| Topic | Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
| Abbey St Bathans | Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs. Evelyn Carlson |
| Abbey St Bathans | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire
What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Aberfoyle | Border - Line Experiences
Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family. It ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Adelaide | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World. Andrew Rutherford and his family. | Less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Africa | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Aikwood Tower | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Ainslie | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Ainslie | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Ainslie | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Ainslie | 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 |
| Ainslie | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Ainslie | Border - Line Experiences
Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family. It ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Aitken | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Akeld | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Alberta | About the Shillinglaw | Family history about the Shillinglaws family. | 1 page or more | 5 | Ada Elizabeth Shillinglaw |
| Alderman | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Alderne | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Allan | Grantshouse and the Turner family | History of the family from around 1840. Continued from issue 27. | 1 page or more | 28 | James Burns |
| Allan | Know your Parish-Polwarth | Description of the village of Polwarth, its history, the inhabitants, and their occupations. | 1 page or more | 28 | |
| Allan | Isabella Smith 1814-1904 | Account of Isabella Smith from Coldingham. Berwickshire; and her descendants. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Mary Newbery |
| Allan | 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 |
| Allan Line | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Allerdean | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Altarstone | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1890-1900 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 53 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1879-1889 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 52 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -Deaths 1857-1878 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 5 pages or more | 51 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -
Marriages 1872-1875 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | Less than 1 page | 49 | Marjorie Gavin |
| America | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Marriages 1876-1900 | Marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Amos | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004.
Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Amos | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Anchor line | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ancrum | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Ancrum | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Ancrum | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Ancrum | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Anderson | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Anderson | Baillie John Smail of Galashiels | Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in 1867, and was renowned for severe punishment . He died of chronic alcoholism. | 1 page or more | 36 | |
| Anderson | 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 |
| Anderson | A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| Anderson | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Anderson | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Anderson | Border Influences on the Dark Continent | Borderers who played a part in the exploration and settlement of Africa. Mungo Park, Thomas Pringle, John Leyden. | 2 pages or more | 27 | Donald Whyte |
| Andrea Ferares | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott
1828 | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Antigua | Scots in Antigua | Note about St John's Cathedral, Antigua where the author found an splendid marble memorial for Robert Peddie, surgeon, native of Kelso. | 1 page or more | 61 | Diana Pirrie |
| Applegarth | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Applegirth | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Archdale | The Genealogical Society of Utah | The history, and the Mormons with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Society has grown to be the largest family history reseach organisation and resource in the world. | 2 pages or more | 28 | Mr Rogers |
| Archives | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Armstrong | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland.
Continued from issue 40. | Less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Armstrong | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery,
the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Armstrong | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Artisans | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 2 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses wages of artisans, workers’ household budget, unemployment, poor relief, and medical assistance.
Continued from issue 44, and in issue 46. | 6 pages or more | 45 | Peter Munro |
| Atcheson | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Atkin | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult . | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Atkins | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| Atkinson | Border Marriges
Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Auchope | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Australia | Journey to Australia | The vivid descriptions of life at sea recorded in James Stewart's diary will be of interest to all of us whose ancestors left these shores in the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 37 | Dr J. B. Sproule |
| Australia | A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Australia | Records of a Noble Life - Rev Archibald William Murray 1811 to 1892 | Born in Jedburgh, he was a missionary to Samoa and New Guinea, afterwards living in Australia till his death. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Ronald Morrison |
| Australia | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Deaths 1862-1900, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 55 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Australia | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Australia | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Ayton | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De-Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Ayton | Memories of Ayton | Mrs. Patricia Payne was so interested in the articles on 'The Ayton Bard' that she felt the need to record some of her memories of Ayton before all was forgotten. | Less than 1 page | 18 | Patricia Payne |
| Ayton | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17.
Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Ayton | The Ayton Bard
Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Bain | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Baird | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Baird | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Baker | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Balaclava | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Balaclava | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Balfour | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Balfour | 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 |
| Balfour Hays of Yester | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Ballie | A forgotten village-Huguenot refugees at Polwarth | The story of the Huguenot refugees who landed at Berwick on Tweed and travelling inland alighted on this secluded spot to settle there, is known, perhaps only by their descendants. | 3 pages or more | 6 | Colin Wood |
| Bankhouse | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Baptie | Tweedmount House
Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Barclay | My Barclay Ancestors | The author's great grandfather, Joseph Edgely Barclay, and other relatives. | 2 pages or more | 50 | Liz Butchart |
| Barossa | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Austrailia in 1836. | Less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Bartoun | Church and School Connections in the Borders: 1717-1869 and earlier | Account of various Hoy ancestors, many connected with the Church. A lot of research has gone into this. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Charles Hoy |
| Batavia | The Leyden Family | From U.S.A. an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | Less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Baton Rouge | William Kerr--Portrait of a Canadian Immigrant | John Kerr from Peebles emigrated to America fought in the war Civil War was honorably discharged and settled down to a farmers life. | 1 page or more | 12 | Colin Wood |
| Battle of Chickamauga | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Murphreesboro | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Nashville | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Battle of Shiloh | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Baumholder | 15 PARA - Jumping for Joy | The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters. | 9 pages or more | 61 | Alasdair Hutton |
| Baxter | Who Was Lizzie Jardine ? | The author's start on her family history - mainly ordinary working folk in the Borders. | 3 pages or more | 51 | Carol Trotter |
| Baxter | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Beanburn | The Ayton Bard
Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Beattie | The Turnbulls of Minto Cleuchead, Burnfoot and East Middle | From Hawick to Australia
Extracts from a book of more than three hundred pages . | 3 pages or more | 26 | Mrs. Robyn Crossle |
| Beattie | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Bedrule | 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 |
| Befinells | The Way We Were | Berwickshire farm servants wages from 1751 and how the farm hand had to make the hovel of a house more habitable. It was not the good old days, it was slavery. | 1 page or more | 15 | Colin Wood |
| Belfast | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Belford | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish. And the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Bell | Excerpts from the Diaries of the Rev William Bell | Biography of Rev Bell who emigrated from Scotland in 1817 to lead a pioneer life in Perth, in the wilderness of Upper Canada. | 3 pages or more | 48 | Malcolm & Jennifer Sissons |
| Bell | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Bell | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Bell | A Rutherfurd family | Notes on the name Rutherfurd taken from the book 'Rutherfurds of that Ilk'. | 2 pages or more | 21 | James Selkirk |
| Bell | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Belses | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Belses | The Rutherford Letters | These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned. | 3 pages or more | 44 | Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay |
| Beltane | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Bemersyde | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| Bennet | Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish. And the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elespeth Ewan |
| Benrig | 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 |
| Berrywell | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Berwick | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Berwick | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery,
the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Berwick | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Berwick | Crossing the Border | Notes on Linda Bankier's talk to the Society on 20th February 2005, mainly about the differences between English and Scottish records, irregular marriages, and the Berwick Record Office's holdings. | 1 page or more | 57 | [Linda Bankier] |
| Berwick on Tweed | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Berwickshire | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Berwickshire | Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Berwickshire | Bondagers of the Borders | Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers. | 1 page or more | 9 | Liz Taylor |
| Berwickshire | The Parish Churches Of Berwickshire | A talk by the author given to the Society on 22nd March, 1998. | 5 pages or more | 51 | G A C Binnie |
| Biggiesknowe | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Bird | Tweedmount House
Tweedmount Road Melrose | A great deal of research has gone into this article on a house from when the land was bought to when it was last sold. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Valerie Mackay |
| Bird | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Birgham | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire
What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Birgham | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Birth | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Birth | American Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser Births 1859-1900 and Marriages 1855-1872 | Births and marriages in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Births | New Zealand Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - 1861-1896 | Births and marriages, 1861-1896, in New Zealand of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Births | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser" 1855 - 1898 | A list of births and marriages of Canadians intimated in the Hawick Advertiser between 1855-1898, with brief additional notes on some items. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Marjory Gavin |
| Births | Miscellaneous Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Births 1854-1900 | Previous compilations of intimations have related to events in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. These relate to births in other locations, of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 58 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Black | Rob of Trows | A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed". | 2 pages or more | 19 | |
| Blackethouse | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Blacksmith | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Blacksmith | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Blacksmiths | The Famous and Infamous of the Jeffrey Family | Absorbing biography of James Jeffrey, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Sinton, and his career as a famous gardener. | 3 pages or more | 46 | George Martin |
| Blake | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Blakelaw | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Blyndlee | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Blyth | The Gypsy King and the President | Relationship between President Clinton and Charles Blyth, king of the gypsies. Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph. | Less than 1 page | 23 | |
| Blythe | Rev. John Baird (1799-1861)--Friend of the Gypsies | John Baird was Minister at Kirk Yetholm. He was responsible for the new bridge , rebuilding the Kirk and School. He also educated the Gypsies and brought them into the community. was a founder member of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Donald Whyte |
| Bombay | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Bookless | 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 |
| Border Games | Jedburgh Border Games, 1919 | Cannon-fire at 6am signalled the start of the Games. Has notes of winners of various events. | 1 page or more | 63 | John Murray |
| Borders | Scottish Borders Council Archives - Hawick Heritage Hub | Information about the new ‘state of the art’ Council archives due to open in May 2007. | 2 pages or more | 63 | Rachel Hosker |
| Borders
Hardie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Borrowman | The Descendents of James Borrowman
(1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Borthwick | Is Anybody Out There ? | The author's search for an ancestor's home. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Jean Currie |
| Borthwick | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a Bank in East Lothian. | Less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Borthwick | The Banker's Revenge | Extract from the History of Banking in Scotland by A W Kerr concerning some aspects of William Borthwick's behaviour. | Less than 1 page | 13 | Colin Woods |
| Borthwick water | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Boston | The Boston Family of Gattonside | A tale of hand loom weavers from Gattonside who decided to visit a sister in Canada. How they eventually decided to emigrate over to Canada and they walked from New York to Upper Canada. Most of the family are buried in Melrose Church Yard. | 2 pages or more | 39 | M.C.Lawson |
| Bothwell | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Bowden | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Bowden | McKenzie's around the River Ale | An account of McKenzies in and around the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 49 | W E McKenzie |
| Bowden | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Bowden School | Bowden School Records | Transcribed admission register of pupils admitted 1864-1872, showing addresses, dates of birth, and parents. Continued in issue 25. | 2 pages or more | 24 | |
| Bowhill | Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Bowie | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741)
A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Bowling | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Bowmaker | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Bowmaker | 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 |
| Bowshank | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Boyd | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Boyd | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Boyle | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Bramton | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Brandt | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Branxholm | From Hawick to Kirkpatrick-Durham by way of Moscow | Notes of Grieves of Kirkpatrick-Durham in Kirkcudbrightshire, who were descendants of Walter Grieve of Branxholm Park, most of whom were farmers, but also included two eminent doctors who were physicians to the Russian court in the 18th century. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Linda M Chapman |
| Brewster | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | Less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Brewster | James Veitch - Border Astronomer | Shot extract of a talk given by Mr. Bill Veitch to the Society on the 15th of May 1994. | Less than 1 page | 26 | Bill Veitch |
| Brisbane house | Sir Thomas Brisbane | From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting. | 2 pages or more | 8 | Zilla Oddy |
| Brittain | Station Master of Belses | How history turned up in a sack of rubbish and some one brought it back to life. | 1 page or more | 15 | Jed Squirrel |
| Brixton | 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 | |
| Broadlee | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Broderbund | Family Tree Maker | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Unsworth |
| Broderbund | Family Tree Maker Online | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program with the Internet | 2 pages or more | 40 | Allan McVittie |
| Brodie | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Brodies | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Brogdale | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Brook | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004.
Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Brooke | Sidelines on the Borders Railway | Nowadays, the only railway line in the Borders is the main east coast line in Berwickshire. Lady Gibson has discovered, however, that the history of the railways has plenty of interest for family historians. | 1 page or more | 11 | Jane Gibson |
| Broomiesdyke | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued in issue 42. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Jim Wilson |
| Brown | Australian Deaths Recorded in the Hawick Advertiser 1854-1873 | A list of people from Hawick who died in or on the way to Australia. Very comprehensive. | 3 pages or more | 36 | Marjory Gavin |
| Brown | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult . | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Brown | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden
A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Brown | Life in Linton with William Pringle's Family | Absorbing account of William Pringle, his children, and his grandson, Thomas Pringle, the 'Poet of South Africa'. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Brown | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Brown | Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island | Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada. | 4 pages or more | 20 | Robert L P Morden |
| Brown | One of the many Brown Families | A family tree of Browns in Galashiels, Selkirk areas. | 1 page or more | 26 | I.M. Brown |
| Brown | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741)
A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Brown | My dig into the past | Peebleshire family and from other parts of the Borders, an interesting tale.
Also history of various bridges over the Tweed. | 3 pages or more | 34 | A. Turner |
| Brown | Bowden School Records | Bowden School admission records from 1872. Also lists their parent or guardian. | 2 pages or more | 25 | |
| Brown | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Brown | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Brown | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Brown | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Browne | The People of the Lammermuirs | Detailed history of the Lammermuirs from Celtic times to the 19th century. | 5 pages or more | 23 | Norrie McLeish |
| Browning | Kings Own Scottish Borderers | A list of men who died in the Boer War in outlying places. | 1 page or more | 32 | Helen Rreichenbach |
| Brunton | Roxburgh Here ! | Extract from the memoirs of the late John Fairbairn, born 28th March 1912, married in 1937, who died on 20th July 2003. He worked for the Kelso Chronicle, and later was the editor of the Hobart Mercury, Tasmania. | 4 pages or more | 54 | John Fairbairn |
| Brydon | A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| Brydon | Mike Brydon | Biopic of Mike Brydon, then Vice-Chairman of the Society. | 1 page or more | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Brydon | The Border Archive-For Queen and County | This is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 residing in Roberton in 1807. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert Miller |
| Brymer | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Buchan | The Altarstone at Stobo | Stobo Slate Quarry "inferior to no slate whatever". Also a connection to Merlin and Arthur. | 1 page or more | 10 | Isobel Jardine |
| Buchan | The Tweedsmuir Connection | Report of the society's summer outing to Upper Tweeddale. | 1 page or more | 13 | Violet Jardine |
| Buckholm | Thistle and Shamrock | A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult . | 2 pages or more | 9 | John L. Alton |
| Buglass | 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 |
| Bukles | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Bunzie | The Case of Agnes Gray | Taken from the Session Minutes of Melrose Parish Registers (1723-1741)
A sad tale of a young girl who was cited to present herself before the Kirk Session. | 1 page or more | 19 | |
| Burgeon | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Burgon | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Burial | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Burials | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Burials | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Burke | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery,
the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Burnet | The Reverand Alexander Naughley | A very interesting account of a Parish Clergyman from Stow to Threlkeld and his life story. | 2 pages or more | 31 | Eddie Wren |
| Burnett | Old Uncle | Brief biopic about Alexander Virtue, sometime schoolmaster at Nenthorn. | Less than 1 page | 20 | Margery V. Turnbull |
| Burns | School roll of the Hawick Academy 1857-1864 | Hawick Academy opened in 1857 with James A. H. Murray as its Headmaster. A list of pupils who went to the school from these dates. | 2 pages or more | 6 | Peter Ruthven-Murray |
| Burns | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery,
the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Burns | The Kidstons of Stow | A very comprehensive account of the early Rev. Kidston from Stow and their thirteen children and who they married | 1 page or more | 12 | John Kidston Tait |
| Bus | Travellers Tales in the Borders | This is the text of Fred's talk to the Society on 25th April 2004.
Absorbing review of public road transport in the Borders mainly in the 20th century. | 9 pages or more | 55 | Fred Kennington |
| Caberston | Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694 | An Innerleithen Poll Tax Roll, 1694; transcribed by John Ballantyne. Lots of people, their occupations, the rent values of their lands, and poll taxes due.
A very useful and interesting document. | 7 pages or more | 43 | John Ballantyne |
| Caddonfoot | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Caddonfoot | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Cadell | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Cairncross | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Cairns | Tracing Your Family Tree May Not Always Be Pleasant | Account of research into one specific family. Very detailed - a lot of research. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Margaret C. Lawson |
| Calder | The Descendents of James Borrowman
(1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Calgary | Early Days | Excerpts from the account of early years of her marrige written by Mrs Minerve Gibson from Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 at the age of 107. | 3 pages or more | 19 | Jane Gibson |
| Cambrai | After Gallipoli | After Gallipoli was written as a sequel to "For King and Country" and the Scottish Borderers and continues the story of the 1/4 th (Border) Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. | 3 pages or more | 21 | Gavin Richardson |
| Cameron | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Cameron | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Cameron | Wisdom lingers: Adventures of an ex-officer | From 1908 the Territorial movement through the First World War. | 3 pages or more | 18 | Stanly Gordon Ayer |
| Cameron | Extracts from "The Border Magazine" January 1832 | A List of names and ages from births, marriages, and deaths in and around Berwick on Tweed. | 1 page or more | 35 | Mrs O. Wilson-Croome |
| Cameron | Canadian Strays | Some discoveries of Lowland strays from Grey township, Ontario | 1 page or more | 30 | J. Hislop |
| Cammond | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Campbell | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Campbell | From Cowal to the Borders | The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Donald Whyte |
| Campbell | Polwarth on the Green | A history of Polwarth that was handed out by Colin Wood on the outing to Polwarth, Oct 1988. | 1 page or more | 8 | Colin Wood |
| Campbell-Renton | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Canada | Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand | Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World. Andrew Rutherford and his family. | Less than 1 page | 12 | Elsie Ahrens |
| Canada | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland.
Continued from issue 40. | Less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Canada | More Canadian Intimations in the Hawick Advertiser 1864-1868 | List of deaths in Canada mainly of persons who had connections with Hawick and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Canada | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser"
1857 – 1863 | Deaths extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued in issue 43. | 1 page or more | 40 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Canada | The Dumma Family of Kelso | James Dumma, born 1790, in Kelso; Helen Hay, and their descendants, many of whom went to England, USA, and Canada. | 2 pages or more | 48 | Shirley Dumma |
| Canada | A Tale of Two Sisters | A Wanless family’s emigration from Yetholm to Canada. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Gordon Roy Fairbairn |
| Canada | Excerpts from the Diaries of the Rev William Bell | Biography of Rev Bell who emigrated from Scotland in 1817 to lead a pioneer life in Perth, in the wilderness of Upper Canada. | 3 pages or more | 48 | Malcolm & Jennifer Sissons |
| Canada | Emigration from the Borders | Emigration opportunities available to Borderers in the late 19th century, to Australia, Canada, and the United States. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Canada
Hardie | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Cannobie | My Namesake | About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose | Less than 1 page | 3 | Helen (Telford) Reichenbach |
| Canonbie | A Border family and the curious case of Sherlock Holmes | About the author's ancestor, William Scott, his cattle dealing partnership with George Bell, and his coal-mine at Rowanburn in the 18th century, and Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. | 3 pages or more | 60 | John Webley |
| Canonbie | Update on Surnames and Clansmen | Additional notes, about the lands of Fantalane, relating to the author's book. | 1 page or more | 43 | Michael Robson |
| Cape Town | They Went To Australia | Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards. | 2 pages or more | 43 | Janet Godden |
| Captain Widderington | Who was Little Arthur Foster? Elliots at court 1675-1682 | Border Reivers Court sittings in the 1600's. How Cautioners upheld the Law.Also in 5 pages in issue 30 covering the same subject. | 5 pages or more | 29 | Michael Robson |
| Cardigan | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Carham | Who am I | History of the Cockburns who all came from Duns parish. It also looks into the history of Edinshall Broch. | 1 page or more | 37 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Carnegie | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Carolside | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Carr | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Castleton | The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland | The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Murray and Gavid Irvine |
| Castletown | Hermitage---Grim Guardian of the Borders- | The history of Hermitage Castle and its inhabitants from 1207 right through.
Continued in the issue 11. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Castletown | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Catherine Glen | Adam moves to the Borders | Adam Brown bought a small plot of land in West Linton in 1839 after which he emigrated to Australia with seven of his nine children-this story covers their history. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Helen M. Booth |
| Catherine II | The Barons Folly | The Barons Folly at Lilliards Edge. Built by Sir John Rutherford of Edgerston. He was a Russian Baron.
It was as a banker he first made his mark and connections with the Russian navy, he made his fortune. | 2 pages or more | 38 | John D. Wood |
| Caverhill | John Ainslie Map Maker | John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer. | 2 pages or more | 4 | C.M. Ainslie |
| Cavers | 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 |
| Cavers | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Cavers | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Cavers | The Life and Family of Dr. John Leyden | Enthralling biography of the famous polymath (minister, surgeon, judge, linguist, poet and naturalist) who lived from 1775 to 1811. | 7 pages or more | 45 | Marjory Gavin |
| Cavers | 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 |
| Cavers | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Cavers | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland.
Continued from issue 40. | Less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Cawderstanes | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Census | Borders Family History Inaugural Lecture | Inaugural talk on the basic sources for looking into your family history. Dealing with Parochial Registers. Census returns, etc. | 5 pages or more | 1 | Donald Whyte |
| Census | The Clovenfords District and the Census | Clovenfords and notable residents mainly in the 19th century. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Mike Brydon |
| Cessford | Borders family origins | Border family origins, surname derivations, and various aspects of family history . | 1 page or more | 33 | Michael Robson |
| Chamberlin | Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Chandler | James S. Hogg, 1851-1906, Governor of Texas - Were His Ancestors Borderers ? | Biography of James Hogg, with reference to his ancestors and relatives after arrival in Boston in 1699. Other emigrant Hoggs mentioned. | 2 pages or more | 24 | Donald Whyte |
| Channelkirk | Lauder and Lauderdale | This is the text of the talk given by Ian Miller, president of Old Gala House on the 18th April 1999 | 5 pages or more | 41 | Ian Miller |
| Chaplehope | A quest for Scottish Roots in the Middle Marches | This article was first printed in the Laidlaw Family Journal of October 1995 and has been reprinted in this issue. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Kenneth Laidlaw |
| Charteris | Old Emigrant’s Diaries | Extract from diary of Margaret Charteris, wife of Thomas Hinshelwood, emigrant from Jedburgh, ship ‘Nebo’, to Queensland, in 1883. | 4 pages or more | 40 | Jane Gibson |
| Chatton | 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 |
| Chatton | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Chelsea | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Chelsea | So You've Found A Soldier | The trials that you may find looking for your connection with a soldier that was in the British Army. | 2 pages or more | 14 | Capt. John E. Grey |
| Chelsea Hospital | Ways of Arguing in the Social Sciences | This article is an extended version of a talk given to the Society on 17th September 2000, and follows an earlier article in the "Scottish Genealogist" in 1997 on the theme of methods of approach for family history researchers.
Uses Hoy ancestors for examples. | 3 pages or more | 46 | Charles Hoy |
| Cherrytrees | 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 |
| Cheswick | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Chevy Chase | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Chiholm | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Children | An act anent murthering of children | Act of Assembly May 26th 1762 for reading the 21st Act of Parliament of the second session of parliament of King William and Queen Mary dated July 19th 1690 about murdering of children. | Less than 1 page | 21 | Margaret Steele |
| Chirnside | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Chirnside | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and there likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Chirnside | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Chirnside | 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 |
| Chirnside | Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
| Chirnside | The Ayton Bard
Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennim. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photgraphs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquartors with a family tree | 4 pages or more | 15 | Michael Mennon |
| Chisholm | 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 |
| Christening | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Christison | Border - Line Experiences
Of a Canadian Researcher | The Ainslie born in Lilliesleaf and how a trip from Canada to research the family. It ended in a book. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Robert L. Morden |
| Church | Full of Egotism, Diaries of Rev John Hastie | This is the text of Ronald's talk to the Society on 21st March 2004.
It was about a diary which should appeal to those with an interest in local history, a snapshot of life in a rural Parish between 1797 and 1822, and for those connected to Edrom - an opportunity to ‘meet the ancestor’. | 2 pages or more | 55 | Ronald Morrison |
| Church | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Churches | The Parish Churches Of Berwickshire | A talk by the author given to the Society on 22nd March, 1998. | 5 pages or more | 51 | G A C Binnie |
| Clark | The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Clark | Working on the Railroad | Railroad incidents recorded during the construction of the Galashiels section of the Waverley line 1884-45 | 2 pages or more | 30 | M. L.. Lawson |
| Clark | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Clark | Australian deaths recorded in Hawick Advertiser part 2 1874-1890 | Deaths in the Hawick Advertiser, it also covers other parts of the Borders. | 4 pages or more | 37 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Clark | Why couldn’t he have been called Ebenezer ? | Article examining which John Little is the author's ancestor. | 4 pages or more | 42 | Jessie Hislop |
| Clavering Place, Newcastle | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Clay | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Cleghorn | Marth’s Marmalad and Diet Loaf | Some letters which brought life to the bare bones of the author's family tree. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Marjorie Dybeck |
| Cleughbrae | Miriam Fish | One of the band of grave yard inscription recorders, she gives a interesting description of her youth. | 1 page or more | 31 | Miriam Fish |
| Clevland | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | Less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Clinton | The Gypsy King and the President | Relationship between President Clinton and Charles Blyth, king of the gypsies. Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph. | Less than 1 page | 23 | |
| Clovenfords | The Clovenfords District and the Census | Clovenfords and notable residents mainly in the 19th century. | 4 pages or more | 48 | Mike Brydon |
| Clovenfords | Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords | This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Margaret Lawson |
| Coburn | Strayed far from Berwickshire | This is a small article on Berwickshire strays in the township of Canden East in the county of Lennox and Addington in Ontario, Canada. | 2 pages or more | 30 | G.H. Jeffery |
| Cochrane | K.O.S.B. Memories | This is a look at the talk given by Gavin Richardson, who must be the best informed on the first world war and Gallipoli. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Gavin Richardson |
| Cockburn | 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 |
| Cockburn | 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 |
| Cockburn | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden
A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Who am I | History of the Cockburns who all came from Duns parish. It also looks into the history of Edinshall Broch. | 1 page or more | 37 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Cockburn | Whiteslade, Berwickshire, and its Owners | Many have seen this ruin on the way from Greenlaw to Lauder, and often wondered about the history of this once great fortress. This article covers it magnificently. | 2 pages or more | 31 | G.M.S. Lauder Frost |
| Cockburn Castle | Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and there likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Cockburn Law | Cockburns of that ilk | The origins of Cockburns in Berwickshire | 3 pages or more | 36 | Russell Wilson Cockburn |
| Coldingham | Coldingham mortcloth records | The mortcloth records are fascinating as they list every occasion when a mortcloth was hired out for a burial. This covers the Coldingham mortcloth. | 1 page or more | 28 | Vivienne S. Dunstan |
| Coldingham | The Aytons of Ayton | The parish of Ayton from the Norman family De-Vesci who changed their name to Ayton to a history of the village. | 2 pages or more | 17 | James Eaton |
| Coldingham | From Coldstream to Canada | The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths. | 3 pages or more | 26 | James Burns |
| Coldingham priory | Lauder of Edrington,the castle and early references | The history of the Lauder's from when they owned the Bass Rock to when they were custodians of Berwick on Tweed castle. | 5 pages or more | 41 | Gregory Lauder Frost |
| Coldstream | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Coldstream | Poor Relief in the 1840s | Talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001, about how poor relief cases were determined, and how much they received in 1843 in Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 47 | Peter Munro |
| Coldstream | Notes on the Halliburton Family | The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families. | 2 pages or more | 6 | C.D. Wickenden |
| Coldstream | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Coldstream | Border Marriges
Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Coldstream | The Flowers of the Forest | Borders who fell at Flodden
A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Coldstream | 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 |
| Coldstream | 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 |
| Coldstream | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Coldstream | A Case for the Commissary | The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding. | 4 pages or more | 33 | Rosemary Bigwood |
| Coldstream | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Coldstream | 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 |
| Coldstream | Female Suffrage by "Titwillow" | This article was first published in a family magazine produced and edited by his grandfather Robert Hogg who farmed at Fireburnmill Coldstream. | 4 pages or more | 38 | John C. Gill |
| Coldstream | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Coldstream | Old soldiers of the eighteenth century | This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this. | 1 page or more | 11 | E. A. Gray |
| Cole | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Colingham | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Collingwood | More Gladstones | More history of the Gladstones covers a family from Kirk Yetholm and their emigration to Australia and New Zealand. It lists many decendants from this family. | 1 page or more | 37 | Warren A. Spence |
| Collison | A Stitch in Time | Account of a sampler and the search for its creator in the family tree. | 1 page or more | 47 | Patricia Williamson |
| Colmeslie | The Cairncross family - an example of a 16th-17th century family of feuars | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September 2005 titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Outline of a typical noted old family in the Lauderdale/Melrose/Galashiels district, with descriptions of some of the local areas and ownership. | 12 pages or more | 59 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
| Colombo | The Descendents of James Borrowman
(1744-1813) | The history of the name Borrowman from Edinburgh down to Peebles and beyond, with a pedigree chart. | 2 pages or more | 17 | Philip r Borrowman |
| Coltbridge | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| Colvile | The Bennets of Grubet | An old Roxburghshire family associated with Kirk Yetholm and the Gypsies and their descendents. | 3 pages or more | 29 | Donald Whyte |
| Commercial Bank | Selkirk Protocol Books. An amazing Discovery | A hidden hoard of 16th and 17th century documents from Selkirk. | Less than 1 page | 7 | |
| Commercial Bank | The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Commissary | Wills and Testaments | Scots law on wills and testaments-the difference. With a good description on how and where to find information on the subject. | 3 pages or more | 22 | James Galbraith |
| Communion Rolls | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This article, reprinted by permission of Northumberland and Durham FHS, is a list of persons in communion rolls, who had moved from the Scottish Borders. | 1 page or more | 20 | Don Mason |
| Computers | Family Tree Maker | Description of some of the features and benefits of using a family history computer program. | 2 pages or more | 39 | John Unsworth |
| Confederate States Army | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Conklin | More Canadian Intimations in the 'Hawick Advertiser' | Deaths (1863-1864) extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland.
Continued from issue 40. | Less than 1 page | 43 | Marjory Gavin |
| Conquergood | A Remarkable Coincidence | Anecdote of a visit to the Society's library. | Less than 1 page | 40 | Mike Brydon |
| Conroy | Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Second and final part of the account of Dr Henderson's family (the remaining 11 children born from 1841 to 1863 !) with a very early plea for the eight-hour day and some interesting poetry. | 8 pages or more | 63 | Bill Henderson |
| Cook | Grantshouse and the Turner family | The history of Grantshouse and one of its sons, James Turner. Continued in issue 28. | 3 pages or more | 27 | James Burns |
| Cook | James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N.,
Ednam and Cleveland | The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam. | 1 page or more | 27 | P. D. Thomson |
| Cook | Ednam and Captain Cook | A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection | Less than 1 page | 25 | John Newlands |
| Cook | Captain Cook's Border Background | The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection. | 1 page or more | 6 | Dr Jim Trainer |
| Copeland | Reminiscences of Childhood by a Matron of 78 | Narrative written by the author's great grandfather's sister about their emigration from Scotland to New York in 1829. Continued from issue 41. | 3 pages or more | 42 | Jim Wilson |
| Cornhill | The Alternative Relationship | The Alternative Relationship and how it can be used. Also an interesting research into the Cavers and Cammond families. | 3 pages or more | 4 | Mrs H. Crammond |
| Cornhill | Border Marriage Records | The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Donald Whyte |
| Cornhill | 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 |
| Cornhill | Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare | Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Linda Bankier |
| Cost | The Costs of Church Services in Scottish Parishes | Structure of costs for church services, i.e. christenings, weddings and burials in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire between 1725 and 1832. | 4 pages or more | 53 | David Richardson |
| Coultherd | William Coulthard: Emigrant to South Australia | Captain A. J. Coultherd has sent a moving account of an intrepid explorer who moved to Austrailia in 1836. | Less than 1 page | 7 | Alfred J. Coultherd |
| Cout of Keelder | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Covington | Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, Sergeants, 4th Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA | Account of Becton Eckford and William Wallace Eckford, and their activities in the Tennessee Infantry Regt, CSA. | 3 pages or more | 40 | Jeffry W. Gatlin |
| Cowan | My dig into the Past | How a birthday party of Melrose Bridge led to a very interesting tale of one man's family search. | 2 pages or more | 33 | Mr Turner |
| Cowan | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Cowe | Born in the Borders | A list of names that have been extraced from the Death Index (1855-6) of Victoria, Australia. Also, where to obtain copies of death certificates. | 1 page or more | 21 | Barbara E. Turner |
| Cowie | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Cowlin | The Story of a Stray | Account of Robert Burgon, a fisherman from Berwick who was drowned in 1850 with William Burgeon, Joseph Cowlin, George Swinton, and the boy David Lyle, and buried in Inverbervie. | 2 pages or more | 47 | Murray Nicoll |
| Cown | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Crafts | The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Craig | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Craige Knowe | Know your parish Longformacus | The history, and how Longformacus got its name. Its population and parish records. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Craik | Notes on the Ancestry of the Ettrick Shepherd | James Hogg (1770-1835) where he and his ancestors lived in the Borders, also who they married. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Donald Wyte |
| Crailing | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Crailing | 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 |
| Crailing | 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 |
| Crailing | Rob of Trows | Born at Birgham, Rob was a favorite with anglers of all classes "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed. | 2 pages or more | 18 | Mrs M. E. Mason |
| Cram | A DNA Revelation | The author's discovery of a direct link to a blood cousin with the name of CRAM, and the surmise that CRAMMOND got shortened along the passage of time. | Less than 1 page | 57 | Gordon Crammond |
| Crammon | The Crammond Family of Smailholm | Notes about a Crammond family of Smailholm and their children. | 1 page or more | 57 | Hazel Crammond |
| Crammond | A DNA Revelation | The author's discovery of a direct link to a blood cousin with the name of CRAM, and the surmise that CRAMMOND got shortened along the passage of time. | Less than 1 page | 57 | Gordon Crammond |
| Crammond | The Crammond Family of Smailholm | Notes about a Crammond family of Smailholm and their children. | 1 page or more | 57 | Hazel Crammond |
| Cramond | Know your parish -Peebles | Arms of the Burgh Chartes. Families. Fairs, Transport A good history of the town and tale or two. | 3 pages or more | 26 | Jean Moffat |
| Cranston | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Crawford | The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Crawhill | The Case of the missing Registers | In 1818 Jean Waddell a humble tailor's daughter found by chance she could inherit a estate in Linlithgowshire. How she went about trying to prove her case. | 3 pages or more | 22 | Gavin Waddell |
| Crichton | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| Crimea | The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War | This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family. | 12 pages or more | 58 | Will Murray and Trevor Swan |
| Crimea | Another Borderer at Balaclava | Comment about James Hunter, one of the participants in the Heavy Brigade who had the task of breaking through Russian lines at Balaclava, in respect of the talk given by Will Murray and Trevor Swan entitled a “Coldstream lad at the Charge” in issue No.58. | 1 page or more | 60 | Colin Miller |
| Crockett | The Ayton Bard | This is in issues 16 and 17.
Robert Mennon was a well known Borders bard and contributed to many Scottish weeklies. | 5 pages or more | 16 | A. Michael Mennim |
| Crooklaw | Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire
What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
| Crouse | At The Beginning | A tale of one mans delve into family history from the U.K. to Canada and beyond | 2 pages or more | 1 | Peter Elliot |
| Croyser | The Parish of Langlands | The parish of Langlands and the history of old leper hospital at Rutherford. Also the history of Langton that was absorbed into Wilton. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Michael Langlands |
| Crozier | North West passage-the Melrose connection | It is 150 years since the explorer, Sir John Franklin, vanished. This is the tale of a Melrose man who was with him on the long journey to find the North West Passage. | 1 page or more | 21 | |
| Curly Burn | Shillinglaw Walls | Shillinglaw Tower not far from Traquair it is not only a heap of stones - an interesting tale. | 2 pages or more | 38 | Jean Shillinglaw Ridley |
| Currie | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Currie | Elusive Curries | The author's and other members' interests in the surname Currie. | 1 page or more | 51 | Jean Currie |
| Currie | Is Anybody Out There ? | The author's search for an ancestor's home. | 2 pages or more | 56 | Jean Currie |
| Currie | 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 |
| Currie | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Curry | Bowmakers and Currys in the New World | Border origins of author's family, and arrivals in New York and Montreal. | 1 page or more | 13 | Norman J Bowmaker |
| Curry | 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 |
| Customs | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Customs | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Dalgety | A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Mrs. Jean Greenland |
| Dantzic | The Bankers Revenge | The rise and fall of a Bank in East Lothian. | Less than 1 page | 10 | A. W. Kerr |
| Danzig | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Dardanells | 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 |
| Darling | Mrs Euphemia Voy | Obituary of Euphemia Voy, first wife of William Voy, who died at Coldstream on 24th March 1891. | 1 page or more | 23 | Benjamin Moody |
| Darling | From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness | Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705. | 1 page or more | 7 | Colin Wood |
| Darnick | Savages of the North | Short letter from James Usher to Walter Scott
1828 | 1 page or more | 14 | Vivienne S. Moore |
| Darnick | Melrose: Past and Present | A story of Melrose from 3000 years B.C. to the Greenyards in 1992. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mr. T Little |
| David Seton | Links with old Peebles Families | A investigating search into old Peebles families. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Rena Stewart |
| Davidson | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Davidson | Who Was Lizzie Jardine ? | The author's start on her family history - mainly ordinary working folk in the Borders. | 3 pages or more | 51 | Carol Trotter |
| Davidson | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Davison | Death duty register | Extracts from the death duty registers (seen at the public record office, Chancery Lane, London). Relating to Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | 3 pages or more | 4 | |
| Dawyck | Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
| De Bolebeck | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| De Soulis | Hermitage - Grim Guardian of the Borders | History of Hermitage castle and its occupants. Continued in issue 14. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Deans | Brave Borderland | Connections between the Borders and the Canadian state of Ontario, some poetry, and 2 buses. | 3 pages or more | 63 | Fred Kennington |
| Death | Canadian Intimations in the "Hawick Advertiser"
1857 – 1863 | Deaths extracted from the "Hawick Advertiser" of people connected to the Borders, and other places in southern Scotland. Continued in issue 43. | 1 page or more | 40 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Death | Australian Intimations in Hawick Advertiser | Births 1858-1897, Marriages 1854-1900, Deaths 1853-1862, in Australia of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 8 pages or more | 54 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Death is for the Living | The first part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 51 | Anne Gordon |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser -Deaths 1857-1878 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 5 pages or more | 51 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Death is for the Living | Second part of the talk given to the Society on 15th September 2002. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Anne Gordon |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1890-1900 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 53 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Deaths | Morebattle St Lawrence Church Death Register | Transcription of the death register (1848-1862) from Morebattle St Lawrence Church. | 2 pages or more | 49 | Transcribed by Jean Sanderson |
| Deaths | American Intimations in Hawick Advertiser - Deaths 1879-1889 | Deaths in America of people originally from Hawick and surrounding area. | 3 pages or more | 52 | Marjorie Gavin |
| Delaware | The Miller Family of Hawick, Scotland and Delaware County, New York | This Miller family who emigrated from Hawick or Roberton-they set up a farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. | 2 pages or more | 34 | C. Raymond La Fever |
| Deloraine | William Lorrain-Borders Schoolmaster | During the last war attics were cleared of paper and, from an attic in Jedburgh there appeared a collection of papers concerning the Rector of Jedburgh Grammar School, William Lorrain. | Less than 1 page | 27 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Denbie | The Jardine Clan Society | Formed in 1977. Came from France 1066, settled in Anndale; now, branches of the family world wide. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Family History News |
| Denholm | The Leyden Family | From U.S.A. an article on the name Leyden with particular reference to Dr John Leyden. | Less than 1 page | 12 | Ronald Spencer |
| Denholm | A Denholm Family And My Border Memories | A journey through time in Denholm. From Post office, Lord Minto and his new bride to preserves cooking on the range in Meg Purness' draper's shop. | 3 pages or more | 35 | Jean Kelly |
| Dere Street | Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Devil's Acre | 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 | |
| Dick | William Dick (1849 - 1932) | Account of William Dick, a blacksmith in Fountainhall and his family | 4 pages or more | 63 | Margaret Dick |
| Dick | Fountainhall Smiddy 1793-1945 | Account of the Hislop / Dick family who worked in the smiddy (blacksmith's shop) for five generations. | 2 pages or more | 57 | Margaret Dick |
| Dickins | A Hogarth Family Tree | There came into James Hogarth's possession a manuscript family tree covering seven or eight generations of the Hogarth family, also, where they came from. | 1 page or more | 27 | James Hogarth |
| Dickson | Border Marriges
Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers | The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton. | 4 pages or more | 30 | Northumberland and Durham History Soc. |
| Dickson | Susanna Pringle's Birthday book | This Pringle tale goes from Browndeanlaw to Yetholm, London, New Brunswick and beyond-very interesting. | 4 pages or more | 16 | Maxine Flaherty |
| Dickson | North Dumfries, Ontario | North Dumfries, Ontario - how John Clark set up and built a settlement. | 1 page or more | 31 | Mr G. Clark |
| Dickson | The Dicksons | Notes on various Dicksons. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Dickson | Recording the Jardines - A one-name study | 17 years of research of the Jardine Clan Society. A history of the Clan and the worldwide story of the Jardines. | 4 pages or more | 27 | Violet Jardine |
| Dickson | Forgotten Borderers | James Grieve and his interesting contribution to the lowly apple. | 1 page or more | 28 | Jean M. Smith |
| Dickson | Know Your Parish - Ednam | History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants. | 1 page or more | 24 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Diet | Aspects of Borders Life in the early 1840s | Part 1 of a talk given to the Society on 19th September 1999. Discusses the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), diet, and prices.
Continued in issue 45. | 4 pages or more | 44 | Peter Munro |
| Dimma | The Dimma and Dickson Families of the Borders Region, Scotland | The Dimma family from Eckford, who they married, and where they settled in Ontario. This is a well researched article into a old Border family. | 2 pages or more | 37 | Thomas Dimma Minster |
| Dixon | Fame/Infamy/Riches - a history of the Greig family | About the Greigs of Manchester and Oldham, originally from Ayton and Earlston. | 4 pages or more | 62 | Jim Greig |
| DNA | DNA Records for Genealogy | Obtaining the genetic records for your paternal line is important for
identification of your cousins and ancestors who share your recent
paternal line descent with you. | 1 page or more | 60 | |
| Dobson | Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Dobson | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820
The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Doctors | A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| Doddington | 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 |
| Dodds | Jerdan Family History | The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders. | 2 pages or more | 34 | Fred Kennington |
| Dodds | Names of Soldiers and others who died in India mainly between 1930-36 | A list of names and their regiments, and where buried. | 1 page or more | 30 | |
| Dodds | Borderers in the Victorian Marriage Registers (1853-1895) | This is a list of marriages in issues 16,17 and 18. It is a list of Border counties as their place of birth, when the married in Victoria, Australia between 1853 and 1895. | 5 pages or more | 16 | Barbara Turner |
| Dods | The Berwick Sensation | This story would make a very good murder mystery,
the research that has gone into this story would be long and time consuming. For anyone interested in Berwick history you should read it. | 3 pages or more | 35 | F. L. Kennington |
| Dolphinston | The Ainslies--Some notes | The name Ainslie, from 1066 onwards, a full and detailed family history. | 1 page or more | 8 | Violet Jardine |
| Don | 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 | |
| Donaldson | Blind Jamie Donaldson | Account of James Donaldson, whose tombstone is in Melrose Abbey churchyard. | 1 page or more | 47 | Margaret Lawson |
| Donaldson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register. | 2 pages or more | 13 | Norrie McLeish |
| Donaldson | Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register | For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Norrie McLeish |
| Douglas | Presbyterian Migration into Northumberland | This is a list of names from the Communion Rolls of some Presbyterian churches in Northumberland. This is in more than one Magazine. | 2 pages or more | 19 | Don Mason |
| Douglas | Flowers of the Forest: Borderers who fell at Flodden | Names of the Borderers who died at the battle of Flodden, 1514. | 2 pages or more | 26 | Andrew Cockburn |
| Douglas | The Homes of Paxton House | A fascinating piece of Borders family history came to light when a 200 year-old Berwickshire mansion was gifted to the nation. Along with the history of the family of Home's. love is a wondrous thing ! | 2 pages or more | 11 | Violet Jardine |
| Douglas | Family History in "The Gladstaines Bible" | This is the very old history of the Gladstains in the Hawick area in and around 1645 through to 1850 . Few families can go back that far with as much confidence in the manuscript as this one. | 3 pages or more | 27 | Michael Robson |
| Douglas | Rev. Robert Douglas, 1747-1820
The father of Galashiels | The Rev. Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, 1747-1820, was a man of great ability and served his parishioners so well he was called "The Father of Galashiels". | 2 pages or more | 37 | Donald Whyte |
| Douglas | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Douglas | Letters of Slains 1569--A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Douglas | Lowland Scots in Prussia | Absorbing account of Scots mainly in Danzig and Konigsberg from 15th to 17th centuries. A lot of names recorded. | 5 pages or more | 45 | G.M.S.Lauder-Frost |
| Douglas | The Kirk Yetholm Gypsies | If you are connected to Yetholm, this is a must for you, it covers the gypsies from Persia right through to being settled in Kirk Yetholm. It is in two parts: issue 31 and 32. | 4 pages or more | 31 | A. V. Tokley |
| Douglas | Galashiels and some of its families | Talk given to the society by Mr. Ian Miller, President of the Old Gala Club. Gala indeed goes back along way perhaps even to 7000 B.C. It covers the history up to the 19th Century. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Ian Miller |
| Douglas | Robert Lauder of that Ilk | This is the story of the background and demise of Robert Lauder of that ilk (d.1598), one of the last to be recorded with that appellation. | 3 pages or more | 29 | G.M.S. Lauder-Frost |
| Douglas Hamilton | Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Down Law | The Barons Folly | The Ba |
