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Balmerino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William KIDD | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew PATON | 1848 (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.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann BISSET Grange, Balmerino | Robert ROBERTSON | 26 Jul 1890 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
| Helen DUNCAN Coultra, Balmerino | Alexander YOUNG | 7 Dec 1847 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/28 |
| Helen KERR Bottomcraigs, Balmerino | Thomas DUFF | 17 Jan 1861 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/29 |
| Agnes PATRICK Balmerino | David SMITH | 30 Apr 1854 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/28 |
| Isabella TURPIE Balmerino | George LAMONT | 19 Sep 1876 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/31 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane ANGUS | 5 October 1855 | Agnes ANGUS | Find the father |
| John BELL | 3 August 1873 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| Margaret BLYTH | 30 April 1870 | Margaret BLYTH | Father found |
| Anne DEWAR | 22 November 1861 | Catherine DEWAR | Father found |
| Robert DEWAR | 21 December 1859 | Ann DEWAR | Find the father |
| Alexander DUNCAN | 9 September 1860 | Janet DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Anne DUNCAN | 16 February 1862 | Catherine DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jessie DUNN | 11 November 1870 | Isabella DUNN | Find the father |
| Jane Gibson GRAHAM | 24 May 1864 | Jane GRAHAM | Father found |
| Anne KERR | 25 July 1856 | Isabella KERR | Find the father |
| David KERR | 7 January 1861 | Helen KERR | Father found |
| Alexander NEILL | 9 May 1868 | Mary NEILL | Find the father |
| Agnes NICOL | 17 May 1861 | Agnes NICOL | Father found |
| John NICOL | 20 June 1861 | Elizabeth NICOL | Father found |
| Archibald PATRICK | 9 January 1858 | Elisabeth PATRICK | Find the father |
| Janet PATRICK | 1 February 1855 | Susan PATRICK | Find the father |
| John PATRICK | 6 December 1857 | Agnes PATRICK | Find the father |
| John PATRICK | 29 May 1864 | Susan PATRICK | Father found |
| John Birrell PATRICK | 16 January 1859 | Susan PATRICK | Find the father |
| Jane PATTERSON | 6 February 1857 | Christina PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes PEARSON | 4 July 1873 | Susan PEARSON | Find the father |
| Peter PETRIE | 17 June 1874 | Anne PETRIE | Find the father |
| Eliza RATTRAY | 29 June 1868 | Johann RATTRAY | Find the father |
| Jane ROLLO | 22 August 1867 | Jane ROLLO | Father found |
| Robert ROLLO | 20 September 1863 | Jane ROLLO | Father found |
| Walter ROLLY | 7 November 1859 | Jane ROLLY | Find the father |
| Catherine SCOTT | 13 February 1866 | Catherine SCOTT | Find the father |
| James C. SCOTT | 1 August 1871 | Agnes SCOTT | Find the father |
| Janet SCOTT | 9 May 1861 | Catherine SCOTT | Find the father |
| Robert SCOTT | 29 April 1855 | Catherine SCOTT | Father found |
| John SHIELDS | 17 November 1862 | Margaret SHIELDS | Father found |
| Andrew WANN | 17 October 1861 | Elizabeth WANN | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRABNER, Bathune linen draper, ship carpenter Royal Merchant Navy Born about 1839 Single Previous residence: Gauldry, Balmerino Chargeable parish: Balmerino | 3 Mar 1894 | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1867 |
| CHRISTIE, David farm servant Born about 1830 Married Previous residence: Balmerino Chargeable parish: Balmerino | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1867 | |
| DUNCAN, Helen field labourer and housekeeper Born about 1825 Single Previous residence: Coultra, Balmerino Chargeable parish: Balmerino | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1869 | |
| DUNCAN, John seaman Born about 1833 Single Previous residence: Balmerino Chargeable parish: Balmerino | 12 Apr 1871 | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1867 |
| HEGGIE, George no occupation Born about 1875 Single Previous residence: Newhills, Aberdeen Chargeable parish: Balmerino | 24 May 1902 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1899 |
| MITCHELL, John crofter Born about 1866 Married Previous residence: Woodend, Gauldry Chargeable parish: Balmerino | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1904 | |
| MOFFAT, Mary domestic servant Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Balmerino | Order images (2) | Dundee Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum | 1902 | |
| MORRIS, Alexander warehouseman Born about 1844 Married Previous residence: Floral Bank, Gauldry Chargeable parish: Balmerino | 14 Sep 1912 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1912 |
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.
