East Lothian

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Aberlady

"ABERLADY, a parish, containing a post-office village of its own name, on the north-west coast of the county of Haddington; bounded on the north by the frith of Forth, which here forms Aberlady bay, and by the parish of Dirleton; on the east by Dirleton and Haddington parishes; and on the south by Gladsmuir parish. Its greatest dimension is about 4 miles, in a line running north-east and south-west from the Pefferburn, near Saltcoats, to Coteburn in Gladsmuir; and its greatest extent from east to west is nearly the same ... The village of Aberlady, 5 miles north-west of Haddington, consists of one long street of a good appearance. It is ocasionally resorted to by the inhabitants of Haddington as a bathing-place; but the surrounding country presents little that is attractive to the stranger. Population of the parish in 1831, 973; in 1861, 1,019." from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland , edited by John Marius Wilson, 1868.

Cemeteries

The Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, contains records of 333 names from the cemetery in Aberlady, covering gravestones from 1661 - 1885. A map is included showing locations.
These have not been published.
The data was collected by Dr D Hutchinson.

A copy is also available in the Local History Centre, Haddington

Church Records

The parish church (Church of Scotland) has registers dating from 1632. Old Parish Registers (before 1855) are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, and copies on microfilm may be consulted in local libraries and in LDS Family History Centres around the world. Later parish registers (after 1855) are often held in the Scottish Record Office as are any records of non-conformist churches in the area (often unfilmed and unindexed, and only available there).

In addition LDS Family History Centres can obtain microfilm copies of Kirk Session records for Aberlady, including proclamations of marriages and christenings for the years 1828-1848. This is a microfilm copy of original records held in the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh.

Photos of the church are available.

Civil Registration

Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. For details of these and other records held at the General Register Office in Edinburgh, see the GRO tutorial .

Gazetteers

Extracts for this parish from the 1868 National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland are available.

Population

Here are some figures showing the parish's population through time: