List of parishes in our new baptism search

Here is a list of what is contained in our new birth/baptism search as of today:

Dumfriesshire

Ecclefechan Free Church 1843-1848
Applegarth Kirk Session (Church of Scotland but not in the OPRs) 1694-1703, 1703-1719, 1763, 1765-1766
Closeburn Kirk Session (Church of Scotland but not in the OPRs) 1726-1754
Dumfries, Buccleuch Street United Presbyterian Church 1846-1856

Wigtownshire

Newton Stewart Relief Church 1791-1845

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

Glenkens Free Church 1841-1857

Roxburghshire

Jedburgh Associate Church 1737-50 (more to follow)
Hawick East Bank Associate Church 1805-1806 (more to follow)
Hawick Free Church 1843-1846 (more to follow)
Castleton Kirk Session (Church of Scotland but not in the OPRs) 1707-1710
Kelso Relief Church 1813-1819
Yetholm Burgher Church (New Light or New Licht) 1824-1855

Selkirkshire

Galashiels Kirk Session (Church of Scotland but not in the OPRs) 1666-1690, 1693-1718, 1729
Galashiels Relief Church (later the United Presbyterian Church) 1838-1855

Berwickshire

Bunkle and Preston Kirk Session (Church of Scotland but not in the OPRs) 1684-1690
Eyemouth United Secession Church 1841-1861

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New free pre 1855 baptism search for the South of Scotland

For some time we have been indexing baptisms found in registers that do not form part of the OPRs.

There are various reasons why baptisms may be found in places other than the OPRs and therefore not searchable on scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

Sometimes baptisms were recorded in amongst the Kirk Session material. Also baptisms were sometimes performed by a non-Church of Scotland minister, such as a Free Church minister, and recorded in their register.

There is more information about the specific registers on our website.


As with all our indexes they are free to search, you only pay if you want a full transcription. Parish births/baptisms are just £1.50!

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