Arrochar parish 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/445/1 | Session Minutes Minutes 1764-1784, with deaths 1835-1840 | 1764-1840 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/2 | Session Minutes 1785-1844 (with Proclamations, 1864-1865, 1884, 1901) | 1785-1901 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/3 | Session Minutes 1832-1843 (with Proclamations, 1855-1935) | 1832-1935 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/4 | Session Minutes | 1844-1935 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/5 | Treasurer's Cash Book Includes poor payments. | 1844-1864 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/6 | Treasurer's Cash Book | 1864-1896 | Request lookup |
| CH2/445/7 | Communion Roll | 1867-1869 | 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald CAMPBELL | 1879 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Catherine MACFARLANE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine MACFARLANE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Duncan MACINTYRE | 1855-1856 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Clark CAMPBELL | 6 August 1871 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Francis Alexander Mackenzie CLARK | 19 May 1865 | Jessie CLARK | Find the father |
| Mary Mcbride FISHER | 8 April 1873 | Catherine FISHER | Find the father |
| Alexander Younger GRAY | 5 August 1862 | Flora GRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MACFARLANE | 14 February 1862 | Elizabeth MACFARLANE | Find the father |
| James RHIND | 2 August 1856 | Mary RHIND | Find 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.
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Brodie | farmer | ||
| John | Brydie | farmer | ||
| Duncan | Blair | fisherman | Not a communicant | |
| John | Colquhoun | Removed | ||
| Daniel | Carmichael | house carpenter | ||
| John | Campbell | shoemaker | ||
| Robert | Campbell | labourer | ||
| Alexr | Dewar | farmer | ||
| Donald | Dewar | schoolmaster | ||
| John | Ferguson | fisherman | ||
| Alexander | Macdougall | labourer | ||
| Duncan | Macgibbon | labourer | ||
| Donald | Maccallum | labourer | ||
| Dougald | Macfarlane | fisherman | ||
| Peter | Macfarlane | labourer | ||
| Peter | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| Duncan | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| George | Macfarlane | ground officer | ||
| Dougald | Macfarlane | grocer | ||
| Peter | Macfarlane | fisherman | ||
| John | Mackellar | farmer | ||
| John | Macmurrich | of Stuckgown | ||
| Donald | Macgibbon | farmer | ||
| Dougald | Maclain | fisher | ||
| Malcolm | Macmurrich | grazier | ||
| James | Macgregor | teacher | ||
| Duncan | Macfarlane | tailor | ||
| Alan | Maccallum | tollkeeper | ||
| Archibald | Macnicol | farmer | ||
| George | Macfarlane | farmer | ||
| Alexr | Macfarlane | farmer | ||
| Andrew | Macfarlane | fisher | ||
| John | Macfarlane | labourer | ||
| Hugh | Macdonald | farm servant | ||
| John | Macfarlane | Beadle | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | tailor | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | wood cutter | ||
| Ronald | Maccallum | grazier | ||
| Donald | Macdougall | shepherd | ||
| Richard | Maclaine | wood cutter | ||
| Alexander | Patullo | Excise Officer | Removed | |
| Alexander | Rhind | blacksmith | ||
| Robert | Robertson | labourer | ||
| Archibald | Sinclair | farmer | ||
| John | Wilson | road maker | ||
| Adam | Walker | grazier |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Brodie | farmer | ||
| John | Brodie | farmer | ||
| John | Brodie | farmer | Stronafinne | |
| Jas | Crawford | fisherman | added later | |
| John | Crawford | fisherman | + beside name; added later | |
| Daniel | Carmichael | wright | ||
| John | Campbell | shoemaker | ||
| Robert | Campbell | labourer | ||
| Alexander | Dewar | farmer | ||
| Donald | Dewar | schoolmaster | ||
| Alexander | Macdougall | labourer | ||
| Duncan | Macgibbon | labourer | ||
| Donald | Maccallum | labourer | ||
| Dougal | Macfarlane | fisherman | ||
| Peter | Macfarlane | cottar | ||
| Peter | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| Duncan | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| George | Macfarlane | ground officer | ||
| Dougal | Macfarlane | grocer | ||
| Peter | Macfarlane | fisherman | ||
| John | Mackellar | cottager | + beside name | |
| John | Macmurrich | of Stuckgown | ||
| Donald | Macgibbon | farmer | ||
| Dougal | Maclaine | fisherman | ||
| Malcolm | Macmurrich | grazier | ||
| James | Macgregor | teacher | ||
| Duncan | Macfarlane | tailor | ||
| Alan | Maccallum | tollkeeper | ||
| Archibald | Macnicol | farmer | ||
| George | Macfarlane | cottager | ||
| Alexander | Macfarlane | cottager | ||
| Andrew | Macfarlane | fisherman | + beside name | |
| John | Macfarlane | labourer | ||
| Hugh | Macdonald | farm servant | ||
| John | Macfarlane | cottager | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | tailor | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | wood cutter | ||
| Ronald | Maccallum | grazier | ||
| Richard | Maclaine | wood cutter | ||
| Alexander | Rhind | smith | ||
| Robert | Robertson | labourer | ||
| Archibald | Sinclair | farmer | ||
| John | Wilson | road maker | ||
| Adam | Walker | grazier | + beside name | |
| Donald | Macfarlane | labourer | ||
| Duncan | Macnaught | cottager | ||
| Duncan | Macarthur | cottager | ||
| Dougal | Maccallum | fisherman | + beside name |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Brydie | farmer | ||
| John | Brydie | farmer | ||
| John | Campbell | shoemaker | ||
| Robt | Campbell | feuar | ||
| Robt | Campbell | labourer | ||
| Alexr | Campbell | smith | ||
| Daniel | Carmichael | wright | ||
| Alexr | Dewar | farmer | ||
| Donald | Dewar | schoolmaster | infirm | |
| Duncan | Macarthur | cottar | ||
| Donald | Maccallum | labourer | ||
| John | Maccallum | fisherman | ||
| Alexr | Macdougall | labourer | ||
| Dugald | Macfarlane | fisher | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | wood merchant | ||
| Dugald | Macfarlane | grocer | ||
| Donald | Macfarlane | cottar | ||
| Duncan | Macfarlane | tailor | ||
| George | Macfarlane | ground officer | ||
| George | Macfarlane | cottar | ||
| John | Macfarlane | post | ||
| John | Macfarlane | cottar | ||
| Peter | Macfarlane | cottar | ||
| Donald | Macgibbon | farmer | ||
| Duncan | Macgibbon | labourer | ||
| James | Macgregor | teacher | ||
| Dugald | Maclean | Tynaclach | ||
| Malcolm | Macmurrich | farmer | ||
| Duncan | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| Peter | Macintyre | farmer | ||
| John | Macmurrich | Stuckgown | ||
| Duncan | Macnaughton | cottar | ||
| Archd | Macnichol | farmer | ||
| Alexr | Rhind | smith | ||
| Robt | Robertson | labourer | ||
| Archd | Sinclair | cottar | ||
| John | Wilson | road contractor |
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
