| Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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| 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 | |
| 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'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 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 Tradesmen Transcription Project | Note on a project to transcribe the records of nineteenth century Kelso tradesmen | 1 page or more | 75 | Juline Baird |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Robeson descendants in Roxburghshire & Berwickshire | Andrew Robeson was born in Kelso (1640), with 4 siblings Thomas, David, James and Janet, was a wool and linen merchant and a Quaker and was imprisoned in Duns and Edinburgh for that reason in the 1660s. He went to America, via Clonmel, Ireland and established the earliest township in Philadelphia, and called it Roxburgh.His grandson Thomas was heavily involved American Revolution in North Carolina, and Robeson County was named after him. Robesone, Robison, Robson and Robertson make tracing this family a challenge. | 1 page or more | 102 | Editor |
| 'A Lamentable Accident' | A description collated from the local press from December 1881 of the death of Michael Queenan (from Frogden, and father of 5 children) as result of an accident near Frogden on the way home in a spring cart being driven home by brother-in-law James Corcoran (toll collector at Cowbog Toll), from St Marys Church Kelso. The funeral was in Linton churchyard. James was sent to prison, but released on bail 13 January 1882, and was found not guilty of homicide February 1882. The parents of the deceased originally came from Sligo, Ireland. There is a further investigation into the Queenans all over the Borders and the other children of Michael and Catherine Queenan, including Betsy who had married the aforementioned James Corcoran. | 3 pages or more | 104 | Cyril Corcoran |
| Kelso Slaters | Photos possibly of the Slaters of Kelso, seeking identification. | less than 1 page | 104 | Andrew Solomon |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Family History of George Tulloch (Tully) | Notes on a family history relating to the Tulloch (Tully) family. | less than 1 page | 93 | Judith E Tulloch |
| Swan Family of Jedburgh and Kelso | Recollections by the author's grandmother of life in Jedburgh and Kelso in the early twentieth century. | less than 1 page | 94 | John Falconer Swan |
| Lt Col Hon Sir Richard Waldie-Griffith Bt | Biography of Richard Waldie Griffith, grandson of Richard Griffith, Laird of Ednam, a renowned geologist and mining engineer, and son of George Richard Griffith | 1 page or more | 100 | Mike Chandler |
| Newspapers published in the Borders | Border newspapers published in the Borders, 65 in total. | 2 pages or more | 5 | Peter Elliot |
| 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 |
| A Balloon Visits the Borders | History of hot-air ballooning over Scotland and the Borders from 1785 | 1 page or more | 100 | Mike Chandler |
| Sir Walter Scott's Borders | A note about Scott being born in Edinburgh, but convalescing at Sandyknowe Farm near Smailholm with grandfather and Aunt Jenny, where he was immersed in Borders history and folklore and music. A year at Kelso Grammar School, Deputy Sheriff of Selkirkshire, Ashestiel and construction Abbotsford. | less than 1 page | 106 | Editor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Ralph Oliphant of Marefield nr. Kelso, Mentor for the early Scottish Photographer John Muir Wood | Story of John Muir Wood - photographer, who was mentored by Ralph Oliphaunt of Marlefield near Kelso. | 2 pages or more | 100 | Paul Muir Wood |
| Border names involved in the Radio Security Service during WW2 | An investigation into the radio listening activity by amateurs in the Borders before, during and after WW2. 5 were recognised by Bletchley Park for their services, including Mrs Ann Thomson (nee McDonald) who was also recognised by the government in July 2019 before she passed away in 2021. A list of local radio enthusiasts in the Borders between the 1930s and 60s are presented. Photographs included. | 4 pages or more | 111 | Bruce McCartney |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| More Extracts from the Kelso Mail 1804 | Miscellaneous Extracts from the Kelso Mail of 1804. | | 87 | |
