Sandsting and Aithsting parish records
Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara ANDERSON | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Janet ANDERSON or MITCHELL | 1860 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Eliz IRVINE | 1871 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Magnus MANN | 1863 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ursula TAIT or TULLOCH | 1862-1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine YELL | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Margaret ABERNETHY | 16 November 1872 | Margaret ABERNETHY | Find the father |
| Margaret ARTHURSON | 22 January 1871 | Robina ARTHURSON | Find the father |
| Helen BALFOUR | 16 June 1855 | Margaret BALFOUR | Find the father |
| John DEYELL | 18 December 1857 | Elspeth Deyell Or THOMSON | Find the father |
| Georgina EWENSON | 1 September 1866 | Catherine EWENSON | Find the father |
| Jamima EWENSON | 27 August 1868 | Ann EWENSON | Find the father |
| Francis FRASER | 2 February 1870 | Robina FRASER | Find the father |
| Williamina Grace GARRICK | 5 February 1868 | Jamima GARRICK | Find the father |
| George HAY | 8 November 1870 | Louisa HAY | Find the father |
| Ann HENRY | 7 July 1856 | Barbara HENRY | Find the father |
| Catherine HENRY | 18 August 1856 | Margaret HENRY | Find the father |
| Elspeth HENRY | 1 November 1863 | Margaret HENRY | Find the father |
| Laurence HENRY | 4 November 1859 | Margaret HENRY | Find the father |
| Mary JAMESON | 11 October 1859 | Catherine JAMESON | Find the father |
| Clementina JOHNSON | 17 August 1874 | Margaret JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth JOHNSON | 13 February 1855 | Janet JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Joan JOHNSTON | 16 June 1855 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Ann MACKENZIE | 28 July 1874 | Mary MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Barbara MONCRIEFF | 26 July 1867 | Mary MONCRIEFF | Find the father |
| James MONCRIEFF | 29 July 1870 | Elizabeth MONCRIEFF | Find the father |
| John MONCRIEFF | 21 May 1873 | Barbara MONCRIEFF | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MONCRIEFF | 1 November 1862 | Barbara MONCRIEFF | Find the father |
| Anderina MOODIE | 30 August 1861 | Mary Moodie Or LESSLIE | Find the father |
| Andrew William NICOLSON | 3 December 1865 | Christina NICOLSON | Find the father |
| William PETERSON | 20 May 1865 | Clementina PETERSON | Find the father |
| Laurence REDLAND | 3 October 1864 | Robina REDLAND | Find the father |
| Mary SINCLAIR | 12 May 1861 | Eliza SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Ann Jane TAIT | 18 September 1873 | Elizabeth TAIT | Find the father |
| Joan TAIT | 18 July 1868 | Helen TAIT | Find the father |
| John TAIT | 24 August 1856 | Margaret TAIT | Find the father |
| Willamina TAIT | 19 November 1870 | Jane TAIT | Find the father |
| Arthur THOMSON | 10 May 1866 | Barbara THOMSON | Find the father |
| Grace TULLOCH | 26 September 1872 | Grace TULLOCH | Find the father |
| Agnes TWATT | 16 February 1860 | Margaret TWATT | Find the father |
| Robina TWATT | 16 September 1855 | Anderina TWATT | Find the father |
| Joan WHITE | 6 August 1856 | Janet WHITE | Find the father |
| Adam WILLIAMSON | 12 February 1866 | Mary WILLIAMSON | Find 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.
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
