Midlothian HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. FAMILY NAMES Lothians Family History Society Midlothian Surname List Midlothian surname list Lothians Family History Society GOVERNMENT SITES City of Edinburgh Council Scottish Borders Council HISTORY AND CULTURE Ancient Lothian- website dedicated to the historic and prehistoric cultures of South-East Scotland. Scottish Borders Heritage - the official web site of the Archaeology and Countryside Service of Scottish Borders Council. History of Photography in Edinburgh - includes History of Edinburgh, Photos of Edinburgh & Edinburgh Today. City of Edinburgh Council - local history information. Rosslyn Chapel - official website. Scottish tenement buildings LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES City of Edinburgh Council - archives. City of Edinburgh Council - libraries. City of Edinburgh Council - Museums & Galleries. Edinburgh University Library - library and information resources. Familia - Edinburgh - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings. Familia - Midlothian - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings. Heriot-Watt University - archive, records management & museum service. Lothian Health Services - archival records of hospitals in the Edinburgh and Lothian areas, including administration and patient records from 1727. Midlothian Council - library services. Midlothian Council - local studies. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - library. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - College Library & Archive. Royal Scots Regimental Museum Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre - family history, newspapers and postal research. Scottish Borders Council Libraries Scottish Mining Museum LOCAL WEBSITES CANONGATE - Canongate Marriage Register CANONGATE - Canongate Burials, 1820-1851. CORSTORPHINE - Edinburgh & Leith County Directories extracts for Corstorhine parish 1842-1905. CORSTORPHINE - parish of Corstorphine miscellaneous records. CORSTORPHINE - schoolmasters 1646-1924. CORSTORPHINE - teachers as listed in 1881 census. CORSTORPHINE - cemetery inscriptions from Corstorphine Old Parish Churchyard and inside Corstorphine Church. CORSTORPHINE - Slater's Commercial Directory & Topography of Scotland 1852 Corstorphine, Gogar & Neighbourhood. CORSTORPHINE - suburban directory of 1938-1939 A-B, C-D , E-I , J-L , M-P , R-S , T-Y. CURRIE - community council home page. CURRIE - community council history page. DUDDINGSTON - 1851 2% census extract. DUDDINGSTON - 16th to 19th century various databases. EDINBURGH - old Edinburgh postcards and engravings listed by street name and location. EDINBURGH - St Cuthberts Churchyard monumental inscriptions (file is in .pdf format). EDINBURGH - Rosebank cemetery monumental inscriptions. EDINBURGH - Greyfriars Burying Ground register of interments 1658-1700 (file in in .pdf format). EDINBURGH - marriage Register 1595-1700 & 1751-1800 (file is in .pdf format). EDINBURGH - marriage Register 1701-1750 (file is in .pdf format). EDINBURGH - wills from the Commissariot of Edinburgh 1604-1700 & 1701-1800. EDINBURGH - professional photographers in Edinburgh 1840-1940. This site includes details of professional photographers who operated in Edinburgh from 1840 until 1940, or until the year the business ceased if later. EDINBURGH - some war memorials and cemetaries of Edinburgh. EDINBURGH - residents of City Poorhouse Colinton, Edinburgh 1881 Census. EDINBURGH - residents of St Cuthberts Poor House, Edinburgh 1881 Census. EDINBURGH - Edinburgh Register of Testaments Part I, volumes 1 to 35, 1514-1600. HERMISTON - village history. INVERESK - kirkyard. INVERESK - 16th to 19th century various databases. LEITH - historical website. LEITH NORTH - 1881 census residents of North Junction St Poor House, North Leith, Edinburgh. LEITH SOUTH - 1881 census residents of South Leith Poorhouse, Edinburgh. LIBERTON - 16th to 19th century various databases. MUSSELBURGH - 1842-43 Edinburgh & Leith County Directory - surnames A-K. MUSSELBURGH - 1842-43 Edinburgh & Leith County Directory - surnames L-Y. NEWHAVEN-ON-FORTH - website offering family, genealogical, and historical information. SOUTH LEITH - records compiled from parish registers 1588-1700. ST CUTHBERT - 1851 census extract. LOCAL SOCIETIES COLINTON - local history society. CURRIE - district local history society. KIRKLISTON - Local History Archive Trust. NEWHAVEN - community history group. OXGANGS - local history group. PORTOBELLO - history society. MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Edinburghshire - historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale. Town Plan of Dalkeith - surveyed 1852. Town Plan of Dalkeith - surveyed 1893. Town Plan of Edinburgh - surveyed 1849-53. Town Plan of Edinburgh - surveyed 1876-70. Town Plan of Edinburgh - surveyed 1893-4. Town Plan of Musselburgh - surveyed 1853. Town Plan of Musselburgh - surveyed 1893. Town Plan of Portobello - surveyed 1893-4. MILITARY National War Museum of Scotland Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Borders & Lothian Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Edinburgh Midlothian Roll of Honour CORSTORPHINE - WWI memorial. CORSTORPHINE - WWII memorial. CURRIE - World War 1 Memorial. CURRIE - World War 2 Memorial. EDINBURGH - Some war memorials and cemetaries of Edinburgh. NEWSPAPERS The Advertiser - published by Tweeddale Press. South Edinburgh Echo Edinburgh Evening News OTHER BITS AND PIECES Ranger's Impartial List Of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh - with a preface by a celebrated wit Anon., attrib. James "Balloon" Tytler, 1775. Edinburgh Picturesque Notes - by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879. Poorhouses in Scotland - Edinburgh, Dalkeith Combination, Inveresk Combination, North Leith, South Leith & St Cuthbert's Combination (Edinburgh). Commisariot Record of Edinburgh - register of testaments 1514-1600 Index of Names. Edinburgh & Leith Post Office - County Directories 1842-1843. Edinburgh Commisariot Record - Edinburgh Register of Testaments 1514-1600. Edinburgh Processes and Decreets - 1658-1800 Edinburgh Register of Apprentices - includes Index to Names of Masters 1756-1800 Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses & Guild Bretheren - 1406-1841. GENUKI's pages for Midlothian Midlothian (Edinburgh) Parish and Probate Records - records include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists and wills. Midlothian GenWeb - a part of the British Isles GenWeb Project helping researchers find local resources and reference information. Scottish Genealogy Society - based in Edinburgh. Edinburgh 1851 census - 2% sample includes, Crichton, Duddibton, Canongate, Old Church, Old Greyfriars, St Cuthberts, St George, St Mary, Misc Institutions, Lasswade & Leith South. UK FreeCEN Project - Census Project status pages for 1841 & 1851. Edinburgh St Cuthberts - 1851 Census. Passenger List - Leith to New York on the "Andromache" 1820. Playbills from Edinburgh’s Theatre Royal - searchable scanned images. City of Edinburgh Council - tracing Your Family History. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons; - official website of the main Masonic movement in Scotland. Includes library, museum and lodge history. IGI Batch Numbers for Midlothian Charity workhouses in Edinburgh Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in Archives Friendly Societies in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife - a guide to some aspects of the Self-help movement in our region. If you find any broken links, or have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us at . Please note HappyHaggis cannot assist in genealogy enquiries. Many thanks HappyHaggis.co.uk ©