Borders Family History Society
Poor Law Records Search - Begin
The Society has begun a big project of transcribing and indexing digitised Poor Law records for various Borders parishes for the period 1845 to 1933.
These records are about applications for poor relief made by people who were settled in a Borders parish, but not necessarily living there, and provide unique information about the applicants, their families and their life; thus it could help you track down a person’s previous or subsequent address if they moved away from their birth parish.
Similarly, they'll also be of interest to people whose ancestors were not born in the Borders but may have lived or died in the Borders.
Use this form to find out which volumes of Poor Law Records include a person in which you're interested, or alternatively look at the list of
851
different names and / or
166
birth places to see which ones are included.
These volumes of Poor Law Records are currently included in the search database.
Volumes: Jedburgh Parish (1852-1874), Jedburgh Parish (1875-1893).
List of names in the Poor Law Records Index
A
Alison Adams, Elizabeth Ainslie, Isabella Aitchison, James Aitchison, Margaret Aitchison, William Aitchison, Agnes Aitken, Elizabeth Aitken, George Aitken, Henry Aitken, Isabella Aitken, Janet Aitken, John Aitken, Margaret Aitken, Robert Aitken, Thomas Aitken, Wilhelmina Aitken, Henry Aitkin, Mina Aitkin, Robert Aitkin, Agnes Anderson, Alexander Anderson, Archibald Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson, Helen Anderson, Jane Anderson, Janet Anderson, Margaret Anderson, William Anderson, Adam Armstrong, Bessie Armstrong, James Armstrong, Jane Armstrong, John Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong, William Armstrong
B
Rachel Bailie, Rachael Baillie, Agnes Balmer, Alison Balmer, Ann Balmer, Elizabeth Balmer, George Balmer, Janet Balmer, Lilly Ann Balmer, Margaret Balmer, Mary Balmer, Janet Beattie, Ann Bell, Betsy Bell, Charles Bell, Jane Bell, Janet Bell, Mary Bell, Thomas Bell, Elizabeth Best, Agnes Black, Alison Black, Elizabeth Black, James Black, Graham Bolton, Helen Bolton, Jessie Bolton, Jane Bonnar, Nelly Bower, Ann Bowie, Betsy Bowie, Hector Bowie, John Bowie, Margaret Bowie, Mary Bowie, Richard Bowie, William Bowie, Jane Briggs, Isabella Brockie, John Brockie, Alison Brotherstone, Ann Brown, Elizabeth Brown, George Brown, Isabella Brown, James Brown, Jane Brown, John Brown, Lillias Brown, Margaret Brown, Mary Brown, Mina Brown, Susan Brown, Wilhelmina Brown, William Brown, Barbara Brunton, Elizabeth Brunton, Helen Brunton, Margaret Buchan, George Bunyan, James Bunyan, Margaret Bunyan
C
Alice Cairncross, Andrew Cairncross, Archibald Cairncross, Isabella Cairncross, Margaret Cairncross, Robert Cairncross, Sarah Cairncross, Thomas Cairncross, George Cairns, Isabella Cairns, Helen Campbell, Janet Campbell, Thomas Carr, John Cavanagh, Margaret Cavanagh, Adam Clark, Ann Clark, Catherine Clark, Elizabeth Clark, Jane Clark, John Clark, Mary Clark, Mary Ann Clark, Michael Clark, Philes Clark, Sarah Clark, Susan Clark, Thomas Clark, William Clark, Anna Clarkson, Ferguson Clarkson, Lydia Clarkson, Jessie Cockburn, Margaret Cockburn, Bridget Common, Jessie Common, Helen Cook, James Cook, Isabella Craik, Agnes Cranston, Alexander Cranston, Beatrix Cranston, Betsy Cranston, Christian Cranston, David Cranston, Isabella Cranston, James Cranston, John Cranston, Mary Cranston, Robert Cranston, William Cranston, Jane Crosbie, Christian Cruickshank, George Cruickshank, Henry Cunningham, Christina Cuthbertson, Elizabeth Cuthbertson, Hannah Cuthbertson, Helen Cuthbertson, James Cuthbertson, Jane Cuthbertson, John Cuthbertson, Margaret Cuthbertson, William Cuthbertson
D
Alison Daniel, Andrew Daniel, Martha Daniel, Robert Daniel, Agnes Davidson, Alexander Davidson, Alison Davidson, Andrew Davidson, Barbara Davidson, George Davidson, Hannah Davidson, James Davidson, Jessie Davidson, Maggie Davidson, Margaret Davidson, Mary Davidson, Mina Davidson, William Davidson, Matthew Dawson, Ann Deans, James Denholm, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth Dickson, Jane Dickson, Sarah Dickson, Robert Dodd, Isabella Dodds, Margaret Dodds, Elizabeth Dolan, John Dolan, Agnes Douglas, Betsy Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, George Douglas, Helen Douglas, Isabella Douglas, Janet Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Mary Douglas, Rachel Douglas, Thomas Douglas, William Douglas, Isabel Dowe, Nancy Drumond, Charles Duff, Janet Duff, Philip Duff, Margaret Duncan, James Dunn, Margaret Dunn, Sarah Dunn, Nancy Dymont
E
George Easton, Elizabeth Eckron, Betsy Edgar, Elizabeth Edgar, James Edgar, Anna Elliot, Margaret Elliot, Margaret Elsden
F
Alison Fairbairn, Ann Fairbairn, Ann Fairley, James Fairley, John Fairley, Margaret Fairley, Mary Fairley, Ann Ferguson, Anna Ferguson, Elizabeth Ferguson, Mary Ferguson, Walter Ferguson, George Fleming, Isabella Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Sarah Fleming, Mary Flint, Helen Ford, Elizabeth Forest, William Forsyth, Isabella Fouge, Elizabeth Fowler, Jessie Fox, William Fox, Thomas Frost, Joan Fuller
G
Ann Gafferie, Janet Gibson, Betsy Glasgow, Helen Graham, Margaret Graham, Margaret Grahamslaw, Ruther Grahamslaw, James Gray, Christian Gregory, Margaret Grey, William Grey, Barbara Grieve, Elizabeth Grieve, Margaret Grieve, Michael Grieve, Rachel Grieve, William Gunn, Christina Guthrie
H
Isabella Haig, James Haig, Jane Haig, Margaret Haig, William Haig, Charles Hain, Elizabeth Hall, Janet Hall, Jane Halliburton, Janet Halliburton, Ann Halloran, Mary Hannigan, Janet Hardie, Margaret Hardie, James Harris, John Hartley, Andrew Hastie, Christian Hastie, Christina Hastie, Helen Hastie, Helen Henchelwood, Agnes Henderson, Elizabeth Henderson, George Henderson, Grizzel Henderson, Hugh Henderson, Mary Henderson, Thomas Henderson, William Henderson, Janet Herbertson, John Herbertson, Robert Herbertson, Agnes Hill, Charles Hill, Martha Hill, Isabella Hilson, Mary Hilson, Elizabeth Hobkirk, James Hobkirk, Janet Hobkirk, John Hobkirk, Margaret Hobkirk, Jane Hogg, Florry Holloran, Agnes Hood, Ann Hood, Archibald Hood, Isabella Hood, Mary Hood, Sarah Hood, William Hood, Betsy Hope, Catherine Hope, Christian Hope, Elizabeth Hope, James Hope, Jane Hope, Janet Hope, Jessie Hope, John Hope, Margaret Hope, Mathew Hope, Matthew Hope, Robert Hope, Sarah Hope, Thomas Hope, William Hope, George Hopkirk, Graham Hopkirk, Isabella Hopkirk, James Hopkirk, Jane Hopkirk, Margaret Hopkirk, Janet Horsburgh, James Hoy, Jane Hubback, Bridget Huggan, William Huggan, Jane Hume, Agnes Hunter, Andrew Hunter, Ann Hunter, Betsy Hunter, George Hunter, Isabella Hunter, James Hunter
J
Janet Jack, Jessie Jack, Thomas Jack, Elizabeth Jamieson, Jane Jerdan, Isabella Jerdon, Mary Ann Jerdon, Agnes Johnston, Anthony Johnston, Euphemia Johnston, Isabella Johnston, James Johnston, John Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Mary Johnston, Michael Johnston, Nancy Johnston, Richard Johnston, Jessie Johnstone, Bridget Judge, James Judge, John Judge, Maggie Judge
K
Agnes Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, Matthew Kennedy, Peter Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, William Kennedy, Jane Kerr, Jean Kerr, Robert Kerr, Jane King, Jessie King, Jane Kirk, Lillias Kirkwood, George Knott, Isabella Knott, Margaret Knott, Adam Kyle, Margaret Kyle, Thomas Kyle
L
Henry Laidlaw, Isabella Laidlaw, James Laidlaw, Janet Laidlaw, John Laidlaw, Agnes Laing, Helen Laing, Jane Laing, Jane Lamb, John Lamb, Robert Lamb, Nancy Lanyin, Agnes Lauder, Anderson Lauder, Betsy Lauder, Christina Lauder, George Lauder, Isabella Lauder, John Lauder, Margaret Lauder, Mary Lauder, Margaret Lawrie, Helen Lawson, Jessie Lawson, Agnes Learmond, Alexander Learmond, Margaret Learmond, Robert Learmond, Andrew Leek, Agnes Lillie, Betsy Lillie, John Lillie, Thomas Lillie, Elizabeth Lindsay, John Lindsay, David Little, Christina Love, Janet Lunn, Walter Lunn, Isabella Lyall
M
Ann Mabon, Christina Mabon, Harriet Mabon, Helen Mabon, John Mabon, Robert Mabon, Thomas Mabon, William Mabon, Mary Mackenzie, Mary Main, Agnes Marshall, Janet Marshall, Peter Marshall, Alexander Mather, Charles Mather, Elizabeth Mather, Isabella Mather, Janet Mather, John Mather, Margaret Mather, Wilhelmina Mather, William Mather, John McCallum, John McCarter, Daniel McErren, Helen McErren, Lilias McIlvride ?, Agnes McKay, Isabella McKay, Bridget McLachlan, Jane McLaren, Janet McLaren, Agnes McLean, Mary McLean, Hugh McLevy, Christina McLure, David McLure, Elizabeth McLure, James McLure, Jane McLure, Janet McLure, Robert McLure, Wilhelmina McLure, John McRobbie, Mary McRobbie, Isaac Meek, James Meek, Mary Meek, Robert Meek, Janet Melvile, Isabella Melville, John Melville, Martha Melville, Mary Melville, William Melville, John Menzies, Elizabeth Millar, James Millar, John Miller, Walter Miller, Agnes Minto, Isabella Minto, Charles Mitchel, Helen Mitchel, Barbara Moffat, Grace Moffat, Jane Moffat, Robert Moffat, Wilhelmina Moffat, Jane Molloy, Anne Morrison, Jane Morrison, Margaret Morrison, Farrol Mourne, Andrew Murdie, George Murdie, Henry Murdie, James Murdie, Mary Murdie, Thomas Murdie, Mary Murphy, Agnes Murray, Alexander Murray, Andrew Murray, Catherine Murray, Elizabeth Murray, Isabella Murray, Jane Murray, Robert Murray, William Murray
N
Elizabeth Neil, Helen Neil, Ann Nichol, Margaret Nichol, Elizabeth Nicol, John Nisbet
O
Lawrence O’Halleran, Nancy O’Halleran, Adam Oliver, Agnes Oliver, Andrew Oliver, Ann Oliver, Anna Oliver, Charles Oliver, Elizabeth Oliver, Elspeth Oliver, Hall Oliver, Isabella Oliver, James Oliver, Jane Oliver, Janet Oliver, Jeremiah Oliver, John Oliver, Margaret Oliver, Mary Oliver, Robert Oliver, Sarah Oliver, Stephen Oliver, Walter Oliver, William Oliver, Betsy Ormiston, Margaret Ormiston
P
James Pace, Jane Patilla, William Peel, Christian Phaup, Isabella Polson, Andrew Preston, Archd Preston, Archibald Preston, Christian Preston, Christina Preston, Edward Preston, Georgina Preston, Helen Preston, John Preston, James Purves, Margaret Purves
Q
Rosie Queenan
R
Jane Rae, John Rae, Margaret Rae, Robert Rae, Sarah Rae, Elizabeth Rathie, Ann Reid, Anne Reid, Catherine Reid, Charles Reid, Christina Reid, David Reid, George Reid, Helen Reid, James Reid, Jane Reid, Janet Reid, John Reid, Margaret Reid, Mary Reid, Michael Reid, Robert Reid, Sarah Reid, Thomas Reid, William Reid, Peter Reilly, Margaret Renilson, Adam Rennelson, Thomas Rennelson, Isabella Rennilson, Margaret Rennilson, Elizabeth Renwick, George Renwick, Helen Renwick, Isabella Renwick, Janet Renwick, Margaret Renwick, Matthew Renwick, Elizabeth Riddell, Archibald Robertson, George Robertson, Helen Robertson, Isabella Robertson, Jane Robertson, Lewis Robertson, Mary Robertson, Moodie Robertson, Robert Robertson, Agnes Robison, George Robison, Helen Robison, Margaret Robison, Adam Robson, Agnes Robson, Archibald Robson, Bella Robson, Elizabeth Robson, George Robson, Helen Robson, Jessie Robson, Maggie Robson, Margaret Robson, William Robson, Jane Rodger, Mary Romanes, Ann Rooney, John Rooney, Mary Rooney, Patrick Rooney, Peter Rooney, Rosie Rooney, Ann Rutherford, Elizabeth Rutherford, George Rutherford, Mary Rutherford, Bridget Ryan
S
Agnes Scott, Betsy Scott, Dorothy Scott, Elizabeth Scott, George Scott, Graham Scott, Harriet Scott, Helen Scott, Isabella Scott, James Scott, Jane Scott, Janet Scott, Jean Scott, Jessie Scott, John Scott, Lilias Scott, Margaret Scott, Mary Scott, Richard Scott, Sarah Scott, Simon Scott, Thomas Scott, Charles Screen, Michael Screen, Elizabeth Sharp, Jessie Sharp, George Shiel, Helen Shiel, Margaret Shiel, Barbara Shortreed, John Simpson, Margaret Simpson, Thomas Simpson, Agnes Simson, Isabella Simson, Janet Simson, Margaret Sinton, Jane Skulkes?, James Slater, Andrew Smail, Helen Smail, Janet Smail, Ann Smith, Barbara Smith, Elizabeth Smith, George Smith, Jane Smith, Margaret Smith, Mary Smith, Thomas Smith, Walter Smith, Barbara Spence, Margaret Spence, Christian Stenhouse, Christina Stenhouse, James Stenhouse, John Stenhouse, Margaret Stenhouse, William Stenhouse, Alison Stewart, Ann Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, Helen Stewart, Isabella Stewart, Mary Stewart, Isabella Stockwell, Helen Stoddart, Betsy Storie, Helen Storie, Janet Storie, Margaret Storie, Elizabeth Storry, Elizabeth Story, Margaret Story, William Story, Michael Sullivan, Alexander Sutherland, Catherine Sutherland, John Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Mary Sutherland
T
Agnes Tait, Elizabeth Tait, George Tait, Jessie Tait, Mary Tait, Mathew Tait, Matthew Tait, Rachael Tait, Rachel Tait, William Tait, Alice Taylor, Betsy Telfer, Elizabeth Telfer, Jessie Telfer, Richard Telfer, Robert Telfer, Alison Thomson, Christian Thomson, Helen Thomson, Henry Thomson, Isabella Thomson, John Thomson, Mary Thomson, Robert Thomson, Dominic Timline, John Timline, Margaret Timline, Michael Timline, Peter Timline, Thomas Timline, William Timline, Sarah Todd, Richard Tomes, Agnes Turnbull, Alexander Turnbull, Andrew Turnbull, Ann Turnbull, Elizabeth Turnbull, George Turnbull, Helen Turnbull, Isabella Turnbull, James Turnbull, Jane Turnbull, Janet Turnbull, John Turnbull, Margaret Turnbull, Mary Turnbull, Peter Turnbull, Robert Turnbull, Robina Turnbull, Thomas Turnbull, Widow of Peter Turnbull, William Turnbull
V
Agnes Vanhegan, Isabella Veitch
W
Ann Walker, Anne Walker, James Walker, Margaret Walker, Mary Walker, Robert Walker, William Walker, Alison Wallace, Agnes Watson, Barbara Watson, Elizabeth Watson, John Watson, Margaret Watson, Robert Watson, William Watson, Christian Waugh, Elizabeth Waugh, Frances Waugh, George Waugh, Helen Waugh, Isabella Waugh, James Waugh, Janet Waugh, Margaret Waugh, Mary Waugh, Thomas Waugh, Agnes Wheelans, Isabella Whillance, Elizabeth Whillans, Isabella Wilson, James Wilson, Jane Wilson, Robert Wilson, Isabel Winkie, John Winkie, Elizabeth Wood, Helen Wood, Isabella Wood, Jean Wood, Mary Wood, Robert Wood, Samuel Wood, Thomas Wood, William Wood, Agnes Wright, Alison Wright, Andrew Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright, Helen Ann Wright, Isabella Wright, Janet Wright, Margaret Wright, Mary Wright, Thomas Wright
Y
Agnes Young, Elizabeth Young, Henry Young, Isabella Young, Jane Young, John Young, Thomas Young, Thomasina Young
List of birth places in the Poor Law Records Index
A
, Alwington, Ancrum, Ayr. Scotland
B
, Bakethin, Bakethin Samingburn?, Ballma Mayo, Ballycastle Ireland, Barony Parish, Beith. Scotland, Belsbutts, Berwick, Berwick. Scotland, Biggar, Birneyrig, Bongate, Bonjedward, Bonjedward or Lanton, Bonnyrig, Bonnyrig. Scotland, Bowden, Broadmeadows, Broomielees Melrose
C
, Cappuck, Castlebar. Ireland, Cavan. Ireland, Cavers, Chesters Ancrum, City Poorhouse. Edinburgh, Co Mayo. Ireland, Co. Down. Ireland, Co. Mayo. Ireland, Coldstream, Colstream, Comiston, Comrie. Scotland, County Down Ireland, Cowden Northumberland, Crailing, Crailinghall
D
, Dalkeith or Galashiels, Denholm, Dumfries, Dykes, Dysart
E
, Eccles, Eckford, Edgerston, Edinburgh, England
F
, Falside, Fisherow, Fuffit
G
, Galloway, Gatehouse, Gilliestongue, Glasgow, Govan, Greenlaw, Gretna
H
, Hassendean, Hawick, Hobkirk, Houston. Scotland, Hume, Hume Mill
I
J
, Jedburgh
K
, Kerrfield, Kilmore Mayo, Kilsyth, Kincardine. Scotland, Kirkmains, Kirknow
L
, Langholm, Lanton, Largs. Scotland, Larkhall, Lauder, Leitholm, Lightfield, Lightpipehall, Lilliesleaf, Lochside, London, Longframlington
M
, Maternity Hospital Edinburgh, Maxton, Mayo, Melrose, Micklecot, Midlothian, Minto, Morebattle, Morpeth, Mossburnford, Mossburnford Mill, Mossburnford. Jedburgh
N
, New Monkland, Newcastle, Newmills, Newtown, Nisbet, No.Sunderland
O
, Orchard, Ormiston, Overwells, Oxnam
P
, Penicuik, Prussia. Poseu
R
, Reniston, Reniston Jedburgh, Renniston, Roberton, Rooking Kilne Northumberland, Rothesay, Rutherford
S
, Scotland. On roadside between St. Boswells and Earlston, Scraesburgh, Selkirk, Shaws, Shrewsbury, Slatehouse. Scotland, Sligo. Ireland, Southdean, Southderry, Southwick Lochend, Spittal, St. Boswells, Stirling, Sunlawshill, Swinside Townfoot, Swinton
T
, Temple. Scotland, Timpendean, Town of Rule
V
W
, Walkersknowe, Warwick, Waulk Mill, Wells, Wells Jedburgh, Wells Jedburgh, Wells. Hobkirk, Westruther, Wilton, Wiltonshill
Y