Local Studies Collection
Midlothian Council
Library Headquarters
2 Clerk Street
Loanhead
Midlothian
EH20 9DR
Tel: 0131 271 3976
Fax: 0131 440 4635
Email: [email protected]
Contacts: Dr. Ken Bogle (Local Studies Officer), Alex Fitzgerald (Archivist)

Mon 9.00-17.00; 18.00 - 20.00
Tues to Thurs 9.00 - 17.00
Fri 9.00 - 15.45

Branch libraries refer enquires to Midlothian Local Studies

Service available? Specific enquiries on Midlothian places and people will be dealt with. Please give adequate detail.
Staff is limited and these will be dealt with in turn, so please be patient. This does not include the City of Edinburgh.

Fee-based? None. Postal charges and photocopy/scan charges only.

Only old Parish Registers pre 1855.

Locations None

1841 - 1901 records are kept for the listed Midlothian parishes. This was the Midlothian area prior to the 1975 Local Government Reorganisation. The 4 central Edinburgh parishes are not included.
Borthwick; Carrington; Cockpen; Colinton (now Edinburgh); Cramond (now Edinburgh); Cranston; Crichton; Currie (now Edinburgh); Dalkeith; Duddington/Portobello (now Edinburgh); Fala & Soutra; Glencorse (Glencross); Heriot (now Borders); Humbie (now East Lothian); Inveresk (now East Lothian); Kirknewton/East Calder (now West Lothian); Newbattle; Newton; Penicuik; Ratho (now Edinburgh); Stow (now Borders); Temple; West Calder (now West Lothian)
Indexes for 1841 and 1851 are available for most of the listed parishes.

6(a) County and Regional Directories

Main run. Post Office Directories: Edinburgh from 1827 with County Directories by town/village from 1833 included. Small gaps until 1845-46, then 1854, 1864, 1903-04 (Midlothian only). Fair coverage 1921-1975

6(b) City and Town Directories

Dalkeith and District directories, 1871, 1891, 1915
See above for Directories within Edinburgh Post Office Directories

6(c) Telephone Directories

Edinburgh Phone Books and Yellow Pages 1986 to date.

7(a) Electoral Registers

Electoral Registers: 1920, 1931-32. Intermittent and partial 1937-1974. Virtually complete 1974 to date

7(b) Poll Books

Poll Tax 1694 A handwritten transcript of most parishes is available.

IGI. 1984, microfiche - all Scotland. Local Studies, Loanhead

1851 census name index for parishes still in Midlothian at present (Borthwick, Carrington, Cockpen, Cranston, Crichton, Dalkeith, Fala & Soutra, Glencorse, Lasswade, Newbattle, Newton, Penicuik, Temple)
1861 in process of compilation

Listings of Monumental Inscriptions and surviving Burial Records are available for some local Churchyards. An index of Birth, Marriage and Death notices in the Dalkeith Advertiser is being compiled.

A database of placenames from 1828 - 1900 is available giving O.S. Sheet numbers.

Old Parish Registers on microfilm (where surviving):
Borthwick; Carrington; Cockpen; Cranston; Crichton; Currie (now Edinburgh; Dalkeith; Fala & Soutra; Glencorse (Glencross); Heriot (now Borders); Humbie (now East Lothian); Inveresk (now East Lothian); Lasswade; Liberton (now Edinburgh); Newbattle; Newton; Penicuik; Stow (now Borders); Temple
Indexes to the OPR Births & Marriages, Scotland to 1854.
1984 IGI Index (incomplete but extends to 1874)

The Scottish Genealogist (Scottish Genealogy Society)

None

Local Authority archives: the records of the former Burghs of Bonnyrigg and Lasswade, Dalkeith, Loanhead and Penicuik and the former District Councils of Galawater, Lasswade, Newbattle and Penicuik: School Log Books covering most of Midlothian schools from the late 19th to mid 20th Century and other School Board and Education Committee records. Private archives include family papers as well as records of local organisations and institutions.

Valuation Rolls 1855 to start of Council Tax
Map Collection
Local photograph and postcard collection
Local newspapers

Please see our website on http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/libraries

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Valuation Rolls 1855 to beginning of Council Tax
Map collection
Local photograph and postcard collection
Local newspapers on microfilm