev John Hastie | This is the text of Ronald's talk to the Society on 21st March 2004. It was about a diary which should appeal to those with an interest in local history, a snapshot of life in a rural Parish between 1797 and 1822, and for those connected to Edrom - an opportunity to ‘meet the ancestor’. | 2 pages or more | 55 | Ronald Morrison |
| Church | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Churches | The Parish Churches Of Berwickshire | A talk by the author given to the Society on 22nd March, 1998. | 5 pages or more | 51 | G A C Binnie |
| Clapperton | The War Memorial at Minto by Roger J Owen | Some paragraphs on the book 'The War Memorial at Minto' by Roger J Owen. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Clark | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Clark | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Clark | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Clark | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Clark | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Clark | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Clark | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Clavering Place, Newcastle | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Clay | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Clay Station | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Clearances | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Cleghorn | Marth’s Marmalad and Diet Loaf | Some letters which brought life to the bare bones of the author's family tree. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Dybeck |
| Cleughbrae | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Clevland | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Clinton | The Gypsy King and the President | Relationship between President Clinton and Charles Blyth, king of the gypsies. Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph. | less than 1 page | 23 | |
| Clock | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Clocks | Roll of Taxes on Clocks and Watches | Some details on the taxation of clocks and watches during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Clovenfords | The Clovenfords District and the Census | Clovenfords and notable residents mainly in the 19th century. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Mike Brydon |
| Clovenfords | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Cobbler | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Cobblers | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Coburn | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Cochrane | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Cochrane | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Cockburn | A Cockburn Family in Berwickshire and Its Descendants - The Book | The author's Cockburn family history - mostly recent. | 3 pages or more | 24 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Who am I | History of the Cockburns who all came from Duns parish. It also looks into the history of Edinshall Broch. | 1 page or more | 37 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Cockburn | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Cockburn | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Cockburn Castle | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and their likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Cockburn Law | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Cockburnspath | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Cockburnspath | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Coinage | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Coinage | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Coins | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Colden | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Colden | Cadwallader Colden | Some notes on the life of Cawallader Colden, born in Duns who went on to become the last Colonial Governor of New York State and whose image was burnt in effigy by the mob. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Coldingham | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Coldingham | Coldingham Monumental Inscriptions | A report of the Society's publication on CD. of the Monumental Inscriptions in Coldingham Priory with some additional information. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Coldingham | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Coldingham | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Coldingham | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Coldingham | A Fortunate Experience at Coldingham | Discovering a family grave in the churchyard at Coldingham Priory. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ian Blackie |
| Coldingham | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Coldingham priory | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Coldstream | The Jessie Miller story | A mystery regarding the parentage of Jessie Miller born in 1793 at Coldstream - her marriage to a Robert Scott who was later convicted for murder and questions about the number of her own family. | 1 page or more | 79 | Mike Bucher |
| Coldstream | Female Suffrage by "Titwillow" | This article was first published in a family magazine produced and edited by his grandfather Robert Hogg who farmed at Fireburnmill Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 38 | John C. Gill |
| Coldstream | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Coldstream | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Coldstream | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Coldstream | Coldstream History Society | A note on a project recently undertaken by the Society including the transcription of the graveyard at Lennel Cemetery, Coldstream and also a project to record detailed genealogical information of all names appearing on War Memorials in Berwickshire and North Northumberland. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Coldstream | Poor Relief in the 1840s | A review of the operation of the poor relief in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allowances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time. | 4 pages or more | 71 | Peter Munro |
| Coldstream | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Coldstream | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Coldstream | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Coldstream | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Coldstream | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Coldstream | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Coldstream | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Coldstream | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Coldstream | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Coldstream | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Coldstream | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Coldstream | Poor Relief in the 1840s | Talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001, about how poor relief cases were determined, and how much they received in 1843 in Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Peter Munro |
| Coldstream | County Railway Routes - Berwick to St Boswells | Details of the book in the Country Railway Book series Berwick to St. Boswells. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Cole | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Colingham | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Collingwood | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Collins | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Collins | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Collins | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Collison | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Colmeslie | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Colombo | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Coltart | Coulter's Candy | Some investigation into the life and background of Robert Coltart, confectionery manufacturer who probably compiled the song 'Coulter's Candy', his connections with Galashiels and the history of the song. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Coltbridge | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Coltman | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Coltman | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Coltman | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Colven | A Fortunate Experience at Coldingham | Discovering a family grave in the churchyard at Coldingham Priory. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ian Blackie |
| Colvile | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Colville | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Commercial Bank | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Commercial Bank | Selkirk Protocol Books. An amazing Discovery | A hidden hoard of 16th and 17th century documents from Selkirk. | less than 1 page | 7 | |
| Commissary | Wills and Testaments | Scots law on wills and testaments-the difference. With a good description on how and where to find information on the subject. | 3 pages or more | 22 | James Galbraith |
| Common | Whitsome to West Sparta | The story of Christopher Moffat and his wife Agnes Common who emigrated to Canada aboard the John Bright in 1856, some earlier history, the reason for their emigration, an account of the voyage and their subsequent life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 81 | Elizabeth Doley |
| Common Riding | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Common Ridings | No Room at the Inn for Common Riding 2014 | An account of the Borders Festivals, their dates and formats. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Common-land | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Communion Rolls | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Comper | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Compton | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Computers | Family Tree Maker | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Unsworth |
| Confederate States Army | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Conference 2013 | SAFHS Conference 2013 | A report of the SAFHS Conference 2013. | 1 page or more | 82 | |
| Conklin | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Conquergood | A Remarkable Coincidence | Anecdote of a visit to the Society's library. | less than 1 page | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Conroy | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Convicts | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Cook | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Cook | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Cook | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Cook | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Cook | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Co-operative stores | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Cope | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| Copeland | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Coppin | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Cordiners | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Corn Exchange | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Cornelius | Migration From Glendale To New Brunswick, Canada | Account of the families who migrated from Berwick-upon-Tweed to New Brunswick, Canada, and the hazards they faced. Includes a list of families with Glendale or Border origins were granted land. | 4 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Cornhill | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Cornhill | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Cornhill | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Cornhill | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Cornhill | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Cossar | Frisken Genealogy | Notes on a genealogy report submitted by a member, Edward Frisken. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Cost | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Cost of living | Poor Relief in the 1840s | A review of the operation of the poor relief in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allowances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time. | 4 pages or more | 71 | Peter Munro |
| Coulter's Candy | Coulter's Candy | Some investigation into the life and background of Robert Coltart, confectionery manufacturer who probably compiled the song 'Coulter's Candy', his connections with Galashiels and the history of the song. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Coultherd | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Coupar | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Cout of Keelder | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Coutts | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Covenanter | Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association | Note on the renovation by the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association of stone in North Berwick Churchyard to the Rev John Blackadder and his Borders connections. | less than 1 page | 77 | Ronald Morrison |
| Covenanters | Covenanting Ancestors | How to research Covenanting ancestors. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Covenanters | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Covington | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Cowan | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Cowan | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Cowcaddens | My Grandfather and the Demon Drink - the Berwickshire "No-Licence" campaign of 1920 | An account by the Rev. Tom Notman, minister of Leitholm United Free Church in his campaign for prohibition in Berwickshire and later in the Cowcaddens District in Glasgow prior to the Second World War | 3 pages or more | 75 | Malcolm Lindsay |
| Cowe | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Cowe | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Cowe | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Cowe | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Cowe | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Cowie | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Cowlin | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Cown | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Crafts | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Craig | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Craig-Brown | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Craige Knowe | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Craigie | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Craigmyle | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Craigmyle | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Craik | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Crailing | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Crailing | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Crailing | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Crailing | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Crailing | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Cram | A DNA Revelation | The author's discovery of a direct link to a blood cousin with the name of CRAM, and the surmise that CRAMMOND got shortened along the passage of time. | less than 1 page | 57 | Gordon Crammond |
| Crammon | The Crammond Family of Smailholm | Notes about a Crammond family of Smailholm and their children. | 1 page or more | 57 | Hazel Crammond |
| Crammond | The Crammond Family of Smailholm | Notes about a Crammond family of Smailholm and their children. | 1 page or more | 57 | Hazel Crammond |
| Crammond | A DNA Revelation | The author's discovery of a direct link to a blood cousin with the name of CRAM, and the surmise that CRAMMOND got shortened along the passage of time. | less than 1 page | 57 | Gordon Crammond |
| Cramond | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Cranshaws | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Cranston | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Cranston | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Cranston | Donation to Society Archive | An acknowledgement of the donation to the Society of the book ' John Wood (blacksmith) - from Scotland to Rawdon N.S. in 1815 and his Descendants'. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Crawford | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Crawford | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Crawhill | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Crichton | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Crime | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Crimea | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Crimea | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Criminal Records | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Criminal Records | Police and Criminal Indexing Project | An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register. | less than 1 page | 85 | Elma Flaming |
| Criminals | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Criminals | Police and Criminal Indexing Project | An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register. | less than 1 page | 85 | Elma Flaming |
| Crockett | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Crooklaw | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Crouse | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Croyser | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Crozier | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Cumming | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Cumnock | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Curly Burn | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Currency | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Currie | Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| Currie | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Currie | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Currie | Is Anybody Out There ? | The author's search for an ancestor's home. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Jean Currie |
| Currie | Elusive Curries | The author's and other members' interests in the surname Currie. | 1 page or more | 51 | Jean Currie |
| Currie | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Currie | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Curry | Bible Reunited | A report on the tracking down of a family Bible which had originally belonged to Thomas Curry of Paston, North Northumberland. | 1 page or more | 77 | David Kennedy |
| Curry | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Curry | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Customs | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Customs | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Cuthill | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| Cutty Sark | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Cutty Sark | Eyemouth Museum | Notes of an exhibition in Eyemouth Museum about John Whillis. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Dael | 100 year Belgian connection to the Borders | The story of a Belgian lady who every evening attended the memorial ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and her Borders connection. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Esther Davies |
| Dalgety | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Dalgleish | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Dalrymple | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Dantzic | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a bank in East Lothian. | less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Danzig | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Dardanells | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Darling | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Darling | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Darling | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Darnick | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott 1828. | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Darnick | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| David Hume | David Hume 1711 to 1776 | Some biographical notes on David Hume, philosopher on the occasion of the 300th. Anniversary of his birth - also some notes on John Duns Scotus and the Revd. Thomas McCrie | 2 pages or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| David Ritchie | The Black Dwarf | An account of the life of David Ritchie, the "Black Dwarf" of Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name An account of his life (1741 to 1811) in and around the Manor Valley including an account of his meeting with Sir Walter Scott and after death the removal of his corpse by the Resurrectionists. | 5 pages or more | 76 | Ronald Morrison |
| David Seton | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Davidson | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Davidson | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Davidson | Stray | Transcript of a memorial stone recorded by Manchester General Transcription Project. | 81 | ||
| Davidson | Who Was Lizzie Jardine ? | The author's start on her family history - mainly ordinary working folk in the Borders. | 3 pages or more | 51 | Carol Trotter |
| Davidson | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Davidson | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Davidson | Thomas Davidson (1838-1870), Scottish poet | Some notes on the life of Thomas Davidson, poet born in Jedburgh. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Nick Hide |
| Davies | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Davies | George Fleming M.A. | Article on George Fleming MA, distinguished educationalist. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ian McGregor |
| Davison | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Dawyck | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| De Bolebeck | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| De Soulis | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| De Vesci | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Deans | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Dearden | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Dearden | Every Post Card tells a story | An article on the place of postcards in family history including a history of the postcard and the information which can be gleaned from them. The writer instances several examples of how postcards have enabled her to expand on her own family history research | 3 pages or more | 79 | Anne Golden |
| Dearsden | Auld Edward Dearsden 1799-1875 | An account of the life of Edward Dearsden who was killed by the horse of Thomas Kennaway during the Hawick Common Riding, the family and in particular his great grandson William James Dearsden who originally had a cycle agent's shop in Hawick but who went on to develop a very successful photographic business and who during WW2 flew and worked with Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb. | 3 pages or more | 81 | Anne Golden |
| Death | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1857 – 1863 | Deaths extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued in issue 43. | 1 page or more | 40 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Death | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser 1855-1900 | A transcription of death notices in the local newspaper. There are too many names to list them all. Only those with extended entries are indexed. | 10 pages or more | 69 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Death | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | More extracts from the Kelso Mail | Some death entries from the Kelso Mail recorded 29th. December 1803 to 16th. May 1804. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Morebattle St Lawrence Church Death Register | Transcription of the death register (1848-1862) from Morebattle St Lawrence Church. | 2 pages or more | 49 | Transcribed by Jean Sanderson |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1890-1900 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 53 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1879-1889 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 52 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -Deaths 1857-1878 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 5 pages or more | 51 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail | Death notices published in the Kelso Mail 1805-1808. | 2 pages or more | 84 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Delaware | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Deloraine | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Denbie | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Denholm | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Denholm | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| Denholm | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Dent | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Dere Street | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Devil's Acre | Forgotten Borderers--Andrew Walker (1808-1896) | Andrew Walker, born Earlston, worked at Newton Don and moved eventually to Camden and started a Ragged School. He emigrated to Troy in New York and died there. | less than 1 page | 30 | |
| Dewar | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Diary | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Dick | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Dick | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Dick | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Dick | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Dickins | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Dickson | The Dicksons | Notes on various Dicksons. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Dickson | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Dickson | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Dickson | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Dickson | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Dickson | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Dickson | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Dickson | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Dickson | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Dickson | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Dickson | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Dickson | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Dickson | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| Dickson | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Dickson | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Diet | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 1 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), diet, and prices. Continued in issue 45. | 4 pages or more | 44 | Peter Munro |
| Dimma | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Dingleton | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Dinwoodie | An Unusual Way Of Recording Family Trees | This is about a gravestone in the burial ground of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries-shire which has a drawn family tree of the Jardine family. The article shows a picture of the gravestone. | 1 page or more | 66 | Colin McInnes |
| Discharge Records | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Dispensary | Kelso Dispensary and Castleton Poor Law Records | Some notes by the author on his publication on C.D. of Poor Law records instancing some of the information available and mentioning various diseases mentioned | 1 page or more | 75 | Peter Munro |
| Dixon | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Dixon | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| DNA | DNA Records for Genealogy | Obtaining the genetic records for your paternal line is important for identification of your cousins and ancestors who share your recent paternal line descent with you. | 1 page or more | 60 | |
| DNA | Bringing Science to Genealogy - DNA Testing | Have you got a family rumour of relationships between families that you cannot prove ? Perhaps you’re curious whether or not you’ve some undiscovered relations out there somewhere in the world, or a brick wall that stubbornly refuses to budge. Then possibly you should consider DNA testing. The author set up three surname DNA projects for Sinton, Fairbairn and Runciman. | 2 pages or more | 67 | Lorna Henderson |
| DNA | Beatties | Langholm Archive Centre is looking for Beattie volunteers to take part in a DNA project. Participation is completely free and available to all male Beatties not immediately related who can provide a little family tree information and full results will be made available. | less than 1 page | 67 | Bruce McCartney |
| DNA | DNA and Family History | A short article on DNA and its value in family history. | 1 page or more | 80 | Mary Graham |
| DNA | Update to 'Bringing science to genealogy' | An update on a DNA project that was first described in Volume 67, pages 1 -4 June 2008. | 4 pages or more | 72 | Lorna Henderson |
| DNA | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| DNA | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Dobson | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Dobson | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Dobson | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Doctors | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Doctors | World War 1 Medical Records | How to access information of doctors and other medical staff who served during World War 1 and what information might be available. | 1 page or more | 84 | Peter Munro |
| Doctors | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Doddington | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Dodds | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Dodds | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Dodds | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Dods | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery, the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Doits | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Dollar | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Dollar | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Dolphinston | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Don | Forgotten Borderers--Andrew Walker (1808-1896) | Andrew Walker, born Earlston, worked at Newton Don and moved eventually to Camden and started a Ragged School. He emigrated to Troy in New York and died there. | less than 1 page | 30 | |
| Donaldson | Blind Jamie Donaldson | Account of James Donaldson, whose tombstone is in Melrose Abbey churchyard. | 1 page or more | 47 | Margaret Lawson |
| Donaldson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Donaldson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Donaldson | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Doorpool | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Dougal | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Dougal | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Douglas | Notes on the Early History of the Kidston family in Scotland | An account of notes on the history of the Kidston family in Scotland as submitted by Robert D Davis. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Douglas | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Douglas | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Douglas | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Douglas | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Douglas | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Douglas | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Douglas | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Douglas | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Douglas | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Douglas | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Douglas | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Douglas | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Douglas | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Douglas | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Douglas | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Douglas | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Douglas | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Douglas | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Douglas Hamilton | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Down Law | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Downie | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Dr Binnie | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Dr Elsie Inglis | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Drumelzier | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Drumelzier | Gravestone Photos | A note on a facility provided by the Society to photograph individual gravestones, a report on one such request for a photograph of a stone to the Rev. Gilmour Neil in Drumelzier and a note on his experiences in World War 1 and how he sought to find " a little Parish, a thousand miles from anywhere". | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Drumelzier Castle | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Drumlanrig’s Tower | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Drummond | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Drummond | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Dryburgh | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Dryden | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Duffes | History in the Graveyard | Body snatching in the Borders and how it was fought. | less than 1 page | 10 | Violet Jardine |
| Duke of Argyle | The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs. Prue Langlands |
| Dumfries | A light-hearted tale--Epitaphs | We will never know what is written on our headstone, this article it gives you some ideas. | 1 page or more | 31 | Ian Abernethy |
| Dumma | The Dumma Family of Kelso | James Dumma, born 1790, in Kelso; Helen Hay, and their descendants, many of whom went to England, USA, and Canada. | 2 pages or more | 48 | Shirley Dumma |
| Dunbar | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Dunbar | Eyemouth Museum | Notes of an exhibition in Eyemouth Museum about John Whillis. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Dunbar | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Dunbar | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Dunbar | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a bank in East Lothian. | less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Dunbar | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Dunbar | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Duncan | Marth’s Marmalad and Diet Loaf | Some letters which brought life to the bare bones of the author's family tree. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Dybeck |
| Duncan | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Duncan | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Duncan | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Duncan | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Duncan | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Dunglass | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Dunn | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Dunnon | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Dunoon | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Duns | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | Glass Slides | Some information on a large collection of glass slides containing images taken in the 1940s to 1960s by Leslie Chappell photographer Duns, mostly relating to the town | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | John Duns Scotus | A mention of events to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of John Duns Scotus, genealogy research and the seeking of a possible DNA connection. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Duns | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Duns | Who am I | History of the Cockburns who all came from Duns parish. It also looks into the history of Edinshall Broch. | 1 page or more | 37 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Duns | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and their likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Duns | St. Boswells to Berwick Railway via Duns | Some paragraphs on a book 'St Boswells to Berwick via Duns which traces the history of this railway line. | less than 1 page | 83 | |
| Duns | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Duns | Bradshaw's Railway Guide | A note on Bradshaw's Railway Guide and what might be available - some snippets from the entry for Duns. | less than 1 page | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | Cadwallader Colden | Some notes on the life of Cawallader Colden, born in Duns who went on to become the last Colonial Governor of New York State and whose image was burnt in effigy by the mob. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Duns | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Duns | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Duns Auxiliary Unit | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Duns Scotus | John Duns Scotus | A mention of events to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of John Duns Scotus, genealogy research and the seeking of a possible DNA connection. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ronald Morrison |
| Dunse | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Dunse | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Dye | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Dysart | A Quite Remarkable Man | Review of a book ' A Quite Remarkable Man - the life of Patrick Brydone' (1736-1818) by John Evans. | 1 page or more | 87 | Peter Munro |
| Earl of Bothwell | Hermitage--Grim Guardian of the Borders | Lord Soulis and how he came to his rather barbaric death. It follows the history of Hermitage through the years. Very interesting. | 3 pages or more | 14 | Norrie McLeish |
| Earl of Douglas | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Earl of Haddington | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Earlston | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Earlston | Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| Earlston | Lost Earlston | Some notes on a new Earlston website. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Earlston Black Hill | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| East Lothian | The Autobiography of a Working man | Some notes regarding the life of Alexander Somerville born in East Lothian but who spent most of his early life in Berwickshire. He became a cavalryman in the Royal British Dragoons but was subjected to punishment of 100 lashes for writing to a local paper at the time of the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Questions were asked in Parliament regarding his punishment almost universally regarded as excessive and his release from the army was purchased by public subscription. His autobiography recalls the hardship of his early life in Berwickshire as son of a farm hand. | 2 pages or more | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| East Lothian Banking Co | The Banker's Revenge | Extract from the History of Banking in Scotland by A W Kerr concerning some aspects of William Borthwick's behaviour. | less than 1 page | 13 | Colin Woods |
| Eastlands | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Easton | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Easton | Innerleithen Shops | Information on the CD published by the Society on 'Innerleithen Shops' compiled by Bobby Richardson. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Eccles | Galashiels Murrays in New South Wales | Murrays first came to the fore in Eccles, follow them through generations. There is also a very touching letter in the article. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Donald Wyte |
| Eccles | A Cockburn Family in Berwickshire and Its Descendants - The Book | The author's Cockburn family history - mostly recent. | 3 pages or more | 24 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Eckford | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Eckford | Fredrick Thomas Eckford | Biography of F T Eckford, Second Lieutenant, 12th (Green’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regt. | 1 page or more | 43 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Eckford | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Eckford | Fairbairn | A modern day manipulator who could be better than a Doctor for pains. Got Rugby players who got hurt at the weekend and she would fix them up. | 2 pages or more | 36 | kind permission of Kelso Museum |
| Eddermouth | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Eddlestone | Fairbairn | A modern day manipulator who could be better than a Doctor for pains. Got Rugby players who got hurt at the weekend and she would fix them up. | 2 pages or more | 36 | kind permission of Kelso Museum |
| Eddystone | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Edgar | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Edinburgh | Will of Gibbie Hatley of Gattonside 1547 | Details of an interesting legacy to the Edinburgh Hangman. | less than 1 page | 74 | |
| Edinburgh | The Stewarts of Kelso | A report into extensive research into the Stewart family of Kelso, latterly of Edinburgh. | 5 pages or more | 77 | Harry D Watson |
| Edinburgh | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Edinburgh | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Edmonstone | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Edmonton | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Ednam | James Thomson - A Man for all Seasons | An account of the life and works of Border poet, James Thomson. | 5 pages or more | 87 | Norrie McLeish |
| Ednam | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Ednam | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Ednam | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Ednam | Gallipoli and Hill 70 Loos | Some notes on an exhibition on Gallipoli staged by the Society with background; also notes on the centenary of the Battle of Loos and service of commemoration at Edrom Church | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Ednam | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Edrington | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Edrington | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Edrington | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Edrom | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Edrom | Uncleanness at Edrom | A tale of impropriety extracted from the Edrom Session Records. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Edrom | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Edrom | Robert Fortune | An account of the life of Robert Fortune born at Edrom who became a renowned botanist and undertook several journeys (often proving quite perilous ) to China and the Far East - Many plants are named after him and he can probably lay claim to be the founder of the tea industry in India having smuggled plants out of China to help establish this. Buried at Brompton Cemetery, London where a memorial to him has recently been restored. | 3 pages or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| Edrom | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Edrom | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Edrom | Full of Egotism, Diaries of Rev John Hastie | This is the text of Ronald's talk to the Society on 21st March 2004. It was about a diary which should appeal to those with an interest in local history, a snapshot of life in a rural Parish between 1797 and 1822, and for those connected to Edrom - an opportunity to ‘meet the ancestor’. | 2 pages or more | 55 | Ronald Morrison |
| Edrom | Waterloo and Beyond | Some notes by the author on his attempt to find gravestones and memorials to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 88 | Kenneth McLean |
| Edwin Fox | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Elder | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Electronics | Sir Ambrose Fleming - Father of Modern Electronics | The Borders connection of Sir Ambrose Fleming who designed the transmitter to enable the sending of the first message across the Atlantic and whose work paved the way for the invention of the modern light bulb and radio communication. | 1 page or more | 82 | Robin Croftin |
| Elibank | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Elibank | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Elie | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Eliza | "My Great Grandfather died at sea" | A ships Master from Irvine in Ayrshire. How Bill researched the history of a remarkable seaman. 'One of his best'. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Bill Murray |
| Elizabeth Bay | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Ellemford | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Ellemford | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Elliot | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Elliot | A Quite Remarkable Man | Review of a book ' A Quite Remarkable Man - the life of Patrick Brydone' (1736-1818) by John Evans. | 1 page or more | 87 | Peter Munro |
| Elliot | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Elliot | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Elliot | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Elliot | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Elliot | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Elliot | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Elliot | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Elliot | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Elliot | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Elliot | The War Memorial at Minto by Roger J Owen | Some paragraphs on the book 'The War Memorial at Minto' by Roger J Owen. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Elliot | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Elliot | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Elliot | Voices from Lilliesleaf by Ian McDougall | Review of a book ' Voices from Lilliesleaf' by Ian MacDougall. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Elliot | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Elliot | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Elliots | Stobs Internment Camp near Hawick | Some notes on Stobs Internment Camp and its history. | 90 | ||
| Elliots | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Elliott | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Elphinstone | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Elsfield | On John Buchan's grave | An account of a small volume by David Weekes on his search to interpret the Latin and Greek text on the grave of John Buchan in Elsfield Church, Oxfordshire. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Weekes |
| Elwin | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Emigrants | George Hope 1814-1884 | The story of George Hope 1814-1884 born in Morebattle who with his family emigrated to Australia, their struggles and achievements in Australia including their experiences of the 'Goldrush' and an account of their return visit to Morebattle 38 years later. | 4 pages or more | 85 | Alistair Hope |
| Emigrants | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Emigrants | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| Emigrants | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Emigrants | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| Emigrants | John Liddle (13.3.1842 - 26.9.1907) | An account of the life of John Liddle born at Reston and his voyage to Australia in 1865 aboard the "Clara". He kept a diary during the voyage and extracts are included illustrating what life was like aboard an emigrant ship. There are also details from the ship's register (a full list of the names of the 384 immigrants is available) also a breakdown of occupations, nationalities and deaths during the voyage. | 6 pages or more | 80 | Bill Stewart |
| Emigrants | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Emigrants | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Emigrants | Charles McGinn | Some notes on Charles McGinn born at Stow in 1865 and his emigration to Australia. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Michael and Chris Hume |
| Emigrants | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Emigrants | The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons; William who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
| Emigrants | Whitsome to West Sparta | The story of Christopher Moffat and his wife Agnes Common who emigrated to Canada aboard the John Bright in 1856, some earlier history, the reason for their emigration, an account of the voyage and their subsequent life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 81 | Elizabeth Doley |
| Emigrants | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Emigrants | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Emigrants | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Emigration | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| emigration | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Emigration | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Emigration | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| emigration | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Emigration | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Emigration | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Emigration | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Emigration | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Emigration | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Emonds | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Emperor Nudd | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Employees | Servants Emerging from the Shadows | Notes on an exhibition and recording of records pertaining to staff and employees at Paxton House. | 1 page or more | 82 | Chris Pawson |
| England | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | Linda Bankier |
| Epitaphs | Some epitaphs written by Robert Burns | Epitaphs written by Robert Burns on Gavin Hamilton, his own father, Willie Mitchie and Robert Fergusson, poet. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Epsom | The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs. Prue Langlands |
| Eskdalemuir | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Etal | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Etterick | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Ettrick | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Ettrick | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Ettrick Bridge | 100 year Belgian connection to the Borders | The story of a Belgian lady who every evening attended the memorial ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and her Borders connection. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Esther Davies |
| Ettrick Bridge | Ettrickbridge Sampler | A sampler embroidered in 1879 in Ettrick Bridge, somehow finding its way to Canada and returned to the local school, Kirkhope Primary. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Etymology | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Executions | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Exhibitions | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Exhibitions | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Exhibitions | Eyemouth Museum | Notes of an exhibition in Eyemouth Museum about John Whillis. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Exmoor | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Eyemouth | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Eyemouth | Gunsgreen House, Eyemouth | Notes on the book "Eustace the Outcast" by David Pae also on the will of James Swanston of Eyemouth containing what is thought to be a list of customers for illicit produce including the Rev. Robert Bowmaker, minister, Duns. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Eyemouth | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Eyemouth | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Eyemouth | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| Eyemouth | New Research Facility at Eyemouth Museum | Details of new research facilities available at Eyemouth Museum and a project to determine the names of old wynds and vennels recorded in the 1841 census. | 1 page or more | 80 | |
| Eyemouth | Eyemouth Local/Family History Centre | Some notes on the Eyemouth Family History Centre and Eyemouth Fort 'Virtual Experience Pod'. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Eyemouth | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Faa | Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 5 pages or more | 32 | A. V. Tokley |
| Faa | More Gypsy Snippets | Some interesting snippets extracted by Peter Munro regarding gypsies throughout the ages | 2 pages or more | 0 | Peter Munro |
| Faa | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Faa | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Faa | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Faa Blythe | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Fair | 'Fair' Suspended | An account of how the writer discovered there generations his ancestors of the name Fair in the Churchyard at Ayton. | 1 page or more | 84 | Bill Stewart |
| Fairbairn | Update to 'Bringing science to genealogy' | An update on a DNA project that was first described in Volume 67, pages 1 -4 June 2008. | 4 pages or more | 72 | Lorna Henderson |
| Fairbairn | Bringing Science to Genealogy - DNA Testing | Have you got a family rumour of relationships between families that you cannot prove ? Perhaps you’re curious whether or not you’ve some undiscovered relations out there somewhere in the world, or a brick wall that stubbornly refuses to budge. Then possibly you should consider DNA testing. The author set up three surname DNA projects for Sinton, Fairbairn and Runciman. | 2 pages or more | 67 | Lorna Henderson |
| Fairburn | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Fairburn | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Fairbvairn | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Fairholm Erebus | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Fairholme | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Fairington | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Falahill | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century | The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Peter Symms |
| Falstone | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Family Tree | An Unusual Way Of Recording Family Trees | This is about a gravestone in the burial ground of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries-shire which has a drawn family tree of the Jardine family. The article shows a picture of the gravestone. | 1 page or more | 66 | Colin McInnes |
| Family Tree Maker | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Family Tree Maker | Family Tree Maker | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Unsworth |
| Fans | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Fantalane | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Farming | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Farquarson | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Farquharsons | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Fauldshope | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Feeley | Soldiers' Wills | A brief article of Soldiers' Wills and how to access on line. | 86 | ||
| Feeney | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Fencible Cavalry | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Fenham | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ferguson | James Ferguson Schoolmaster, 1814-1894 | How the memory of a clock led the author to research this ancestor. | less than 1 page | 32 | J Ferguson |
| Ferguson | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Ferguson | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Ferguson | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Fiddes | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Field Marshall Haig | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Fife | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Finlay | One of the many Brown Families | A family tree of Browns in Galashiels, Selkirk areas. | 1 page or more | 26 | I.M. Brown |
| First First World War | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| First World War | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| First World War | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| First World War | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| First World War | John Keddie Linton | An enquiry regarding John Keddie Linton killed in action during World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | Mrs. Dee Brook |
| First World War | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| First World War | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| First World War | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Firth | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Fisabad | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Fische | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Fish | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Fisher | Arrangements for a Victorian wedding | An account of the arrangements made for the marriage in Galashiels of Andrews Stewart Fisher to Elizabeth Tait with details as on the arranging and the ceremony | 2 pages or more | 76 | Janet Nellis |
| Fishing | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Fishing | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Fishing | The Tweed to the Northern Isles | Some information on a new publication entitled 'The Tweed to the Northern Isles' which traces the history of fishing along Scotland's east coast. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Fishwick | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| FitzAlans | The Origins of William Wallace | Notes of the genealogy of William Wallace and suggested connections to the FitzAlans and Stewarts. | 1 page or more | 81 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Fitzjames | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| FitzWalter | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| FitzWalter | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| FitzWalter | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Fitzwalter | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| FitzWalter | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Flanders | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Fleming | George Fleming M.A. | Article on George Fleming MA, distinguished educationalist. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ian McGregor |
| Fleming | Sir Ambrose Fleming - Father of Modern Electronics | The Borders connection of Sir Ambrose Fleming who designed the transmitter to enable the sending of the first message across the Atlantic and whose work paved the way for the invention of the modern light bulb and radio communication. | 1 page or more | 82 | Robin Croftin |
| Fleming | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Fleming | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Fleming | James Fleming, father of Sir John Ambrose Fleming | Some notes on James Fleming, born near Smailholm father of Sir John Ambrose Fleming who featured in issue 82. | 2 pages or more | 84 | Ian McGregor |
| Fleming | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Fleming's Regiment | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Flemington | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Fleshers | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Fletcher | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Fletcher | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Flintlock | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Flodden | The Flowers of the Forest | A detail of those known to have died at the Battle of Flodden 1513. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Flodden | Flodden 500 | A note on events to commemorate the 500th. anniversary of the Battle. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Flodden | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Flodden | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Flodden | Hawick Through Time | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alistair Moffat. | 1 page or more | 85 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Flodden | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Flodden | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Flodden | Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum | An update on archaeological digs and other activities and research relative to the Battle of Flodden. | 1 page or more | 85 | Becki Cooper |
| Flodden | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Flodden | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Flodden | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Flodden | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Floors | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Floors Castle | Floors Castle Hospital | Note on inventory lists and photographs which have come to light dating from the Second World War and an appeal for more information. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Fogo | Yorkie, the Gentle Shepherd | Note about a tramp, known as Yorkie, as well as his picture on the cover. | less than 1 page | 52 | Carol Trotter |
| Forbes | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Fordyce | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| Forfar | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Forrest | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| Forsyth | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Forsyth | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Forsythe | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Fortune | Robert Fortune | An account of the life of Robert Fortune born at Edrom who became a renowned botanist and undertook several journeys (often proving quite perilous ) to China and the Far East - Many plants are named after him and he can probably lay claim to be the founder of the tea industry in India having smuggled plants out of China to help establish this. Buried at Brompton Cemetery, London where a memorial to him has recently been restored. | 3 pages or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| Fortune | A Fortunate Experience at Coldingham | Discovering a family grave in the churchyard at Coldingham Priory. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ian Blackie |
| Fortune | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Fortune | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Fortune | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Foster | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Foul Ford | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Foulden | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Foulden | Smallholdings at Foulden, Mordington and Lamberton | A summary of Brian Patten’s talk on 17th March 2002. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Brian Patten |
| Foulden | Farms And Smallholdings at Foulden - 1920-21 | Transcription of Valuation Rolls for Foulden | 1 page or more | 50 | Brian Patten |
| Fouldon | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Foulis | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Foulshiels | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Fountainhall | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Fountainhall | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Fowlis | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Frain | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Frame | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| France | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Franklin | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Franklin | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Fraser | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Fraser | Borders family origins | Border family origins, surname derivations, and various aspects of family history . | 1 page or more | 33 | Michael Robson |
| Fraser | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Frater | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Frazer | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Freemasonry | The Dicksons | Notes on various Dicksons. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| French Revolution | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Friar | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Friendly Societies | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Frisken | Frisken Genealogy | Notes on a genealogy report submitted by a member, Edward Frisken. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Fruid | Know Your Parish - Tweedsmuir | Hstory of the parish of Tweedsmuir, and notable people. Drawing of Polmood in ruins. | 2 pages or more | 23 | Jean Moffatt |
| Fullar | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Fullar | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| funeral arrangements | John Lee, Shoemaker in Kelso | Some details of the funeral of John Lee, shoemaker in Kelso 1802. Details of funeral arrangements and surnames of those attending the funeral | 2 pages or more | 75 | Elma Fleming |
| Furness | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Gainslaw | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Galahill | Tales of a Borderman | A continuation (from Vol 80) of Andrew Haddon's recollections and tales handed down. | 4 pages or more | 84 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Galashiels | New Premises - 52 Overhaugh Street | An announcement of the opening of the Society's new premises. | less than 1 page | 82 | |
| Galashiels | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Galashiels | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Galashiels | One of the many Brown Families | A family tree of Browns in Galashiels, Selkirk areas. | 1 page or more | 26 | I.M. Brown |
| Galashiels | Coulter's Candy | Some investigation into the life and background of Robert Coltart, confectionery manufacturer who probably compiled the song 'Coulter's Candy', his connections with Galashiels and the history of the song. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Galashiels | Galashiels through Time | A review of the book 'Galashiels through Time' published by Amberley Press. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Galashiels | Charles Lapworth and the Borders connection | An account of the life of Charles Lapworth, the renowned geologist who although born in Berkshire became a schoolmaster in Galashiels where he married and had a family. He carried out much of his early work on the rocks in the Galashiels area before moving to St Andrews and subsequently obtaining a professorship of Geology at Birmingham University. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Galashiels | Know Your Parish - Ladhope | Description of Ladhope (now Galashiels) and historical notes. Includes a drawing of Ladhope Parish Church. | 1 page or more | 20 | |
| Galashiels | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Galashiels | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Galashiels | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose. | less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Galashiels | Parochial Return of the Parish of Galashiels | This is a transcript of a list of Galashiels men willing to serve their country during the Napoleonic times as pioneers, guides, and providing horses, carts, and drivers. This information was obtained from a document lent by Murray Dickson of the Old Gala Club. | 1 page or more | 47 | |
| Galashiels | Premises Report | Report on proposed works to the Society's new premises in Overhaugh Street Galashiels. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Bill Stewart |
| Galashiels | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Galashiels | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Galashiels | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Galashiels | New Premises | An account of the opening of the Society's new premises at 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Galashiels | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Galashiels | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Galashiels | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Galashiels | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Galashiels | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Galashiels | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Galashiels | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Galashiels | Torwoodlee Tower | Some history of Torwoodlee Tower, Galashiels and proposals to restore and renovate. | 1 page or more | 88 | James Pringle |
| Galashiels War Memorial | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Galbraith | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Galbraith | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Galbraith | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Gallipoli | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Gallipoli | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Gallipoli | Gallipoli and Hill 70 Loos | Some notes on an exhibition on Gallipoli staged by the Society with background; also notes on the centenary of the Battle of Loos and service of commemoration at Edrom Church | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Gallipoli | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Galloway | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Galloway Levellers | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Game | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Gardeners | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Gardening | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Gardiner | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Garland | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Garvald | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Gattonside | Will of Gibbie Hatley of Gattonside 1547 | Details of an interesting legacy to the Edinburgh Hangman. | less than 1 page | 74 | |
| Gattonside | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Gattonside | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Gattonside | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Gavin Hamilton | Some epitaphs written by Robert Burns | Epitaphs written by Robert Burns on Gavin Hamilton, his own father, Willie Mitchie and Robert Fergusson, poet. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Geddes | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Gee | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Gefle | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| General Register House | Wills and Testaments | Scots law on wills and testaments-the difference. With a good description on how and where to find information on the subject. | 3 pages or more | 22 | James Galbraith |
| Geology | Charles Lapworth and the Borders connection | An account of the life of Charles Lapworth, the renowned geologist who although born in Berkshire became a schoolmaster in Galashiels where he married and had a family. He carried out much of his early work on the rocks in the Galashiels area before moving to St Andrews and subsequently obtaining a professorship of Geology at Birmingham University. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Enid Cruickshank |
| George Bell | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| George Paris | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| George Taylor | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Gibb | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Gibb | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Gibson | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gibson | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Gibson | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Gibson | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| Gill | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Gillies | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Gilroy | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Gladstain | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Gladstanes | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Gladstone | Female Suffrage by "Titwillow" | This article was first published in a family magazine produced and edited by his grandfather Robert Hogg who farmed at Fireburnmill Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 38 | John C. Gill |
| Gladstone | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Gladstone | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Gladstone | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Gladstone | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Gladstone | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Glasgow | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Glass | Governor Glass | Some notes on William Glass, born in Kelso who went on to establish the colony of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic and to become its first Governor. | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Glass | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Gledstane | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Glen Gatekeeper House | The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen | An account of the genealogy of the Hume family who resided at The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen. | 1 page or more | 79 | |
| Glen House | Glen House, Innerleithen | An account of the recording an indexing estate records by Society members and a short history on the house. | 1 page or more | 81 | |
| Glendinning | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Glendinning | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Glendinning | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Glenmayne | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Glentress | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Godfrey | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Godson & Lumgair | St Mary's Mill | From the start of the Mill in 1894 through good and bad times . How the mill was used through both world wars. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Jane Gibson |
| gold mining | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Golden Retriever | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Golden Retriever | The Yellow Retriever | Note on a book on the dog, the Yellow Retriever, a breed of dog known today as The Golden Retriever. | less than 1 page | 82 | |
| Goodfellow | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Goodwin | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Gordon | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Gordon | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Gordon | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Gordon | A Cockburn Family in Berwickshire and Its Descendants - The Book | The author's Cockburn family history - mostly recent. | 3 pages or more | 24 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Gordon | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gordon | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Gospatrick | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Gow | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Graeme | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Graham | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Grammar School | Restoration of Gravestone at Peebles - James Sloane | An account of the restoration of a gravestone in the churchyard at Peebles of James Sloane who was rector of Peebles Grammar School between 1802 and 1843. Also extracts on James Sloane from a book 'Glimpses of Peebles and Forgotten Characters in its History' by Alexander Williamson published in 1895. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Grant | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Grant | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Grant | An ill-matched couple | An account from a solicitor's file of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife over assets. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ralph Maltman |
| Grant | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Grant | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Grantshouse | Renton School Grantshouse | Some notes on the book 'Renton School Grantshouse' by Jim Crosbie and Margaret Fleming. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Grantshouse | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Gravestone Inscriptions | Stow Monumental Inscriptions | Some information on the forthcoming publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with reference to various documents pertaining to Stow in the National Archives of Scotland with some interesting extracts. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Elma Fleming |
| Gravestone Inscriptions | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Gravestone Inscriptions | CD Review - Bowden Monumental Inscriptions | Review of the content of this publication, and suggestions of other useful publications. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Gravestones | Recording Monumental Inscriptions | How to record inscriptions on gravestones. Method used by Highland Family History Society to compile inscriprions for genealogical reference. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Durham |
| Gray | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gray | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Gray | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Gray | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Gray | 'Fair' Suspended | An account of how the writer discovered there generations his ancestors of the name Fair in the Churchyard at Ayton. | 1 page or more | 84 | Bill Stewart |
| Greenhead | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Greenlaw | The poor, crime and punishment,and the power of the Kirk in the Borders, 17th & 18th Centuries | When paupers died, the contents of their houses were sold by public roup. This is an account of one sale and the strength of the Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 31 | M. C. Lawson |
| Greenlaw | Poor Relief in the 1840s | A review of the operation of the poor relief in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allowances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time. | 4 pages or more | 71 | Peter Munro |
| Greenlaw | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Greenlaw | Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town | Some notes on the book 'Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town' by James Denham. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Greenlaw | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Greenock | Accidents and Disasters in Scotland in the 19th Century | A list of major disasters in Scotland from 1801 to 1849. | 1 page or more | 29 | William P Cross |
| Greig | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Greig | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Gretna | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Gretna | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Gretna Green | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Grieve | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Grieve | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Grieve | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Grieve | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1869-1900) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | 8 pages or more | 46 | Marjory Gavin |
| Grieve | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Grieve | Grieve Families | Notes on Grieve families in the Borders, Edinburgh, Glasgow America, and Canada | 6 pages or more | 56 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Grieve | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Grinlaw | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Groat | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Grueldykes | John Duns Scotus | A mention of events to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of John Duns Scotus, genealogy research and the seeking of a possible DNA connection. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gucci | St Mary's Mill | From the start of the Mill in 1894 through good and bad times . How the mill was used through both world wars. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Jane Gibson |
| Guild of One Name Studies | Guild of One-Name Studies | An account of a talk given by Lorna Kinnaird on the Guild of One Name Studies. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Guise | A light-hearted tale--Epitaphs | We will never know what is written on our headstone, this article it gives you some ideas. | 1 page or more | 31 | Ian Abernethy |
| Gunn | Lyne , Megget and Manor Monumental Inscriptions | Some notes on the CD of Monumental Inscriptions and other records of Lyne, Megget and Manor published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Gunsgreen House | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gunsgreen House | Gunsgreen House, Eyemouth | Notes on the book "Eustace the Outcast" by David Pae also on the will of James Swanston of Eyemouth containing what is thought to be a list of customers for illicit produce including the Rev. Robert Bowmaker, minister, Duns. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Gurney | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Guthrie | The poor, crime and punishment,and the power of the Kirk in the Borders, 17th & 18th Centuries | When paupers died, the contents of their houses were sold by public roup. This is an account of one sale and the strength of the Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 31 | M. C. Lawson |
| Gypsies | More Gypsy Snippets | Some interesting snippets extracted by Peter Munro regarding gypsies throughout the ages | 2 pages or more | 0 | Peter Munro |
| Gypsies | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Gypsies | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Gypsies | The Gypsy King and the President | Relationship between President Clinton and Charles Blyth, king of the gypsies. Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph. | less than 1 page | 23 | |
| Gypsies | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Gypsies | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Gypsum | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Gypsy Royalty | Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 5 pages or more | 32 | A. V. Tokley |
| Hadden | The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 1 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Jenny Fairman |
| Haddon | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Haddon | Tales of a Borderman | A continuation (from Vol 80) of Andrew Haddon's recollections and tales handed down. | 4 pages or more | 84 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Haddon | Dr. John Haddon - World Tour 1882 | An account by the author of a talk given to the Society of a world tour undertaken in 1882 by his ancestor, Dr. John Haddon, a successful medical practitioner from Hawick. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Andrew Haddon |
| Haggerston | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Haig | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Haigsfield | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Haining | The Haining, Selkirk | A short history of the house and plans for its future. | 1 page or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| Haliburton | The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons; William who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
| Hall | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Hall | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Hall | Galashiels Murrays in New South Wales | Murrays first came to the fore in Eccles, follow them through generations. There is also a very touching letter in the article. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Donald Wyte |
| Hall | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Hall | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Hall | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Hall | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Hall | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Hall | Every Post Card tells a story | An article on the place of postcards in family history including a history of the postcard and the information which can be gleaned from them. The writer instances several examples of how postcards have enabled her to expand on her own family history research | 3 pages or more | 79 | Anne Golden |
| Hall | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Halliburton | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Hamilton | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Hamilton | Accidents and Disasters in Scotland in the 19th Century | A list of major disasters in Scotland from 1801 to 1849. | 1 page or more | 29 | William P Cross |
| Hamilton | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Hamilton | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Hamilton | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Hamilton | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Hammermen | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Hangingshaw | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Hangman | Will of Gibbie Hatley of Gattonside 1547 | Details of an interesting legacy to the Edinburgh Hangman. | less than 1 page | 74 | |
| Harcourt | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Hardie | Hawick Through Time | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alistair Moffat. | 1 page or more | 85 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Hardie | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Hardie | Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| Hardie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Hardwick | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Hardwick | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Harehope | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Harelaw | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Harelaw | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Harestanes | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose. | less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Harewood | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Harkins | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Harkness | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1869-1900) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | 8 pages or more | 46 | Marjory Gavin |
| Harper | Harper Family Tree | This is a copy of a family tree of the Harper family. | 1 page or more | 7 | Mrs B. Logan |
| Harper | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Harper Ridge | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Harriot | The Heriots of Trabrown | An account by the author of his book 'The Heriots of Trabown in which he traces the history of the family and its various branches from earliest times. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Ray Harriot |
| Harris | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1869-1900) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | 8 pages or more | 46 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hart | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Hartwoodburn | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Harvey | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Harvey | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Harvey | Migration From Glendale To New Brunswick, Canada | Account of the families who migrated from Berwick-upon-Tweed to New Brunswick, Canada, and the hazards they faced. Includes a list of families with Glendale or Border origins were granted land. | 4 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Hassendean | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Hastie | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Hastie | Full of Egotism, Diaries of Rev John Hastie | This is the text of Ronald's talk to the Society on 21st March 2004. It was about a diary which should appeal to those with an interest in local history, a snapshot of life in a rural Parish between 1797 and 1822, and for those connected to Edrom - an opportunity to ‘meet the ancestor’. | 2 pages or more | 55 | Ronald Morrison |
| Hastie | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Hastie | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Hastings Neville | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Hatley | Will of Gibbie Hatley of Gattonside 1547 | Details of an interesting legacy to the Edinburgh Hangman. | less than 1 page | 74 | |
| Hawaii | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Hawick | Auld Edward Dearsden 1799-1875 | An account of the life of Edward Dearsden who was killed by the horse of Thomas Kennaway during the Hawick Common Riding, the family and in particular his great grandson William James Dearsden who originally had a cycle agent's shop in Hawick but who went on to develop a very successful photographic business and who during WW2 flew and worked with Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb. | 3 pages or more | 81 | Anne Golden |
| Hawick | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Hawick | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1872-1875 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | less than 1 page | 49 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1861-1896 | Births and marriages, 1861-1896, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Dr. John Haddon - World Tour 1882 | An account by the author of a talk given to the Society of a world tour undertaken in 1882 by his ancestor, Dr. John Haddon, a successful medical practitioner from Hawick. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Andrew Haddon |
| Hawick | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Hawick | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Hawick | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Hawick | Tales of a Borderman | A continuation (from Vol 80) of Andrew Haddon's recollections and tales handed down. | 4 pages or more | 84 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Hawick | The Chisholm Highland Connection | The story of the Chisholm family, their involvement in medieval wars and their move from the Borders to the Highlands. | 5 pages or more | 73 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Hawick | Hawick Through Time by Alastair Redpath | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alastair Redpath. | less than 1 page | 86 | Peter Munro |
| Hawick | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1879-1889 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 52 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hawick | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Hawick | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Hawick | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Hawick | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| Hawick | James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) | Biography of James Murray, a linguist, philologist, teacher. He was one of the founders of the Oxford English dictionary. | 1 page or more | 45 | Valerie Mackay |
| Hawick | Hawick and District from Old Photographs | Some notes on the recently published book 'Hawick and District from Old Photographs', by Alastair M Redpath. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Hawick | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -Deaths 1857-1878 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 5 pages or more | 51 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1857 – 1863 | Deaths extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued in issue 43. | 1 page or more | 40 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1890-1900 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 53 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | It’s in the blood | Notes about why Anne, a member of the Society Council, became interested in family history. | 1 page or more | 57 | Anne Turnbull |
| Hawick | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Hawick | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| Hawick | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Hawick | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Hawick | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1876-1900 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Hawick | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Hawick | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Hawick | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Hawick | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1860-1900 | Deaths 1860-1900, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Hawick | More Canadian Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser 1864-1868 | List of deaths in Canada mainly of persons who had connections with Hawick and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hawick | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Hawick | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1855 - 1898 | A list of births and marriages of Canadians intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1898, with brief additional notes on some items. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hawick | American Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser Births 1859-1900 and Marriages 1855-1872 | Births and marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Hawick | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1869-1900) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | 8 pages or more | 46 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hawick | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Hawick | Hawick Through Time | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alistair Moffat. | 1 page or more | 85 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Hawick | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Hawick | 1849 | A report on Hawick in the year 1849, the year the Border Railway reached Hawick but also the year of the cholera epidemic. Includes contemporary reports on the epidemic and names of a number of those who died | 4 pages or more | 77 | Anne Golden |
| Hawick | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Deaths 1862-1900, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 55 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hawick | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Hawick Academy | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Hawick Characters | Hawick Characters | Names and dates of death of a number of the persons mentioned in the book 'Hawick Characters' by Robert Murray published in 1910. | 1 page or more | 84 | Peter Munro |
| Hawick St. Cuthbert's Church | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Hawkshaw | Know Your Parish - Tweedsmuir | Hstory of the parish of Tweedsmuir, and notable people. Drawing of Polmood in ruins. | 2 pages or more | 23 | Jean Moffatt |
| Hawthornden | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Hay | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Hay | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Hay | Origin of the Hays | A review of the book 'The origin of the Hays' in which the author David Anderson seeks to trace the ancestry and background of Margaret Hay, mother of the naturalist, John Muir. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Anderson |
| Hay | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Hay | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Hay Home | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Heard | Muckle Giggots and Sheep lost in the Snow | A memory of Tibbie Shiel by Margaret Turnbull, of James Thomson, the Shepherd of Whitehope, lost in the snow. | 2 pages or more | 64 | C S Borthwick |
| Heartrigg | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Heatherlie | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| Heatherlieburn | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Heatheryett | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Heatlie | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Heaviside | A Sassenach Searches for his Scottish Ancestry | How the family name may have originated. Possible connections with Kelso. The Reiver Connections An interesting historical tale. | 5 pages or more | 39 | George Heaviside |
| Heavy Brigade | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Heber | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Heiton | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Heiton | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Heligoland | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Henderson | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Henderson | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Henderson | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Henderson | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Henderson | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Henderson | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Henderson | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Henderson | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Hendry | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Henlawshiels | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Hepburn | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Hepburne | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Herefordshire Regiment | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Heriots | The Heriots of Trabrown | An account by the author of his book 'The Heriots of Trabown in which he traces the history of the family and its various branches from earliest times. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Ray Harriot |
| Heriots Dyke | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| Hermiston | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Hermitage | Hermitage--Grim Guardian of the Borders | Lord Soulis and how he came to his rather barbaric death. It follows the history of Hermitage through the years. Very interesting. | 3 pages or more | 14 | Norrie McLeish |
| Hermitage | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Hermitage | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Hermitage | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Heron | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Heronhill House | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Herring | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Herriot | The Heriots of Trabrown | An account by the author of his book 'The Heriots of Trabown in which he traces the history of the family and its various branches from earliest times. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Ray Harriot |
| Herron | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Hester | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Hetherington | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Hetterburn | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Heughhead | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Hewick | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Hewie | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Hibernia | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Highland Clearances | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Hillhead House | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Hillhouses | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Hillisland | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Hilson | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Hingston | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Hinshelwood | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Hirsel | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Hislop | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Hislop | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Hislop | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Hoar Cottage | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Hobkirk | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Hogarth | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Hogarth | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Hogg | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Hogg | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Hogg | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Hogg | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Hogg | Whatever happened to those adventurous Hoggs ? | Various anecdotes about the author's antecedents, | 1 page or more | 64 | Ian Patterson |
| Hogg | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Hogg | Guess Who’s Missing | The descendants of William Steel Story who lived in Yetholm, Morebattle, Hobkirk, who married Elizabeth Aitchson, daughter of Francis Aitchson and Elizabeth Hogg around 1806. | 1 page or more | 64 | E .Helen Ball |
| Hogg | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hogg | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Hogg | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Hogg Hill | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Holiwell | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Holliday | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Holmburn | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Holy Trinity | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Home | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Home | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Home | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Home | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Home | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Home | Helen Home of Broomhouse | Notification that copies of the letters from James Home of Broomhouse, captain of marines with the Mediterranean fleet during the Napoleonic Wars written to his sister Helen have been donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Home | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Home | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Home | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Home | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Home | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Hong Kong | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hood | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Hood | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Hood | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Hope | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Hope | George Hope 1814-1884 | The story of George Hope 1814-1884 born in Morebattle who with his family emigrated to Australia, their struggles and achievements in Australia including their experiences of the 'Goldrush' and an account of their return visit to Morebattle 38 years later. | 4 pages or more | 85 | Alistair Hope |
| Hopkins | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Hopkins | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Horn Water Brigg | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Hornshole | Hawick Through Time | A review of the book 'Hawick through Time' by Alistair Moffat. | 1 page or more | 85 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Horsburgh | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Horsey | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Horsill | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Horton | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Hosburghs | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Hospitals | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Hospitals | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Hospitals | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Hospitals | Floors Castle Hospital | Note on inventory lists and photographs which have come to light dating from the Second World War and an appeal for more information. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Hot Trod | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Hounam | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Hounam | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Hounam | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Household Budget | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Houston-Bosswall | Gallipoli and Hill 70 Loos | Some notes on an exhibition on Gallipoli staged by the Society with background; also notes on the centenary of the Battle of Loos and service of commemoration at Edrom Church | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Houston-Boswell | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| How | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Howie | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Hownam | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Hoy | The Delights and Drawbacks of Working with One's Web Pages | Text of the talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001. Suggestions on building a personal website. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Charles Hoy |
| Hoy | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Hoy | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Hoy | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Hub | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Hugan | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Huguenot | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Hume | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Hume | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Hume | The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen | An account of the genealogy of the Hume family who resided at The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen. | 1 page or more | 79 | |
| Hume | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Hume | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Hume | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Hume | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Hume | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Hume | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Hunt | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Hunter | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Hunter | The Tweedsmuir Connection | Report of the society's summer outing to Upper Tweeddale. | 1 page or more | 13 | Violet Jardine |
| Hunter | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Hunter | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Hunter | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Hunter | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Hutcheson | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Hutcheson | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Hutton | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Hutton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Hutton | Extracts of the Hutton Session Records Jun 19th 1819 - Dec 7th 1821 | Transcribed extracts of the Hutton Session Records mainly about donations to the Poor, and a list of ministers since 1688. Lots of names. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Heather Lough |
| Hutton | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Hutton | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Hutton | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Hutton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Huxley | HMS Pathfinder | An account of the sinking in 1914 of HMS Pathfinder off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire viewed by Aldous Huxley. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Idaho | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Imperial Tobacco | St Mary's Mill | From the start of the Mill in 1894 through good and bad times . How the mill was used through both world wars. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Jane Gibson |
| India | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| India | Robert Fortune | An account of the life of Robert Fortune born at Edrom who became a renowned botanist and undertook several journeys (often proving quite perilous ) to China and the Far East - Many plants are named after him and he can probably lay claim to be the founder of the tea industry in India having smuggled plants out of China to help establish this. Buried at Brompton Cemetery, London where a memorial to him has recently been restored. | 3 pages or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| India | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| India | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| India | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| India | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Inglis | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Inglis | Longformacus Free Church | Discovery of a poem written in 1869 relating to Longformacus Free Church. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Inglis | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Inglis | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Innerleithen | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| Innerleithen | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Innerleithen | Historic and Photographic Glimpses of Old Innerleithen | Promotion of the book 'Historic and Photographic Glimpses of Old Innerleithen' by Bobby Richardson published by the Society. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Innerleithen | Glen House, Innerleithen | An account of the recording an indexing estate records by Society members and a short history on the house. | 1 page or more | 81 | |
| Innerleithen | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Innerleithen | The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen | An account of the genealogy of the Hume family who resided at The Gatekeeper House, The Glen Innerleithen. | 1 page or more | 79 | |
| Innerleithen | Innerleithen Shops | Information on the CD published by the Society on 'Innerleithen Shops' compiled by Bobby Richardson. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Innerleithen | Innerleithen Shops | Some background information on the CD 'Innerleithen Shops' compiled by Bobby Richardson and published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Innerleithen | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Innerleithen | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Innerleithen Light Company | Peeblesshire's First Car | An account of Peeblesshire's first car built by Laurence Bell in a rented shed in Peebles and how from such humble beginnings developed the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT). | 2 pages or more | 82 | Gwen Stein |
| Innes | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Inscriptions | Recording Monumental Inscriptions | How to record inscriptions on gravestones. Method used by Highland Family History Society to compile inscriprions for genealogical reference. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Durham |
| Internet | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Internet | The Delights and Drawbacks of Working with One's Web Pages | Text of the talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001. Suggestions on building a personal website. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Charles Hoy |
| Intestate Succession | Intestate Succession | A detail of how property was divided in Scotland in the event of the deceased dying intestate. | 2 pages or more | 77 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Inventions | Sir Ambrose Fleming - Father of Modern Electronics | The Borders connection of Sir Ambrose Fleming who designed the transmitter to enable the sending of the first message across the Atlantic and whose work paved the way for the invention of the modern light bulb and radio communication. | 1 page or more | 82 | Robin Croftin |
| Inverbervie | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Iowa | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Ironmonger | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Ironmonger | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Irregular | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | Linda Bankier |
| Irregular Marriages | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Irregular Marriages | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Italy | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| J. Thomson | Fairbairn | A modern day manipulator who could be better than a Doctor for pains. Got Rugby players who got hurt at the weekend and she would fix them up. | 2 pages or more | 36 | kind permission of Kelso Museum |
| Jack | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Jackson | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Jaffray | To Follow the Dogs and Carry the Stick | An account of life and shepherding in the Lammermuirs before and during and immediately after the Second World War. | 1 page or more | 90 | Bob Jaffray |
| James Rutherford | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| James Stuart | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Jameson | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Jamie Cheuch | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Jamieson | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Jamieson | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Jardine | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Jardine | An Unusual Way Of Recording Family Trees | This is about a gravestone in the burial ground of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries-shire which has a drawn family tree of the Jardine family. The article shows a picture of the gravestone. | 1 page or more | 66 | Colin McInnes |
| Jardine | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Jardine | Who Was Lizzie Jardine ? | The author's start on her family history - mainly ordinary working folk in the Borders. | 3 pages or more | 51 | Carol Trotter |
| Jardine | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Jardine | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Java | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Java | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| Jed Valley | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Jedburgh | Jedburgh Place Names | Notes on a book 'Jedburgh Place Names' put together by Society member, Norrie McLeish, from articles written by George Watson. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Jedburgh | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Jedburgh | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| Jedburgh | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Jedburgh | Thomas Davidson (1838-1870), Scottish poet | Some notes on the life of Thomas Davidson, poet born in Jedburgh. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Nick Hide |
| Jedburgh | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Jedburgh | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Jedburgh | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Jedburgh | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Jedburgh | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Jedburgh | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Jedburgh | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Jedburgh | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Jedburgh | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Jedburgh | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Jedburgh | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| Jedburgh | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Jedburgh | Death of Mr Alexander Jeffrey, Solicitor | Obituary that originally appeared in the Jedburgh Gazette and Border Courier in 1874. Alexander Jeffrey was a well-known Jedburgh antiquarian and historian. | 2 pages or more | 62 | |
| Jedburgh | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Jedburgh | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Jedburgh | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Jedburgh | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Jedburgh | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Jedburgh | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| Jeffery | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Jeffery | A Sassenach Searches for his Scottish Ancestry | How the family name may have originated. Possible connections with Kelso. The Reiver Connections An interesting historical tale. | 5 pages or more | 39 | George Heaviside |
| Jeffery | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Jeffrey | The Infamous Jeffrey | Toll-roads in the Borders, toll bars, and William Jeffrey's involvement in protests against them. | 2 pages or more | 58 | George Martin |
| Jeffrey | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Jeffrey | Death of Mr Alexander Jeffrey, Solicitor | Obituary that originally appeared in the Jedburgh Gazette and Border Courier in 1874. Alexander Jeffrey was a well-known Jedburgh antiquarian and historian. | 2 pages or more | 62 | |
| Jerdan | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Jerdan | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Jerviswood | What Might Have Been | The writer pursues a mysterious entry which she finds in the family Bible and suggests that her ancestor Lochhart Baillie was the natural son of George Baillie of Jerviswood and Catherine Sangster and surmises how different the history of her family could have been. | 2 pages or more | 78 | Mike Bucher |
| Jethart | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Jethart Jock | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Jethart Jock | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Jobson | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Johannesburg | A 'Scot' Moves to South Africa | Biography of Archibald Little, born Melrose, 11th Jan 1829, died 13 Dec 1921, Johannesburg. Brief notes on his occupations, and service in the Basuto War. | 2 pages or more | 44 | Tony Little |
| John Bright | Whitsome to West Sparta | The story of Christopher Moffat and his wife Agnes Common who emigrated to Canada aboard the John Bright in 1856, some earlier history, the reason for their emigration, an account of the voyage and their subsequent life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 81 | Elizabeth Doley |
| John Gray Centre | Origin of the Hays | A review of the book 'The origin of the Hays' in which the author David Anderson seeks to trace the ancestry and background of Margaret Hay, mother of the naturalist, John Muir. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Anderson |
| John Muir | Origin of the Hays | A review of the book 'The origin of the Hays' in which the author David Anderson seeks to trace the ancestry and background of Margaret Hay, mother of the naturalist, John Muir. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Anderson |
| Johnson | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Johnston | An ill-matched couple | An account from a solicitor's file of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife over assets. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ralph Maltman |
| Johnston | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Johnstone | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Johnstone | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Johnstone | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Jones | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Jones | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Joseph Bain | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| K.O.S.B | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| K.O.S.B. | Family history and the Military | Reseaching military records. | less than 1 page | 4 | Lt-Col. D. C. R. Ward |
| Kabul | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Kaeside | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Kalamazoo | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Kale Water | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Keddie | John Keddie Linton | An enquiry regarding John Keddie Linton killed in action during World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | Mrs. Dee Brook |
| Keddie | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Kedslie | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Keilder | James Ferguson Schoolmaster, 1814-1894 | How the memory of a clock led the author to research this ancestor. | less than 1 page | 32 | J Ferguson |
| Kellie | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Kelso | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Kelso | John Lee, Shoemaker in Kelso | Some details of the funeral of John Lee, shoemaker in Kelso 1802. Details of funeral arrangements and surnames of those attending the funeral | 2 pages or more | 75 | Elma Fleming |
| Kelso | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Kelso | A Cockburn Family in Berwickshire and Its Descendants - The Book | The author's Cockburn family history - mostly recent. | 3 pages or more | 24 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Kelso | County Railway Routes - Berwick to St Boswells | Details of the book in the Country Railway Book series Berwick to St. Boswells. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Kelso | Governor Glass | Some notes on William Glass, born in Kelso who went on to establish the colony of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic and to become its first Governor. | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Kelso | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Kelso | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Kelso | Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso | Review of two books, Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso looking in particular at the connection between Sir Walter Scott and the Town. | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Kelso | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Kelso | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Kelso | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Kelso | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Kelso | Kelso Dispensary and Castleton Poor Law Records | Some notes by the author on his publication on C.D. of Poor Law records instancing some of the information available and mentioning various diseases mentioned | 1 page or more | 75 | Peter Munro |
| Kelso | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Kelso | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Kelso | Revised and improved edition of Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard and St. Andrews Monumental Inscriptions | Notes on the improved version of our Memorial Inscriptions covering Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard Kelso and St. Andrews. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Kelso | Forgotten Borderers--Andrew Walker (1808-1896) | Andrew Walker, born Earlston, worked at Newton Don and moved eventually to Camden and started a Ragged School. He emigrated to Troy in New York and died there. | less than 1 page | 30 | |
| Kelso | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Kelso | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Kelso | A Sassenach Searches for his Scottish Ancestry | How the family name may have originated. Possible connections with Kelso. The Reiver Connections An interesting historical tale. | 5 pages or more | 39 | George Heaviside |
| Kelso | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Kelso | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Kelso | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Kelso | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Kelso | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| Kelso | Kelso Tradesmen Transcription Project | Note on a project to transcribe the records of nineteenth century Kelso tradesmen | 1 page or more | 75 | Juline Baird |
| Kelso | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Kelso | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Kelso | The Stewarts of Kelso | A report into extensive research into the Stewart family of Kelso, latterly of Edinburgh. | 5 pages or more | 77 | Harry D Watson |
| Kelso Abbey | Revised and improved edition of Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard and St. Andrews Monumental Inscriptions | Notes on the improved version of our Memorial Inscriptions covering Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard Kelso and St. Andrews. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Kelso Abbey | A light-hearted tale--Epitaphs | We will never know what is written on our headstone, this article it gives you some ideas. | 1 page or more | 31 | Ian Abernethy |
| Kelso Combination | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Kelso Mail | Kelso Mail Marriage entries | Some marriage entries recorded in the Kelso Mail between 1808 and 1823. | 2 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Kelso Mail | More extracts from the Kelso Mail | Some death entries from the Kelso Mail recorded 29th. December 1803 to 16th. May 1804. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Kelso Mail | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail | Death notices published in the Kelso Mail 1805-1808. | 2 pages or more | 84 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Kelso Mail | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Kemmel | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Kendall | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Kennaway | Auld Edward Dearsden 1799-1875 | An account of the life of Edward Dearsden who was killed by the horse of Thomas Kennaway during the Hawick Common Riding, the family and in particular his great grandson William James Dearsden who originally had a cycle agent's shop in Hawick but who went on to develop a very successful photographic business and who during WW2 flew and worked with Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb. | 3 pages or more | 81 | Anne Golden |
| Kennedy | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Kennoway | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Kentucky Campaign | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Ker | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Ker | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Ker | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Ker | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Kerr | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Kerr | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Kerr | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Kerr | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Kerr | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Kerr | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Kerr | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Kerr | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Kerr | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Kerr | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Kerr | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Kerrs | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Kerrs | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Kidston | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Kidston | Notes on the Early History of the Kidston family in Scotland | An account of notes on the history of the Kidston family in Scotland as submitted by Robert D Davis. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Kiel Canal | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Killiecrankie | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Kilmarnock | Accidents and Disasters in Scotland in the 19th Century | A list of major disasters in Scotland from 1801 to 1849. | 1 page or more | 29 | William P Cross |
| Kilmum | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| King | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| King | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| King Harold | "My Great Grandfather died at sea" | A ships Master from Irvine in Ayrshire. How Bill researched the history of a remarkable seaman. 'One of his best'. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Bill Murray |
| King William | An act anent murthering of children | Act of Assembly May 26th 1762 for reading the 21st Act of Parliament of the second session of parliament of King William and Queen Mary dated July 19th 1690 about murdering of children. | less than 1 page | 21 | Margaret Steele |
| Kingsmeadows | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Kinnear | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Kinsale | Forgotten Borders Andrew Cocburn 1871- 1955 | Born Kelso 1871 of a Blacksmith. Second engineer on the Lusitania,he also had two terms on the Mauretania . | 2 pages or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Kirk | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Kirk Session Records | Hawick Hub | An account with some background information on various records which have been transferred to Scottish Borders Archives at Hawick including and Kirk Session Records, Poor Relief records - some examples of content instanced | 2 pages or more | 76 | |
| Kirk Session Records | Uncleanness at Edrom | A tale of impropriety extracted from the Edrom Session Records. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Kirk Yetholm | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Kirk Yetholm | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Kirk Yetholm | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Kirk Yetholm | Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 5 pages or more | 32 | A. V. Tokley |
| Kirkcaldy | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Kirkhope | Ettrickbridge Sampler | A sampler embroidered in 1879 in Ettrick Bridge, somehow finding its way to Canada and returned to the local school, Kirkhope Primary. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Kirkhope | A Policeman's Lot | Article on the lie of Alexander Linton born in 1829 at Kirkhope who became a river bailiff and later a policemen in Caithness. Requirements for admission to the police force and some general background regarding a policeman's lot. Letter he returned to the Borders and had various positions; as a factory night watchman, as a stone dyke builder and was still employed as a stonebreaker at age 71. | 3 pages or more | 79 | Charles Borthwick |
| Kirknewton | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Kirkpatrick | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Kirkpatrick-Durham | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Kirkton | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Kirna | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Klondike | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| Knout | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Knout | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Knox | John Knox Quincentenary | Some biographical notes on the Scottish Reformer John Knox. | less than 1 page | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Knox | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Konigsberg | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| KOSB | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| KOSB | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| KOSB | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Kyber Massacre | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Kyle | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Kyle | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Kyle | Blind Jamie Donaldson | Account of James Donaldson, whose tombstone is in Melrose Abbey churchyard. | 1 page or more | 47 | Margaret Lawson |
| Kyle | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Kyle | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Ladhope | Know Your Parish - Ladhope | Description of Ladhope (now Galashiels) and historical notes. Includes a drawing of Ladhope Parish Church. | 1 page or more | 20 | |
| Lady Grisell | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Ladykirk | Bygone Days | This is the text of Eleanor's fascinating talk on Upsettlington (also known as Ladykirk) from the 12th century onwards, given to the Society on 19th October 2003. | 3 pages or more | 54 | Eleanor Moffat |
| Ladykirk | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Laidlaw | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Laidlaw | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Laidlaw | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Laidlaw | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Laidlaw | Piper Laidlaw Memorial | Notes on a ceremony to mark the 100th. Anniversary of the events during the Battle of Loos leading to the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Piper Daniel Laidlaw. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Laidlaw | Moffat Great-Grandparents | About the author's farming great grandfather, John Moffat. | 1 page or more | 60 | David W Kennedy |
| Laidlaw | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Laidlawstiel | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Laing | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Lamberton | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | The first part of an account of the History of the Rentons of Billie and Lamberton in Berwickshire. Tracing in detail the history of the family from the early fourteenth century. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Lamberton | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Lamberton | Border Marriges Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Lamberton | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | Continuation of the article in the previous issue of the history of the Renton family of Billie and Lamberton. The story continues from the 16th. Century to date detailing many achievements but also revealing some scandal. | 7 pages or more | 84 | Gregory Lauder- Frost |
| Lamberton Toll | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Lamberton Toll | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Lambton | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Lammermuir | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Lammermuir | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Lammermuir Hills | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| Lammermuirs | To Follow the Dogs and Carry the Stick | An account of life and shepherding in the Lammermuirs before and during and immediately after the Second World War. | 1 page or more | 90 | Bob Jaffray |
| Lammermuirs | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Lancaster | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Landles | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Langholm | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Langholm | Beatties | Langholm Archive Centre is looking for Beattie volunteers to take part in a DNA project. Participation is completely free and available to all male Beatties not immediately related who can provide a little family tree information and full results will be made available. | less than 1 page | 67 | Bruce McCartney |
| Langlands | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Langlands | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Langnewton | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Langshaw | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Langton | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Lapworth | Charles Lapworth and the Borders connection | An account of the life of Charles Lapworth, the renowned geologist who although born in Berkshire became a schoolmaster in Galashiels where he married and had a family. He carried out much of his early work on the rocks in the Galashiels area before moving to St Andrews and subsequently obtaining a professorship of Geology at Birmingham University. | 3 pages or more | 83 | Enid Cruickshank |
| Lauder | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Lauder | A Nostalgic Visit to Lauder and Channelkirk | A report of the author's return from South Africa, his attendance at a late night Church service in Lauder, the erection of a plaque and his family connections with the area. | 3 pages or more | 82 | Prof. Charles Wait |
| Lauder | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Lauder | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Lauder | The Chisholm Highland Connection | The story of the Chisholm family, their involvement in medieval wars and their move from the Borders to the Highlands. | 5 pages or more | 73 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Lauder | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Lauder | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Lauder | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Lauder | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Lauder | Robert Lauder of the Bass | An account fully referenced, of the family of the Lauders of the Bass Rock. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Lauder | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Lauder | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Lauder | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Lauderdale | Clan Maitland - The Earl of Lauderdale | An article by the Society Patron on the history of the Maitlands and the Clan Maitland Society. | 2 pages or more | 79 | The Earl of Lauderdale |
| Lauderdale | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Lauderdale (Earl of) | New Patron | Article on the appointment of new patron for the Society and some details on the family background. | 1 page or more | 76 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Launceston | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Laurie | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Law | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Lawrie | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Lawson | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Lawson | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Learment | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Learmond | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Learmond | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Learmont | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Learmonth | Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
| Learmonth | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Learmouth | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Ledgerwood | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Ledgerwood | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Lee | John Lee, Shoemaker in Kelso | Some details of the funeral of John Lee, shoemaker in Kelso 1802. Details of funeral arrangements and surnames of those attending the funeral | 2 pages or more | 75 | Elma Fleming |
| Lee | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Lee Enfield | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Lee Pen | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Leenders | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Leeward Islands | James Thomson - A Man for all Seasons | An account of the life and works of Border poet, James Thomson. | 5 pages or more | 87 | Norrie McLeish |
| Leghorn | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Leitch | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Leitholm | My Grandfather and the Demon Drink - the Berwickshire "No-Licence" campaign of 1920 | An account by the Rev. Tom Notman, minister of Leitholm United Free Church in his campaign for prohibition in Berwickshire and later in the Cowcaddens District in Glasgow prior to the Second World War | 3 pages or more | 75 | Malcolm Lindsay |
| Lennel Cemetery | Coldstream History Society | A note on a project recently undertaken by the Society including the transcription of the graveyard at Lennel Cemetery, Coldstream and also a project to record detailed genealogical information of all names appearing on War Memorials in Berwickshire and North Northumberland. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Lennelhill | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Leslie | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Leslie | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Levellers | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Lever | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Lewins | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Lewins | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Lewis | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Leyden | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Leyden | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Leyden | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| Leyden | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Leyden | John Leyden | A short note on the origins of the name. | less than 1 page | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Leyton | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Liddesdale | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Liddesdale | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Liddle | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Liddle | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Liddle | John Liddle (13.3.1842 - 26.9.1907) | An account of the life of John Liddle born at Reston and his voyage to Australia in 1865 aboard the "Clara". He kept a diary during the voyage and extracts are included illustrating what life was like aboard an emigrant ship. There are also details from the ship's register (a full list of the names of the 384 immigrants is available) also a breakdown of occupations, nationalities and deaths during the voyage. | 6 pages or more | 80 | Bill Stewart |
| life expectancy | An account of the number of people in Scotland in the year 1755 | A review of a document held by the National Archive of Scotland giving details of the population, life expectancy and religious affiliation, | 1 page or more | 69 | Peter Munro |
| Light Brigade | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Lile | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Lillburne | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Lilley | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Lilliard's Edge | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Lilliesleaf | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Lilliesleaf | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Lilliesleaf | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Lilliesleaf | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Lilliesleaf | Voices from Lilliesleaf by Ian McDougall | Review of a book ' Voices from Lilliesleaf' by Ian MacDougall. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Lilliico | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Lindean | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Lindesay | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Lindisfarrne | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Lindores | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Lindsay | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Lindsey | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Linton | John Keddie Linton | An enquiry regarding John Keddie Linton killed in action during World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | Mrs. Dee Brook |
| Linton | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Linton | A Policeman's Lot | Article on the lie of Alexander Linton born in 1829 at Kirkhope who became a river bailiff and later a policemen in Caithness. Requirements for admission to the police force and some general background regarding a policeman's lot. Letter he returned to the Borders and had various positions; as a factory night watchman, as a stone dyke builder and was still employed as a stonebreaker at age 71. | 3 pages or more | 79 | Charles Borthwick |
| Linton | Thomas Pringle, Writer, Poet and Anti-Slavery Campaigner | An account of the life of Thomas Pringle born at Linton in 1789 who went on to become a respected poet an close acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. He later emigrated to South Africa where he experiences many travails. The article recounts these experiences and how the family overcame many difficulties as early settlers. He founded a school and wrote a book on the state of the English settlers. He became a noted campaigner for human rights and came to be known as "the father of South African Poetry" | 9 pages or more | 82 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Linton | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Little | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Little | A 'Scot' Moves to South Africa | Biography of Archibald Little, born Melrose, 11th Jan 1829, died 13 Dec 1921, Johannesburg. Brief notes on his occupations, and service in the Basuto War. | 2 pages or more | 44 | Tony Little |
| Little Billy | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Little York | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Littledean | John Duns Scotus | A mention of events to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of John Duns Scotus, genealogy research and the seeking of a possible DNA connection. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ronald Morrison |
| Liverpool | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Livingstone | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Lloyd | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Lloyd George | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Lockhart | Genealogy of the Symington Family | A review of the book 'The Genealogy of the Symington Family' by the Rev Henry Paton kindly donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 88 | Ronald Morrison |
| Lockie | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Log Books | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Logan | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Logan | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Logan | Harper Family Tree | This is a copy of a family tree of the Harper family. | 1 page or more | 7 | Mrs B. Logan |
| Logan | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Logan | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Logan | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Logan | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Logan | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Logie | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| London | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Londonderry | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Longformacus | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Longformacus | Poor Relief in the 1840s | A review of the operation of the poor relief in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allowances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time. | 4 pages or more | 71 | Peter Munro |
| Longformacus | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Longformacus | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Longformacus | Longformacus Free Church | Discovery of a poem written in 1869 relating to Longformacus Free Church. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Longformacus | To Follow the Dogs and Carry the Stick | An account of life and shepherding in the Lammermuirs before and during and immediately after the Second World War. | 1 page or more | 90 | Bob Jaffray |
| Longstaffe | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Loos | Piper Laidlaw Memorial | Notes on a ceremony to mark the 100th. Anniversary of the events during the Battle of Loos leading to the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Piper Daniel Laidlaw. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Lord Minto | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Lorrain | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Lothian | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Lough | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Low | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Lowe | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Lowick | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Lowlands | The Lowland Clearances | Talk given on 19 November 2006, about the Lowland Clearances which preceded the much more infamous Highland Clearances. | 7 pages or more | 66 | Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell |
| Lowrie | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Lucknow | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Lumgair | A View of Newtown St Boswells 1840-1920 | A review of the book 'Newtown St. Boswells 1840 to 1920' by J.D. Smith. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Lumgair | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Lumgair | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Lumsden | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Lunacy | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Lunatic Asylum | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Lunn | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Lusitania | Forgotten Borders Andrew Cocburn 1871- 1955 | Born Kelso 1871 of a Blacksmith. Second engineer on the Lusitania,he also had two terms on the Mauretania . | 2 pages or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Lyle | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Lylestone | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Lyne | Lyne , Megget and Manor Monumental Inscriptions | Some notes on the CD of Monumental Inscriptions and other records of Lyne, Megget and Manor published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Lynn | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Lyte | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| MaCaskill | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| MacCorquodale | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| MacDonald | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| Mack | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Mackerkindale | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Mackintosh | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Maclehose | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Macleod | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Macquarie | Thompson Square Windsor N.S.W. - a memorial to two Scotsman | A report on the campaign to save an historic town square named after James Thompson, born Yetholm, convict emancipist and philanthropist. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Nina Butler |
| Madagascar | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Maddox | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Maidstone | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Maitland | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Maitland | Clan Maitland - The Earl of Lauderdale | An article by the Society Patron on the history of the Maitlands and the Clan Maitland Society. | 2 pages or more | 79 | The Earl of Lauderdale |
| Maitland | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Majoribanks | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Makdougall | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| Makerstoun | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Makerstoun | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| Makerstoun | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Makerstoun | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Makerstoun | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Malta | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Mamion | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Manchester | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Manchester | Stray | Transcript of a memorial stone recorded by Manchester General Transcription Project. | 81 | ||
| Mangerton | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Manitoulin Island | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Mann | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Manor | Lyne , Megget and Manor Monumental Inscriptions | Some notes on the CD of Monumental Inscriptions and other records of Lyne, Megget and Manor published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Manor Valley | The Black Dwarf | An account of the life of David Ritchie, the "Black Dwarf" of Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name An account of his life (1741 to 1811) in and around the Manor Valley including an account of his meeting with Sir Walter Scott and after death the removal of his corpse by the Resurrectionists. | 5 pages or more | 76 | Ronald Morrison |
| Maps | Maps as historical sources | A history of map making in Scotland and some indication as to what maps are available within the National Library of Scotland. | 3 pages or more | 76 | Laragh Quinney |
| Maps | National Map Library of Scotland | Some details of map accessibility of the website of the National Map Library of Scotland. | less than 1 page | 78 | |
| March | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Marchmont | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Marchmont | Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town | Some notes on the book 'Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town' by James Denham. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Marco Polo | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Marjorybanks | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Marjorybanks | Full of Egotism, Diaries of Rev John Hastie | This is the text of Ronald's talk to the Society on 21st March 2004. It was about a diary which should appeal to those with an interest in local history, a snapshot of life in a rural Parish between 1797 and 1822, and for those connected to Edrom - an opportunity to ‘meet the ancestor’. | 2 pages or more | 55 | Ronald Morrison |
| Marmion | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Marriage | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Marriage | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| marriage | Kelso Mail Marriage entries | Some marriage entries recorded in the Kelso Mail between 1808 and 1823. | 2 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Marriage | American Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser Births 1859-1900 and Marriages 1855-1872 | Births and marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Marriage | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | Linda Bankier |
| Marriages | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1872-1875 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | less than 1 page | 49 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Marriages | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1855 - 1898 | A list of births and marriages of Canadians intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1898, with brief additional notes on some items. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Marjory Gavin |
| Marriages | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1861-1896 | Births and marriages, 1861-1896, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Marriages | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1876-1900 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Marshall | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Martin | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Martine | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers. Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Martine | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Martin-Peake | HMS Pathfinder | An account of the sinking in 1914 of HMS Pathfinder off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire viewed by Aldous Huxley. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Martyn | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Mason | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Masterson | Masterton Family Website | A link to the Masterton Family History Website | less than 1 page | 0 | |
| Masterton | The Tweedsmuir Connection | Report of the society's summer outing to Upper Tweeddale. | 1 page or more | 13 | Violet Jardine |
| Masterton | Masterton Family Website | A link to the Masterton Family History Website | less than 1 page | 0 | |
| Mather | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Mather | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Matheson | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose. | less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Mathewson | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Mattthew Little | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Mauldsheugh | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Mauldsheugh | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Maule | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Maunsell | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Mauritaina | Forgotten Borders Andrew Cocburn 1871- 1955 | Born Kelso 1871 of a Blacksmith. Second engineer on the Lusitania,he also had two terms on the Mauretania . | 2 pages or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Mavis Bank | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Mavisbank | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Maxton | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Maxton | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Maxton | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Maxwell | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Maxwell | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Maxwell | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Maxwell | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Maxwell | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Maxwellheugh | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| Mc Cracken | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Mc Farland | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Mc Lean | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| McClean | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| McClintock | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| McCrie | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| McDonald | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| McDonald | A Fortunate Experience at Coldingham | Discovering a family grave in the churchyard at Coldingham Priory. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ian Blackie |
| McDougal | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| McDougall | George Fleming M.A. | Article on George Fleming MA, distinguished educationalist. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ian McGregor |
| McEwan | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Mcgill | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| McGinn | Charles McGinn | Some notes on Charles McGinn born at Stow in 1865 and his emigration to Australia. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Michael and Chris Hume |
| McIntosh | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| McKay | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| McKenzie | McKenzie's around the River Ale | An account of McKenzies in and around the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 49 | W E McKenzie |
| McKinlay Tariff | St Mary's Mill | From the start of the Mill in 1894 through good and bad times . How the mill was used through both world wars. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Jane Gibson |
| McLaren | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| McLaren | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| McLeish | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| McLeish | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| McMath | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| McNaught | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| McNeile | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| McNiele | The men who marched away | If you have heard Gavin speak, you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing: Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Gavin Richardson |
| McPherson | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| McVittie | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Meadowbank house | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Medals | Granddad's Medals | A description of the campaign medals awarded to servicemen and women in WWI. The medal records are often the only record of a forebears service in the army during that conflict. | 1 page or more | 72 | David Rudram |
| Medical Assistance | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Medical Staff | World War 1 Medical Records | How to access information of doctors and other medical staff who served during World War 1 and what information might be available. | 1 page or more | 84 | Peter Munro |
| Medicine | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Meek | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Megget | Lyne , Megget and Manor Monumental Inscriptions | Some notes on the CD of Monumental Inscriptions and other records of Lyne, Megget and Manor published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Meikledale | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Melbourne | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Melbourne | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Melbourne | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Melbourne | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Mellerstain | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Melrose | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Melrose | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Melrose | A 'Scot' Moves to South Africa | Biography of Archibald Little, born Melrose, 11th Jan 1829, died 13 Dec 1921, Johannesburg. Brief notes on his occupations, and service in the Basuto War. | 2 pages or more | 44 | Tony Little |
| Melrose | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Melrose | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose | Some notes on Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and how to access information of those having a connection. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Melrose | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Melrose | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Melrose | Blind Jamie Donaldson | Account of James Donaldson, whose tombstone is in Melrose Abbey churchyard. | 1 page or more | 47 | Margaret Lawson |
| Melrose | Melrose Apprenticeships | A report on the compilation by Society member Dr. Vivienne Dunstan on masters and apprentices in Melrose Parish between 1743 and 1804. | less than 1 page | 83 | Vivienne Dunstan |
| Melrose | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Melrose | A Berwickshire Schoolmaster | Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jean Smithers |
| Melrose | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Melrose | Memorials to the late Rev Thomas Williamson | Detail of a book on the Rev Thomas Williamson. minister of Melrose Secession Church for 30 years. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Melrose | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Melrose | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Melrose | McKenzie's around the River Ale | An account of McKenzies in and around the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 49 | W E McKenzie |
| Melrose | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Melrose | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Melrose | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Melrose | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Melrose | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Melrose | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Melrose | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Melrose | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Melrose | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Melrose Secession Church | Memorials to the late Rev Thomas Williamson | Detail of a book on the Rev Thomas Williamson. minister of Melrose Secession Church for 30 years. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Memorial Inscriptions | Minto Memorial Inscriptions | Some notes on the Minto Memorial Inscriptions published by the Society on CD. | 1 page or more | 77 | Elma Fleming |
| Memorial Inscriptions | Border Names | A note of the most common names in the Borders extracted from the Society's transcription of Memorial Inscriptions, | less than 1 page | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Memories | Scottish Borders Memory Bank Website | Brief note about the launch of the website and its contents. | less than 1 page | 46 | |
| Menin Gate | 100 year Belgian connection to the Borders | The story of a Belgian lady who every evening attended the memorial ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and her Borders connection. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Esther Davies |
| Mennim | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Mennon | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Mennon | Ayton History Society | Note on a booklet 'The History of Ayton and other personal Recollections published by Ayton History Society; includes extracts from the work of T Ramsay Turner, an account by an unknown author entitled 'Happy Childhood Reminiscences of 1876' and some works by the local poet Robert Mennon. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Mennon | The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Menzies | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| merchants | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Merk | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Merlet | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Merlet | Helen Home of Broomhouse | Notification that copies of the letters from James Home of Broomhouse, captain of marines with the Mediterranean fleet during the Napoleonic Wars written to his sister Helen have been donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Mermaid | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Mexico | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Michigan | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Middleburg | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century | The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Peter Symms |
| Middlemiss | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Middlemist | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Midlem | CD Review - Bowden Monumental Inscriptions | Review of the content of this publication, and suggestions of other useful publications. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Midside Maggie Midside Maggie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Military Records | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Mill | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Millar | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Millar | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Miller | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Miller | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Miller | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Miller | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Miller | The Jessie Miller story | A mystery regarding the parentage of Jessie Miller born in 1793 at Coldstream - her marriage to a Robert Scott who was later convicted for murder and questions about the number of her own family. | 1 page or more | 79 | Mike Bucher |
| Miller | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Miller | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Miller | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Mills | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Milne-Graden | The Milne-Graden papers | Some notes on the records at Paxton House particularly the domestic records. There are many references to the Home and Milne-Home servants by name from the 1780s to the early 20th. | less than 1 page | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Ministers | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Minnydow | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Minto | Minto Memorial Inscriptions | Some notes on the Minto Memorial Inscriptions published by the Society on CD. | 1 page or more | 77 | Elma Fleming |
| Minto | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Minto | One of the many Brown Families | A family tree of Browns in Galashiels, Selkirk areas. | 1 page or more | 26 | I.M. Brown |
| Minto | The War Memorial at Minto by Roger J Owen | Some paragraphs on the book 'The War Memorial at Minto' by Roger J Owen. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Minto | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Minto | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Minto | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Minto | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Mitchell | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Mitchell | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Mitchell | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Mitchell | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Mitchell | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Mitchell-Innes | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| Mitchells | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Mithag | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Moffat | Moffat Great-Grandparents | About the author's farming great grandfather, John Moffat. | 1 page or more | 60 | David W Kennedy |
| Moffat | Whitsome to West Sparta | The story of Christopher Moffat and his wife Agnes Common who emigrated to Canada aboard the John Bright in 1856, some earlier history, the reason for their emigration, an account of the voyage and their subsequent life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 81 | Elizabeth Doley |
| Moffat | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Moffat | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Moffat | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Moffat | Old Uncle | Brief biopic about Alexander Virtue, sometime schoolmaster at Nenthorn. | less than 1 page | 20 | Margery V. Turnbull |
| Moffatt | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Moffet | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Moir | Donation to Society Archive | An acknowledgement of the donation to the Society of the book ' John Wood (blacksmith) - from Scotland to Rawdon N.S. in 1815 and his Descendants'. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Mole Catchers | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Molle | A Sassenach Searches for his Scottish Ancestry | How the family name may have originated. Possible connections with Kelso. The Reiver Connections An interesting historical tale. | 5 pages or more | 39 | George Heaviside |
| Monasteries | The Parish Churches Of Berwickshire | A talk by the author given to the Society on 22nd March, 1998. | 5 pages or more | 51 | G A C Binnie |
| Moncreiff | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Money | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Mons | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Mons | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Monteath | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Montgomery | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Montieth Mausoleum | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Montose | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Montreal | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Montreal | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Monumental | Recording Monumental Inscriptions | How to record inscriptions on gravestones. Method used by Highland Family History Society to compile inscriprions for genealogical reference. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Durham |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Stow Monumental Inscriptions | Some information on the forthcoming publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with reference to various documents pertaining to Stow in the National Archives of Scotland with some interesting extracts. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Elma Fleming |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Stow of Wedale | An announcement of the publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with details of all names. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Coldingham Monumental Inscriptions | A report of the Society's publication on CD. of the Monumental Inscriptions in Coldingham Priory with some additional information. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Revised and improved edition of Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard and St. Andrews Monumental Inscriptions | Notes on the improved version of our Memorial Inscriptions covering Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard Kelso and St. Andrews. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Lyne , Megget and Manor Monumental Inscriptions | Some notes on the CD of Monumental Inscriptions and other records of Lyne, Megget and Manor published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions | Some background on the CD of Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | New Society Publication Edrom | An account of the publication by the Society of the Edrom Monumental Inscriptions etc. also some background on the parish and persons associated. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Monumental Inscriptions | CD Review - Bowden Monumental Inscriptions | Review of the content of this publication, and suggestions of other useful publications. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Moor | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Moor | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Moore | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Mordington | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Mordington | The Chisholm Highland Connection | The story of the Chisholm family, their involvement in medieval wars and their move from the Borders to the Highlands. | 5 pages or more | 73 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Mordinton | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Morebattle | Morebattle St Lawrence Church Death Register | Transcription of the death register (1848-1862) from Morebattle St Lawrence Church. | 2 pages or more | 49 | Transcribed by Jean Sanderson |
| Morebattle | George Hope 1814-1884 | The story of George Hope 1814-1884 born in Morebattle who with his family emigrated to Australia, their struggles and achievements in Australia including their experiences of the 'Goldrush' and an account of their return visit to Morebattle 38 years later. | 4 pages or more | 85 | Alistair Hope |
| Morebattle | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Morebattle | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Morebattle | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Morgan | A light-hearted tale--Epitaphs | We will never know what is written on our headstone, this article it gives you some ideas. | 1 page or more | 31 | Ian Abernethy |
| Morgan | The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Extracts from a talk given by Joan Ferguson on the Royal College of Physicians from 1681 right through the years. | 4 pages or more | 39 | Joan Ferguson |
| Morley | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Mormons | The Genealogical Society of Utah | The history, and the Mormons with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Society has grown to be the largest family history reseach organisation and resource in the world. | 2 pages or more | 28 | Mr Rogers |
| Morrison | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Morrison & Co | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Morrison & Co | Forgotten Borders Andrew Cocburn 1871- 1955 | Born Kelso 1871 of a Blacksmith. Second engineer on the Lusitania,he also had two terms on the Mauretania . | 2 pages or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Morsafes | History in the Graveyard | Body snatching in the Borders and how it was fought. | less than 1 page | 10 | Violet Jardine |
| Mortcloth | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Mortcloth records | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Mortcloths | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Moscrip | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Moscript | A Remarkable Coincidence | Anecdote of a visit to the Society's library. | less than 1 page | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Mosside | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Mossilee | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| Mossman | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Mounsey | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Mounsey | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Moysen | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Muir | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Mungo | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Mungo | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Mungo Noble | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Mungo Park | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Mungo Park | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Munro | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Munro | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Murder | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| Murders | The Jessie Miller story | A mystery regarding the parentage of Jessie Miller born in 1793 at Coldstream - her marriage to a Robert Scott who was later convicted for murder and questions about the number of her own family. | 1 page or more | 79 | Mike Bucher |
| Murders | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Murdoch | James Paris Lee 1831--1904 His Rifles reigned supreme | Born in Hawick, the very man who designed the Lee Enfield Rifle, emigrated to Canada, The Percussion Cap, a development by Rev Alexander Forsyth. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Donald Whyte |
| Murdoch | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Murray | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Murray | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| Murray | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Murray | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Murray | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Murray | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Murray | Galashiels Murrays in New South Wales | Murrays first came to the fore in Eccles, follow them through generations. There is also a very touching letter in the article. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Donald Wyte |
| Murray | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Murray | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Murray | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Murray | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Murray | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Murray | James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) | Biography of James Murray, a linguist, philologist, teacher. He was one of the founders of the Oxford English dictionary. | 1 page or more | 45 | Valerie Mackay |
| Murray | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Murray | "My Great Grandfather died at sea" | A ships Master from Irvine in Ayrshire. How Bill researched the history of a remarkable seaman. 'One of his best'. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Bill Murray |
| Murray | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Murray | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Murray | Hawick Characters | Names and dates of death of a number of the persons mentioned in the book 'Hawick Characters' by Robert Murray published in 1910. | 1 page or more | 84 | Peter Munro |
| Murray | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Murray | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Murray | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Murray | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Murray | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Murray | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Murray | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Murthering | An act anent murthering of children | Act of Assembly May 26th 1762 for reading the 21st Act of Parliament of the second session of parliament of King William and Queen Mary dated July 19th 1690 about murdering of children. | less than 1 page | 21 | Margaret Steele |
| Musgrave | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Music Hall | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Mustards | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Myles | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| N. Robertson | Fairbairn | A modern day manipulator who could be better than a Doctor for pains. Got Rugby players who got hurt at the weekend and she would fix them up. | 2 pages or more | 36 | kind permission of Kelso Museum |
| Naesmiths | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Nantes | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Napoleonic Wars | Helen Home of Broomhouse | Notification that copies of the letters from James Home of Broomhouse, captain of marines with the Mediterranean fleet during the Napoleonic Wars written to his sister Helen have been donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Napoleonic Wars | Waterloo and Beyond | Some notes by the author on his attempt to find gravestones and memorials to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 88 | Kenneth McLean |
| Napoleonic Wars | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Napoleonic Wars | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| National Archives | Berwickshire Fencible Cavalry | Details of military discharge records during and following the Napoleonic Wars (1814-1835) which may be of interest to those researching their ancestors. An interesting mix of Bordermen and those from south of the Border. These records are from the National Archives at Kew. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| National Archives of Scotland | Stow Monumental Inscriptions | Some information on the forthcoming publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with reference to various documents pertaining to Stow in the National Archives of Scotland with some interesting extracts. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Elma Fleming |
| National Library of Scotland | Maps as historical sources | A history of map making in Scotland and some indication as to what maps are available within the National Library of Scotland. | 3 pages or more | 76 | Laragh Quinney |
| National Map Library | National Map Library of Scotland | Some details of map accessibility of the website of the National Map Library of Scotland. | less than 1 page | 78 | |
| National Trust for Scotland | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Naughley | The Reverand Alexander Naughley | A very interesting account of a Parish Clergyman from Stow to Threlkeld and his life story. | 2 pages or more | 31 | Eddie Wren |
| Needpath | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Neidpath Castle | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Neidpath Castle | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Neil | Gravestone Photos | A note on a facility provided by the Society to photograph individual gravestones, a report on one such request for a photograph of a stone to the Rev. Gilmour Neil in Drumelzier and a note on his experiences in World War 1 and how he sought to find " a little Parish, a thousand miles from anywhere". | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Nenthorn | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Nenthorn | Old Uncle | Brief biopic about Alexander Virtue, sometime schoolmaster at Nenthorn. | less than 1 page | 20 | Margery V. Turnbull |
| Nenthorn | Kelso Mail August 30th. 1824 | Transcription of an ancient gravestone dug up at Nenthorn to one Alexander Stensone who died 1606. | 1 page or more | 78 | |
| Nesbit | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Nesbit boat house | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Ness | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Nether Horsbrugh | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Netherby Hall | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Netherbyres | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| New Brunswick | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| New Brunswick | Migration From Glendale To New Brunswick, Canada | Account of the families who migrated from Berwick-upon-Tweed to New Brunswick, Canada, and the hazards they faced. Includes a list of families with Glendale or Border origins were granted land. | 4 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| New Guinea | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| New York | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| New York | Cadwallader Colden | Some notes on the life of Cawallader Colden, born in Duns who went on to become the last Colonial Governor of New York State and whose image was burnt in effigy by the mob. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| New York | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| New York | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| New York | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| New Zealand | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1860-1900 | Deaths 1860-1900, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Marjorie Gavin |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1861-1896 | Births and marriages, 1861-1896, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Gavin |
| New Zealand | Innerleithen's All-Black | An account by the author of how researching her Dickson line from Innerleithen, she traced an unknown descendant who had emigrated to New Zealand and played rugby for the 'All Blacks'. | 1 page or more | 84 | Esther Davies |
| New Zealand | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| New Zealand | The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons; William who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
| Newbie | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Newcasleton | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Newcastleton | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Newcastleton | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| Newfoundland | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Newlands | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Newspaper Archives | Newspaper Archives | A note on the availability of newspaper archives on line. | 79 | ||
| Newspapers | Newspaper Archives | A note on the availability of newspaper archives on line. | 79 | ||
| Newspapers | On-line Index to Digitalised newspapers | A detail of some of the newspapers which have been digitised and are accessible on line. | less than 1 page | 83 | |
| Newstead | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Newton | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Newton Stewart | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Newtown St Boswells | A View of Newtown St Boswells 1840-1920 | A review of the book 'Newtown St. Boswells 1840 to 1920' by J.D. Smith. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Nichol | The poor, crime and punishment,and the power of the Kirk in the Borders, 17th & 18th Centuries | When paupers died, the contents of their houses were sold by public roup. This is an account of one sale and the strength of the Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 31 | M. C. Lawson |
| Nichol | Inheritances and Family History | A short article on the inheritance of a pair of silver sugar tongs which had originally belonged to Walter Laing Wilson and his wife Janet Nichol of Ancrum. | less than 1 page | 78 | Anne Golden |
| Nichol | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Nichol | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Nichol | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Nicol | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Nicol | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Nicol | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Nicoll | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Nine Stane Rig | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Nine Stane Rig | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Nisbet | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Nisbet | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Nixson | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Norham | Piper Laidlaw Memorial | Notes on a ceremony to mark the 100th. Anniversary of the events during the Battle of Loos leading to the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Piper Daniel Laidlaw. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Norham | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| North Berwick Churchyard | Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association | Note on the renovation by the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association of stone in North Berwick Churchyard to the Rev John Blackadder and his Borders connections. | less than 1 page | 77 | Ronald Morrison |
| North British Railway | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| North Northumberland | Coldstream History Society | A note on a project recently undertaken by the Society including the transcription of the graveyard at Lennel Cemetery, Coldstream and also a project to record detailed genealogical information of all names appearing on War Memorials in Berwickshire and North Northumberland. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| North West Passage | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Northumberland | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Northumberland | The Breadford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Northumberland | William Lewins 1785-1848 | Account of William Lewins' life. | 1 page or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Northumberland | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Northumberland | Harvey Settlers Reunion | This was the evening address to the reunion, about why they were in the Borders and Northumberland, and about the author's Australian cousins. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Ian Herbert |
| Northumberland | James Ferguson Schoolmaster, 1814-1894 | How the memory of a clock led the author to research this ancestor. | less than 1 page | 32 | J Ferguson |
| Nova Scotia | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Nuriootpa | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Australia in 1836. | less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Ogilvie | Will H. Ogilvie - A Border Poet | Brief notes on Will Ogilvie and the cairn to him. | 1 page or more | 23 | |
| Old Churchyard | Revised and improved edition of Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard and St. Andrews Monumental Inscriptions | Notes on the improved version of our Memorial Inscriptions covering Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard Kelso and St. Andrews. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Oldham | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Oliver | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Oliver | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Oliver | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Oliver | Nostalgic Memories | Sandra Devlin of Queensland sent a copy of a letter written in Langholm in 1934 by T. Ritchie to his cousin, Dr. T. Oliver. An abridged version is printed in this volume. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Sandra Devlin |
| Oliver | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Oliver | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Oliver | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Oliver | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Oliver | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| Oliver | A Sassenach Searches for his Scottish Ancestry | How the family name may have originated. Possible connections with Kelso. The Reiver Connections An interesting historical tale. | 5 pages or more | 39 | George Heaviside |
| Oliver | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Oliver | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Oliver | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Ontario | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Ontario | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Ontario | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Ontario | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Ord | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ord | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Ord | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| Orde | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Ormistane | Will of Gibbie Hatley of Gattonside 1547 | Details of an interesting legacy to the Edinburgh Hangman. | less than 1 page | 74 | |
| Ormiston | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Ormiston | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Ovens | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Over Common | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Overhaugh Street | New Premises | An account of the opening of the Society's new premises at 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Overhaugh Street | Premises Report | Report on proposed works to the Society's new premises in Overhaugh Street Galashiels. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Bill Stewart |
| Overhaugh Street | New Premises - 52 Overhaugh Street | An announcement of the opening of the Society's new premises. | less than 1 page | 82 | |
| Oxford | James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) | Biography of James Murray, a linguist, philologist, teacher. He was one of the founders of the Oxford English dictionary. | 1 page or more | 45 | Valerie Mackay |
| Oxford English dictionary | James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) | Biography of James Murray, a linguist, philologist, teacher. He was one of the founders of the Oxford English dictionary. | 1 page or more | 45 | Valerie Mackay |
| Oxfordshire | On John Buchan's grave | An account of a small volume by David Weekes on his search to interpret the Latin and Greek text on the grave of John Buchan in Elsfield Church, Oxfordshire. | 1 page or more | 83 | David Weekes |
| Oxton | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Pace | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Pae | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Paisley | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Paisley | Accidents and Disasters in Scotland in the 19th Century | A list of major disasters in Scotland from 1801 to 1849. | 1 page or more | 29 | William P Cross |
| Palestine | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Palestine | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Palmer | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Palsey | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Parachute Regiment | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Park | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Parker | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Passengers | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Paston | Bible Reunited | A report on the tracking down of a family Bible which had originally belonged to Thomas Curry of Paston, North Northumberland. | 1 page or more | 77 | David Kennedy |
| Paterson | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Paterson | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Paterson | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Paterson | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Pathfinder | HMS Pathfinder | An account of the sinking in 1914 of HMS Pathfinder off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire viewed by Aldous Huxley. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Paton | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Paton | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Patrick Hume | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Patrick Pens | Hermitage--Grim Guardian of the Borders | Lord Soulis and how he came to his rather barbaric death. It follows the history of Hermitage through the years. Very interesting. | 3 pages or more | 14 | Norrie McLeish |
| Patrick Sanderson | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Patterson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Patterson | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Patterson | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Patterson | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Patterson | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Patterson | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and their likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Patterson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Pauper | The poor, crime and punishment,and the power of the Kirk in the Borders, 17th & 18th Centuries | When paupers died, the contents of their houses were sold by public roup. This is an account of one sale and the strength of the Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 31 | M. C. Lawson |
| Paxton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Paxton | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Paxton | Servants Emerging from the Shadows | Notes on an exhibition and recording of records pertaining to staff and employees at Paxton House. | 1 page or more | 82 | Chris Pawson |
| Paxton | The Milne-Graden papers | Some notes on the records at Paxton House particularly the domestic records. There are many references to the Home and Milne-Home servants by name from the 1780s to the early 20th. | less than 1 page | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Paxton | The Chisholm Highland Connection | The story of the Chisholm family, their involvement in medieval wars and their move from the Borders to the Highlands. | 5 pages or more | 73 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Paxton | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Paxton | Borders family origins | Border family origins, surname derivations, and various aspects of family history . | 1 page or more | 33 | Michael Robson |
| Paxton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Paxton | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Paxton House | Servants Emerging from the Shadows | Notes on an exhibition and recording of records pertaining to staff and employees at Paxton House. | 1 page or more | 82 | Chris Pawson |
| Paxton House | The Milne-Graden papers | Some notes on the records at Paxton House particularly the domestic records. There are many references to the Home and Milne-Home servants by name from the 1780s to the early 20th. | less than 1 page | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Peal | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| Pearson | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Pearson | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Pearson | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Peatson | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Peddie | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Peddie | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| Peebles | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Peebles | The Railways of Peebles | Information on a new publication entitled 'The Railways of Peebles' which traces the competition between two railway companies to open a line to Peebles, the competing lines which were opened and their subsequent history. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Peebles | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Peebles | Restoration of Gravestone at Peebles - James Sloane | An account of the restoration of a gravestone in the churchyard at Peebles of James Sloane who was rector of Peebles Grammar School between 1802 and 1843. Also extracts on James Sloane from a book 'Glimpses of Peebles and Forgotten Characters in its History' by Alexander Williamson published in 1895. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Peebles | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Peebles | The Descendents of James Borrowman (1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Peebles | Peeblesshire's First Car | An account of Peeblesshire's first car built by Laurence Bell in a rented shed in Peebles and how from such humble beginnings developed the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT). | 2 pages or more | 82 | Gwen Stein |
| Peebles | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Peebles | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Peebles | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Peebles | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Peebles | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Peebles | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Peebleshire | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Peeblesshire | Peeblesshire's First Car | An account of Peeblesshire's first car built by Laurence Bell in a rented shed in Peebles and how from such humble beginnings developed the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT). | 2 pages or more | 82 | Gwen Stein |
| Peeblesshire | The Peeblesshire Volunteers | A review of a book written by Society member, Robert D Knox, on the history of the Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers between 1860 and 1908. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers | The Peeblesshire Volunteers | A review of a book written by Society member, Robert D Knox, on the history of the Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers between 1860 and 1908. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Peel | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Peel | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Peel Hospital | Peel Hospital - Galashiels Exhibition | An account of the exhibition on Peel Hospital staged by the Society. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Gwen Stein, Davina Smart and Margaret Bowers |
| Peel Hospital | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Pefferlaw | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Penang | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Peninsular Campaign | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Peninsular War | Elspeth Ewan’s talk on Army Military History | Synopsis of talk. | less than 1 page | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Penn | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Pennyfeather | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Percival | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Perkins | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Perrie | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Perth | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Perthshire | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Phaup | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| photographer | Glass Slides | Some information on a large collection of glass slides containing images taken in the 1940s to 1960s by Leslie Chappell photographer Duns, mostly relating to the town | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Photography | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Piper Laidlaw | Anderson Family Legend | Three brothers shared their last sixpence at Kelso Fair and then parted company. How a lady searched for relatives. | less than 1 page | 8 | Mrs. Steele |
| Pirne | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Pitcairne | The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Extracts from a talk given by Joan Ferguson on the Royal College of Physicians from 1681 right through the years. | 4 pages or more | 39 | Joan Ferguson |
| Place Names | Howes and Knowes | Mention of a volume 'An introduction to Berwickshire Place Names' by Michael E Braithwaite. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Plummer | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Police | A Policeman's Lot | Article on the lie of Alexander Linton born in 1829 at Kirkhope who became a river bailiff and later a policemen in Caithness. Requirements for admission to the police force and some general background regarding a policeman's lot. Letter he returned to the Borders and had various positions; as a factory night watchman, as a stone dyke builder and was still employed as a stonebreaker at age 71. | 3 pages or more | 79 | Charles Borthwick |
| Police | Police Records | A note on success in tracing records of a James Scott of Maxton in the 1878 police records also some extracts from a book "orders, Regulations and instructions" issued by Roxburgh County Police in 1858. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Police | Police and Criminal Indexing Project | An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register. | less than 1 page | 85 | Elma Flaming |
| Police Records | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Police Records | Police Records | A note on success in tracing records of a James Scott of Maxton in the 1878 police records also some extracts from a book "orders, Regulations and instructions" issued by Roxburgh County Police in 1858. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Policemen | A Policeman's Lot | Article on the lie of Alexander Linton born in 1829 at Kirkhope who became a river bailiff and later a policemen in Caithness. Requirements for admission to the police force and some general background regarding a policeman's lot. Letter he returned to the Borders and had various positions; as a factory night watchman, as a stone dyke builder and was still employed as a stonebreaker at age 71. | 3 pages or more | 79 | Charles Borthwick |
| Polmood | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Polmood | Know Your Parish - Tweedsmuir | Hstory of the parish of Tweedsmuir, and notable people. Drawing of Polmood in ruins. | 2 pages or more | 23 | Jean Moffatt |
| Polwarth | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Polwarth | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Polwarth | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Polwarth | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Poor | Selkirk Poor Cases, 1844 | 16 cases of Selkirk Poor from the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), 1844. | 2 pages or more | 54 | Peter Munro |
| Poor House | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Poor Houses | Poor Borderers | Synopsis of a talk given by the author about provision for the poor. | 1 page or more | 20 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Poor Law | Poor Borderers | Synopsis of a talk given by the author about provision for the poor. | 1 page or more | 20 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Poor Law | Kelso Dispensary and Castleton Poor Law Records | Some notes by the author on his publication on C.D. of Poor Law records instancing some of the information available and mentioning various diseases mentioned | 1 page or more | 75 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Law | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 1 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), diet, and prices. Continued in issue 45. | 4 pages or more | 44 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Law Cases | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 3 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses emigrants, and cites some poor law cases. Continued from issue 45. | 1 page or more | 46 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Relief | Poor Relief in the 1840s | Talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001, about how poor relief cases were determined, and how much they received in 1843 in Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Relief | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Relief | Poor Relief in the 1840s | A review of the operation of the poor relief in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allowances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time. | 4 pages or more | 71 | Peter Munro |
| Poor Relief | Hawick Hub | An account with some background information on various records which have been transferred to Scottish Borders Archives at Hawick including and Kirk Session Records, Poor Relief records - some examples of content instanced | 2 pages or more | 76 | |
| Poorhouse | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| population | An account of the number of people in Scotland in the year 1755 | A review of a document held by the National Archive of Scotland giving details of the population, life expectancy and religious affiliation, | 1 page or more | 69 | Peter Munro |
| Port Phillip | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Porter | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Portrey | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Postcards | Every Post Card tells a story | An article on the place of postcards in family history including a history of the postcard and the information which can be gleaned from them. The writer instances several examples of how postcards have enabled her to expand on her own family history research | 3 pages or more | 79 | Anne Golden |
| Potbury | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Potts | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Preacher | The Scots in Poland | The story of Scottish emigration to Poland as merchant's, engineers and farm managers. The parents of the author's mother came back to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Mona K. McLeod |
| Prentice | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Preston | Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions | Some background on the CD of Bunkle and Preston Monumental Inscriptions published by the Society. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Preston | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Preston | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Pretoria | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Price | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Prices | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 1 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), diet, and prices. Continued in issue 45. | 4 pages or more | 44 | Peter Munro |
| Priestfield | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Prigle | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Primrose | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Primrose League | Female Suffrage by "Titwillow" | This article was first published in a family magazine produced and edited by his grandfather Robert Hogg who farmed at Fireburnmill Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 38 | John C. Gill |
| Pringle | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Pringle | Thomas Pringle, Writer, Poet and Anti-Slavery Campaigner | An account of the life of Thomas Pringle born at Linton in 1789 who went on to become a respected poet an close acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. He later emigrated to South Africa where he experiences many travails. The article recounts these experiences and how the family overcame many difficulties as early settlers. He founded a school and wrote a book on the state of the English settlers. He became a noted campaigner for human rights and came to be known as "the father of South African Poetry" | 9 pages or more | 82 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Pringle | Torwoodlee Tower | Some history of Torwoodlee Tower, Galashiels and proposals to restore and renovate. | 1 page or more | 88 | James Pringle |
| Pringle | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Pringle | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Pringle | Innerleithen Shops | Information on the CD published by the Society on 'Innerleithen Shops' compiled by Bobby Richardson. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Pringle | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Pringle | Thomas Pringle | A follow up from Professor Charles Wait in South Africa on the article on Thomas Pringle in the previous edition with photographs of a memorial church to Thomas Pringle, its history, some notes on his descendants and how he is remembered in South Africa. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Professor Charles Wait |
| Pringle | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Pringle | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Pringles | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Printer | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Protocol books | Selkirk Protocol Books. An amazing Discovery | A hidden hoard of 16th and 17th century documents from Selkirk. | less than 1 page | 7 | |
| Proudfoot | Who was Robert Proudfoot? | A look by the author at his Proudfoot ancestry and mysteries surrounding it. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Chris Proudfoot |
| Prussia | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Purdie | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Purdom | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Purdom | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Purness | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Purves | Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town | Some notes on the book 'Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town' by James Denham. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Purves | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Purves | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Purves | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Purves | Coldstream History Society | A note on the raising of a stone to commemorate James Charles Purves who died at the Battle of Balaclava in the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Purves | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Purves | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Purves | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Purves | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Purves | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Purvishill | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due. A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Pyle | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Pyle | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Quebec | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Queen Mary | An act anent murthering of children | Act of Assembly May 26th 1762 for reading the 21st Act of Parliament of the second session of parliament of King William and Queen Mary dated July 19th 1690 about murdering of children. | less than 1 page | 21 | Margaret Steele |
| Queensland (Rockhampton) | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Quixwood | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Radio | Sir Ambrose Fleming - Father of Modern Electronics | The Borders connection of Sir Ambrose Fleming who designed the transmitter to enable the sending of the first message across the Atlantic and whose work paved the way for the invention of the modern light bulb and radio communication. | 1 page or more | 82 | Robin Croftin |
| Rae | The Fairholme Memorial (Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose) | An article on the memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Melrose to James Walter Fairholme, RN who perished with the Franklin expedition of 1845 to discover the North West Passage and an account of the expedition itself. | 89 | John Wood | |
| Raffles | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden, poet and orientalist from Denholm | An account of the life of Dr. John Leyden born in Denholm, poet and orientalist and friend of Sir Stamford Raffles; his travels in India, China and Java. | 6 pages or more | 76 | Marjorie A Gavin |
| Raffles | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Ragged School | Kelso's Ragged school | Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School. These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Ragged School | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Ragged School | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Raglan | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Railway | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Railway Haugh | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| Railways | County Railway Routes - Berwick to St Boswells | Details of the book in the Country Railway Book series Berwick to St. Boswells. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Railways | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| Railways | The Railways of Peebles | Information on a new publication entitled 'The Railways of Peebles' which traces the competition between two railway companies to open a line to Peebles, the competing lines which were opened and their subsequent history. | 1 page or more | 84 | |
| Railways | St. Boswells to Berwick Railway via Duns | Some paragraphs on a book 'St Boswells to Berwick via Duns which traces the history of this railway line. | less than 1 page | 83 | |
| Railways | Border Railways - Places of Popular Resort | An account of the history of the Border Railways from their opening in the 1840s to their closure in the 1960s. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Ann Glen |
| Ramsay | The Days of Our Youth - Memories of Melrose | This article has been extracted from a much longer memoir that John Dick wrote when he retired around 1950. He was born in 1889, the second son of William Dick, an ironmonger in Melrose and his wife Isobella Lauder. He emigrated to Canada as a young man where he eventually became the Chief Cost Accountant for Sun Life Assurance Company. John served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I as a quarter-master sergeant. Although he was twice married he had no children. | 7 pages or more | 67 | John Dick |
| Ramsay | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Rangoon | "My Great Grandfather died at sea" | A ships Master from Irvine in Ayrshire. How Bill researched the history of a remarkable seaman. 'One of his best'. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Bill Murray |
| Rankine | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Rankine | Coulter's Candy | Some investigation into the life and background of Robert Coltart, confectionery manufacturer who probably compiled the song 'Coulter's Candy', his connections with Galashiels and the history of the song. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Ranulph | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Rathie | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Ravenswood | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Ray | Greenlaw Jail | List of prisoners in Greenlaw Jail in the 1851 census. | 1 page or more | 35 | Carol Trotter |
| Reavly | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Reay | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Redbrae | Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town | Some notes on the book 'Greenlaw - an Ancient County Town' by James Denham. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Redesdale | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Redesdale | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Redewater | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Redpath | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Redpath | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Redpath | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Redpath | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Reformatory Schools | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Regality | Langshaw Mill Decree of 1608 | Extract Decree relating to Langshaw Mill. The Decree is interesting for genealogists because of the very considerable number of people mentioned in it. | 1 page or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Reid | A Certain Political Slant | An account of the death by hanging of a sheep stealer and train robber Remus Reid and the slant subsequently put on the event by an American Congressman. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Reid | An ill-matched couple | An account from a solicitor's file of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife over assets. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ralph Maltman |
| Reid | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Reivers | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Relationships | A somewhat convoluted tree | An old music hall ditty about father and son marrying daughter and mother. | less than 1 page | 73 | |
| Rennell | Pierre Merlet and the Humes of Broomhouse | An account of the author's researches to prove that Helen Home of Broomhouse was responsible for the smuggling out of France during the French Revolution of the infant Pierre Merlet who later became a distinguished linguist. | 6 pages or more | 90 | David Wesley |
| Rennie | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Renton | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | Continuation of the article in the previous issue of the history of the Renton family of Billie and Lamberton. The story continues from the 16th. Century to date detailing many achievements but also revealing some scandal. | 7 pages or more | 84 | Gregory Lauder- Frost |
| Renton | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Renton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Renton | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Renton | Renton School Grantshouse | Some notes on the book 'Renton School Grantshouse' by Jim Crosbie and Margaret Fleming. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Renton | Rentons of Billie and Lamberton | The first part of an account of the History of the Rentons of Billie and Lamberton in Berwickshire. Tracing in detail the history of the family from the early fourteenth century. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Renton | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Renton | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Renton | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Renton | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Renton | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Renwick | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Renwick | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Reston | John Liddle (13.3.1842 - 26.9.1907) | An account of the life of John Liddle born at Reston and his voyage to Australia in 1865 aboard the "Clara". He kept a diary during the voyage and extracts are included illustrating what life was like aboard an emigrant ship. There are also details from the ship's register (a full list of the names of the 384 immigrants is available) also a breakdown of occupations, nationalities and deaths during the voyage. | 6 pages or more | 80 | Bill Stewart |
| Reston | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Resurrectionists | The Black Dwarf | An account of the life of David Ritchie, the "Black Dwarf" of Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name An account of his life (1741 to 1811) in and around the Manor Valley including an account of his meeting with Sir Walter Scott and after death the removal of his corpse by the Resurrectionists. | 5 pages or more | 76 | Ronald Morrison |
| Rev. R. Malcolm | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Rex dollars | Saving, Spending and Family History | In his follow up article on "Granny's Bawbees and Other Coins" the writer considers different forms of currency which circuited in Scotland including doits or dytes and rex dollars. He goes on to outline the not inconsiderable role played by Scottish banks in the development of the current banking system including such things as the invention of the first overdraft, the first retail bank branch, the world's first coloured bank note and the first mobile bank. | 5 pages or more | 79 | Peter Munro |
| Riddell | Voices from Lilliesleaf by Ian McDougall | Review of a book ' Voices from Lilliesleaf' by Ian MacDougall. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Riddell | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Riddell House | An Unexpected Homecoming | An Englishman migrates to the Borders when Riddell House changes hands. He marries a local lass with links to Innerleithen. | 2 pages or more | 71 | David Rudram |
| Riddle | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Ringan Oliver | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Ritchie | Nostalgic Memories | Sandra Devlin of Queensland sent a copy of a letter written in Langholm in 1934 by T. Ritchie to his cousin, Dr. T. Oliver. An abridged version is printed in this volume. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Sandra Devlin |
| Ritson | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Ritson | A Family Church - St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick | Some notes on the history of St. Cuthbert's Scottish Episcopal Church, Hawick particularly the author's family connection. Principal names mentioned are Coltman, Ritson, Godfrey, FitzWalter, Dearden, Landles. | 3 pages or more | 75 | Anne Golden |
| Ritson | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Ritson | Every Post Card tells a story | An article on the place of postcards in family history including a history of the postcard and the information which can be gleaned from them. The writer instances several examples of how postcards have enabled her to expand on her own family history research | 3 pages or more | 79 | Anne Golden |
| River Bailiffs | A Policeman's Lot | Article on the lie of Alexander Linton born in 1829 at Kirkhope who became a river bailiff and later a policemen in Caithness. Requirements for admission to the police force and some general background regarding a policeman's lot. Letter he returned to the Borders and had various positions; as a factory night watchman, as a stone dyke builder and was still employed as a stonebreaker at age 71. | 3 pages or more | 79 | Charles Borthwick |
| Robb | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Robert Adam | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Robert Burns | Some epitaphs written by Robert Burns | Epitaphs written by Robert Burns on Gavin Hamilton, his own father, Willie Mitchie and Robert Fergusson, poet. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Robert Burns | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Robert Fergusson | Some epitaphs written by Robert Burns | Epitaphs written by Robert Burns on Gavin Hamilton, his own father, Willie Mitchie and Robert Fergusson, poet. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Robert the Bruce | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Roberton | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Roberton | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Roberton | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Roberton | The Border Archive - For Queen and County | Militia list of all men between 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 13 | |
| Roberton | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Roberton | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Roberts | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Roberts | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Robertson | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Robertson | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| Robertson | Women of Gunsgreen | An account of an exhibition entitled 'Women of Gunsgreen' with information on women who resided at or had connections with Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Robertson | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Robertson | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Robertson | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Robertson | Lamberton Toll | Some notes on the history of Lamberton Toll and irregular marriages with particular reference to the Dixon (Dickson) family who resided there. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Jennifer Dunlop |
| Robertson | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Robinson | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Robson | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Rochead | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Rockhampton | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Rockhopper Copper | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Rodger | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Rogert Burns | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Roland | Charles McGinn | Some notes on Charles McGinn born at Stow in 1865 and his emigration to Australia. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Michael and Chris Hume |
| Roosevelt | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Ross | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Rowanburn | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Roxburgh | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Roxburgh County Police | Police Records | A note on success in tracing records of a James Scott of Maxton in the 1878 police records also some extracts from a book "orders, Regulations and instructions" issued by Roxburgh County Police in 1858. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Roxburghshire | CD Review - Bowden Monumental Inscriptions | Review of the content of this publication, and suggestions of other useful publications. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Roxburghshire | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Roxburghshire | CD Review - Kelso Poor House and Ragged School | Interesting review of the content of this much loved publication, and a bit on the social context of the Poor House and the Ragged School in Kelso. | 1 page or more | 67 | Norrie McLeish |
| Roxburghshire | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Roxburghshire | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Roxburghshire | Records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties, Roxburghshire | The records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties in Roxburghshire between 1876 and 1906 have now been indexed. Some examples from these records. | 3 pages or more | 80 | |
| Roy | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Royal British Dragoons | The Autobiography of a Working man | Some notes regarding the life of Alexander Somerville born in East Lothian but who spent most of his early life in Berwickshire. He became a cavalryman in the Royal British Dragoons but was subjected to punishment of 100 lashes for writing to a local paper at the time of the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Questions were asked in Parliament regarding his punishment almost universally regarded as excessive and his release from the army was purchased by public subscription. His autobiography recalls the hardship of his early life in Berwickshire as son of a farm hand. | 2 pages or more | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Royal Scots Greys | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Royal Scotts | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Royal Scotts | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Rugby | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Rule | Rules/Turnbulls of Rule water | A written account of the Rule family. His wife who was Mary Rule, traces her family directly to 1693 near Norham. | less than 1 page | 6 | John Simpson |
| Rule Britannia | James Thomson - A Man for all Seasons | An account of the life and works of Border poet, James Thomson. | 5 pages or more | 87 | Norrie McLeish |
| Runciman | Bringing Science to Genealogy - DNA Testing | Have you got a family rumour of relationships between families that you cannot prove ? Perhaps you’re curious whether or not you’ve some undiscovered relations out there somewhere in the world, or a brick wall that stubbornly refuses to budge. Then possibly you should consider DNA testing. The author set up three surname DNA projects for Sinton, Fairbairn and Runciman. | 2 pages or more | 67 | Lorna Henderson |
| Runciman | Update to 'Bringing science to genealogy' | An update on a DNA project that was first described in Volume 67, pages 1 -4 June 2008. | 4 pages or more | 72 | Lorna Henderson |
| Russell | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Russia | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Russia | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Rutherford | Jethart Jock | A follow up to article in magazine no 86 regarding the identity of Jethart Jock. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Rutherford | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Rutherford | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Rutherford | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World; Andrew Rutherford and his family. | less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Rutherford | The relationship of place names and personal names | The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jessie Macdonald |
| Rutherford | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Rutherford | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Rutherford | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Rutherford | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Rutherford | Jethart Jock | The mystery of Jethart Jock of Coldstream, husband of the Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blyth and attempts to identify. | 2 pages or more | 86 | John Murray |
| Rutherford | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Rutherford | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Rutherford | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult. | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Rutherford | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Rutherfurd | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Ryal | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| S.S. Samarie | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Sacramento | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| SAFHS | SAFHS Conference 2013 | A report of the SAFHS Conference 2013. | 1 page or more | 82 | |
| Salt Lake City | The Genealogical Society of Utah | The history, and the Mormons with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Society has grown to be the largest family history reseach organisation and resource in the world. | 2 pages or more | 28 | Mr Rogers |
| Samoa | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| Sampler | Ettrickbridge Sampler | A sampler embroidered in 1879 in Ettrick Bridge, somehow finding its way to Canada and returned to the local school, Kirkhope Primary. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| San Francisco | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Sanderson | Galashiels Murrays in New South Wales | Murrays first came to the fore in Eccles, follow them through generations. There is also a very touching letter in the article. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Donald Wyte |
| Sanderson | The Power of the Family History Community | An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family (now in New Zealand). | 2 pages or more | 90 | |
| Sanderson | Celtic v Pick of the Borders | An account of a football match between Glasgow Celtic and 'Pick of the Borders' in 1906. | 1 page or more | 88 | Kenny McLean |
| Sangster | What Might Have Been | The writer pursues a mysterious entry which she finds in the family Bible and suggests that her ancestor Lochhart Baillie was the natural son of George Baillie of Jerviswood and Catherine Sangster and surmises how different the history of her family could have been. | 2 pages or more | 78 | Mike Bucher |
| Sark toll bar | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Saskatchewan | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Scar Heugh | Reminiscences of Sixty Years Ago | A poem about the Eastern Borders, Tweedside Water Eye. | less than 1 page | 26 | J.G. Stanly |
| School Log Book | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| School Records | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Schoolmaster | James Ferguson Schoolmaster, 1814-1894 | How the memory of a clock led the author to research this ancestor. | less than 1 page | 32 | J Ferguson |
| Scot | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Scotland | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | Linda Bankier |
| ScotlandsPeople | Leading Genealogy Website Unearths Miser Scrooge’s Scottish Connections | Whether it’s merited or not, Scots have often labelled as being tight-fisted and now one of the world’s leading genealogy websites, ScotlandsPeople, (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) has unearthed records which prove that the miser Scrooge did indeed have Scottish roots. | 1 page or more | 60 | |
| Scott | Borders family origins | Border family origins, surname derivations, and various aspects of family history . | 1 page or more | 33 | Michael Robson |
| Scott | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Scott | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Scott | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. Love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Scott | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Scott | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Scott | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| Scott | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Scott | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Scott | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Scott | The Monteath Mausoleum | An account of the history of the Monteath Mausoleum near St Boswells and moves to conserve. | 4 pages or more | 87 | John D Wood/ David Freeman |
| Scott | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott 1828. | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Scott | The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs. Prue Langlands |
| Scott | Shortreed Companion of Sir Walter Scott | Account of Sir Walter Scott's friendship with Robert Shortreed (1762-1829), and Robert's descendents. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Donald Whyte |
| Scott | Executions don't come cheap | An account of the hanging at Fans, Earlston of Robert Scott for the murder of two companions on their returning from a fair in the Town and the costs involved in the execution. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Scott | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Scott | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Scott | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Scott | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Scott | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Scott | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| Scott | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Scott | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Scott | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Scott | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Scott | Colonel Walter Scott (pre 1613-1650) of Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire | An enquiry to discover more on Colonel Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn who was a member of the Scottish parliament and who was killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 - also of his Dutch wife. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Vincent Tickner |
| Scott | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Scott | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Scott | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Scott | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Scott | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Scott | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Scott | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Scott | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Scott | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Scott | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Scott | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Scott | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Scott | Police Records | A note on success in tracing records of a James Scott of Maxton in the 1878 police records also some extracts from a book "orders, Regulations and instructions" issued by Roxburgh County Police in 1858. | 1 page or more | 78 | Elma Fleming |
| Scott | The Jessie Miller story | A mystery regarding the parentage of Jessie Miller born in 1793 at Coldstream - her marriage to a Robert Scott who was later convicted for murder and questions about the number of her own family. | 1 page or more | 79 | Mike Bucher |
| Scott | Police and Criminal Records | An account of the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register 1897 to 1918 and what to expect to find. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Elma Fleming |
| Scott | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Scott | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued from issue 40. | less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Scott | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Scott | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| Scott | Thomas Pringle, Writer, Poet and Anti-Slavery Campaigner | An account of the life of Thomas Pringle born at Linton in 1789 who went on to become a respected poet an close acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. He later emigrated to South Africa where he experiences many travails. The article recounts these experiences and how the family overcame many difficulties as early settlers. He founded a school and wrote a book on the state of the English settlers. He became a noted campaigner for human rights and came to be known as "the father of South African Poetry" | 9 pages or more | 82 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Scott | Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso | Review of two books, Kelso Abbey and Walter Scott's Kelso looking in particular at the connection between Sir Walter Scott and the Town. | 2 pages or more | 89 | |
| Scott | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Scott | Stow Monumental Inscriptions | Some information on the forthcoming publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with reference to various documents pertaining to Stow in the National Archives of Scotland with some interesting extracts. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Elma Fleming |
| Scott | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Scott, Sir Walter | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Scottish Borders Archives | Hawick Hub | An account with some background information on various records which have been transferred to Scottish Borders Archives at Hawick including and Kirk Session Records, Poor Relief records - some examples of content instanced | 2 pages or more | 76 | |
| Scottish Motor Traction | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Scottish Motor Traction | Peeblesshire's First Car | An account of Peeblesshire's first car built by Laurence Bell in a rented shed in Peebles and how from such humble beginnings developed the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT). | 2 pages or more | 82 | Gwen Stein |
| Scottish Omnibuses | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Scotts | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Scotts | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Scotus | Duns, Burgh on the Merse and Surrounding Villages | Review of the book Dunse Burgh on the Merse with the Surrounding Villages' by James Denham. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Scotus | John Duns Scotus | A mention of events to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of John Duns Scotus, genealogy research and the seeking of a possible DNA connection. | 1 page or more | 89 | Ronald Morrison |
| Scotus | David Hume 1711 to 1776 | Some biographical notes on David Hume, philosopher on the occasion of the 300th. Anniversary of his birth - also some notes on John Duns Scotus and the Revd. Thomas McCrie | 2 pages or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Scouler | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Scrooge | Leading Genealogy Website Unearths Miser Scrooge’s Scottish Connections | Whether it’s merited or not, Scots have often labelled as being tight-fisted and now one of the world’s leading genealogy websites, ScotlandsPeople, (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) has unearthed records which prove that the miser Scrooge did indeed have Scottish roots. | 1 page or more | 60 | |
| Scutari | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Seaton Delaval | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Second World War | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Second World War | Floors Castle Hospital | Note on inventory lists and photographs which have come to light dating from the Second World War and an appeal for more information. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Selkirk | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Selkirk | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Selkirk | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Selkirk | Bondagers of the Borders | Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers. | 1 page or more | 9 | Liz Taylor |
| Selkirk | The Haining, Selkirk | A short history of the house and plans for its future. | 1 page or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| Selkirk | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Selkirk | Selkirk Poor Cases, 1844 | 16 cases of Selkirk Poor from the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), 1844. | 2 pages or more | 54 | Peter Munro |
| Selkirk | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Selkirk | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Selkirk | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Selkirk | Some Selkirk Worthies | Notes on some Selkirk 'worthies' of old. | 4 pages or more | 82 | George Turnbull |
| Selkirk | The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs. Prue Langlands |
| Selkirk | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Selkirk | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Selkirk | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Selkirk | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Selkirk | Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| Selkirk | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Selkirk | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Selkirk | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Selkirk | Police and Criminal Indexing Project | An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register. | less than 1 page | 85 | Elma Flaming |
| Selkirk | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Selkirk | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Selkirk | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Selkirk | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century | The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Peter Symms |
| Selkirk | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Selkirk | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Selkirkshire | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Selkirkshire | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Selkirkshire | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| Serbia | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| Servants | Servants Emerging from the Shadows | Notes on an exhibition and recording of records pertaining to staff and employees at Paxton House. | 1 page or more | 82 | Chris Pawson |
| servants | The Milne-Graden papers | Some notes on the records at Paxton House particularly the domestic records. There are many references to the Home and Milne-Home servants by name from the 1780s to the early 20th. | less than 1 page | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Session Clerks | Borders Family History Inaugural Lecture | Inaugural talk on the basic sources for looking into your family history. Dealing with parochial registers, census returns, etc. | 5 pages or more | 1 | Donald Whyte |
| Sessions | Extracts of the Hutton Session Records Jun 19th 1819 - Dec 7th 1821 | Transcribed extracts of the Hutton Session Records mainly about donations to the Poor, and a list of ministers since 1688. Lots of names. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Heather Lough |
| Shacklock | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Sharpe | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Sharplaw | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Shaw | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Shelley | An Infamous Mistress | A review of the book 'An Infamous Mistress' by Sarah Murden and Joanne Major being a biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliot. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Shepherd | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Shepherding | To Follow the Dogs and Carry the Stick | An account of life and shepherding in the Lammermuirs before and during and immediately after the Second World War. | 1 page or more | 90 | Bob Jaffray |
| Shepherds | Friends of Hoar Cottage | An account of Hoar Cottage, a shepherd's cottage on Exmoor in North Devon which has connections with shepherds from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bette Baldwin |
| Sheriff Court | Wills and Testaments | Scots law on wills and testaments-the difference. With a good description on how and where to find information on the subject. | 3 pages or more | 22 | James Galbraith |
| Sherlaw | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| Sherlaw | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Sherlock Holmes | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Sherriff | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| Shiel | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Shields | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Shiels | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Shillinglaw | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Shillinglaws | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Ship ‘Nebo’ | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Ship 'Brilliant' | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Ship 'Kaffraria' | A 'Scot' Moves to South Africa | Biography of Archibald Little, born Melrose, 11th Jan 1829, died 13 Dec 1921, Johannesburg. Brief notes on his occupations, and service in the Basuto War. | 2 pages or more | 44 | Tony Little |
| Ship 'Killawarra' | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Ship 'Scottish Lassie ' | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Ship voyage | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Shipping | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Ships | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Shoemaker | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Shoemaker | A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton | Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II. | 4 pages or more | 67 | Mary Newbery |
| shoemaker | John Lee, Shoemaker in Kelso | Some details of the funeral of John Lee, shoemaker in Kelso 1802. Details of funeral arrangements and surnames of those attending the funeral | 2 pages or more | 75 | Elma Fleming |
| Shoemakers | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Shoemakers | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Shop Tokens | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Shortreed | Shortreed Companion of Sir Walter Scott | Account of Sir Walter Scott's friendship with Robert Shortreed (1762-1829), and Robert's descendents. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Donald Whyte |
| Sibbald | The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Extracts from a talk given by Joan Ferguson on the Royal College of Physicians from 1681 right through the years. | 4 pages or more | 39 | Joan Ferguson |
| Silverbuthall House | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Simm | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Simon | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Simprim | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Simpson | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Simpson | The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs. Prue Langlands |
| Simpson | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Simpson | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Simson | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| Sinclair | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Sinclair | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Singapore | "My Great Grandfather died at sea" | A ships Master from Irvine in Ayrshire. How Bill researched the history of a remarkable seaman. 'One of his best'. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Bill Murray |
| Sinton | Bringing Science to Genealogy - DNA Testing | Have you got a family rumour of relationships between families that you cannot prove ? Perhaps you’re curious whether or not you’ve some undiscovered relations out there somewhere in the world, or a brick wall that stubbornly refuses to budge. Then possibly you should consider DNA testing. The author set up three surname DNA projects for Sinton, Fairbairn and Runciman. | 2 pages or more | 67 | Lorna Henderson |
| Sinton | Update to 'Bringing science to genealogy' | An update on a DNA project that was first described in Volume 67, pages 1 -4 June 2008. | 4 pages or more | 72 | Lorna Henderson |
| Sir A Ramsey | Hermitage--Grim Guardian of the Borders | Lord Soulis and how he came to his rather barbaric death. It follows the history of Hermitage through the years. Very interesting. | 3 pages or more | 14 | Norrie McLeish |
| Sir G. Home | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Sir W. Douglas | Hermitage--Grim Guardian of the Borders | Lord Soulis and how he came to his rather barbaric death. It follows the history of Hermitage through the years. Very interesting. | 3 pages or more | 14 | Norrie McLeish |
| Sir Walter Scott | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Skelden | An ill-matched couple | An account from a solicitor's file of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife over assets. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ralph Maltman |
| Sligh | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Sloane | Restoration of Gravestone at Peebles - James Sloane | An account of the restoration of a gravestone in the churchyard at Peebles of James Sloane who was rector of Peebles Grammar School between 1802 and 1843. Also extracts on James Sloane from a book 'Glimpses of Peebles and Forgotten Characters in its History' by Alexander Williamson published in 1895. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Smail | Historic and Photographic Glimpses of Old Innerleithen | Promotion of the book 'Historic and Photographic Glimpses of Old Innerleithen' by Bobby Richardson published by the Society. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Smail | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Smail | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| Smail | Innerleithen Shops | Information on the CD published by the Society on 'Innerleithen Shops' compiled by Bobby Richardson. | 1 page or more | 87 | |
| Smailcleughfoot | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Smailholm | The Crammond Family of Smailholm | Notes about a Crammond family of Smailholm and their children. | 1 page or more | 57 | Hazel Crammond |
| Smailholm | A DNA Revelation | The author's discovery of a direct link to a blood cousin with the name of CRAM, and the surmise that CRAMMOND got shortened along the passage of time. | less than 1 page | 57 | Gordon Crammond |
| Smailholm | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Smailholm | James Fleming, father of Sir John Ambrose Fleming | Some notes on James Fleming, born near Smailholm father of Sir John Ambrose Fleming who featured in issue 82. | 2 pages or more | 84 | Ian McGregor |
| Smailholm | Marth’s Marmalad and Diet Loaf | Some letters which brought life to the bare bones of the author's family tree. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Dybeck |
| Small | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Smart | Guild of One-Name Studies | An account of a talk given by Lorna Kinnaird on the Guild of One Name Studies. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Smiddy | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Smith | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Smith | Convicts Transported to Western Australia in 1858 aboard the 'Edwin Fox' | A list of Scottish convicts transported to Australia on the "Edwin Fox". Reprinted from Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal | 2 pages or more | 70 | Lynn Manning |
| Smith | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Smith | Extracts from Dunse Barony Records | Extracts from the author's book, Dunse Barony Records, in the 1760s. | 2 pages or more | 68 | Ronald Morrison |
| Smith | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Smith | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Smith Hive | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| SMT | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Smyth | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Social Customs | Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 5 pages or more | 32 | A. V. Tokley |
| Soldiers | Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Soldiers | The Peeblesshire Volunteers | A review of a book written by Society member, Robert D Knox, on the history of the Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers between 1860 and 1908. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Soldiers | Soldiers' Wills | A brief article of Soldiers' Wills and how to access on line. | 86 | ||
| Soldiers | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| Soldiers | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Soldiers | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Somerville | The Autobiography of a Working man | Some notes regarding the life of Alexander Somerville born in East Lothian but who spent most of his early life in Berwickshire. He became a cavalryman in the Royal British Dragoons but was subjected to punishment of 100 lashes for writing to a local paper at the time of the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Questions were asked in Parliament regarding his punishment almost universally regarded as excessive and his release from the army was purchased by public subscription. His autobiography recalls the hardship of his early life in Berwickshire as son of a farm hand. | 2 pages or more | 79 | Ronald Morrison |
| Sorrowlessfield | George Fleming M.A. | Article on George Fleming MA, distinguished educationalist. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ian McGregor |
| Soulis | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through. Continued in issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Soup kitchens | Soup Kitchen at Dunse 1832 | An account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and minutes of the Dunse Committee of Health setting up soup kitchens with names of those to whom vouchers were issued. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Ronald Morrison |
| Sourhope | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Souters | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Souters | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Souters | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| South Africa | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| South Africa | The Search for Robert Scott | An account of the author's search for more information on his ancestor, Robert Scott, a teacher in South Africa who died in 1892 and his success in tracing his ancestry back to Selkirkshire. | 2 pages or more | 86 | Robin Scott |
| South Africa | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| South Africa | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| South Africa | Thomas Pringle | A follow up from Professor Charles Wait in South Africa on the article on Thomas Pringle in the previous edition with photographs of a memorial church to Thomas Pringle, its history, some notes on his descendants and how he is remembered in South Africa. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Professor Charles Wait |
| South Africa | Thomas Pringle, Writer, Poet and Anti-Slavery Campaigner | An account of the life of Thomas Pringle born at Linton in 1789 who went on to become a respected poet an close acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. He later emigrated to South Africa where he experiences many travails. The article recounts these experiences and how the family overcame many difficulties as early settlers. He founded a school and wrote a book on the state of the English settlers. He became a noted campaigner for human rights and came to be known as "the father of South African Poetry" | 9 pages or more | 82 | Marjorie Gavin |
| South Africa | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| South America | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| South Australia | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| Southdean | The Olivers of Jed Valley | A History of the Olivers of the Jed Valley tracing their history from the earliest of times with reference to some of the more famous and infamous. | 6 pages or more | 85 | Norrie McLeish |
| Southdean | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Spedlin | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Spedlins | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Spence | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Spences Mains | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Spitfire | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Spittal Tower | Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
| Spittlefield | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Spottiswood | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Spouse | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Springfield | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Springwood | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Springwood Park | New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
| Sprouston | The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 2 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 5 pages or more | 53 | Jenny Fairman |
| Sprouston | The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons; William who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
| Sprouston | The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 1 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Jenny Fairman |
| Sprouston | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Squirrell | Guild of One-Name Studies | An account of a talk given by Lorna Kinnaird on the Guild of One Name Studies. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| SS Clara | John Liddle (13.3.1842 - 26.9.1907) | An account of the life of John Liddle born at Reston and his voyage to Australia in 1865 aboard the "Clara". He kept a diary during the voyage and extracts are included illustrating what life was like aboard an emigrant ship. There are also details from the ship's register (a full list of the names of the 384 immigrants is available) also a breakdown of occupations, nationalities and deaths during the voyage. | 6 pages or more | 80 | Bill Stewart |
| St Abbs | A Village Roll Call 1935 | A list of the names found in St Abbs in 1935 - in verse. In addition to those in the index another 22 names which appear less than 8 times are listed. | 1 page or more | 70 | Alexander Nisbet |
| St Aiden | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| St Andrews | The Leyden Family | From USA, an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| St Andrews Free Church | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| St Boswells | Death in the Borders: 19th Century Border Murder Cases | This is the review of a book by Norrie McLeish, Border Murder Cases with a great deal of research that has gone into this volume. Gypsies, Landlords, and farm workers. | 2 pages or more | 30 | Norrie McLeish .(Review by Hugh K. Mackay) |
| St Boswells | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| St Boswells | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| St Boswells | Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie Mcleish |
| St Cuthbert | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| St Helena | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| St Kentigern | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| St Lawrence | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| St Mungo | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| St Mungo's Fair | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| St Ronan’s Standard | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| St, Abb's | HMS Pathfinder | An account of the sinking in 1914 of HMS Pathfinder off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire viewed by Aldous Huxley. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| St. Andrews | Revised and improved edition of Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard and St. Andrews Monumental Inscriptions | Notes on the improved version of our Memorial Inscriptions covering Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard Kelso and St. Andrews. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| St. Boswells | Old St Boswells | Notes on the republication of the book 'Old St. Boswells' by Jean Lawrie. | less than 1 page | 77 | Peter Munro |
| St. Boswells | St. Boswells to Berwick Railway via Duns | Some paragraphs on a book 'St Boswells to Berwick via Duns which traces the history of this railway line. | less than 1 page | 83 | |
| St. Cuthbert | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| St. Helena | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| St. Mary's Loch | Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| St. Mary's of Wedale | Stow of Wedale | An announcement of the publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with details of all names. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| St.Cuthbert | Mennims of Norham | The history of Norham, its castle, and how it got its name. | 3 pages or more | 25 | A.M.Mennim |
| Staff | Servants Emerging from the Shadows | Notes on an exhibition and recording of records pertaining to staff and employees at Paxton House. | 1 page or more | 82 | Chris Pawson |
| Stainton | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Stallangers | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century | The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Peter Symms |
| Stamfordham | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Starhead | The Kers of Cessford Castle | A history of the Kers of Cessford Castle. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Stark | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| Stark | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Stavert | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Steel | Peel Hospital Exhibition | A report on the exhibition staged by the Society on the history of Peel Hospital. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Steel | Guess Who’s Missing | The descendants of William Steel Story who lived in Yetholm, Morebattle, Hobkirk, who married Elizabeth Aitchson, daughter of Francis Aitchson and Elizabeth Hogg around 1806. | 1 page or more | 64 | E .Helen Ball |
| Stensone | Kelso Mail August 30th. 1824 | Transcription of an ancient gravestone dug up at Nenthorn to one Alexander Stensone who died 1606. | 1 page or more | 78 | |
| Stephenson | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Stevenson | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Stevenson | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Stewart | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Stewart | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Stewart | The Origins of William Wallace | Notes of the genealogy of William Wallace and suggested connections to the FitzAlans and Stewarts. | 1 page or more | 81 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Stewart | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Stewart | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Stewart | Transcribing the Stones | Notes on the publication of the monumental inscriptions at Heatheryett, Galashiels with some notes on the history of Galashiels Parish and the first Church at Lindean burial place of the second wife of John Knox. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Stewart | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Stewart | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| Stewart | Liddles Abroad | Family pictures awaken an interest in family history. The author made contact with relatives in Australia, descendants of a blacksmith who'd emigrated front Heughhead, Reston. | 2 pages or more | 72 | Bill Stewart |
| Stewart | The Stewarts of Kelso | A report into extensive research into the Stewart family of Kelso, latterly of Edinburgh. | 5 pages or more | 77 | Harry D Watson |
| Stewartfield | The Chisholms: Highland Names in the Borders? | This is not just about the Chisholms, it delves into place names in the Borders, why they changed their names and the Highland connections. | 4 pages or more | 28 | Michael Robson |
| Stinson | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Stintyknowe | Is Anybody Out There ? | The author's search for an ancestor's home. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Jean Currie |
| Stitchel | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Stobie | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Stobo | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Stobo | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Stobs | Stobs Internment Camp near Hawick | Some notes on Stobs Internment Camp and its history. | 90 | ||
| Stobs Internment Camp | Stobs Internment Camp near Hawick | Some notes on Stobs Internment Camp and its history. | 90 | ||
| Stockholm | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| Stoddart | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Story | Guess Who’s Missing | The descendants of William Steel Story who lived in Yetholm, Morebattle, Hobkirk, who married Elizabeth Aitchson, daughter of Francis Aitchson and Elizabeth Hogg around 1806. | 1 page or more | 64 | E .Helen Ball |
| Stow | Stow of Wedale | An announcement of the publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with details of all names. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Stow | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Stow | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married. | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Stow | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Stow | Stow Churchyard | Some notes on the toppling of stones in Stow Churchyard. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Stow | Stow Monumental Inscriptions | Some information on the forthcoming publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with reference to various documents pertaining to Stow in the National Archives of Scotland with some interesting extracts. | 2 pages or more | 83 | Elma Fleming |
| Stow | A History of the Waddells of Scotland | A review of the book 'A History of the Waddells of Scotland' by Gavin Main Waddell tracing the history of the name and the various branches of the family. The main branch of the family originated from Stow still known today by some as The Stow of Wedale. | 1 page or more | 83 | |
| Stow | The Reverand Alexander Naughley | A very interesting account of a Parish Clergyman from Stow to Threlkeld and his life story. | 2 pages or more | 31 | Eddie Wren |
| Strathblane | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Strays | Strays | Compilation of part of the Society's Strays index. | 4 pages or more | 50 | Jean Sanderson |
| Strays | More Strays | Compilation of part of the Society's Strays index. | 1 page or more | 53 | Jean Sanderson |
| Strays | More Strays | Compilation of part of the Society's Strays index. | 2 pages or more | 51 | Jean Sanderson |
| Strays | Stray | Transcript of a memorial stone recorded by Manchester General Transcription Project. | 81 | ||
| Strays | Strays | Border Strays | 5 pages or more | 48 | |
| Sudden Deaths | Records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties, Roxburghshire | The records of Sudden Deaths and Casualties in Roxburghshire between 1876 and 1906 have now been indexed. Some examples from these records. | 3 pages or more | 80 | |
| Suggett | Researching Family History across the Border | An account by the author of the challenges and pitfalls of cross-border research. | 4 pages or more | 91 | Fred Kennington |
| Sunlaws | The Flowers of the Forest--Borderers who fell at Flodden | The Fletcher brothers from Selkirk and were they at Flodden? Probably. | 1 page or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Surname Project | DNA Records for Genealogy | Obtaining the genetic records for your paternal line is important for identification of your cousins and ancestors who share your recent paternal line descent with you. | 1 page or more | 60 | |
| Surnames | Border Names | A note of the most common names in the Borders extracted from the Society's transcription of Memorial Inscriptions, | less than 1 page | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Sutcliffe Troupe | A Young Hawick Entertainer - Charles Stainton | The life of Charles Stainton who first appears in the Hawick Criminal Records aged 9 in 1903 but who went on to become a music hall artist with the Sutcliffe Troupe. | 3 pages or more | 87 | Elma Fleming |
| Sutherland | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Sutherland | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Sutherland | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Swadling | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Swan | Old Books with Hawick Connections | A description of two old books about Hawick from the author's library. One is a library book that was never returned. Speculation about the culprit reveals many family relationships. | 2 pages or more | 74 | Anne Golden |
| Swan | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Swan | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Swann | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Swanston | Gunsgreen House, Eyemouth | Notes on the book "Eustace the Outcast" by David Pae also on the will of James Swanston of Eyemouth containing what is thought to be a list of customers for illicit produce including the Rev. Robert Bowmaker, minister, Duns. | 1 page or more | 78 | Ronald Morrison |
| Sweden | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| Sweetheart Abbey | An Unusual Way Of Recording Family Trees | This is about a gravestone in the burial ground of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries-shire which has a drawn family tree of the Jardine family. The article shows a picture of the gravestone. | 1 page or more | 66 | Colin McInnes |
| Swieeny | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Swinton | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Sydney | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Symington | Genealogy of the Symington Family | A review of the book 'The Genealogy of the Symington Family' by the Rev Henry Paton kindly donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 88 | Ronald Morrison |
| Symington | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Synton | McKenzie's around the River Ale | An account of McKenzies in and around the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 49 | W E McKenzie |
| Széchenyi | Adam Clark (1811 to 1866) | A fascinating account of Adam Clark, born in Edinburgh but brought up in Kelso who became a bridge builder of renown in Hungary building the first bridge across the Danube linking the communities of Buda and Pest. | 4 pages or more | 79 | Dr. Jim Lyon |
| Taddei | Hawick and District from Old Photographs | Some notes on the recently published book 'Hawick and District from Old Photographs', by Alastair M Redpath. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Tait | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Tait | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Tait | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Tait | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Tait | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Tait | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Tait | Arrangements for a Victorian wedding | An account of the arrangements made for the marriage in Galashiels of Andrews Stewart Fisher to Elizabeth Tait with details as on the arranging and the ceremony | 2 pages or more | 76 | Janet Nellis |
| Tait & Bruce W.S. | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Tangier | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Tanish | A family of Tanish | George Tanish who married Catherine Gilroy from Selkirk and their decendants. | 4 pages or more | 4 | P. Tanish- Hardie |
| Tarakanoff | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron. It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Tat | Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| Tates | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Taxation | Roll of Taxes on Clocks and Watches | Some details on the taxation of clocks and watches during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Taylor | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Taylor | Bondagers of the Borders | Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers. | 1 page or more | 9 | Liz Taylor |
| Teeswater | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond. | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Telescope | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Telfer | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Telfer | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Telford | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose. | less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Telford | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Telford | Nostalgic Memories | Sandra Devlin of Queensland sent a copy of a letter written in Langholm in 1934 by T. Ritchie to his cousin, Dr. T. Oliver. An abridged version is printed in this volume. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Sandra Devlin |
| Tenant | Uncleanness at Edrom | A tale of impropriety extracted from the Edrom Session Records. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Tennessee | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Tennessee | Fredrick Thomas Eckford | Biography of F T Eckford, Second Lieutenant, 12th (Green’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regt. | 1 page or more | 43 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Territorials | The Peeblesshire Volunteers | A review of a book written by Society member, Robert D Knox, on the history of the Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers between 1860 and 1908. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Terror | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Teviotdale | Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| Texas | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| The Black Douglas | Galashiels Murrays in New South Wales | Murrays first came to the fore in Eccles, follow them through generations. There is also a very touching letter in the article. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Donald Wyte |
| The Gala Brass Band | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| The Luggie | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| The Seasons | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Thirestane Castle | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Thom | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser 1855-1900 | A transcription of death notices in the local newspaper. There are too many names to list them all. Only those with extended entries are indexed. | 10 pages or more | 69 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Thomas | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Thomas J Clapperton | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Thompson | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Thompson | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Thompson | Andrew Thompson (Convict, Emancipist and Philanthropist) | Some notes on the life of Yetholm born Andrew Thompson transported to Australia for petty theft but who went on to become a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and one of the most influential men in the Colony. How a town square created by him and now the oldest surviving in Australia is under threat and of attempts to try to preserve this. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Thompson | Thompson Square Windsor N.S.W. - a memorial to two Scotsman | A report on the campaign to save an historic town square named after James Thompson, born Yetholm, convict emancipist and philanthropist. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Nina Butler |
| Thompson | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Thomson | Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Thomson | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Thomson | James Thomson - A Man for all Seasons | An account of the life and works of Border poet, James Thomson. | 5 pages or more | 87 | Norrie McLeish |
| Thomson | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Thomson | Stoddart | Margaret Stoddart, born 1831, and her very interesting history. From stot-herd,one who tended cattle 1376. Earliest mention in Douglas Barony of Buittle. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Thomson | Muckle Giggots and Sheep lost in the Snow | A memory of Tibbie Shiel by Margaret Turnbull, of James Thomson, the Shepherd of Whitehope, lost in the snow. | 2 pages or more | 64 | C S Borthwick |
| Thomson | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Thomson | Escape from Dingleton | Some of the inmates of Dingleton Asylum, Melrose tried to escape. A few entries from the Register of escapes are listed here. | 3 pages or more | 74 | Peter Munro |
| Thomson | A Border Tragedy - Hawick 900 Court of Record and Civil Records | An article on cases of Breach of Promise. | 5 pages or more | 86 | Norrie McLeish |
| Thomson | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Thomson | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Thomson | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Thomson | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Thomson | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Thorburn | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| Thorburn | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Thornwood House | John Thomas Rochead | Some notes on the life of John Thomas Rochead, architect with particular reference to his work at Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 85 | |
| Threlkeld | The Reverand Alexander Naughley | A very interesting account of a Parish Clergyman from Stow to Threlkeld and his life story. | 2 pages or more | 31 | Eddie Wren |
| Tibbie Shiel | Muckle Giggots and Sheep lost in the Snow | A memory of Tibbie Shiel by Margaret Turnbull, of James Thomson, the Shepherd of Whitehope, lost in the snow. | 2 pages or more | 64 | C S Borthwick |
| Tibbie Shiels | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Tibbie Shiels | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Tinnies Castle | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Tinnis | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Tobacco | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| Todd | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Tokens | Granny's Bawbees and other coins (part 2) | The writer traces the history of coinage in Scotland and talks of shop cheques or tokens particularly instancing Co-operative stores and also mentioning J.A. Game's tea shop in Hawick. | 3 pages or more | 78 | Peter Munro |
| Tolls | The Infamous Jeffrey | Toll-roads in the Borders, toll bars, and William Jeffrey's involvement in protests against them. | 2 pages or more | 58 | George Martin |
| Toodyay | A Six Year Family History Investigation | Absorbing account of James Drummond, botanist, born at Hawthornden (near Lasswade), and Thomas Drummond (also a botanist). | 5 pages or more | 23 | Andrew Brown |
| Toronto | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Toronto | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Torwoodlee | Torwoodlee Tower | Some history of Torwoodlee Tower, Galashiels and proposals to restore and renovate. | 1 page or more | 88 | James Pringle |
| Torwoodlee | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Torwoodlee | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Tottfield | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott 1828. | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Tottie | Totties in Sweden | Note about Thomas Tottie, from Jedburgh, born in 1664, a tobacco manufacturer, extracted from Th. A. Fischer’s The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907). | less than 1 page | 60 | |
| Tower Hill Chapel, Wooler | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Town Yetholm | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Trabrown | The Heriots of Trabrown | An account by the author of his book 'The Heriots of Trabown in which he traces the history of the family and its various branches from earliest times. | 4 pages or more | 83 | Ray Harriot |
| tradesmen | Kelso Tradesmen Transcription Project | Note on a project to transcribe the records of nineteenth century Kelso tradesmen | 1 page or more | 75 | Juline Baird |
| Trafalgar | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Transport | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004. Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Traquair | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Traquair | The poor, crime and punishment,and the power of the Kirk in the Borders, 17th & 18th Centuries | When paupers died, the contents of their houses were sold by public roup. This is an account of one sale and the strength of the Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 31 | M. C. Lawson |
| Traquair House | Harper Family Tree | This is a copy of a family tree of the Harper family. | 1 page or more | 7 | Mrs B. Logan |
| Treveleyan | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17. Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Trinidad | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Trinidad | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Tristan da Cunha | Governor Glass | Some notes on William Glass, born in Kelso who went on to establish the colony of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic and to become its first Governor. | 1 page or more | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Tristan da Cunha | An Opaque Glass | About William Glass (or Glasgow), who had become the first governor of the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha, honoured by the Friends of Kelso Museum in 1996. | 2 pages or more | 60 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Trotter | The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 2 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 5 pages or more | 53 | Jenny Fairman |
| Trotter | The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 1 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Jenny Fairman |
| Trotter | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Troup | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Trows | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Trows | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Trumbell | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Tully | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Turk | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Turnbull | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| Turnbull | Some Selkirk Worthies | Notes on some Selkirk 'worthies' of old. | 4 pages or more | 82 | George Turnbull |
| Turnbull | Hawick and District from Old Photographs | Some notes on the recently published book 'Hawick and District from Old Photographs', by Alastair M Redpath. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Turnbull | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Turnbull | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Turnbull | On the Buses | An article from The Southern Reporter of October 29th 1959 about George Turnbull's working life from 1913 to 1959, as a chauffeur or mechanic until 1924, then various jobs for a local bus company. | 2 pages or more | 66 | Charles Borthwick |
| Turnbull | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Turnbull | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Turnbull | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Turnbull | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Turnbull | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Turnbull | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Turnbull | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Turnbull | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Turnbull | Muckle Giggots and Sheep lost in the Snow | A memory of Tibbie Shiel by Margaret Turnbull, of James Thomson, the Shepherd of Whitehope, lost in the snow. | 2 pages or more | 64 | C S Borthwick |
| Turnbull | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Turnbull | Early Notices of the Gladstones | A detailed article on the early history of the Gladstone family. | 5 pages or more | 89 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Turnbull | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Turnbull | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Turnbull | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Turnbull | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Turnbull | From the Scottish Borders to South Australia | An account of the lives of William Oliver his wife Elizabeth Turnbull who were married at Jedburgh in1833 who emigrated to South Australia, their family and subsequent life, Contains much genealogy and notes on the Oliver DNA project. | 5 pages or more | 78 | Ruth Oliver |
| Turnbull | It’s in the blood | Notes about why Anne, a member of the Society Council, became interested in family history. | 1 page or more | 57 | Anne Turnbull |
| Turnbull | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Turnbull | Rules/Turnbulls of Rule water | A written account of the Rule family. His wife who was Mary Rule, traces her family directly to 1693 near Norham. | less than 1 page | 6 | John Simpson |
| Turner | Charles McGinn | Some notes on Charles McGinn born at Stow in 1865 and his emigration to Australia. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Michael and Chris Hume |
| Turner | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Turner | Granny's Bawbees and other Coins | An account of the currency of Scotland from Roman times to 1603 explaining coins such as ryals, dollars, merks, groats, bawbees, bodles and turners. | 6 pages or more | 77 | Peter Munro |
| Turner | Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
| Turner | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Turner | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Turner | Ayton History Society | Note on a booklet 'The History of Ayton and other personal Recollections published by Ayton History Society; includes extracts from the work of T Ramsay Turner, an account by an unknown author entitled 'Happy Childhood Reminiscences of 1876' and some works by the local poet Robert Mennon. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Turner | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Turnpike | The Infamous Jeffrey | Toll-roads in the Borders, toll bars, and William Jeffrey's involvement in protests against them. | 2 pages or more | 58 | George Martin |
| Tushielaw | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Tweed | Moves to Restore the Union Bridge | An account of moves to restore the Union Bridge linking Scotland and England at the lowest crossing point on the River Tweed. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Tweed | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Tweedie | Know Your Parish - Tweedsmuir | Hstory of the parish of Tweedsmuir, and notable people. Drawing of Polmood in ruins. | 2 pages or more | 23 | Jean Moffatt |
| Tweedie | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Tweedie | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Tweedknowe | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Tweedside | Reminiscences of Sixty Years Ago | A poem about the Eastern Borders, Tweedside Water Eye. | less than 1 page | 26 | J.G. Stanly |
| Tweedside Antiquarian Soc | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| Tweedsmuir | Know Your Parish - Tweedsmuir | Hstory of the parish of Tweedsmuir, and notable people. Drawing of Polmood in ruins. | 2 pages or more | 23 | Jean Moffatt |
| Tweedsmuir | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Tweedsmuir | The Tweedsmuir Connection | Report of the society's summer outing to Upper Tweeddale. | 1 page or more | 13 | Violet Jardine |
| Tyningham | Mellerstain | Synopsis of a talk on "Mellerstain" given to the society on 15th October 1995. It is a very good account of the mansion and its keepers from the past to the present. | 3 pages or more | 30 | M. Ellis |
| Tynninghame | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Tytler | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Umbria | Forgotten Borders Andrew Cocburn 1871- 1955 | Born Kelso 1871 of a Blacksmith. Second engineer on the Lusitania,he also had two terms on the Mauretania . | 2 pages or more | 29 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Unemployment | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance. Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Union Bridge | Moves to Restore the Union Bridge | An account of moves to restore the Union Bridge linking Scotland and England at the lowest crossing point on the River Tweed. | 1 page or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| United States | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Unthank Farm | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Upsettlington | Bygone Days | This is the text of Eleanor's fascinating talk on Upsettlington (also known as Ladykirk) from the 12th century onwards, given to the Society on 19th October 2003. | 3 pages or more | 54 | Eleanor Moffat |
| Urban Geography | Addressing History and Visualising Urban Geography | Report on a event showing how data from all sorts of different sources can be brought together to produce maps giving detailed information on all sorts of subjects and interests. As an example an illustration of how the prevalence of paupers in different areas in Edinburgh in 1845 could be shown on a map | 3 pages or more | 75 | Peter Munro |
| Urr | Coulter's Candy | Some investigation into the life and background of Robert Coltart, confectionery manufacturer who probably compiled the song 'Coulter's Candy', his connections with Galashiels and the history of the song. | 3 pages or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| USA | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| USA | American Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser Births 1859-1900 and Marriages 1855-1872 | Births and marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Marjorie Gavin |
| USA | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| USA | Archives at Robert Smail’s Printing Works | A brief history of the famous Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen which was started in 1866, and about their wonderful archives. | 2 pages or more | 67 | David Rudram |
| USA | The Dumma Family of Kelso | James Dumma, born 1790, in Kelso; Helen Hay, and their descendants, many of whom went to England, USA, and Canada. | 2 pages or more | 48 | Shirley Dumma |
| USA | m Roxburghshire to Delaware County: The 19th Century Miller Letters - Part 1 | Account of letters written between 1818 and 1864 from Scotland to David Miller (1795-1883), and his wives, and relatives. David Miller was the son of Thomas Miller, a beadle of Roberton Kirk. | 4 pages or more | 64 | John W. Hoy |
| USA | Cousin Fred from Hawick | Problems tracing the history of a Dickson family who had lived in the Lauder area from the 17th century, | 3 pages or more | 65 | Jim Dickson |
| USA | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| USA | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| USA | From Kelso to Kalamazoo | An account of the life of George 'Celery' Taylor' born in Kelso in 1803 gardener who emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan and is noted for introducing celery into the United States. Kept a detailed diary which also records his experiences on his return visits to Scotland in 1871 and 1874. | 78 | Margaret Jeary | |
| Usher | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott 1828. | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Utah | From Crosslee to Salt Lake City | The journey of William Scott Clark from Ettrick to Idaho. | 2 pages or more | 71 | George Clark |
| Vair | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Valuation Rolls | Farms And Smallholdings at Foulden - 1920-21 | Transcription of Valuation Rolls for Foulden | 1 page or more | 50 | Brian Patten |
| Veitch | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Veitch | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Veitch | Who was Robert Proudfoot? | A look by the author at his Proudfoot ancestry and mysteries surrounding it. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Chris Proudfoot |
| Veitch | The Wild Bunch | History of the Tweedie clan. Includes line drawings of ruins of Tinnies and Drumelzier castles. | 4 pages or more | 24 | Norrie McLeish |
| Veitch | Pringles | A letter regarding the Pringles of Overhaugh Street, Galashiels and a Captain George Sharp Pringle, with response and follow-up. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Alexander Watson/ Liz McGregor |
| Veitches | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Victoria | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Victoria Cross | Piper Laidlaw Memorial | Notes on a ceremony to mark the 100th. Anniversary of the events during the Battle of Loos leading to the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Piper Daniel Laidlaw. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Violet | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Virtue | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Virtue | Old Uncle | Brief biopic about Alexander Virtue, sometime schoolmaster at Nenthorn. | less than 1 page | 20 | Margery V. Turnbull |
| Volunteers | With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria | Review of a book donated to the Society ' With the Border Volunteers to Pretoria' by Lieut William Home recording their exploits during the Boer War and with a detailed list of names. | 2 pages or more | 90 | Ronald Morrison |
| Volunteers | The Peeblesshire Volunteers | A review of a book written by Society member, Robert D Knox, on the history of the Peeblesshire Rifle Volunteers between 1860 and 1908. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Voy | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| W. Chirnside | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Waddell | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Waddell | A History of the Waddells of Scotland | A review of the book 'A History of the Waddells of Scotland' by Gavin Main Waddell tracing the history of the name and the various branches of the family. The main branch of the family originated from Stow still known today by some as The Stow of Wedale. | 1 page or more | 83 | |
| Wage Books | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Wages | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Wages | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Wagon Trains | Thomas Lewins 1816-1858 | Account of Thomas Lewins' life, emigration to Canada, his family, and eventual re-migration to California. | 7 pages or more | 65 | Mary Newbery |
| Wait | A Nostalgic Visit to Lauder and Channelkirk | A report of the author's return from South Africa, his attendance at a late night Church service in Lauder, the erection of a plaque and his family connections with the area. | 3 pages or more | 82 | Prof. Charles Wait |
| Walcheren Expedition | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Waldie | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Waldie | A Remarkable Coincidence | Anecdote of a visit to the Society's library. | less than 1 page | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Walker | Selkirk Protocol Books. An amazing Discovery | A hidden hoard of 16th and 17th century documents from Selkirk. | less than 1 page | 7 | |
| Walker | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Walker | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820 The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Walker | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Walker | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Walker | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Walker | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Walker | Forgotten Borderers--Andrew Walker (1808-1896) | Andrew Walker, born Earlston, worked at Newton Don and moved eventually to Camden and started a Ragged School. He emigrated to Troy in New York and died there. | less than 1 page | 30 | |
| Walker | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Walker | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Some birth extracts from the Kelso Mail in 1804. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| Walker | Kelso Mail Extracts | Six birth announcements published in the newspaper in 1803 & 1804. | 1 page or more | 73 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Walkers | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Wallace | Who was Robert Proudfoot? | A look by the author at his Proudfoot ancestry and mysteries surrounding it. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Chris Proudfoot |
| Wallace | Melrose to Melbourne - The Story of one Wallace family | Interesting account of the author's Wallace research, ancestral emigration from Melrose to Sydney, Australia, farming, and the army. Two interesting photographs, too. | 3 pages or more | 67 | Richard Balsillie |
| Wallace | The Origins of William Wallace | Notes of the genealogy of William Wallace and suggested connections to the FitzAlans and Stewarts. | 1 page or more | 81 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Wallace | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale. Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Wallace | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| Walter Mason | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Walter Scott | The battle of Otterburn 600th Anniversary | The history of the battle of Otterburn and the families that took part, also, Walter Scott's version is different to that of the English version in The Chevy chase. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Wanless | A Tale of Two Sisters | A Wanless family’s emigration from Yetholm to Canada. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Gordon Roy Fairbairn |
| Wanless | Longformacus | A cautionary tale from 1871 and some extracts from the school log book, | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Wanless | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| War Memorials | Coldstream History Society | A note on a project recently undertaken by the Society including the transcription of the graveyard at Lennel Cemetery, Coldstream and also a project to record detailed genealogical information of all names appearing on War Memorials in Berwickshire and North Northumberland. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| War Memorials | The War Memorial at Minto by Roger J Owen | Some paragraphs on the book 'The War Memorial at Minto' by Roger J Owen. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| War of Spanish Independence | Elspeth Ewan’s talk on Army Military History | Synopsis of talk. | less than 1 page | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Warchope | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Warick | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Warkworth Castle | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Warmath | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Watches | Roll of Taxes on Clocks and Watches | Some details on the taxation of clocks and watches during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 75 | Ronald Morrison |
| Watchtower | A grave look at the Borders | This must be one of the great stories ever to be printed in our magazine - it is the story of grave snatchers, and how one brave chap got his just reward. | 4 pages or more | 21 | Ian Abernethy |
| Waterloo | Waterloo and Beyond | Some notes by the author on his attempt to find gravestones and memorials to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. | less than 1 page | 88 | Kenneth McLean |
| Watson | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Watson | Jedburgh Place Names | Notes on a book 'Jedburgh Place Names' put together by Society member, Norrie McLeish, from articles written by George Watson. | less than 1 page | 81 | |
| Watson | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Watson | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Watson | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Watson | A Lad o' Pairts- George Watson (1876 -1950) | An account of the life of George Watson (1876-1950) born in Jedburgh, linguist and etymologist who worked on the Oxford New English Dictionary before emigrating to United States. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Norrie McLeish |
| Watson | Duns Auxiliary Unit | Further information on the Duns Auxiliary Unit. | 1 page or more | 88 | |
| Watson | James Watson (Author and Historian of Jedburgh Abbey) | Account of the life of James Watson, weaver, grocer, poet and writer of Jedburgh, the author's great grandfather, his descendants, and emigration to USA and Canada. | 10 pages or more | 68 | Rachel (Thomson) Falldien |
| Watson | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Watson | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Wauch | Roxburgh Here ! | Extract from the memoirs of the late John Fairbairn, born 28th March 1912, married in 1937, who died on 20th July 2003. He worked for the Kelso Chronicle, and later was the editor of the Hobart Mercury, Tasmania. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Fairbairn |
| Wauchope | Roxburgh Here ! | Extract from the memoirs of the late John Fairbairn, born 28th March 1912, married in 1937, who died on 20th July 2003. He worked for the Kelso Chronicle, and later was the editor of the Hobart Mercury, Tasmania. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Fairbairn |
| Waugh | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Waugh | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Waugh | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Wear | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Weatherhead | Uncleanness at Edrom | A tale of impropriety extracted from the Edrom Session Records. | 1 page or more | 86 | Ronald Morrison |
| Weavers | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Weaving | Family History Records | An archivist from the Heritage Hub in Hawick discusses a range of records that can be used to provide a fuller picture of our ancestors | 5 pages or more | 70 | Juline Baird |
| Weazleton | Placenames in the Ancrum area | Review of book 'Placenames in the Ancrum area' by David Cain. | less than 1 page | 89 | |
| Web Sites | The Delights and Drawbacks of Working with One's Web Pages | Text of the talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001. Suggestions on building a personal website. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Charles Hoy |
| Webb | Borderers in the Victorian Marriages Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Barbara Turner |
| Webb | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Website | Scottish Borders Memory Bank Website | Brief note about the launch of the website and its contents. | less than 1 page | 46 | |
| Website | Society Website | An update about the Society's website, and the new Maintaining Interests function. | 4 pages or more | 56 | Peter Munro |
| Website | Borders Family History Society Website | Description of the Society's website pages. | 6 pages or more | 53 | Peter Munro |
| Webster | An account of the number of people in Scotland in the year 1755 | A review of a document held by the National Archive of Scotland giving details of the population, life expectancy and religious affiliation, | 1 page or more | 69 | Peter Munro |
| Wedale | Stow of Wedale | An announcement of the publication of Stow Monumental Inscriptions with details of all names. | 2 pages or more | 85 | Ronald Morrison |
| Wedale | A History of the Waddells of Scotland | A review of the book 'A History of the Waddells of Scotland' by Gavin Main Waddell tracing the history of the name and the various branches of the family. The main branch of the family originated from Stow still known today by some as The Stow of Wedale. | 1 page or more | 83 | |
| Wedderburn | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Wedding | Arrangements for a Victorian wedding | An account of the arrangements made for the marriage in Galashiels of Andrews Stewart Fisher to Elizabeth Tait with details as on the arranging and the ceremony | 2 pages or more | 76 | Janet Nellis |
| Weirhill | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Wellington | Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| Welsh | To Follow the Dogs and Carry the Stick | An account of life and shepherding in the Lammermuirs before and during and immediately after the Second World War. | 1 page or more | 90 | Bob Jaffray |
| Welsh | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Welsh | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Welsh | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Welsh | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Welsh | William Welsh - The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow | Some notes on William Welsh author of a book of poetry in 1838 and on the origins of the Ballad 'The Dowie Dens of Yarrow'. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Welsh | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| West Indies | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1855-1900 | A list of marriages of people from various places (including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad) intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1900, with brief additional notes on some items. | 3 pages or more | 68 | Marjorie Gavin |
| West Port School | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| West Riddel | Border - Line Experiences Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Westerkirk | The Palseys of Craig | The story of Palseys of Craig - a two part story in issues 2 and 3 covers military and personnel accounts of many Palsleys, if you are connected, it must be for you. | 3 pages or more | 2 | R.C.Wood |
| Westerkirk | Nostalgic Memories | Sandra Devlin of Queensland sent a copy of a letter written in Langholm in 1934 by T. Ritchie to his cousin, Dr. T. Oliver. An abridged version is printed in this volume. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Sandra Devlin |
| Westminster Abbey | James Thomson - A Man for all Seasons | An account of the life and works of Border poet, James Thomson. | 5 pages or more | 87 | Norrie McLeish |
| Weston | More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | 87 | ||
| Westruther | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Wetherstone | A 'Scot' Moves to South Africa | Biography of Archibald Little, born Melrose, 11th Jan 1829, died 13 Dec 1921, Johannesburg. Brief notes on his occupations, and service in the Basuto War. | 2 pages or more | 44 | Tony Little |
| Whillans | The Lillico Family - Chain Migrants to Gloucester Township, Ontario | The story of a family that emigrated from Roxburghshire to Ontario | 8 pages or more | 70 | Eleanor Lillico |
| Whillis | John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth | Some notes on the John Whillis Exhibition, Eyemouth and the associated exhibition on sailing ships connected including the 'Cutty Sark'. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Whillis | Eyemouth Museum | Notes of an exhibition in Eyemouth Museum about John Whillis. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Whisky | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| White | Maxwellheugh Cottage - the biography of a house | A review of the families who had inhabited a house on the outskirts of Kelso. | 8 pages or more | 73 | Isobel Gordon |
| White | Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| White | Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass | A review of the book 'Lady Helen Hall of Dunglass'; by Sally Wilson. | 2 pages or more | 86 | |
| Whitehead | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Whitehope | Muckle Giggots and Sheep lost in the Snow | A memory of Tibbie Shiel by Margaret Turnbull, of James Thomson, the Shepherd of Whitehope, lost in the snow. | 2 pages or more | 64 | C S Borthwick |
| Whitekirk | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Whiteslade | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Whitsome | Ontario Genealogical Society summer camp | Where to research in Ontario for your Canadian cousins. | 2 pages or more | 37 | D. C. Jeffrey |
| Whitson | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Whyte | Peebles Combination Poorhouse | A brief history of poorhouses in general and Peebles Poorhouse in particular. It includes some information about staff and inmates in the late 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 74 | Janis Miller |
| Whyte | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Wight | Update to 'Bringing science to genealogy' | An update on a DNA project that was first described in Volume 67, pages 1 -4 June 2008. | 4 pages or more | 72 | Lorna Henderson |
| Wilberforce | Birthplace Ednam | An account of some of the famous people born in the Parish of Ednam. | 2 pages or more | 87 | |
| Wilkie | Who was Robert Proudfoot? | A look by the author at his Proudfoot ancestry and mysteries surrounding it. | 3 pages or more | 90 | Chris Proudfoot |
| William Caldwell | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| William Minor | James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) | Biography of James Murray, a linguist, philologist, teacher. He was one of the founders of the Oxford English dictionary. | 1 page or more | 45 | Valerie Mackay |
| William Wallace | The Origins of William Wallace | Notes of the genealogy of William Wallace and suggested connections to the FitzAlans and Stewarts. | 1 page or more | 81 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Williamson | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741). A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Williamson | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Williamson | Restoration of Gravestone at Peebles - James Sloane | An account of the restoration of a gravestone in the churchyard at Peebles of James Sloane who was rector of Peebles Grammar School between 1802 and 1843. Also extracts on James Sloane from a book 'Glimpses of Peebles and Forgotten Characters in its History' by Alexander Williamson published in 1895. | 2 pages or more | 84 | |
| Williamson | Memorials to the late Rev Thomas Williamson | Detail of a book on the Rev Thomas Williamson. minister of Melrose Secession Church for 30 years. | less than 1 page | 90 | |
| Williamson | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Willie Leggat | Cavers & District | Talk given in February 2007 about the history of the kirk and parish of Cavers, and its links with Melrose, St Cuthbert, and other famous people. | 6 pages or more | 64 | Jean Muir |
| Willie Mitchie | Some epitaphs written by Robert Burns | Epitaphs written by Robert Burns on Gavin Hamilton, his own father, Willie Mitchie and Robert Fergusson, poet. | 1 page or more | 76 | |
| Willkinson | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Wills | Soldiers' Wills | A brief article of Soldiers' Wills and how to access on line. | 86 | ||
| Wills | Borders Family History Inaugural Lecture | Inaugural talk on the basic sources for looking into your family history. Dealing with parochial registers, census returns, etc. | 5 pages or more | 1 | Donald Whyte |
| Wilson | A Teri Forever- My Rich Border Heritage | Nostalgia about Hawick, and the revelation that some of her ancestors came from southern England, she has researched back to 500AD on her direct paternal line and from 1699 on other lines. | 3 pages or more | 66 | Anne Golden |
| Wilson | Tweedmount House Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Wilson | Inheritances and Family History | A short article on the inheritance of a pair of silver sugar tongs which had originally belonged to Walter Laing Wilson and his wife Janet Nichol of Ancrum. | less than 1 page | 78 | Anne Golden |
| Wilson | Who was Gordon Stewart of Hawick? | Intriguing investigation into an adopted great uncle who died in World War I, and turned out to be a blood relative. | 3 pages or more | 65 | Anne Golden |
| Wilson | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Wilson | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Wilson | Great Grandfather's Clock | An account by the author of a clock belonging to his great grandfather which he came upon when holidaying in Australia. | 1 page or more | 91 | Bill Stewart |
| Wilson | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Wilton | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Wilton Church | William Elliot, Architect | The family history of William Elliot and descriptions of some of the fine house's he built. | 3 pages or more | 15 | Kathleen Stewart |
| Windsor | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles, emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War, was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmer's life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Windyknowe | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Winslow | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons and the Lad o' Pairts | An account of the activities of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Group formed in Hawick in 1932 with details of some of the theatrical performances which they staged. | 3 pages or more | 89 | Anne F Golden |
| Wishaw | The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons; William who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
| Witchcraft | 17th. Century Borders Witchcraft Trials; the role of reputation | A resume by the author of her talk to the Society on witchcraft in the Borders, evidence of witchcraft and sentences and the reasons for its particular prevalence in Scotland. | 2 pages or more | 78 | Mary Craig |
| Wood | In the hands of the Turk | The story of a collection to pay a ransom of a man who fell into the hands of a Turk. This is as told in the Register of the Privy Council for the year 1677. | 1 page or more | 21 | Jane Gibson |
| Wood | Pleasant Sunday Afternoons | A follow up on the article in the previous magazine on the activities of the Hawick Pleasant Sunday Afternoons Group. | 1 page or more | 90 | |
| Wood | Donation to Society Archive | An acknowledgement of the donation to the Society of the book ' John Wood (blacksmith) - from Scotland to Rawdon N.S. in 1815 and his Descendants'. | less than 1 page | 86 | |
| Woodhouslees | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Wooler Common | Bowmakers and Currys in the new world | The history of the Bowmakers and Currys before and after they emigrated to the New World. | 1 page or more | 10 | Norman Bowmaker |
| Wordsworth | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| World War 1 | World War 1 Rugby Internationalists | An account by the author of how she sought out and visited the memorials to international rugby players who lost their lives in World War 1. | 2 pages or more | 88 | Esher Davies |
| World War 1 | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| World War 1 | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| World War 1 | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| World War 1 | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| World War 1 | John Keddie Linton | An enquiry regarding John Keddie Linton killed in action during World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | Mrs. Dee Brook |
| World War 1 | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| World War 1 | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| World War 1 | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| World War 2 | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| World War II | W.W 2 Auxiliaries | Some notes on the work of the World War 2 Auxiliaries or the British Resistance Army. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Wray | A light-hearted tale--Epitaphs | We will never know what is written on our headstone, this article it gives you some ideas. | 1 page or more | 31 | Ian Abernethy |
| Wright | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Wright | Hawick Baptists in the First World War | Reference to a book 'Hawick Baptists in the First World War' by Roger J Owen donated to the Society. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| Wright | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Wright | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Wright | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Wullies Bell | Memories of Ayton | Mrs Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| WW1 | Bessie Dora Bowhill, a wartime nurse | An account of the life of Bessie Dora Bowhill born Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire who became, a nurse and worked in South Africa during the Boer War - her further experience during the First World War working with Dr Elsie Inglis in Serbia. | 2 pages or more | 85 | |
| WWI | WWI Commemoration | Some notes on the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Galashiels War Memorial, the sculptor Thomas J Clapperton, Field Marshall Haig, Bemersyde, the Cochrane family and those from Galashiels who lost their lives. | 1 page or more | 85 | |
| WWI | David Reid Dewar - Another of War's Victims | The story of David Reid Dewar, originally from Cumnock but who moved to Peebles before enlisting and being severely mentally affected by his experiences in the Great War. His subsequent life when he was described as 'confused, incoherent and delusional'. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Margaret Ross |
| WWI | John Keddie Linton | An enquiry regarding John Keddie Linton killed in action during World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | Mrs. Dee Brook |
| WWI | Band of Brothers | An account of the First World War experiences of the Murdoch family, originally from Perthshire but who settled in Galashiels, their deaths and tragedies and the effect of the families back home. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Trevor Stewart |
| WWI | Granddad's Medals | A description of the campaign medals awarded to servicemen and women in WWI. The medal records are often the only record of a forebears service in the army during that conflict. | 1 page or more | 72 | David Rudram |
| WWI | Jimmy Blakemore - A War Casualty | The story of Lancelot Lionel Blakemore (alias 'Jimmy'), a Londoner who was severely wounded, losing both his legs during the First World War. He was sent to Birgham to recuperate where he met and married Katherine Scott and where he worked as a cobbler for the remainder of his life. | 2 pages or more | 90 | David Quensell |
| WWI | Gravestone Photos | A note on a facility provided by the Society to photograph individual gravestones, a report on one such request for a photograph of a stone to the Rev. Gilmour Neil in Drumelzier and a note on his experiences in World War 1 and how he sought to find " a little Parish, a thousand miles from anywhere". | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| WWI | World War 1 Exhibition | An account of an exhibition staged by the Society to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. | 1 page or more | 86 | |
| WWI | Saving and Sharing Borders Stories of WWI | Reference to the project by Live Borders Museum and Library Services to commemorate the Borders experience during the Great War. | less than 1 page | 91 | |
| WWI | World War 1 Medical Records | How to access information of doctors and other medical staff who served during World War 1 and what information might be available. | 1 page or more | 84 | Peter Munro |
| WWII | Floors Castle Hospital | Note on inventory lists and photographs which have come to light dating from the Second World War and an appeal for more information. | less than 1 page | 79 | |
| Yair | Two Sutherland Factors | Two brothers from Yair who were factors for Sutherland. It also covers the Highland Clearances right up to his death. | 3 pages or more | 9 | Jane Gibson |
| Yarrow | An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. MsRae |
| Yarrow | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Yarrow | The mole catchers of Lilliesleaf | The story of a mole and rabbit catcher in the Lilliesleaf area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Mrs S.J. Hodgkinson |
| Yarrow | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Yarrow | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Yarrow | William Welsh - The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow | Some notes on William Welsh author of a book of poetry in 1838 and on the origins of the Ballad 'The Dowie Dens of Yarrow'. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Yarrow | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Yellow Retriever | From Yellow to Golden, the stately history of the Golden Retriever' | An account po the history of the Golden Retriever and its Borders connection. | less than 1 page | 88 | |
| Yellow Retriever | The Yellow Retriever | Note on a book on the dog, the Yellow Retriever, a breed of dog known today as The Golden Retriever. | less than 1 page | 82 | |
| Yetholm | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Yetholm | Thompson Square Windsor N.S.W. - a memorial to two Scotsman | A report on the campaign to save an historic town square named after James Thompson, born Yetholm, convict emancipist and philanthropist. | 2 pages or more | 89 | Nina Butler |
| Yetholm | Andrew Thompson (Convict, Emancipist and Philanthropist) | Some notes on the life of Yetholm born Andrew Thompson transported to Australia for petty theft but who went on to become a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and one of the most influential men in the Colony. How a town square created by him and now the oldest surviving in Australia is under threat and of attempts to try to preserve this. | 2 pages or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
| Yetholm | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Yetholm | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Yetholm | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Yetholm | A Tale of Two Sisters | A Wanless family’s emigration from Yetholm to Canada. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Gordon Roy Fairbairn |
| Yetholm | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Yetholm | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Yetholm | The Gladstones-A study | This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich. | 3 pages or more | 35 | G.M.S. Lauder-frost |
| Yorkie | Yorkie, the Gentle Shepherd | Note about a tramp, known as Yorkie, as well as his picture on the cover. | less than 1 page | 52 | Carol Trotter |
| Young | A Tale of Two Brothers and a Photographic Puzzle | A tale of and contrast between two brothers Robert (later Sir Robert) and William Laidlaw born in Bonchester Bridge; Sir Robert who set up a chain of multiples in India , known as 'The Selfridges of the East' and became a Member of Parliament and William who ran a grocery shop in Canada. | 3 pages or more | 88 | Ben Haslam |
| Young | Drumlanrig School - 'The Ragged School' | Engaging account of the 150 year history of Drumlanrig School, originally the 'Ragged School' serving an area known as the West End of Hawick. | 10 pages or more | 60 | Marjorie A. Gavin |
| Young | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Young | Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 5 pages or more | 32 | A. V. Tokley |
| Young | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Young | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Young | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Young | Border Treaties of Assurance | Text from the Hamilton papers on the Treaties signed by the Border Barons with the English in 1544 . Followed by a list of the Border Clans in 1597 in the East March. | 5 pages or more | 1 | W.H. Oliver |
| Young | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Younger | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Younger | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Ypres | 100 year Belgian connection to the Borders | The story of a Belgian lady who every evening attended the memorial ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and her Borders connection. | 2 pages or more | 87 | Esther Davies |