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Balmaghie parish records

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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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/27/1Balmaghie Kirk Session: Minutes1768-1777Request lookup
CH2/27/3Balmaghie Kirk Session: Minutes1839-1892Request lookup
CH2/27/4Balmaghie Kirk Session: Minutes1893-1938Request lookup
CH2/27/7Balmaghie Kirk Session: Baptismal register, proclamation register and register of burials in new churchyard.
Balmaghie Kirk Session: Baptismal register 1879-92
Proclamation register 1882-92
Register of burials in new churchyard (4 entries) 1889-90		1879-1892Request lookup
CH2/27/8Balmaghie Kirk Session: Proclamation register1893-1949Request lookup
CH2/27/9Balmaghie Kirk Session: Communion roll1876-1882Request lookup
CH2/27/10Balmaghie Kirk Session: Communion roll1882-1892Request 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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Jane BOYLE 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Jean BOYLE 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret BURNET 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret BURNETT 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John CAMPBELL 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Grace COPLAND 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jessie EDGAR or WRIGHT 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused
William IRVINE 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth MALCOM 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Catherine MCGOWAN 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret MCGOWAN 1876 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas MCKELHENY 1851 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Thomas MCKELHENY 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas MCKELHENY 1853 (3)Order imagesWithdrawn
Thomas MCKILHENY 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
Margaret MCNEIL 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Clare ALEXANDER6 April 1868Margaret ALEXANDERFind the father
Agnes ANDERSON19 October 1863Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Robert Edward BARCLAY27 June 1862Mary BARCLAYFind the father
David Maxwell BEATTIE2 August 1857Mary BEATTIEFind the father
Isabella BEATTIE15 June 1856Janet BEATTIEFind the father
Ann BELL11 May 1856Janet BELLFind the father
George BOYLE8 October 1865Jane BOYLEFind the father
James BOYLE10 January 1860Jane BOYLEFind the father
Agnes BURNET6 September 1871Elizabeth BURNETFind the father
Elizabeth Margaret BURNET8 December 1873Elizabeth BURNETFind the father
James BURNET19 May 1860Margaret BURNETFind the father
Mary Durham BURNET22 May 1874Jane BURNETFind the father
Robert BURNET29 July 1864Elizabeth BURNETFind the father
Mary BURNS9 April 1866Jane BURNSFind the father
Eliza Mckinnell BYRON5 May 1872Mary Agnes BYRONFind the father
Mary CALDOW1 August 1873Elizabeth CALDOWFind the father
James Muirhead CALLIE25 August 1857Maryanne CALLIEFind the father
Jane CAMPBELL9 February 1862Agnes CAMPBELLFind the father
Robert CLARK7 July 1872Mary CLARKFind the father
Samuel CROCKET24 September 1859Anne CROCKETFind the father
James CROWLEY21 September 1872Jane CROWLEYFind the father
Elizabeth DALLING8 July 1859Stewart DALLINGFind the father
Elizabeth DALLING23 February 1862Stewart DALLINGFind the father
Mary DALLING4 April 1856Stewart DALLINGFind the father
William DALLING27 May 1857Jane DALLINGFind the father
Barbara DOWNIE19 May 1864Janet DOWNIEFind the father
Elizabeth ESKDALE26 September 1874Isabella ESKDALEFind the father
David GASS22 September 1872Barbara GASSFind the father
William GEDDES22 June 1862Jean GEDDESFind the father
Mary GINLAY12 November 1856Mary GINLAYFind the father
Jessie Jane GRAHAM5 April 1861Mary GRAHAMFind the father
Hannah GRIERSON26 May 1863Margaret GRIERSONFind the father
William HALLIDAY2 February 1859Nicholas HALLIDAYFind the father
Alexander HANNAH18 October 1869Jane HANNAHFind the father
Gordon HAY24 February 1870Jane HAYFind the father
Robert HAY23 May 1868Janet HAYFind the father
John HEPBURN25 January 1856Jean HEPBURNFind the father
Elizabeth Jane Thomson HERON28 July 1869Nicholas Thomson HERONFind the father
Agnes Henry HUME29 November 1873Jane HUMEFind the father
Euphemia IRELAND19 September 1864Euphemia IRELANDFind the father
Jessie IRELAND6 December 1868Euphemia IRELANDFind the father
Marion Robison IRELAND31 March 1862Euphemia IRELANDFind the father
Robert IRELAND29 September 1859Euphemia IRELANDFind the father
William IRELAND5 July 1873Euphemia IRELANDFind the father
Robert KIRKPATRICK11 January 1873Jane KIRKPATRICKFind the father
William MARSHALL4 July 1873Annie MARSHALLFind the father
William MCCALLAY21 November 1859Mary Ann MCCALLAYFind the father
John MCCALLY19 April 1862Maryanne MCCALLYFind the father
Elizabeth Jane MCCAW18 December 1873Annie MCCAWFind the father
Robert MCCAW20 February 1871Annie MCCAWFind the father
Jane MCCOLM20 December 1874Janet MCCOLMFind the father
Margaret MCCOURTIE21 April 1874Nicholas MCCOURTIEFind the father
David MCDOWALL24 December 1872Grace MCDOWALLFind the father
James MCGINLAY13 July 1868Margaret MCGINLAYFind the father
John MCGINLAY2 June 1863Margaret MCGINLAYFind the father
Robert MCGOWAN22 May 1855Helen MCGOWANFind the father
William MCLUSKIE26 January 1867Mary MCLUSKIEFind the father
Maitland MCMINN15 December 1874Isabella MCMINNFind the father
John Alexander MCVINIE29 September 1860Mary MCVINIEFind the father
Elizabeth MCVINNIE3 December 1862Mary MCVINNIEFind the father
Joan MILLIGAN22 March 1862Margaret MILLIGANFind the father
Sophia MITCHELL21 December 1872Mary MITCHELLFind the father
Eliza MOAT26 June 1865Eliza MOATFind the father
Grace MOAT7 January 1861Eliza MOATFind the father
Joan MOAT16 April 1874Eliza MOATFind the father
Mary Agnes MOAT14 May 1870Janet MOATFind the father
Agnes Ann MOFFAT3 October 1857Catherine MOFFATFind the father
John MORTON22 July 1868Agnes MORTONFind the father
James MUIR29 August 1860Susan MUIRFind the father
James NAYLON24 September 1860Ellen NAYLONFind the father
Margaret Jane PATTERSON28 March 1865Jane PATTERSONFind the father
Jane PEACOCK12 August 1868Jane PEACOCKFind the father
Robert PHILLIPS29 September 1867Anne PHILLIPSFind the father
Robert REID7 October 1863Jean REIDFind the father
Margaret RITCHIE11 October 1864Jane RITCHIEFind the father
George William ROBB23 December 1873Margaret ROBBFind the father
Mary STITT17 February 1855Mary STITTFind the father
John THOMPSON2 May 1860Jane CHARTERSFind the father
Mary THOMSON17 April 1866Jean THOMSONFind the father
Mary THOMSON3 February 1872Barbara THOMSONFind the father
William THOMSON27 December 1868Barbara THOMSONFind the father
William Charters TURNER25 July 1857Janet TURNERFind the father
Isabella VINIE29 April 1870Mary VINIEFind the father
Robert VINIE26 March 1866Mary VINIEFind the father
Mary VINNIE14 February 1868Mary VINNIEFind the father
William VINNIE2 October 1873Mary VINNIEFind the father
Anne Elizabeth WEIR9 September 1870Mary WEIRFind the father
Sarah WHATELEY5 February 1860Mary WHATELEYFind the father
James WHITE9 July 1864Jane WHITEFind the father
Joseph Charters WHITE9 July 1867Jane WHITEFind the father
Margaret WHITE20 May 1870Jane WHITEFind the father
Thomas WHITE7 June 1872Jane WHITEFind the father
William WHITE4 December 1873Jane WHITEFind the father
Elizabeth WILSON5 January 1870Elizabeth WILSONFind the father
William YOUNG3 August 1873Hellen YOUNGFind 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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

Kirk Session Records Index

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish