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Anwoth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/14/2 | Anwoth kirk session: Minutes | 1770-1792 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/3 | Anwoth kirk session: Minutes Including accounts | 1786-1831 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/4 | Anwoth kirk session: Minutes | 1830-1836 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/5 | Anwoth kirk session: Minutes | 1843-1932 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/6 | Anwoth kirk session: Cash book | 1873-1899 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/7 | Anwoth kirk session: Communion roll Post 1876 | c 1876 | Request lookup |
| CH2/14/16 | Anwoth kirk session: Baptismal register and proclamation register. Baptismal register 1847-54 Baptismal register 1855-73 Baptismal register 1876-1961 Proclamation register 1880-92 | 1847-1961 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret MCKINDLE | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James MCLAUCHLIN | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret MCMURRAY | 1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary STEELE | 1871 (2) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes DALRYMPLE Mark, Borgue formerly Kirkbride, Anwoth | Edward BROWN | 2 Jan 1857 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
| Elizabeth HERON Anwoth kirk, Anwoth | James NEILL | 4 Oct 1863 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/14 |
| Mary Ann MCINALLY Mossguard, Anwoth | David MCWHIRTER | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BERTRAM | 24 Jul 1891 | Anwoth, Fleetside Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Margaret BERTRAM | 24 Jul 1891 | Anwoth, Fleetside Public School | 1909 | Order now |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Pearson ARCHER | 13 August 1873 | Jane ARCHER | Find the father |
| Thomas BIGGHAM | 4 March 1856 | Ann BIGGHAM | Find the father |
| Isabella Mcwhinnie BLACK | 27 June 1861 | Jane BLACK | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth BLACK | 4 February 1864 | Jane BLACK | Find the father |
| Jane BROADFOOT | 9 October 1860 | Mary BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| William BUCHANAN | 20 December 1857 | Mary BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Charles Edward Allan BYARS | 17 December 1870 | Jane BYARS | Find the father |
| Janet BYARS | 10 August 1873 | Jane BYARS | Father found |
| Janet Maxwell BYARS | 28 October 1869 | Jane BYARS | Find the father |
| Eliza Ann COATES | 9 April 1860 | Elizabeth COATES | Father found |
| Sophia COATES | 16 April 1866 | Elizabeth COATES | Find the father |
| James CRAWFORD | 25 May 1871 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| John DICKSON | 11 June 1868 | Margaret DICKSON | Father found |
| William DICKSON | 3 December 1864 | Margaret DICKSON | Find the father |
| William DOCHERTY | 8 September 1874 | Annie DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Gordon Wallace DOUGLAS | 21 January 1862 | Mary DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Helen GRIERSON | 23 January 1860 | Marion GRIERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes HANNAH | 29 March 1858 | Elizabeth HANNAH | Find the father |
| Jane HENRY | 21 October 1864 | Catherine HENRY | Find the father |
| John HENRY | 20 March 1858 | Agnes HENRY | Find the father |
| Margaret HENRY | 26 August 1864 | Margaret HENRY | Find the father |
| Mary HENRY | 8 November 1861 | Margaret HENRY | Find the father |
| James HERON | 23 August 1864 | Margaret HERON | Father found |
| Janet HERON | 30 October 1863 | Elizabeth HERON | Find the father |
| John HERON | 27 January 1870 | Annie HERON | Find the father |
| Martha Henderson HERON | 24 October 1871 | Anne HERON | Find the father |
| Mary HERON | 13 October 1860 | Margaret HERON | Father found |
| Mary HERON | 28 March 1871 | Elizabeth HERON | Find the father |
| William Halliday HERON | 30 May 1861 | Elizabeth HERON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HOUSTON | 22 December 1871 | Margaret HOUSTON | Find the father |
| Mary HUARTSON | 16 September 1866 | Mary HUARTSON | Find the father |
| Thomas HUARTSON | 20 January 1868 | Mary HUARTSON | Father found |
| John HYSLOP | 16 February 1873 | Mary HYSLOP | Find the father |
| Thomas JOHNSTONE | 26 January 1855 | Elizabeth JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| James KEENAN | 2 February 1865 | Elizabeth KEENAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KEENNEN | 9 November 1862 | Elizabeth KEENNEN | Find the father |
| William KEMP | 27 February 1870 | Catherine KEMP | Find the father |
| Samuel KIRK | 2 April 1862 | Jessie KIRK | Find the father |
| Jessie MARTIN | 30 March 1872 | Elizabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| Mary MARTIN | 30 August 1867 | Elizabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| William MCARDLE | 20 March 1862 | Margaret MCARDLE | Find the father |
| William MCGAW | 31 May 1857 | Jessie MCGAW | Find the father |
| Isabella MCLACHLAN | 19 January 1863 | Isabella MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| James MCLACHLAN | 18 January 1858 | Elizabeth MCLACHLAN | Father found |
| Jane MCLACHLAN | 22 July 1868 | Margaret MCLACHLAN | Father found |
| Margaret MCLACHLAN | 20 June 1866 | Margaret MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes MCLACHLAN | 16 April 1872 | Margaret MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCLAUCHLAN | 30 April 1864 | Margaret MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Mary MCMINN | 7 July 1867 | Agnes MCMINN | Find the father |
| Jane MCMURRAY | 1 July 1857 | Mary MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCQUEEN | 24 October 1856 | Catherine MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Euphemia MCROBERT | 4 March 1871 | Isabella MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Grace MCROBERT | 25 March 1858 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| James MCROBERT | 12 October 1861 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| John MCROBERT | 20 April 1874 | Isabella MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Mary MCROBERT | 20 February 1855 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Mary MCROBERT | 17 December 1858 | Grace MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Mary MCROBERT | 10 November 1863 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| John MILROY | 27 September 1860 | Helen MILROY | Find the father |
| Mary MILROY | 7 July 1857 | Agnes MILROY | Find the father |
| Nicholas Jane MILROY | 31 July 1856 | Jessie MILROY | Find the father |
| Thomas MURRAY | 17 September 1869 | Rosann MURRAY | Find the father |
| James PARKER | 24 July 1871 | Elspeth PARKER | Find the father |
| Janet PAULIN | 3 August 1858 | Agnes PAULIN | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes PETTIGREW | 16 December 1867 | Mary PETTIGREW | Find the father |
| Mary SHANNON | 24 July 1870 | Agness SHANNON | Find the father |
| Robina TAIT | 16 January 1864 | Mary TAIT | 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.
