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EAST CALDER

"A village and an ancient parish in the west of Edinburghshire. The village stands near the right bank of the Almond, ¾ mile eastnortheast of Mid Calder town and 1½ miles westnorthwest of Mid Calder Station."

(Extract from Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1885)

Church Records

The parish church has records for birth dating from 1642, for marriages from 1704 and for deaths from 1708. These are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh and copies on microfilm may be consulted in the Midlothian Studies Centre in Loanhead and also in LDS Family History Centres around the world.

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for East Calder from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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