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​​​Anstruther Easter parish records

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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

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​​​​​​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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/625/4Minutes and accounts
Includes poor rolls		1774-1827Request lookup
CH2/625/5Minutes and accounts1827-1841Request lookup
CH2/625/6Minutes and accounts29 Mar 1842-1875Request lookup
CH2/625/7Minutes and accounts
Includes regular lists of poor people given coal		23 Apr 1875-1898Request lookup
CH2/625/8Minutes and accounts
Includes rolls of young communicants and coal lists		1899-1913Request lookup
CH2/625/10Accounts1796-1813Request lookup
CH2/625/15Accounts
Includes some poor rolls		1870-1903Request lookup
CH2/625/20Seat letting cash book
Includes regular lists of seat holders		1834-1884Request lookup
CH2/625/21Seat letting cash book
Includes regular lists of seat holders		1884-1910Request lookup
CH2/625/23Seat letting cash book. List of pews
Includes regular lists of seat holders		1895-1907Request lookup
CH2/625/24Proclamations 1855-1926; Baptisms 1855-831855-1926Request lookup
CH2/625/25Rental book of kirk session's lands of Anstruther Easter
1773, 1780-1807		1773-1807Request lookup
CH2/625/26Churchyard register (burials)
Gives locations of burials		1855-1879Request lookup
CH2/625/27Admiral Black's bequest fund minutes and accounts
Includes regular poor rolls		1853-1892Request lookup
CH2/625/28Communion Roll1841-1845Request lookup
CH2/625/29Communion Roll
Includes list of certificates granted to parishioners leaving the parish		1872-1880Request lookup
CH2/625/30Communion Roll1897-1906Request lookup
CH2/625/38Baptismal Register1883-1961Request lookup

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Charles Davidson ANDERSON5 December 1873Euphemia ANDERSONFind the father
Joan Hay ANDERSON20 December 1867Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
Peter Cameron ANDERSON19 May 1873Christian Wishart ANDERSONFind the father
Alexander Donaldson ARMSTRONG28 September 1871Janet ARMSTRONGFind the father
James BALFOUR31 January 1870Jessie BALFOURFind the father
George BELL23 August 1869Helen BELLFind the father
Alexander BLACK4 June 1859Margaret BLACKFind the father
James BLACK4 April 1863Margaret BLACKFind the father
Margaret COMB1 May 1855Margaret COMBFind the father
Alexander CUTHBERT5 January 1864Elisabeth CUTHBERTFind the father
James Aitken DON22 November 1869Jane Maxton DONFind the father
Mary Wilson GOLDIE25 March 1869Margaret GOLDIEFind the father
James GRUBB4 June 1872Euphemia GRUBBFind the father
William Nairn HARROW2 November 1874Agnes HARROWFind the father
Euphemia Grubb HENDERSON26 September 1867Mary HENDERSONFind the father
James HERD9 June 1860Agnes HERDFind the father
Anne HORSBURGH9 January 1861Janet HORSBURGHFind the father
William Munroe HORSBURGH23 April 1874Grace HORSBURGHFind the father
Andrew HUTTON19 March 1857Ann HUTTONFind the father
David HUTTON18 November 1869Helen HUTTONFind the father
John HUTTON15 September 1860Helen HUTTONFind the father
Alexander JAMIESON29 November 1859Agnes JAMIESONFind the father
George JAMIESON24 December 1865Agnes JAMIESONFind the father
Joan LILLY7 July 1856Margaret LILLYFind the father
Anna MONCRIEFF15 February 1859Jane MONCRIEFFFind the father
James PARKER25 September 1873Sophia PARKERFind the father
William PATTISON8 May 1860Cathern PATTISONFind the father
James Wilson RITCHIE7 September 1864Jessie RITCHIEFind the father
Elizabeth RONALD3 December 1861Elizabeth RONALDFind the father
Davina SMITH18 October 1859Eliza SMITHFind the father
Elizabeth SMITH1 March 1859Elizabeth SMITHFind the father
James Maconochie THOMSON27 December 1874Christina THOMSONFind the father
Margaret WATTERSTON18 December 1861Margaret WATTERSTONFind the father
Jane WESTWATERS12 November 1871Margaret WESTWATERSFind the father
Margaret Mahoney WESTWOOD5 January 1870Marjory WESTWOODFind the father
Wilhelmina WILSON26 July 1866Ann WILSONFind 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.
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Male Heads of families 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/625/5 pp. 165-166)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesGayelder
DavidTodelder
DavidStrachanelder
WalterBrodiesession clerk
ThomasSmall
AndrewInnes
ThomasBrown
DavidDuncan
ThomasKeay
JamesBalfour
JamesBrown
DavidTaylor
RobertAnderson
AlexanderDonaldson
DavidSwan
AndrewLawson
JohnBallantyne
JohnThomson
JosephDick
JamesWilson
PeterCampbell
AndrewWatterstone
JohnAdamson
ThomasStrachan
GeorgeDarsie
PhilipTod
DavidDonaldson
AndrewTod
WilliamDanes
JohnPeatie
ThomasDawson
AlexanderHerd
JamesWestwood
WilliamRobertson
WilliamAnderson
JamesSmall
JohnGourlay
JamesMacgill
JamesWatterstone
JamesMorris
JamesBrown
AndrewLeslie
SwainSwanson
JamesTaylor
DavidDunn
PhilipTod
WilliamRamsay
AlexanderLindsay
JamesSime
WilliamLyall
ThomasBrown
JamesTod
ArchdGuillan
GeorgeHenderson
AlexanderHay
RobertGreig
JohnstoneSmith
AlexanderMillar
WilliamLaing
JohnHenderson
WilliamDavidson
RobertForbes
PhilipOliphant
JohnForbes
AlexanderCairns
JohnBalfour
JamesSpence
WilliamBallantyne
AlexrBallantyne
StephenWilliamson
DavidTod
JamesGreig
JohnSmith
AndrewMorris
JohnElder
DavidYoung
JohnRitchie
RobertMitchel
JamesMatthieson
WilliamBrown
AlexanderPhilp
DavidBrown

Kirk Session Records Index

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