Auchtertool parish records

Auchtertool records

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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

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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

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Reference	Title	Dates	Buy
CH2/25/1	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Minutes Includes some mortcloth dues and poor payments	1738-1799	Request lookup
CH2/25/2	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Minutes	1806-1885	Request lookup
CH2/25/3	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Cash book Includes mortcloth dues and some poor payments	1800-1827	Request lookup
CH2/25/4	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Accounts, Burials and Minutes Mortsafe association accounts 1830-53 (rest torn out) Burials 1830-55 Mortsafe association minutes 1830-63 (dissolution of society)	1830-1863	Request lookup
CH2/25/5	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Cash book Includes some poor payments	1827-1895	Request lookup
CH2/25/6	Auchtertool Kirk Session: Communion roll	1846-1876	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.

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Poor law appeals
Name	Year(s)/ minutes	Order images	Deliverance
David BROWN	1861 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
David BROWN	1861 (2)	Order images	Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Agnes DAVIDSON	1854 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Andrew SEATH	1850 (1)	Order images	Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Ann SMALL	1861-1862 (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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residence	Defender name	Child birth	Order	Court
Isabella HASTIE Auchtertool formerly in Dysart	Robert KIRKALDY	13 Mar 1853	Order now	Cupar SC20/4/28

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

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Child name	Date of birth	Mother name	Order
Alexander Clark BAIN	19 September 1864	Isabella Clark BAIN	Find the father
Alison BALLINGALL	5 May 1872	Alison BALLINGALL	Find the father
Robert BALMAIN	28 July 1855	Janet BALMAIN	Father found
David BEATSON	14 June 1860	Betsy BEATSON	Father found
Janet BLACKWOOD	11 July 1856	Janet BLACKWOOD	Father found
Peter BRAID	2 June 1864	Margaret BRAID	Find the father
William Thomson BRAID	5 July 1862	Margaret BRAID	Find the father
Jane BRAND	7 February 1863	Marion BRAND	Find the father
Peter BRAND	25 January 1858	Marion BRAND	Father found
James CUNNINGHAM	31 October 1856	Sophia CUNNINGHAM	Father found
Andrew CUNNINGHAME	12 August 1864	Sophia CUNNINGHAME	Find the father
Margaret CUNNINGHAME	1 December 1859	Sophia CUNNINGHAME	Find the father
William CUSIN	5 January 1873	Isabella CUSIN	Find the father
William DEWAR	21 January 1870	Margaret DEWAR	Find the father
James DOW	11 August 1867	Elisabeth DOW	Find the father
George Williamson DUNCAN	27 November 1863	Christina DUNCAN	Father found
Jane FERGUSON	18 December 1868	Barbara FERGUSON	Find the father
Isabella FLOCKHART	1 June 1868	Agnes FLOCKHART	Find the father
William FLOCKHART	18 November 1863	Agnes FLOCKHART	Father found
Margaret FRASER	1 April 1874	Margaret Maxton FRASER	Find the father
Jane Kinninmonth GIBSON	11 November 1872	Elisabeth GIBSON	Find the father
Robert GILLESPIE	8 January 1862	Janet GILLESPIE	Father found
Catherine Paton HART	21 February 1873	Margaret HART	Find the father
David Dow HEGGIE	16 June 1873	Helen HEGGIE	Find the father
William Messer IMRIE	27 August 1874	Janet IMRIE	Find the father
Thomas KINNINMONTH	15 April 1873	Elisabeth KINNINMONTH	Father found
Alexander MATHEWSON	19 December 1864	Janet MATHEWSON	Find the father
Ann MATHEWSON	23 November 1863	Margaret MATHEWSON	Find the father
Janet MATHEWSON	2 March 1860	Margaret MATHEWSON	Father found
Peter MOYES	24 May 1861	Lillias MOYES	Father found
Thomas MOYES	16 March 1873	Betsy MOYES	Find the father
Peter PAGE	23 November 1870	Margaret PAGE	Find the father
William PAGE	15 May 1858	Isabella PAGE	Father found
William PATERSON	17 June 1863	Elisa PATERSON	Find the father
Bruce Davidson PITBLADO	2 June 1867	Jane PITBLADO	Father found
Andrew RODGER	7 September 1868	Mary RODGER	Find the father
Helen RODGER	15 August 1862	Mary RODGER	Find the father
James RODGER	28 November 1864	Mary RODGER	Find the father
Jane RODGER	18 July 1859	Mary RODGER	Find the father
Jessie THOMSON	3 October 1869	Janet THOMSON	Find the father
Jane WILSON	10 October 1872	Agnes WILSON	Find the father
Mary WILSON	30 April 1860	Janet WILSON	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.

General Register of Lunatics index MC7
Name	Date of death	Order	Asylums	Years
ARNOT or CRAWFORD, Mary Jane baker's wife Born about 1849 Married Previous residence: Kinghorn Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife	1874
CRAWFORD or ARNOT, Mary Jane baker's wife Born about 1849 Married Previous residence: Kinghorn Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife	1874
DALLAS, Margaret no occupation Born about 1859 Single Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	14 Mar 1878	Order image (1)	Fife	1875
FLOCKHART or WATSON, Ann labourer's wife Born about 1827 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1869
FOSTER, William labourer Born about 1834 Married Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	23 Apr 1888	Order images (2)	Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife	1887
HUNTER, Margaret housekeeper Born about 1877 Single Previous residence: Landale Terrace, Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	14 May 1943	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1906
HUNTER or MITCHELL, Mary housewife Born about 1875 Married Previous residence: 31 Landale Terrace, Cowdenbeath Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1909
INGLIS or KEDDIE, Mary housewife Born about 1836 Widowed Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	30 Sep 1912	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1911
ISMAY or ROSS, Margaret miner's wife Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Raith Colliery Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	1 Oct 1903	Order images (3)	Fife District Lanark District	1893-1903
KEDDIE or INGLIS, Mary housewife Born about 1836 Widowed Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	30 Sep 1912	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1911
KENNELL, George seaman Born about 1847 Single Previous residence: Ayr Asylum Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order images (2)	Ayr Fife And Kinross	1871-1872
MCDERMOTT, Francis labourer Born about 1858 Married Previous residence: Lunatic Department, General Prison, Perth Chargeable parish: Dunfermline		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1889
MITCHELL or HUNTER, Mary housewife Born about 1875 Married Previous residence: 31 Landale Terrace, Cowdenbeath Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1909
MITCHELL, William joiner master Born about 1867 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1902
MORRIS or PATERSON, Jean pauper, field worker Born about 1812 Widowed Previous residence: Kirkcaldy Combination Poorhouse Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	21 Oct 1896	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1892
MOYES or ROSS, Mary carter's widow Born about 1802 Widowed Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	25 Feb 1888	Order images (4)	Fife Morningside	1876-1883
NAVIN, Mary field worker Born about 1793 Widowed Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	25 Jan 1869	Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1868
PATERSON or RODGER, Elizth labourer's wife and domestic servant Born about 1829 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1870
PATERSON or MORRIS, Jean pauper, field worker Born about 1812 Widowed Previous residence: Kirkcaldy Combination Poorhouse Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	21 Oct 1896	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1892
PHILP or SHAND, Ann housewife, blacksmith's wife Born about 1832 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	24 Nov 1895	Order images (2)	Fife Fife District	1888-1895
RODGER or PATERSON, Elizth labourer's wife and domestic servant Born about 1829 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1870
ROSS or ISMAY, Margaret miner's wife Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Raith Colliery Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	1 Oct 1903	Order images (3)	Fife District Lanark District	1893-1903
ROSS or MOYES, Mary carter's widow Born about 1802 Widowed Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	25 Feb 1888	Order images (4)	Fife Morningside	1876-1883
SHAND or PHILP, Ann housewife, blacksmith's wife Born about 1832 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	24 Nov 1895	Order images (2)	Fife Fife District	1888-1895
STEEL, Robert engineer Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife	1885
THOMSON, David labourer Born about 1816 Widowed Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife	1879
WALSH, Philip blacksmith Widowed Previous residence: Railway Huts, Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife District	1893
WATSON or FLOCKHART, Ann labourer's wife Born about 1827 Married Previous residence: Auchtertool Chargeable parish: Auchtertool		Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1869
WILSON, Eliza pauper, domestic servant Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Kinghorn Combination Poorhouse Chargeable parish: Auchtertool	23 May 1914	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1898

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.

Name:

Date: 04/05/1831

Case type: Accounts

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Session Business

Other names:

Name:

Date: 17/05/1832

Case type: Accounts

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Session Business

Other names:

Name:

Date: 12/09/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mortcloths

Details: rates below neighbouring parishes, increased to Best 6s, second 5s, and 2s 6d for the small one.

Other names: Rev David Guild; John Clark; Niel Ballingall

Name:

Date: 27/06/1834

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Accounts

Other names:

Name:

Date: 23/06/1835

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Accounts

Other names: Rev David Guild; Niel Ballingall; John Symond

Name: Robert [Orrock]

Date: 07/11/1830

Case type: Illeg child

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as relative

Details: [surname not given in minutes, possibly Orrock as sister is Margaret Orrock]

Other names: Margaret Orrock; Wellington Watson; Robert [Orrock]

Name: Niel Balingall

Date: 17/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as eldership nominee

Details: meeting received no objections to nominations

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 06/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: ordained to the Eldership

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 14/06/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 03/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 12/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: List of elders

Name: Niel Ballingall

Date: 23/06/1835

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Margaret Brown

Date: 03/05/1835

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared, rebuked, absolved

Other names: Rev David Guild; Wm Mcewan; Margaret Brown

Name: John Clark

Date: 24/04/1831

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared, rebuked, absolved

Details: [mentioned in minute before 7 Nov 1830 when this index starts]

Other names: John Clark

Name: John Clark

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Clark

Date: 17/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Clark

Date: 03/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Clark

Date: 12/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Clark

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: List of elder

Name: Wm Ferrier

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Other names: Elizabeth Thomson; Wm Ferrier

Name: Margaret Foster

Date: 12/10/1834

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: appeared and absolved

Details: wife of William Foster

Other names: Wm Foster; Margaret Foster

Name: Wm Foster

Date: 12/10/1834

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: appeared and absolved

Details: wife is Margaret Foster

Other names: Wm Foster; Margaret Foster

Name: Rev Mr Guild

Date: 17/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev Mr Guild

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev D Guild

Date: 27/03/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 07/11/1830

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev Mr David Guild

Date: 14/06/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 03/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 12/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 03/05/1835

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev David Guild

Date: 23/06/1835

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Mr Martin

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Other parish: Kirkcaldy

Details: also minister Kirkcaldy

Name: Wm Mcewan

Date: 03/05/1835

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared, rebuked, absolved

Other names: Rev David Guild; Wm Mcewan; Margaret Brown

Name: William Morris

Date: 27/03/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as eldership nominee

Details: Accepts nomination

Name: Dr Murray

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Other parish: Auchterderran

Details: also minister Auchterderran

Name: Margaret Orrock

Date: 07/11/1830

Case type: Illeg child

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Mother Compeared

Details: unmarried, child born 20 March 1830, case known about 9 weeks before but due to 'state of the church the session had not an opportunity of taking up the case. ' Brother is Robert

Other names: Margaret Orrock; Wellington Watson; Robert [Orrock]

Name: William Page

Date: 15/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as eldership nominee

Details: meeting received no objections to nomination

Name: Matthew Reid

Date: 17/05/1832

Case type: Accounts

Occupation:

Address:

Role: debt

Details: House rent martinmas 1830 -1831 £2 15s. Session 'resolved to take legal steps'

Other names: Matthew Reid

Name: Matthew Reid

Date: 14/06/1832

Case type: Accounts

Occupation:

Address:

Role: debt

Details: Report that he had 'Signed a declaration before witnesses that he would leave the House belonging to the Kirk Session presently possessed by him at the term of Martinmas first', had correspondence sent from clerk notifying him that summons would be informed against him before the Justice of Peace Court to be held at Kirkcaldy 2 July 1831.

Other names: Matthew Reid

Name: Matthew Reid

Date: 03/07/1832

Case type: Accounts

Occupation:

Address:

Role: debt

Details: no summons had been issued but continuing Mr Thomson's authority to direct one at the Justices of Peace Court to be held 6 August 1832

Other names: Matthew Reid

Name: John Symond

Date: 27/03/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as eldership nominee

Details: Accepts nomination

Name: John Symond

Date: 23/05/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as eldership nominee

Details: intimation from pulpit of nomination, no objections

Name: John Symond

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: ordained to the Eldership

Name: John Symond

Date: 23/06/1835

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Elizabeth Thomson

Date: 25/05/1834

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared, exhorted, absolved

Other names: Elizabeth Thomson; Wm Ferrier

Name: Wellington Watson

Date: 07/11/1830

Case type: Illeg child

Occupation:

Address: Newton, Auchertool Parish

Role: Alledged Father mention

Details: unmarried, according to Orrock he had acknowledged guilt to her brother Robert

Other names: Margaret Orrock; Wellington Watson; Robert [Orrock]