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Arngask 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth FERGUSSON | 1871 (3) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane THOMSON Newton of Balcanquhil, Arngask, Strathmiglo, Fife | John LAING | 23 Mar 1880 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/48 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janet ALLAN | 19 December 1864 | Janet ALLAN | Father found |
| Robert ALLAN | 16 January 1863 | Janet ALLAN | Father found |
| Margaret ANDERSON | 19 June 1863 | Ann ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella BROWN | 13 January 1860 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| Williamina EDMISTON | 11 April 1869 | Elizabeth Scott EDMISTON | Find the father |
| Janet ELLIS | 11 June 1872 | Janet ELLIS | Father found |
| Catherine FOGGO | 15 February 1858 | Margaret FOGGO | Find the father |
| Georgina FORBES | 11 October 1868 | Ann FORBES | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann Margaret GIBSON | 1 July 1860 | Margaret Murray GIBSON | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 17 January 1863 | Elizabeth GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jessie GIBSON | 23 March 1870 | Elizabeth GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jane GLEN | 9 April 1874 | Janet GLEN | Father found |
| William HAGGIE | 20 April 1864 | Janet HAGGIE | Find the father |
| Helen HAXTON | 3 October 1856 | Helen HAXTON | Find the father |
| David HEGGIE | 28 January 1873 | Janet HEGGIE | Find the father |
| John Heggie HEGGIE | 15 May 1867 | Janet HEGGIE | Find the father |
| Ann INNES | 22 December 1856 | Mary INNES | Find the father |
| Margaret KID | 15 January 1856 | Rachael KID | Father found |
| Cathrine LENNOX | 12 June 1857 | Ann LENNOX | Find the father |
| David LENNOX | 31 July 1867 | Ann LENNOX | Find the father |
| Leroy LILBURNE | 9 April 1865 | Mary LILBURNE | Find the father |
| William LOW | 29 March 1862 | Sarah LOW | Father found |
| Cecilia Smith MALCOM | 9 May 1865 | Catharine Patterson MALCOM | Father found |
| George MILLAR | 16 April 1855 | Margaret MILLAR | Find the father |
| James PHILP | 17 December 1857 | Mary PHILP | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 8 March 1871 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David RONALDSON | 16 April 1863 | Janet RONALDSON | Find the father |
| John RONALDSON | 22 August 1862 | Mary RONALDSON | Find the father |
| Mary RONALDSON | 9 March 1864 | Mary RONALDSON | Find the father |
| David SCOTT | 12 April 1865 | Janet SCOTT | Father found |
| Robert John SIMPSON | 3 June 1865 | Mary SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Ann STEWART | 22 October 1855 | Janet STEWART | Father found |
| John STEWART | 26 August 1871 | Mary Ann STEWART | Father found |
| Helen THOMSON | 3 June 1859 | Christina THOMSON | Find the father |
| Isabella THOMSON | 3 February 1872 | Isabella THOMSON | Father found |
| Elizabeth Drummond Hogg WANTON | 7 July 1856 | Elizabeth Drummond Hogg WANTON | Find the father |
| George WANTON | 11 March 1856 | Cathrine WANTON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD or FINLAYSON, Mary mason's wife Born about 1837 Married Previous residence: Broughty Ferry Chargeable parish: Arngask Also known as Mary Edwards or Finlayson | 21 Apr 1898 | Order images (3) | Dundee Dundee Royal Asylum Fife | 1881-1890 |
| EDWARDS or FINLAYSON, Mary mason's wife Born about 1837 Married Previous residence: Broughty Ferry Chargeable parish: Arngask Also known as Mary Edward or Finlayson | 21 Apr 1898 | Order images (3) | Dundee Dundee Royal Asylum Fife | 1881-1890 |
| FINLAYSON or EDWARD, Mary mason's wife Born about 1837 Married Previous residence: Broughty Ferry Chargeable parish: Arngask Also known as Mary Edward or Finlayson Mary Edwards or Finlayson | 21 Apr 1898 | Order images (3) | Dundee Dundee Royal Asylum Fife | 1881-1890 |
| FINLAYSON or EDWARDS, Mary mason's wife Born about 1837 Married Previous residence: Broughty Ferry Chargeable parish: Arngask Also known as Mary Edward or Finlayson Mary Edwards or Finlayson | 21 Apr 1898 | Order images (3) | Dundee Dundee Royal Asylum Fife | 1881-1890 |
| GIBSON, James none Born about 1864 Single Previous residence: Hillside House, Perth Chargeable parish: Arngask | 31 Oct 1894 | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Perth District Asylum | 1890-1891 |
| GUTHRIE, George clerk Born about 1847 Single Previous residence: Duncrevie Chargeable parish: Arngask | 21 Apr 1890 | Order images (2) | Fife Longdale House | 1868-1882 |
| SMART, Hugh ostler Born about 1864 Single Previous residence: Milnathort Chargeable parish: Arngask | 6 Sep 1885 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1881-1885 |
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.
