Court of Session Records Index

Enter the forename(s) in the first box, and the surname in the second box. The third box allows you to enter an alernative surname, such as an alias or a maiden surname for a married woman. If you are using both surname boxes, it does not matter which way round you enter the two surnames.

Remember that spellings in historical records can vary widely, so use wildcards to help you find your ancestors. see our help section for more information.

Less is often more! If you don’t find the result you are looking for try leaving this box blank or see our search help page.

This can be a useful tool to speed up the display of search results. If you find your advanced search is taking a long time to return results you can use this box to narrow your search to a few years at a time. By narrowing the year range you can also reduce the number of results when searching on common surnames.

Some court cases were pursued in the name of an organisation or company rather thasn an individual. Enter words which were part of the title of the entity here, such as "Royal Bank" or "Church of Scotland".

The residence in court records have not been separated into parishes, counties or countries. Remember that less is often more! If you don’t find the result that you are looking for try leaving this boxes blank. See our search help page.

Enter any word or phrase that might be found in the index entry in the keyword box, such as "divorce" or "Duke of Buccleuch".

Remember that less is often more! If you don’t find the result that you are looking for try leaving one (or both) of these boxes blank. See our search help page.