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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Abdie 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 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.
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
- £9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Janet BETT or ANDERSON | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes MACKENZIE or BEVERIDGE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes MCKENZIE or BEVERIDGE | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ALLAN | 23 April 1869 | Eliza ALLAN | Find the father |
| William BAILLIE | 16 July 1859 | Margaret BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Hugh BEVERIDGE | 16 September 1862 | Janet BEVERIDGE | Find the father |
| Margaret Watson BIRRELL | 17 February 1874 | Janet BIRRELL | Father found |
| Helen BLACK | 11 August 1866 | Helen BLACK | Find the father |
| David BOYD | 28 September 1856 | Agnes BOYD | Find the father |
| Annie BRABNER | 4 October 1867 | Jane BRABNER | Find the father |
| Eliza BRABNER | 16 January 1871 | Jane BRABNER | Find the father |
| Williamina BRAND | 8 March 1859 | Helen BRAND | Father found |
| Jane Wilkie CHALMERS | 27 November 1868 | Isabel CHALMERS | Father found |
| Betsy Johnston CLUNIE | 20 October 1857 | Margaret CLUNIE | Find the father |
| Georgina Arthur CLUNIE | 25 May 1869 | Elizabeth CLUNIE | Find the father |
| Joseph CRABB | 23 August 1859 | Ann Hedderwick CRABB | Find the father |
| John Ogilvie CRAIG | 20 February 1868 | Helen CRAIG | Father found |
| Thomas CUNNINGHAM | 13 October 1869 | Janet CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| John DALL | 21 March 1861 | Elizabeth DALL | Father found |
| Jane DEWAR | 8 November 1861 | Jane DEWAR | Find the father |
| Jane Eliza EDMISTON | 23 September 1860 | Matilda EDMISTON | Father found |
| Maria EDMISTON | 25 April 1863 | Matilda EDMISTON | Father found |
| Thomas William EDMONSTON | 10 February 1863 | Christina EDMONSTON | Find the father |
| John ELDER | 29 October 1874 | Ann ELDER | Father found |
| Agnes FORBES | 22 January 1855 | Elizabeth FORBES | Father found |
| Alexander FORBES | 26 November 1862 | Ann FORBES | Find the father |
| Andrew FORBES | 29 April 1858 | Helen FORBES | Find the father |
| Ann FORBES | 15 May 1859 | Elizabeth FORBES | Find the father |
| Develina FORBES | 19 September 1866 | Betsy FORBES | Find the father |
| James FORBES | 28 April 1872 | Elizabeth FORBES | Find the father |
| Johan Mcglashan FORBES | 30 July 1867 | Isabella FORBES | Find the father |
| Mary FORBES | 19 January 1865 | Isabel FORBES | Father found |
| Peter FORBES | 26 November 1861 | Betsy FORBES | Find the father |
| William FORBES | 28 April 1872 | Elizabeth FORBES | Find the father |
| Andrew Kilgour FORD | 1 January 1864 | Mary FORD | Find the father |
| Charles Mchardy FORD | 26 January 1869 | Mary FORD | Find the father |
| James Johnston FORD | 4 November 1871 | Mary Christie FORD | Father found |
| John Trail FORD | 30 June 1874 | Mary Christie FORD | Find the father |
| Alexander GRAY | 20 October 1859 | Euphemia GRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GRAY | 6 May 1856 | Euphemia GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary HALKERSTON | 20 February 1855 | Jane HALKERSTON | Find the father |
| Donald JOHNSTON | 11 June 1860 | Betsy JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Janet JOHNSTON | 17 July 1863 | Betsy JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Agnes KIDD | 9 July 1871 | Eliza KIDD | Father found |
| Alexander LAING | 15 April 1859 | Euphemia LAING | Find the father |
| William Lawrie MALCOLM | 5 February 1871 | Euphemia MALCOLM | Find the father |
| William MATTHEW | 10 February 1862 | Isabella MATTHEW | Find the father |
| Ann MCDIARMID | 7 May 1873 | Betsy MCDIARMID | Father found |
| Betsy MCDIARMID | 25 July 1869 | Betsy MCDIARMID | Find the father |
| John MCDONALD | 12 January 1862 | Jessie MCDONALD | Father found |
| James MCLAREN | 14 September 1869 | Margaret MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCLAREN | 15 January 1862 | Christina MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Ann Christie MILLER | 10 December 1865 | Elizabeth MILLER | Father found |
| Mary Ann MORRIS | 13 June 1863 | Ann MORRIS | Find the father |
| Henry Nairn NELSON | 23 December 1869 | Elizabeth NELSON | Father found |
| Elizabeth POTTIE | 5 August 1857 | Elizabeth POTTIE | Find the father |
| James RAMSAY | 29 May 1865 | Eliza RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Margaret REEKIE | 22 February 1858 | Margaret REEKIE | Find the father |
| Robert REEKIE | 23 November 1865 | Barbara REEKIE | Find the father |
| Thomas ROBERTSON | 6 November 1867 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Father found |
| William ROBERTSON | 29 August 1861 | Barbara ROBERTSON | Father found |
| Jessie RUSSELL | 7 February 1856 | Ann RUSSELL | Father found |
| William Hodge RUSSELL | 14 July 1874 | Jessie RUSSELL | Father found |
| James SCOTT | 25 September 1862 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Father found |
| Euphemia SHARP | 31 May 1857 | Christina SHARP | Father found |
| Christina SIMPSON | 5 November 1866 | Christina SIMPSON | Find the father |
| David SIMPSON | 17 October 1864 | Agnes SIMPSON | Find the father |
| James Stewart SIMPSON | 26 March 1873 | Jane SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Margaret SIMPSON | 9 January 1870 | Margaret SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Ann SMITH | 20 January 1870 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 28 May 1871 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| Isabella WATSON | 11 January 1872 | Euphemia WATSON | Father found |
| John Forbes WHYTE | 30 August 1871 | Betsy WHYTE | Father found |
| Robert Taylor WILLIAMSON | 30 October 1865 | Mary WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Robina WILLIAMSON | 27 November 1861 | Gourlay WILLIAMSON | Father found |
| Margaret YOUNGER | 5 October 1871 | Jessie YOUNGER | Father found |
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
Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
