East Lothian

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Athelstaneford

"ATHELSTANEFORD, a parish, containing the post-office villages of Athelstaneford and Drem, in the northern part of Haddingtonshire ... The parish is about 4 miles in length, from west to east; and between 2 and 3 in breadth, from south to north ... Population of the village of Athelstaneford in 1851, 274. Population of the parish in 1831, 931; in 1861, 902." from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson, 1868.

Cemeteries

The Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, contains records of 71 surnames from 46 gravestones in the cemetery in Athelstaneford, covering gravestones from ~1700 - 1943.
These have not been published.
The data was collected by DC Cargill in 1968.

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

Church Records

The parish church (Church of Scotland) has registers dating from 1664. 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).

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: