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Birse 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/595/2 | Minutes and accounts | 1726-1744 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/3 | Minutes and accounts | 1765-1801 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/5 | Minutes and accounts 1817 - 67 Milne bequest minutes 1847 - 66 | 1817-1867 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/7 | Accounts | 1867-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/8 | Baptisms 1789 - 1830 Marriages 1789 - 1829 List of inhabitants 1804/5 Dates of communions 1790 - 1830 Other places where ministers preached, 1790 - 1826 | 1789-1830 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/9 | Communion roll | 1854-1855 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/10 | Communion roll | 1868-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/11 | List of inhabitants | 1789-1801 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/12 | List of inhabitants Several population lists, and a list of young communicants | 1812-1827 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/13 | Ramsay mortification minutes and accounts Includes extensive poor payment lists | 1800-1838 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/15 | Communion roll | 1887-1903 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/16 | Minutes 1778-81 Minutes 1789 Minutes 1801 | 1778-1801 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/17 | List of men in parish of Birse from 17 to 66, supposed to be capable of carrying arms | Mar 1797 | Request lookup |
| CH2/595/18 | List of persons on the poors' roll | 1802 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James BIRSE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CATANACH | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William CATTANACH | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane LESLIE | 1882 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elsie MCDONALD or PROCTOR | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary MCPETRIE | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara ETTERSHANK Birse | George CROMER | 7 Dec 1840 | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George ANDERSON | 5 November 1874 | Jane ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Hellen BEGG | 3 October 1858 | Mary BEGG | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BEGG | 18 December 1869 | Margaret Ann BEGG | Find the father |
| Catherine BEINGS | 27 January 1867 | Ann BEINGS | Find the father |
| James BEINGS | 30 January 1863 | Ann BEINGS | Find the father |
| Catherine BIRSS | 14 March 1862 | Catherine BIRSS | Find the father |
| John BRAND | 23 October 1866 | Margaret BRAND | Find the father |
| Mary BRAND | 2 February 1861 | Frances BRAND | Find the father |
| James BURNETT | 29 January 1859 | Jane BURNETT | Find the father |
| James BURNETT | 27 September 1874 | Isabella BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jane BURNETT | 28 December 1861 | Jane BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jane BURNETT | 16 July 1864 | Elisabeth BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jemima BURNETT | 27 February 1869 | Margaret BURNETT | Find the father |
| John BURNETT | 6 November 1865 | Elizabeth BURNETT | Find the father |
| Margaret BURNETT | 7 September 1873 | Mary BURNETT | Find the father |
| James COCKER | 12 December 1859 | Mary COCKER | Find the father |
| Frances Ann COUTTS | 5 March 1868 | Elizabeth COUTTS | Find the father |
| James COUTTS | 3 August 1860 | Margaret COUTTS | Find the father |
| Jane COUTTS | 18 September 1857 | Isabella COUTTS | Find the father |
| Joseph COUTTS | 26 June 1860 | Elizabeth COUTTS | Find the father |
| Christina DAVIDSON | 23 January 1867 | Jessie DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Ley DUNCAN | 13 October 1862 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| George EWAN | 9 May 1858 | Margaret EWAN | Find the father |
| Kenneth EWAN | 12 January 1855 | Isobel EWAN | Find the father |
| John EWEN | 15 January 1860 | Isabella EWEN | Find the father |
| Andrew FARQUHAR | 16 March 1858 | Jane Farquhar Or MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Robert FINDLAY | 27 December 1859 | Isabella FINDLAY | Find the father |
| James Gordon GLASS | 26 November 1874 | Isabella GLASS | Find the father |
| Ann GRANT | 12 January 1858 | Catharine GRANT | Find the father |
| Edward GRANT | 25 May 1870 | Jessie GRANT | Find the father |
| Hellen GRANT | 2 May 1868 | Hellen GRANT | Find the father |
| Isabella Janet GRAY | 12 July 1874 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| James GRAY | 13 February 1863 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 1 July 1865 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| Isabella GREIG | 3 February 1870 | Jessie GREIG | Find the father |
| Ann GREWER | 22 June 1855 | Jane GREWER | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann JESSIMAN | 5 January 1864 | Ann JESSIMAN | Find the father |
| Williamina Low JESSIMAN | 30 January 1867 | Ann JESSIMAN | Find the father |
| George LAWSON | 13 May 1867 | Isobel LAWSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LINDSAY | 1 June 1872 | Jane LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Mary LINDSAY | 22 March 1874 | Jane LINDSAY | Find the father |
| James LOW | 10 May 1867 | Margaret LOW | Find the father |
| John MASSIE | 10 April 1872 | Jane MASSIE | Find the father |
| Hector Mc Donald MCCARTER | 11 June 1873 | Helen MCCARTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCDONALD | 25 May 1871 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Ann MCPETRIE | 25 September 1860 | Mary MCPETRIE | Find the father |
| Charlotte MCPETRIE | 2 February 1864 | Ann MCPETRIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MIDDLETON | 5 October 1866 | Ann MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Alexander MIDDLETON | 26 June 1855 | Christian MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Ann MIDDLETON | 24 February 1867 | Margaret MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Christina MIDDLETON | 3 September 1859 | Mary MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Christina MIDDLETON | 29 June 1865 | Margaret MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Frances Annie Margaret MIDDLETON | 30 November 1871 | Annie MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| James MIDDLETON | 28 November 1866 | Mary MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| William MIDDLETON | 29 December 1863 | Jane MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Jane MOIR | 10 April 1867 | Jessie MOIR | Find the father |
| Agnes ROSS | 26 February 1860 | Agnes ROSS | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 13 July 1857 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| James Crawford ROSS | 2 April 1862 | Isabella ROSS | Find the father |
| Lewis ROSS | 25 July 1864 | Louisa ROSS | Find the father |
| Walter ROSS | 25 August 1868 | Louisa ROSS | Find the father |
| Ann SIM | 20 June 1856 | Ann SIM | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Silver SMART | 5 December 1874 | Catherine SMART | Find the father |
| Mary Jane SMITH | 13 May 1873 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Jane THOMSON | 2 December 1870 | Sarah THOMSON | Find the father |
| Ann THOW | 1 December 1859 | Elisabeth THOW | Find the father |
| Charles WATT | 8 June 1862 | Jane WATT | Find the father |
| Digby Albin Oswald Patterson WATT | 29 August 1864 | Margaret WATT | Find the father |
| Isabella WATT | 16 June 1859 | Margaret WATT | 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.
