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Assynt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine CAMPBELL or MCASKILL | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret HORNE or MCLEOD | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Dolina KERR | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Ann MACKENZIE | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MACKENZIE | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Donald MACKENZIE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Mary MACKENZIE | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MACKENZIE | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Murdoch MACKENZIE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Betsy MACLEOD | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella MACLEOD | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret MACLEOD | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MATHISON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Neil MCASKIL | 1871 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Neil MCCASKILL | 1853 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Neil MCCASKILL | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Barbara MCDONALD | 1878 (2) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Chirsty MCKENZIE | 1883 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Donald MCKENZIE | 1876 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine MCLEOD | 1859 (3) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Christian MCLEOD | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Georgina MCLEOD | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCLEOD | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret MCLEOD | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Marion MORRISON or SUTHERLAND | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Barbara ROSS | 1848-1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Helen SINCLAIR or MACLEOD | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Donald WILSON | 1869 (1) | 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.
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolina AIRD | 3 Mar 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1910 | Order now |
| Dolina AIRD | 3 Mar 1895 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Dolina AIRD | 3 Mar 1895 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1911 | Order now |
| Thomasina R AIRD | 16 Apr 1889 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Annie C GORDON | 24 Jul 1897 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1913 | Order now |
| David GORDON | 10 Mar 1894 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| John P GORDON | 27 Aug 1892 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| John P GORDON | 27 Aug 1892 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Walter B GORDON | 22 Mar 1899 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1913 | Order now |
| Alexanderina GRAHAM | 27 Aug 1890 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Alexandrina GRAHAM | 27 Aug 1890 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Mary GRAHAM | 3 Jan 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Mary GRAHAM | 3 Jan 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Mary GRAHAM | 3 Jan 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1910 | Order now |
| Jessie MACKENZIE | 8 Aug 1894 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| John A MACKENZIE | 26 Jun 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| John A MACKENZIE | 26 Jun 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Catherine MATHESON | 7 Aug 1893 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Catherine M MCKENZIE | 3 Feb 1897 | Assynt Lochinver Public School | 1913 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret CAMPBELL | 26 February 1859 | Jane CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Mary Mackay Mckenzie CLARKE | 20 December 1867 | Effy CLARKE | Find the father |
| Murdo Graham CLARKE | 4 September 1872 | Isabella CLARKE | Find the father |
| Alexander GRAHAM | 12 October 1870 | Anne GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Janet Mc Donald KERR | 13 December 1856 | Janet KERR | Find the father |
| John KERR | 25 June 1863 | Joan KERR | Find the father |
| Anabella LAMONT | 22 March 1874 | Betsy LAMONT | Find the father |
| John MACLEOD | 12 November 1874 | Johan MACLEOD | Find the father |
| William MACLEOD | 3 April 1874 | Lucy MACLEOD | Find the father |
| Catherine MATHESON | 9 May 1869 | Catherine MATHESON | Find the father |
| Donald MCDONALD | 16 November 1871 | Christy MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald MCDONALD | 12 November 1873 | Christy MCDONALD | Find the father |
| George MCIVER | 11 September 1858 | Mary MCIVER | Find the father |
| Agnes Forbes MCKENZIE | 25 January 1871 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Catherine MCKENZIE | 22 July 1860 | Anne MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MCKENZIE | 19 October 1874 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Sarah MCKENZIE | 30 June 1870 | Sarah MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Catharine MCLEOD | 24 September 1866 | Fanny MCLEOD | Find the father |
| George Mclennan MCLEOD | 17 February 1868 | Catherine MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Hugh Mc Intosh MCLEOD | 22 December 1859 | Mary MCLEOD | Find the father |
| James MCLEOD | 7 July 1867 | Isabella MCLEOD | Find the father |
| James Beatson MCLEOD | 10 November 1871 | Ketty MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Joan MCLEOD | 24 July 1861 | Fanny MCLEOD | Find the father |
| John Lamont MCLEOD | 2 January 1871 | Ketty MCLEOD | Find the father |
| William Sievwright MCLEOD | 28 February 1870 | Betsy MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Donaldina MCPHEE | 27 January 1873 | Catherine MCPHEE | Find the father |
| Anne Beatson MCRAE | 2 March 1871 | Anne MCRAE | Find the father |
| Peter SUTHERLAND | 25 May 1858 | Jessie SUTHERLAND | 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.
