Records -> Ross and Cromarty
Alness 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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James AIRD | 1848 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George CAMPBELL | 1873 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George CAMPBELL | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Murdo MACKENZIE | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Murdo MACKENZIE | 1875 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret MCGREGOR | Glenglash | 1846-1847 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Donald MUNRO | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Esther MUNRO | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet MUNRO | 1846 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann URQUHART or MACKENZIE | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BAIN Alness | William ROSS | 6 Sep 1855 | Order now | Dingwall SC25/7/7 |
| Helen FRASER Coulhill, Alness, Ross-shire | Simon INNES | 2 Apr 1879 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/48 |
| Elspet MACKENZIE Alness, Ross | Alexander MACKENZIE | 8 Apr 1891 Alness, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Isabella MACKENZIE Boath, Alness | Alexander URQUHART | 25 Oct 1859 | Order now | Dingwall SC25/7/7 |
| Rebecca MACRAE Alness | Alexander MACKENZIE | 1 Apr 1875 | Order now | Dingwall SC25/7/10 |
| Catherine MATHESON Court Hill, Alness, Ross-shire | James ROSS | 18 Jul 1879 | Order now | Dingwall SC25/7/11 |
| Isabella MUNRO Alness | William ROSS | 5 Mar 1878 | Order now | Dingwall SC25/7/10 |
| Jessie MUNRO Dalnavie, near Alness, Ross | John MACRAE | 21 Jan 1906 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Helen READER Balnacraig, Alness, Ross | Alexander ROSS | 11 Jul 1891 Balnacraig, Alness, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Mary ROSS Bridgend, Alness | Thomas STEWART | 10 Dec 1858 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
| Maggie STEWART Bridgend of Alness, Ross | Hector ROSS | 22 Aug 1889 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane ALLAN | 2 October 1874 | Ann ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Anne ALLAN | 10 August 1868 | Anne ALLAN | Find the father |
| Alexander BAIN | 16 October 1870 | Margaret BAIN | Find the father |
| John CAMERON | 20 December 1870 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| Helen CAMPBELL | 17 January 1867 | Catharine CAMPBELL | Father found |
| James CAMPBELL | 9 October 1867 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMPBELL | 2 June 1872 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Donald FORBES | 1 October 1874 | Margaret FORBES | Find the father |
| John FORBES | 26 February 1870 | Margaret FORBES | Find the father |
| Mary FORBES | 30 January 1865 | Margaret FORBES | Find the father |
| Kenneth JACK | 7 March 1870 | Mary JACK | Find the father |
| Mary MACGILLORAY | 16 March 1863 | Mary MACGILLORAY | Find the father |
| Margaret MACINTYRE | 4 January 1860 | Catharine MACINTYRE | Find the father |
| Alexander MACKENZIE | 1 November 1860 | Mary MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Anne MORRISON | 7 June 1862 | Anne MORRISON | Find the father |
| James MUNRO | 4 April 1865 | Catharine MUNRO | Find the father |
| Margaret MUNRO | 18 June 1874 | Margaret MUNRO | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 18 October 1864 | Christina ROSS | Father found |
| William ROSS | 13 February 1867 | Catharine ROSS | Find the father |
| Alexander SIMPSON | 19 November 1866 | Christina SIMPSON | 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.
