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Abernethy and Kincardine 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1054/3 | Minutes 1838-1923; Proclamations 1881-96 Includes poor lists and some communion rolls | 1838-1923 | Request 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:
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 Margaret BARRON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William BARRON | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elspet BLAIR | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander CAMERON | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George EMSLIE | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James FORBES | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella GEDDES | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John GILLIES | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander GRANT | 1856 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Duncan GRANT | 1848 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John GRANT | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert GRANT | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William GRANT | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William GRANT | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William GRANT | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William GRANT | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William GRANT | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William GRANT | 1867 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William GRANT | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christina MACARTHUR | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused - applicant in jail | |
| Catherine MACQUEEN | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean MACQUEEN | 1861 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charles MCBEAN | 1883 (2) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 1871 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret MCPHEE | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Francis MURRAY | 1866-1867 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Francis MURRAY | 1868-1869 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane MURRAY or GRANT | 1853-1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William REID | 1872-1873 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Flora RITCHIE or MCKINNON | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John RITCHIE | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John RITCHIE | 1870-1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John RITCHIE | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John RITCHIE | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary STEWART | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary STEWART | 1875 (2) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| Alexander STUART | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace COUTTS Sleamore, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | James MACDONALD | 15 Nov 1875 Culreach, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/38 |
| Jane CRUICKSHANK Flotta, Abernethy | Donald MCBEAN | 23 Sep 1867 | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/7 |
| Elspet DUNBAR Inchbrock, Abernethy | David STEWART | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/9 | |
| Elspet GRANT Plotto$, Abernethy | James MACDONALD | 6 Aug 1853 | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/32 |
| Mary Ann MACDONALD Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | William ANDERSON | 28 Jan 1880 Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/37 |
| Jane Ann ROSS Nethy Bridge, Abernethy | Duncan MACDONALD | 7 Dec 1877 | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/37 |
| Margaret SHARP Tonterie, Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Charles GRANT | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/37 | |
| Margaret SHARP Cullochy Tulloch, Abernethy | Alexander STUART | 10 Jan 1881 | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/9 |
| Mary SMITH Mains of Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Paul STUART | 16 Oct 1884 Strawn, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/39 |
| Mary SMITH Mains of Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Paul STUART | 15 Nov 1886 Mains of Tulloch, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/39 |
| Elspet STEWART Lower Drum, Abernethy | William GRANT | 16 Sep 1879 | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/9 |
| Jean STEWART Causeway, Abernethy | Gregor CUMMING | 28 Mar 1856 | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/32 |
| Ann STUART Congash, Abernethy, Inverness-shire | Kenneth MCKENZIE | 26 Feb 1885 | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/10 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elspet ANDERSON | 12 September 1862 | Isabella ANDERSON | Father found |
| John ANDERSON | 19 May 1868 | Isabella ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Elsie BARRON | 20 July 1868 | Isabella BARRON | Find the father |
| Grace BARRON | 5 December 1869 | Elizabeth BARRON | Find the father |
| Mary BERRY | 3 November 1857 | Christina BERRY | Find the father |
| Julia BISSET | 17 July 1865 | Mary BISSET | Find the father |
| Margaret BISSET | 9 November 1866 | Mary BISSET | Find the father |
| Dally BRIDGET | 5 September 1870 | Dally BRIDGET | Find the father |
| Isabella BURGESS | 26 November 1874 | Marjory BURGESS | Find the father |
| Margaret BURGESS | 18 January 1872 | May BURGESS | Find the father |
| Andrew CAMERON | 7 August 1865 | Christina CAMERON | Find the father |
| Ann CAMERON | 28 June 1867 | Isabella CAMERON | Find the father |
| Ann CAMERON | 24 December 1873 | Jessie CAMERON | Find the father |
| Barbara CAMERON | 15 September 1855 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| Duncan CAMERON | 3 April 1857 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| Elspet CAMERON | 10 May 1870 | Janet CAMERON | Find the father |
| Helen CAMERON | 17 October 1863 | Isabella CAMERON | Find the father |
| Isabella CAMERON | 12 January 1868 | Janet CAMERON | Find the father |
| Isabella CAMERON | 20 November 1873 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| Jane CAMERON | 10 December 1857 | Jane CAMERON | Find the father |
| Jane CAMERON | 13 March 1870 | Lilias CAMERON | Find the father |
| John CAMERON | 23 October 1856 | Janet CAMERON | Find the father |
| John CAMERON | 25 January 1872 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMERON | 29 December 1857 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMERON | 1 November 1859 | Elspet CAMERON | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMERON | 11 July 1860 | Helen CAMERON | Find the father |
| William CAMERON | 20 July 1855 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| William CAMERON | 4 July 1863 | Janet CAMERON | Find the father |
| Robert CARLIN | 10 June 1856 | Mary CARLIN | Find the father |
| Martha CARR | 7 August 1873 | Betsy CARR | Find the father |
| Martha CASS | 7 August 1873 | Betsy CASS | Find the father |
| Mary CLARK | 22 November 1858 | Jane CLARK | Find the father |
| Alexander CRUICKSHANK | 3 October 1872 | Janet CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Elsie CRUICKSHANK | 23 December 1867 | Jane CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| John CRUICKSHANK | 11 February 1858 | Elspet CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 29 July 1861 | Barbara DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Ann FORBES | 31 January 1872 | Ann FORBES | Find the father |
| Ann FRASER | 27 May 1862 | Ann FRASER | Find the father |
| Donald FRASER | 31 July 1864 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Elspet FRASER | 3 October 1856 | Janet FRASER | Find the father |
| Nathaniel FRASER | 31 July 1873 | Charlotte FRASER | Find the father |
| Peter FRASER | 18 July 1861 | Elizabeth FRASER | Find the father |
| Alexander FYFE | 16 July 1870 | Margret FYFE | Father found |
| Donald FYFE | 10 August 1856 | Marjory FYFE | Find the father |
| Alexander GEDDES | 24 November 1873 | Mary GEDDES | Find the father |
| Clementina GEDDES | 21 May 1862 | Margaret GEDDES | Find the father |
| Elsie Johnston GEDDES | 4 April 1861 | Ann GEDDES | Find the father |
| Grace GEDDES | 21 March 1872 | Betsy GEDDES | Find the father |
| James GEDDES | 16 December 1860 | Ann GEDDES | Find the father |
| James GEDDES | 16 January 1871 | Mary GEDDES | Find the father |
| John GEDDES | 14 January 1861 | Marjory GEDDES | Find the father |
| Marjory GEDDES | 13 August 1865 | Margaret GEDDES | Find the father |
| Isabella GORDON | 26 November 1857 | Jessie GORDON | Find the father |
| Isabella Jane GORDON | 20 November 1857 | Isabella GORDON | Find the father |
| Jessie Stuart GORDON | 24 April 1864 | Christina GORDON | Find the father |
| Margaret GORDON | 24 November 1873 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| William GORDON | 8 February 1862 | Helen GORDON | Find the father |
| Alexander GRANT | 28 January 1860 | Jessie GRANT | Find the father |
| Alexander GRANT | 31 August 1872 | Jessie GRANT | Find the father |
| Ann GRANT | 11 February 1855 | Grace GRANT | Find the father |
| Ann GRANT | 23 September 1865 | Jessie GRANT | Find the father |
| Catherine GRANT | 25 October 1855 | Elizabeth GRANT | Find the father |
| David GRANT | 22 February 1858 | Elspet GRANT | Find the father |
| Donald Macdonald GRANT | 11 September 1874 | Ann GRANT | Find the father |
| Elsie Ann GRANT | 27 June 1873 | Elsie Ann GRANT | Find the father |
| Isabella GRANT | 22 May 1866 | Margaret GRANT | Find the father |
| James GRANT | 18 June 1859 | Penuel GRANT | Find the father |
| James GRANT | 12 January 1862 | Christina GRANT | Find the father |
| James GRANT | 7 July 1868 | Ann GRANT | Find the father |
| James GRANT | 2 January 1873 | Margory GRANT | Find the father |
| James Colin GRANT | 22 January 1866 | Margaret GRANT | Find the father |
| Jane GRANT | 4 April 1856 | Catherine GRANT | Find the father |
| Jane Ann GRANT | 21 April 1861 | Janet GRANT | Find the father |
| John GRANT | 11 October 1863 | Mary GRANT | Find the father |
| John GRANT | 9 March 1864 | Catherine GRANT | Find the father |
| John GRANT | 17 January 1868 | Elspet GRANT | Find the father |
| John Johnstone GRANT | 27 January 1872 | Ann GRANT | Find the father |
| Margaret GRANT | 24 August 1863 | Margaret GRANT | Find the father |
| Margaret GRANT | 17 February 1871 | Janet GRANT | Find the father |
| Mary Smith GRANT | 4 August 1874 | Grace GRANT | Father found |
| Duncan GRASSICK | 27 December 1866 | Elizabeth GRASSICK | Find the father |
| Elspet GRASSICK | 5 October 1872 | Betsy GRASSICK | Find the father |
| Isabella GRASSICK | 3 April 1870 | Elizabeth GRASSICK | Find the father |
| Ann MCDONALD | 30 April 1859 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Ann MCDONALD | 7 July 1872 | Elspit MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Elsie MCDONALD | 16 February 1874 | Isabella MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Isabella MCDONALD | 6 February 1857 | Janet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James MCDONALD | 10 February 1859 | Elspet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane MCDONALD | 9 May 1856 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCDONALD | 26 December 1859 | Jessie MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCDONALD | 2 November 1872 | Elspet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| William MCDONALD | 29 April 1866 | Elspet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James MCGILLIVRAY | 9 July 1867 | Jessie MCGILLIVRAY | Father found |
| Margaret MCHARDY | 18 February 1861 | Janet MCHARDY | Find the father |
| Donald Campbell MCINTOSH | 30 June 1868 | Ann MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| James MCINTOSH | 19 February 1872 | Ann MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| John MCINTOSH | 22 February 1856 | Isabella MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Peter MCINTOSH | 13 February 1861 | Elsie MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Angus MCKENZIE | 22 April 1866 | Mary MCKENZIE | Father found |
| Jane MCKENZIE | 6 August 1863 | Ann MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Alexander MCLAUCHLAN | 15 May 1873 | Margaret MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCLAUCHLAN | 27 July 1863 | Margaret MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Christina MCPHERSON | 13 May 1870 | Marjory MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Elspet MCPHERSON | 3 May 1869 | Janet MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| James MCPHERSON | 15 December 1872 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| James MCPHERSON | 11 April 1873 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Jessie MCPHERSON | 9 August 1874 | May MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| John MCPHERSON | 13 May 1856 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| John MCPHERSON | 8 October 1864 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| John MCPHERSON | 12 November 1871 | Margaret MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Lewis MCPHERSON | 2 October 1863 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Marjory MCPHERSON | 12 December 1868 | Jane MCPHERSON | Father found |
| Mary Ann MCPHERSON | 29 June 1867 | Helen MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| William MCPHERSON | 13 May 1856 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander MCQUEEN | 29 October 1862 | Isabella MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| John MCRAE | 24 July 1866 | Donina MCRAE | Find the father |
| Jane Ann MELDRUM | 15 November 1874 | Ann MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Margaret MELDRUM | 13 July 1873 | Mary MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Mary MERCHANT | 2 February 1857 | Catherine MERCHANT | Find the father |
| Ann MURRAY | 5 July 1864 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| Grace MURRAY | 30 December 1865 | Elspet MURRAY | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 5 August 1859 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret MURRAY | 12 May 1857 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| William MURRAY | 14 October 1855 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| William MURRAY | 15 April 1862 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| John NICHOLSON | 13 June 1873 | Robina NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Alexander NICOLSON | 19 June 1863 | Robina NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Grace NICOLSON | 6 August 1868 | Robina NICOLSON | Father found |
| Margaret NICOLSON | 11 August 1860 | Robina NICOLSON | Find the father |
| William REID | 30 October 1869 | Barbara REID | Father found |
| Alexander ROSE | 18 February 1862 | Elspet ROSE | Find the father |
| Ann ROSE | 29 March 1869 | Jane ROSE | Find the father |
| Charles ROSE | 29 February 1864 | Elspet ROSE | Find the father |
| Elspet ROSE | 14 July 1870 | Elspet ROSE | Find the father |
| Margaret ROSE | 6 February 1866 | Elspet ROSE | Find the father |
| Ann ROSS | 21 January 1865 | Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Annie Munro ROSS | 21 February 1874 | Ann ROSS | Father found |
| Henry ROSS | 21 February 1874 | Ann ROSS | Father found |
| Isabella ROSS | 2 February 1859 | Isabella ROSS | Find the father |
| Isabella ROSS | 30 March 1874 | Jessie ROSS | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 9 December 1874 | May ROSS | Find the father |
| Jane Ann ROSS | 25 May 1870 | Jessie ROSS | Find the father |
| Mary ROSS | 2 December 1870 | Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Elspet RUSSELL | 7 May 1860 | Grace RUSSELL | Find the father |
| David SHAW | 28 December 1865 | Jane SHAW | Find the father |
| James SHAW | 26 July 1865 | Elspet SHAW | Find the father |
| Jane SHAW | 16 August 1868 | Janet SHAW | Find the father |
| Janet SHAW | 15 April 1868 | Catherine SHAW | Find the father |
| Ann SMITH | 11 October 1863 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Catherine SMITH | 11 February 1865 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Jessie SMITH | 20 August 1856 | Grace SMITH | Find the father |
| Elspet STUART | 15 November 1860 | Elspet STUART | Find the father |
| Isabella STUART | 2 November 1859 | Elsie STUART | Find the father |
| Isabella STUART | 10 March 1862 | Helen STUART | Find the father |
| James STUART | 21 December 1868 | Elspet STUART | Father found |
| Jane STUART | 28 November 1861 | Jane STUART | Find the father |
| Jane STUART | 18 July 1865 | Mary STUART | Find the father |
| Jane STUART | 21 May 1869 | Isabella STUART | Find the father |
| Lilias STUART | 26 December 1859 | Elspet STUART | Find the father |
| Mary STUART | 26 January 1862 | Ann STUART | Find the father |
| Mary STUART | 12 August 1870 | Elizabeth STUART | Find the father |
| William STUART | 25 December 1862 | Jessie STUART | Find the father |
| Mary URQUHART | 9 August 1857 | Ann URQUHART | Find the father |
| James WARREN | 14 March 1871 | Annie WARREN | Find the father |
| Jane Ann WEMYSS | 28 April 1869 | Elizabeth WEMYSS | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
