Coverage - Court of Session Records Index
This record set indexes many records of cases heard by the Court of Session, Scotland's highest civil court which sits in Edinburgh. The index has 613,285 entries with more coming soon.
Court of Session Registers of Acts and Decrees
Completely indexed series:
3rd Series (CS31, CS33, CS35, CS37, CS39 and CS41) - 1810-1821
4th Series (CS43) 1821-1829
Indexing in progress (showing years indexed so far):
5th Series (CS45) - 1830-Nov 1840, Mar 1850-Jun 1851, 1878, Mar 1880-Jan 1920
Court of Session Processes
Completely indexed series:
Extracted Processes (or Warrants of Acts & Decrees):
3rd Series (CS32, CS34, CS36, CS38, CS40 and CS42) - 1810-1821
4th Series (CS44) 1821-1829
Carmichael & Elliot Arrangement of Extracted and Unextracted Processes:
Warrants for extracted acts and commissions, factories, curatories etc (CS98-CS137, CS150-180 & CS182-CS225) - 1608-1838
Processes and parts of processes transmitted to extractors but not extracted (CS138-CS149, CS181 & CS226-CS227) - 1597-1837
Indexing in progress (showing years indexed so far):
Unextracted Processes (1st Arrangement):
Unextracted Processes (CS228-CS237) - 1619-1865
5th Series (CS46) - 1830-Nov 1840, Mar 1850-Jun 1851, 1878, Mar 1880-Jan 1920