Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy

Borthwick, Midlothian, (Edinburghsire), Scotland (#674)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1706–1854 1066641 items 1–3 Marriages: 1700–1749, 1759–1854 1066641 items 1–3 Deaths: 1784–1854 1066641 items 1–3

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are no entries for June 1728–May 1735, except two for 1733, and two for 1734. There are seven irregular entries for 1747–1717 found after 1734. Also, there are entries for 1739–1717 after June 1753. A portion of the page after October 1758 is pasted over with eight entries recorded thereon, and two entries are pasted over part of a page at 1806. Irregular entries are frequent after 1811. After 1819, there are omitted entries dated 1793–1908 on four pages. Marriages: There are no entries for May 1728–May 1735 and September 1749–April 1759. The record is mainly proclamations from 1735–1797. There are a considerable number of entries of irregular marriages. Deaths: The record is Mortcloth Dues through 1790, and burials 1793–1807. There are Mortcloth Dues again for September 1807–March 1810 and then there are no entries until January 1817 when a record of burials is resumed. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
The extent of surviving records is unknown.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are no nonconformist records. See Cranston and Temple parishes. Note: There were about 60 Dissenter families in the parish in 1839.