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Blackford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/500/1 | Minutes | 1697-1737 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/2 | Minutes and accounts | 1709-1714 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/3 | Minutes, distributions, and collections Minutes 1738-1768 Distributions 1765-1773 Collections 1738-1773 Includes mortcloth dues | 1738-1773 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/4 | Minutes | 1768-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/5 | Accounts Collections 1773-1822 Distributions 1774-1822 Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1773-1823 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/12 | Baptisms | 1855-1875 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/13 | Proclamations | 1855-1861 | Request lookup |
| CH2/500/14 | Heritors' minutes | 1777-1846 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Margaret HEADRICK | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David ROY | 1851 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David ROY | 1854 (5) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret FINLAYSON Blackford, Perthshire | John MCHARDY | 14 Jul 1852 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/34 |
| Mary LAWRENCE or ROSS East and North Mains, Blackford | John NEILL | 22 Jan 1871 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/47 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian ANDERSON | 24 January 1855 | Christian ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Christina ANDERSON | 30 July 1866 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| David ANDERSON | 29 May 1871 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Isabel ANDERSON | 25 June 1855 | Isabel ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James ANDERSON | 19 June 1859 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet ANDERSON | 25 October 1862 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann ANDERSON | 30 September 1871 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary ANDERSON | 30 June 1863 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Peter ANDERSON | 15 May 1867 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert ANDERSON | 25 July 1874 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William ANDERSON | 7 April 1857 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William ANDERSON | 19 October 1864 | Isabella ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William ANDERSON | 26 August 1865 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Peter Stewart BALLINGALL | 6 September 1870 | Elizabeth BALLINGALL | Find the father |
| William BRYCE | 24 August 1863 | Catherine BRYCE | Find the father |
| James Richard CAMERON | 30 January 1859 | Jessie CAMERON | Find the father |
| Duncan CAMPBELL | 12 June 1872 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jane CLARK | 3 July 1870 | Jane CLARK | Find the father |
| John CLARK | 25 January 1858 | Christian CLARK | Father found |
| Thomas CONNAR | 31 December 1857 | Isabella CONNAR | Find the father |
| Margaret DORCY | 19 August 1857 | Susan DORCY | Father found |
| David Black FERNIE | 7 April 1868 | Janet FERNIE | Find the father |
| James GLOAG | 16 April 1859 | Margaret GLOAG | Find the father |
| Christian GRAHAM | 11 March 1856 | Janet GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Robert HEDRICK | 25 April 1862 | Robina HEDRICK | Father found |
| James HOSEK | 18 September 1855 | Catherine HOSEK | Find the father |
| Ann JACK | 25 October 1873 | Ann JACK | Find the father |
| Margaret JACK | 26 November 1870 | Grace JACK | Find the father |
| Alexander KERR | 3 February 1870 | Janet KERR | Find the father |
| Duncan KING | 26 May 1861 | Eliza KING | Father found |
| Elizabeth KING | 23 September 1872 | Eliza KING | Father found |
| Janet KING | 4 August 1863 | Eliza KING | Find the father |
| John KING | 3 August 1866 | Eliza KING | Find the father |
| Margaret LAUDER | 24 November 1867 | Isabella LAUDER | Find the father |
| Janet LAURENCE | 26 July 1862 | Janet LAURENCE | Find the father |
| John LAURENCE | 2 January 1855 | Janet LAURENCE | Find the father |
| Jessie LINDSAY | 5 September 1867 | Agnes LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Jane MCANDREW | 23 February 1861 | Christian MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Christina MCCULLOCH | 9 January 1874 | Margaret MCCULLOCH | Father found |
| Matthew MCCULLOCH | 26 September 1870 | Ann MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| William MCDONALD | 4 January 1860 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary MCGLASHAN | 25 April 1856 | Sarah MCGLASHAN | Find the father |
| James MCGREGOR | 20 June 1863 | Ann MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Alexander MCINTYRE | 12 August 1867 | Margaret MCINTYRE | Father found |
| Daniel MCKERCHAR | 26 June 1857 | Margaret MCKERCHAR | Find the father |
| Peter Alexander MCLELLAN | 24 August 1866 | Catherine MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Christian Ann Donaldson MCNAB | 17 August 1868 | Catherine MCNAB | Find the father |
| Finlay MCNAB | 20 October 1868 | Jane MCNAB | Find the father |
| Jessie MCPHERSON | 26 February 1865 | Jessie MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Jean MCROBBIE | 13 July 1855 | Jean MCROBBIE | Find the father |
| Daniel MENZIES | 6 July 1867 | Jean MENZIES | Find the father |
| James MENZIES | 24 November 1862 | Margaret MENZIES | Find the father |
| Mary MENZIES | 7 January 1864 | Jean MENZIES | Find the father |
| Mary MILLAR | 10 November 1863 | Elizabeth MILLAR | Find the father |
| John MILLER | 30 August 1867 | Christian MILLER | Find the father |
| Thomas MILLER | 21 June 1855 | Janet MILLER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | 8 July 1863 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Janet Mcculloch MORRISON | 18 September 1863 | Christina MORRISON | Find the father |
| John PENNIE | 10 November 1864 | Jean PENNIE | Find the father |
| John RAY | 20 December 1862 | Anne RAY | Find the father |
| Ann REID | 29 August 1868 | Ann REID | Find the father |
| James RITCHIE | 25 August 1857 | May RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Ann ROY | 31 July 1867 | Catharine ROY | Find the father |
| David ROY | 20 September 1868 | Catherine ROY | Find the father |
| Robert ROY | 13 December 1860 | Jean ROY | Father found |
| John RUSSELL | 23 October 1863 | Isabel RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Kate RUSSELL | 3 November 1863 | Helen RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Stewart RUSSELL | 20 March 1858 | Helen RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Ann Davidson SCOBIE | 12 March 1860 | Catherine SCOBIE | Find the father |
| Francis SCOBIE | 3 May 1868 | Catherine SCOBIE | Find the father |
| Helen SHARP | 1 January 1856 | Ann SHARP | Find the father |
| Jessie Ann SHARP | 12 February 1869 | Ann SHARP | Find the father |
| Daniel SINCLAIR | 28 July 1873 | Christina SINCLAIR | Father found |
| Janet TAYLOR | 22 January 1872 | Ann TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Janet THOMSON | 2 March 1861 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas TRAIN | 1 January 1855 | Ann TRAIN | Find the father |
| Jane WALKER | 20 February 1856 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| Rachel WILSON | 7 June 1864 | Janet WILSON | 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.
