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Methven parish records

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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.

Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

Lookups

​​​​​​​​The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/501/1Minutes and accounts
Includes poor rolls		1701-1709Request lookup
CH2/501/2Minutes and accounts1726-1736Request lookup
CH2/501/3Minutes and accounts and Baptisms
Minutes and accounts 1732-1734
Baptisms 1732-1733		1732-1734Request lookup
CH2/501/4Minutes and accounts, Marriages and Baptisms
Minutes and accounts 1734-1736
Marriages 1734
Baptisms 1734-1736		1734-1736Request lookup
CH2/501/5Minutes and accounts, Baptisms, and Marriages
Minutes and accounts 1736-1737
Baptisms 1736-1737
Marriages 1736-1737		1736-1737Request lookup
CH2/501/7Minutes and accounts, Baptisms, and Marriages
Minutes and accounts 1741-1742
Baptisms 1742-1743
Marriages 1742		1741-1743Request lookup
CH2/501/8Minutes and accounts, and Baptisms
Minutes and accounts 1748-1749 (inc. proclamations)
Minutes and accounts 1751-1756
Baptisms 1748		1748-1756Request lookup
CH2/501/9Minutes1827-1861Request lookup
CH2/501/10Minutes
Includes young communicants and some poor payments		1862-1894Request lookup
CH2/501/11Minutes
Includes young communicants and some poor payments		1894-1936Request lookup
CH2/501/12Accounts
Includes poor rolls		1694-1702Request lookup
CH2/501/13Accounts1720Request lookup
CH2/501/14Accounts
Includes some disciplinary minutes and poor rolls		1768-1770Request lookup
CH2/501/15Accounts (few minutes)1765-1767Request lookup
CH2/501/18Accounts1779-1809Request lookup
CH2/501/19Accounts1796-1809Request lookup
CH2/501/26Accounts
Includes poor payments		1844-1861Request lookup
CH2/501/27Accounts1845-1853Request lookup
CH2/501/28Young communicants
Gives names, addresses and ages		1824-1843Request lookup
CH2/501/29Communion roll1861-1871Request lookup
CH2/501/30Communion roll1874-1894Request lookup
CH2/501/35Communion roll1895-1904Request lookup

Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £10 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
W S L CRAWFORD 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
William CRAWFORD 1875 (2)Order imagesRefused
Janet MACDONALD 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow MCLAREN 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
William ROY 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jessie SCOTT or COX 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Adam SCRIMGEOUR 1867 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann SCRIMGEOUR 1882 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Helen SHARP 1859 (3)Order imagesRefused
Matthew THOMSON 1855 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William WALLACE 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. For births outwith this period, click here.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Catherine BAXTER26 November 1863Isabella BAXTERFind the father
George BAYNE2 June 1857Mary BAYNEFind the father
Eliza Jane BELL3 January 1873Elizabeth BELLFind the father
James BELL19 June 1869Lillias BELLFind the father
William BELL19 June 1869Lillias BELLFind the father
John Kippen BLACK22 September 1872Margaret BLACKFind the father
James BROUGH30 June 1862Mary BROUGHFind the father
James BROUGH24 March 1871Mary BROUGHFind the father
James Robertson BROUGH24 November 1863Mary BROUGHFind the father
Robert BROUGH26 February 1866Mary BROUGHFind the father
Alexander Mckellop BROWN31 March 1870Mary Ann BROWNFind the father
Georgina Wilson BROWN5 June 1866Helen BROWNFind the father
John Lawson BROWN24 June 1867Ann BROWNFind the father
Peter Neish BROWN30 October 1863Jane BROWNFind the father
Ann CAIRNS12 September 1874Ann CAIRNSFind the father
Jessie CAIRNS3 December 1865Ann CAIRNSFind the father
Mungo Gow CAIRNS17 September 1860Mary CAIRNSFind the father
Robert Bruce CAIRNS25 January 1868Ann CAIRNSFind the father
Alexander Bell CAMERON22 November 1857Margaret CAMERONFind the father
Allan Mitchell CAMERON27 March 1864Mary CAMERONFind the father
David CAMERON31 March 1860Sophia CAMERONFind the father
James Robertson CAMERON12 January 1863Janet CAMERONFind the father
Jessie CAMERON29 November 1859Janet CAMERONFind the father
John Walker CAMERON23 November 1863Sophia CAMERONFind the father
John Sword CAMPBELL29 September 1873Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
Susan CASEY9 June 1872Betsy CASEYFind the father
Helen Cameron CLARK26 July 1867Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
Margaret Cuthbert CLARK20 November 1864Jessie CLARKFind the father
Wilhemina Janet CLARK31 May 1861Margaret CLARKFind the father
Ann Davidson CROSS9 February 1860Lillias CROSSFind the father
Ann DONALDSON3 October 1874Catherine DONALDSONFind the father
Grace Wright DONALDSON18 May 1874Grace DONALDSONFind the father
Charles Methven DOW6 October 1871Jessie DOWFind the father
James DOW29 June 1865Jessie DOWFind the father
Christina DRUMMOND1 June 1873Margaret DRUMMONDFind the father
Mary Valentine DRUMMOND31 July 1869Margaret DRUMMONDFind the father
Andrew DUNCAN11 July 1868Ann DUNCANFind the father
Janet FORBES23 December 1863Christian FORBESFind the father
Mary GRAHAM22 August 1871Margaret GRAHAMFind the father
Jessie Anderson HARRIS2 July 1864Janet HARRISFind the father
Mary Ann Simpson HUNTER13 December 1861Isabella HUNTERFind the father
Alexander Lamont KAY16 August 1858Isabella KAYFind the father
Margaret Bain KINLOCH30 December 1860Ann KINLOCHFind the father
Alexander LAWSON2 March 1871Mary LAWSONFind the father
Catherine MALLOY26 February 1872Mary Ann MALLOYFind the father
James MCDONALD22 March 1874Elizabeth MCDONALDFind the father
Mary Ann MCDOUGAL14 July 1860Jean MCDOUGALFind the father
Janet Mcpherson MCGREGOR29 November 1868Elizabeth MCGREGORFind the father
John MCGREGOR8 July 1873Mary MCGREGORFind the father
Peter MCGREGOR30 October 1865Jessie MCGREGORFind the father
Margaret Mailer MILLER20 October 1856Maria MILLERFind the father
John Mc Donald NICHOLSON25 June 1863Agnes NICHOLSONFind the father
William Scott NICHOLSON28 June 1868Agnes NICHOLSONFind the father
David Marshall NICOL17 January 1856Mary NICOLFind the father
Matthew NICOL22 February 1861Margaret NICOLFind the father
James PATRACK20 October 1873Elizabeth PATRACKFind the father
Christina PATTON12 December 1866Ann PATTONFind the father
George PRATLEY1 December 1864Mary Ann PRATLEYFind the father
Robert Turner PRATLEY13 August 1867Hannah PRATLEYFind the father
Ann Turner PRATTLEY30 June 1871Hannah PRATTLEYFind the father
Esther Turner PRATTLEY16 November 1862Mary Ann PRATTLEYFind the father
David Young PROUDFOOT12 February 1864Margaret Young PROUDFOOTFind the father
Elisabeth REID15 May 1871Isabella REIDFind the father
William REID30 April 1864Isabella REIDFind the father
Ann ROBERTSON19 November 1859Christina ROBERTSONFind the father
Euphemia ROBERTSON22 July 1865Euphemia ROBERTSONFind the father
James ROBERTSON17 October 1860Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Ann Rodger SCOTT8 July 1855Jean SCOTTFind the father
Isabella Bell SCOTT24 July 1859Christian SCOTTFind the father
Jean Rodger SCOTT28 June 1856Jean SCOTTFind the father
Mary Ann Henderson SCOTT23 July 1872Jane Henderson SCOTTFind the father
Ann Drake SCRIMGEOUR13 June 1861Mary SCRIMGEOURFind the father
Jane Miller SHARP12 March 1870Jane SHARPFind the father
Mary Ann SIMMIE17 January 1868Mary SIMMIEFind the father
Alexander Page SINCLAIR1 January 1870Janet SINCLAIRFind the father
Joan SINCLAIR8 May 1864Jane SINCLAIRFind the father
John SINCLAIR24 October 1871Jane SINCLAIRFind the father
Mary Ann SINCLAIR21 December 1858Jane SINCLAIRFind the father
Isabella Halley SMITH6 June 1870Robina SMITHFind the father
John SMITH6 October 1874Margaret SMITHFind the father
William Fotheringham SMITH12 October 1860Robina SMITHFind the father
William Halley SMITH3 August 1873Robina SMITHFind the father
Andrew STEWART20 September 1863Catherine STEWARTFind the father
Henry STEWART3 January 1857Mary STEWARTFind the father
John Henry STEWART27 September 1863Elisabeth STEWARTFind the father
Isabella SUTHERLAND4 December 1857Christian SUTHERLANDFind the father
Cecilia SWORD6 November 1868Catherine SWORDFind the father
John James TAINSH1 April 1865Margaret TAINSHFind the father
Margaret Gallacher TAYLOR24 October 1855Ann TAYLORFind the father
Margaret WELLS13 March 1858Mary WELLSFind the father
William WILSON3 November 1867Ann WILSONFind the father
David WRIGHT13 May 1868Mary WRIGHTFind the father
Jessie WRIGHT5 February 1872Mary WRIGHTFind the father
Robert WRIGHT9 March 1866Ann Stalker WRIGHTFind the father
Jessie Jamieson WYLIE3 August 1869Christina WYLIEFind the father
James YOUNG28 June 1867Catherine YOUNGFind the father
John YOUNG11 August 1861Margaret YOUNGFind the father

Rolls of Male Heads of Families
​In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

Kirk Session Records Index

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish