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Re: Paternity index now includes Dumfriesshire cases 1849-1854 and 1884-1897
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 24 May 14 15:02 BST (UK) »
That's a shame, it's always worth a try. We estimate around 15% of mothers took the father to court in that period. There does not seem to be any Kirk Session records for Coldstream deposited with the NRS, which is a great shame. Have you tried the Coldstream and District Local History Society? Sometimes local knowledge can help us unravel these wee mysteries.

Emma

Some links to help you out:

Link to Coldstream and District Local History Society - http://www.coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/projects/project/kirk-session-records

Blog about Kirk Sessions - http://scottishgenealogyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/annie-lennoxs-scottish-family-tree.html

Blog about the NRS - http://scottishgenealogyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-national-records-of-scotland-how.html

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Re: Paternity index now includes Dumfriesshire cases 1849-1854 and 1884-1897
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 24 May 14 15:09 BST (UK) »
Well it was a longshot, but worth a try. Thanks for the suggested links Emma. I will take a closer look. May just hit on lucky.
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Re: Paternity index now includes Dumfriesshire cases 1849-1854 and 1884-1897
« Reply #11 on: Monday 15 September 14 12:47 BST (UK) »
Dumfries 'paternity' cases from 1830-1914 are now online. We have also launched our new website: www.scottishindexes.com.

It is now possible to search all our records from the homepage but also still possible to search individual collections too: http://www.scottishindexes.co.uk/recordsets.aspx

Emma
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