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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.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results

Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland

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.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

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:
  • £3 for a single minute
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  • £9 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
Widow Janet BETT or ANDERSON 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused
Agnes MACKENZIE or BEVERIDGE 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Agnes MCKENZIE or BEVERIDGE 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused


Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Helen DOUGLAS
Mains of Lindores, Abdie
James PRIDE OR PRYDE26 May 1887Order nowCupar
SC20/4/32
Ann FORBES
Grange, Abdie
William Proctor SMITH27 Oct 1852Order nowDundee
SC45/6/11
Euphemia HORN or FORBES
Grange, Abdie
Alexander WHITE3 Feb 1856Order nowCupar
SC20/4/28
Christian SIMPSON
Mount Pleasant, Abdie
John CLUNIE18 Oct 1866Order nowCupar
SC20/4/30


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Margaret ALLAN23 April 1869Eliza ALLANFind the father
William BAILLIE16 July 1859Margaret BAILLIEFind the father
Hugh BEVERIDGE16 September 1862Janet BEVERIDGEFind the father
Margaret Watson BIRRELL17 February 1874Janet BIRRELLFather found
Helen BLACK11 August 1866Helen BLACKFind the father
David BOYD28 September 1856Agnes BOYDFind the father
Annie BRABNER4 October 1867Jane BRABNERFind the father
Eliza BRABNER16 January 1871Jane BRABNERFind the father
Williamina BRAND8 March 1859Helen BRANDFather found
Jane Wilkie CHALMERS27 November 1868Isabel CHALMERSFather found
Betsy Johnston CLUNIE20 October 1857Margaret CLUNIEFind the father
Georgina Arthur CLUNIE25 May 1869Elizabeth CLUNIEFind the father
Joseph CRABB23 August 1859Ann Hedderwick CRABBFind the father
John Ogilvie CRAIG20 February 1868Helen CRAIGFather found
Thomas CUNNINGHAM13 October 1869Janet CUNNINGHAMFind the father
John DALL21 March 1861Elizabeth DALLFather found
Jane DEWAR8 November 1861Jane DEWARFind the father
Jane Eliza EDMISTON23 September 1860Matilda EDMISTONFather found
Maria EDMISTON25 April 1863Matilda EDMISTONFather found
Thomas William EDMONSTON10 February 1863Christina EDMONSTONFind the father
John ELDER29 October 1874Ann ELDERFather found
Agnes FORBES22 January 1855Elizabeth FORBESFather found
Alexander FORBES26 November 1862Ann FORBESFind the father
Andrew FORBES29 April 1858Helen FORBESFind the father
Ann FORBES15 May 1859Elizabeth FORBESFind the father
Develina FORBES19 September 1866Betsy FORBESFind the father
James FORBES28 April 1872Elizabeth FORBESFind the father
Johan Mcglashan FORBES30 July 1867Isabella FORBESFind the father
Mary FORBES19 January 1865Isabel FORBESFather found
Peter FORBES26 November 1861Betsy FORBESFind the father
William FORBES28 April 1872Elizabeth FORBESFind the father
Andrew Kilgour FORD1 January 1864Mary FORDFind the father
Charles Mchardy FORD26 January 1869Mary FORDFind the father
James Johnston FORD4 November 1871Mary Christie FORDFather found
John Trail FORD30 June 1874Mary Christie FORDFind the father
Alexander GRAY20 October 1859Euphemia GRAYFind the father
Elizabeth GRAY6 May 1856Euphemia GRAYFind the father
Mary HALKERSTON20 February 1855Jane HALKERSTONFind the father
Donald JOHNSTON11 June 1860Betsy JOHNSTONFind the father
Janet JOHNSTON17 July 1863Betsy JOHNSTONFind the father
Agnes KIDD9 July 1871Eliza KIDDFather found
Alexander LAING15 April 1859Euphemia LAINGFind the father
William Lawrie MALCOLM5 February 1871Euphemia MALCOLMFind the father
William MATTHEW10 February 1862Isabella MATTHEWFind the father
Ann MCDIARMID7 May 1873Betsy MCDIARMIDFather found
Betsy MCDIARMID25 July 1869Betsy MCDIARMIDFind the father
John MCDONALD12 January 1862Jessie MCDONALDFather found
James MCLAREN14 September 1869Margaret MCLARENFind the father
Margaret MCLAREN15 January 1862Christina MCLARENFind the father
Ann Christie MILLER10 December 1865Elizabeth MILLERFather found
Mary Ann MORRIS13 June 1863Ann MORRISFind the father
Henry Nairn NELSON23 December 1869Elizabeth NELSONFather found
Elizabeth POTTIE5 August 1857Elizabeth POTTIEFind the father
James RAMSAY29 May 1865Eliza RAMSAYFind the father
Margaret REEKIE22 February 1858Margaret REEKIEFind the father
Robert REEKIE23 November 1865Barbara REEKIEFind the father
Thomas ROBERTSON6 November 1867Margaret ROBERTSONFather found
William ROBERTSON29 August 1861Barbara ROBERTSONFather found
Jessie RUSSELL7 February 1856Ann RUSSELLFather found
William Hodge RUSSELL14 July 1874Jessie RUSSELLFather found
James SCOTT25 September 1862Elizabeth SCOTTFather found
Euphemia SHARP31 May 1857Christina SHARPFather found
Christina SIMPSON5 November 1866Christina SIMPSONFind the father
David SIMPSON17 October 1864Agnes SIMPSONFind the father
James Stewart SIMPSON26 March 1873Jane SIMPSONFind the father
Margaret SIMPSON9 January 1870Margaret SIMPSONFind the father
Ann SMITH20 January 1870Isabella SMITHFind the father
William SMITH28 May 1871Isabella SMITHFind the father
Isabella WATSON11 January 1872Euphemia WATSONFather found
John Forbes WHYTE30 August 1871Betsy WHYTEFather found
Robert Taylor WILLIAMSON30 October 1865Mary WILLIAMSONFind the father
Robina WILLIAMSON27 November 1861Gourlay WILLIAMSONFather found
Margaret YOUNGER5 October 1871Jessie YOUNGERFather found


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
BETT, Isabella
housekeeper for father
Born about 1852
Single
Previous residence: Grange of Lindores
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1892
BLYTH, Isabella
domestic servant
Born about 1848
Single
Previous residence: Windmill Cottage, Collessie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
20 Nov 1895Order image (1)Fife District1895
BUCHAN, Janet
domestic servant
Born about 1844
Single
Previous residence: Mount Pleasant, Abdie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1869
CLARK, Alexander
hammerman and labourer
Born about 1867
Single
Previous residence: Tough Bleachfield, Dunfermline
Chargeable parish: Dunfermline
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1891
CLARK, Andrew
labourer
Born about 1880
Single
Previous residence: Mount Pleasant, Abdie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
19 Nov 1918Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1901
CLUNIE, Christiana
weaver
Born about 1820
Single
Previous residence: Rimelton
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order images (2)Fife
Fife And Kinross
1872
COCHRANE, Mathew
labourer
Born about 1848
Single
Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Also known as
Matthew Cochrane
5 Nov 1890Order images (4)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife
1884-1888
COCHRANE, Matthew
labourer
Born about 1848
Single
Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Also known as
Mathew Cochrane
5 Nov 1890Order images (4)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife
1884-1888
CRICHTON, Alexander
ploughman
Born about 1873
Single
Previous residence: Buckthorns, Largo
Chargeable parish: Dairsie
Order images (5)Fife District
Fife District Asylum
1892-1897
CUNNINGHAM, George
farm servant
Born about 1876
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
25 Jun 1925Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1903-1904
DAVIDSON, Janet Grendison
domestic servant
Born about 1865
Single
Previous residence: School Hill, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Cupar
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1899
DOULL, Alexander Sinclair
clerk
Born about 1882
Single
Previous residence: Loudon$
Chargeable parish: Dalgety
6 Jan 1955Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1915
GLASS or MELVILLE, Elizabeth
factory worker
Born about 1831
Widowed
Previous residence: Dysart combination poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1900
HAXTON, David
warper
Born about 1853
Previous residence: Kinghorn
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1870
HUGHES or WATSON, Mary
housekeeper
Born about 1825
Married
Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order images (2)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife
1874-1875
JACKSON, William Marshall
engineer
Born about 1846
Married
Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Also known as
Wm Marshall Jackson
24 Aug 1909Order images (3)Fife
Stirling
1872-1882
JACKSON, Wm Marshall
engineer
Born about 1846
Married
Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Also known as
William Marshall Jackson
24 Aug 1909Order images (3)Fife
Stirling
1872-1882
MCLAREN, James
linen weaver
Born about 1809
Widowed
Previous residence: Mount Pleasant, Abdie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order images (3)Fife1877-1881
MELVILLE or GLASS, Elizabeth
factory worker
Born about 1831
Widowed
Previous residence: Dysart combination poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1900
MORRIS, Elizabeth
handloom weaver
Born about 1839
Single
Previous residence: Glenburnie, Abdie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
2 Jan 1911Order images (3)Fife District
Fife District Asylum
Perth District Asylum
1892-1894
RATTRAY or SCOTT, Isabella
shopkeeper
Born about 1863
Married
Previous residence: Den of Lindores, Glencarnie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1913
RITCHIE, Robert
labourer
Born about 1864
Single
Previous residence: Kirkland, Wemyss
Chargeable parish: Wemyss
19 Jan 1928Order images (2)Fife District
Fife District Asylum
1889-1894
ROLLO or STEWART, Mary
weaver etc
Born about 1848
Widowed
Previous residence: Thornton Poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Abdie
28 Nov 1920Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1913
SCOTT or RATTRAY, Isabella
shopkeeper
Born about 1863
Married
Previous residence: Den of Lindores, Glencarnie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1913
SIMPSON, John
weaver and fisherman
Born about 1857
Married
Previous residence: Police cells, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1892
SPENCE, Isabella
weaver
Born about 1854
Single
Previous residence: Mount Pleasant, Abdie
Chargeable parish: Abdie
31 Mar 1920Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1912
STEWART or ROLLO, Mary
weaver etc
Born about 1848
Widowed
Previous residence: Thornton Poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Abdie
28 Nov 1920Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1913
WATSON or HUGHES, Mary
housekeeper
Born about 1825
Married
Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum
Chargeable parish: Abdie
Order images (2)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife
1874-1875


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

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