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Borgue records

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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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/713/1Accounts (poors' fund) - 1758-87
Accounts (poors' fund) - 1791-4		1758-1794Request lookup
CH2/713/2Minutes1825-1879Request lookup
CH2/713/3Baptismal register1855-1943Request lookup
CH2/713/5Teind roll of the parish of Borgue1954Request 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
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Elizabeth GEMMELL 1859 (2)Order imagesRefused - applicant and children can enter poorhouse, Kirkcudbright, and be removed thither
Ann GILMOUR 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused
John MCJANET Risk1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Isabella STEWART 1846 (2)Order imagesGround 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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Janet COWAN
Tongcroft, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightsihire		John IRELAND17 Oct 1886
Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		Order nowHamilton
SC37/7/27
Mary EDGAR
South Park, Borgue		James MCWILLIAM18 Dec 1880Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Agnes GILLESPIE
Kennedy Cottage, Borgue		Andrew MANSON4 May 1859Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/13
Mina GOURLAY
Standingstone, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		George MAXWELL12 Oct 1892
Rhonehouse, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire		Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Mary LINDSAY
Kirkchrist, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		John MCMATH14 Jan 1854Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/7
Mary LINDSAY
Kirkchrist, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		John MCMATH14 Jan 1854Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/6
Margaret MCARTHUR
Littleton, Borgue		James BARBOUR28 Apr 1879Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Jane MCCUBBIN
Muncraig, Borgue		Walter MCMILLAN4 Jun 1887Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Janet MCGUFFIE
High Borgue, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		James MCCUBBINOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Jeanie MCKENNA
Burnyard, Borgue		John NEWLANDS3 Nov 1912
Burnyard, Borgue		Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Agnes MCTAGGART
Chapelton, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire		Donald NELSON28 Apr 1889Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Nicholas RAE
Clash, Borgue		Hugh COLE31 Oct 1857Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Elizabeth RITCHIE
Rhonehouse, Kelton
formerly Boreland, Borgue		Alexander MALTMANOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/14

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Mary Agness AIRLEY28 January 1868Alison AIRLEYFind the father
John BARR10 June 1864Rebecca BARRFind the father
Ann BIERS1 June 1862Isabella BIERSFather found
Margaret BIERS14 April 1869Mary BIERSFind the father
Margret BROWN28 March 1855Margaret BROWNFind the father
Agnes Davis BRYDSON14 February 1869Jane BRYDSONFind the father
Mary BRYDSON13 May 1870Elizabeth BRYDSONFind the father
James CAMPBELL21 December 1862Elizabeth CAMPBELLFind the father
Jannet CANNON27 October 1855Jannet CANNONFind the father
George CAVAN24 September 1861Nicholas CAVANFind the father
Nickolas CAVAN12 October 1856Nickolas CAVANFind the father
Hannah CORRIE10 February 1873Jean CORRIEFind the father
George David CUMMING28 February 1865Elizebeth CUMMINGFind the father
David DALZIEL3 February 1866Hellen DALZIELFind the father
John DALZIEL30 March 1864Ellon DALZIELFind the father
Robert DAVIDSON28 November 1873Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
Mary Jane DUNBAR21 August 1873Jane DUNBARFind the father
Margret GEDDES7 November 1865Mary GEDDESFind the father
Jessie GILLESPIE11 May 1859Agness GILLESPIEFind the father
John GOODON27 April 1866Amelia GOODONFind the father
Easter GORDON12 January 1864Elizabeth GORDONFind the father
Elizabeth GORDON8 March 1873Agnes GORDONFind the father
Francis GORDON19 August 1862Amelia GORDONFind the father
Jannet GORDON21 September 1858Jannet GORDONFind the father
John GORDON22 November 1874Agness GORDONFind the father
Mary GORDON31 August 1871Agnes GORDONFind the father
Robert Alexander HENRY13 December 1874Janet HENRYFind the father
James HERRON25 June 1860Margret HERRONFind the father
Mary HOPETON30 November 1862Jane HOPETONFather found
George Milligan HYSLOP5 August 1871Mary HYSLOPFind the father
Jessie Johnston JAMIESON23 February 1872Agnes JAMIESONFind the father
James JOHNSTON12 January 1859Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
James KELLY15 December 1867Mary KELLYFind the father
John Ann KELLY4 April 1860Elizabeth KELLYFind the father
Alexander KENNAN8 November 1864Jannet KENNANFind the father
Alexander KENNAN19 September 1867Mary Ann KENNANFind the father
Jane Kennan KENNAN21 June 1861Jannet KENNANFind the father
Mary KENNAN1 July 1859Jennet KENNANFather found
Samuel KIE23 November 1865Elizabeth KIEFind the father
Eliza KINNA4 February 1855Isabela KINNAFind the father
James KINNA26 July 1859Isabela KINNAFather found
Mary LAIDDLIE26 November 1867Janet LAIDDLIEFind the father
James Hannah LANDSBOROUGH8 January 1868Agness LANDSBOROUGHFind the father
Gordon LEES19 September 1863Isabella LEESFind the father
John LEES6 January 1873Isabella LEESFind the father
William LEES27 June 1868Isabella LEESFind the father
Archibald MANSON23 August 1872Agnes MANSONFind the father
Jane Dykes MANSON4 April 1869Janet MANSONFind the father
John William MAXWELL10 August 1874Janet MAXWELLFind the father
Mary Helen MAXWELL9 August 1872Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Agnes MCCARTNEY26 October 1873Maggie MCCARTNEYFind the father
Samuel MCCARTNEY18 December 1873Elizabeth MCCARTNEYFind the father
Samuel MCCLURE18 September 1858Mary MCCLUREFind the father
John MCCRAITH9 January 1858Jannet MCCRAITHFather found
Alexander MCGAA31 July 1858Margaret MCGAAFind the father
Alexander MCGAW28 December 1864Margret MCGAWFind the father
Eliza Ann MCGAW23 November 1864Ravenscroft MCGAWFind the father
Jessie MCGAW13 December 1862Margret MCGAWFind the father
John MCGAW22 July 1868Margaret MCGAWFind the father
James MCKIE29 June 1863Margret MCKIEFind the father
Robert MCKIE25 January 1872Elizabeth MCKIEFind the father
William MCKIE23 May 1867Elizabeth MCKIEFather found
James MCMINN24 April 1862Margaret MCMINNFind the father
Jane MCMINN5 April 1867Elizabeth MCMINNFind the father
Margaret MCMINN29 August 1856Nicholas MCMINNFather found
Mary MCMINN11 April 1859Elizebeth MCMINNFind the father
William MCMINN14 October 1860Mary MCMINNFind the father
William Mcminn MCMINN2 January 1863Mary MCMINNFind the father
Mary Ann Murphey MCMORLAND23 January 1858Isabela MCMORLANDFind the father
Samuel MCMUNN16 January 1855Nickolas MCMUNNFind the father
John MCNALLY6 October 1860Elizabeth MCNALLYFind the father
Samuel MCNALY6 July 1862Elizabeth MCNALYFather found
James MILLIGAN28 March 1856Mary MILLIGANFind the father
Mary Jane MILLIGAN3 November 1858Mary MILLIGANFind the father
Isabella MORELAND13 April 1865Isabella MORELANDFather found
Alexander PAYNE16 May 1871Jane PAYNEFind the father
Agnes Black RAE1 November 1874Jane RAEFind the father
James RAE30 October 1857Nickolas RAEFind the father
Isabella Mccoskrie STEVENSON15 November 1868Jane STEVENSONFind the father
David THOMPSON5 January 1870Margaret THOMPSONFind the father
John THOMPSON16 February 1865Margret THOMPSONFind the father
Elizabeth WELSH13 July 1860Margret WELSHFind the father
Margret Jane WILSON18 July 1856Agness WILSONFind the father
Agness WISHART22 July 1868Mary WISHARTFind the father
Jessie WISHART7 May 1864Mary WISHARTFind the father
Mary Jane WISHART30 October 1859Mary WISHARTFind the father
Robert Sproat YOUNG22 October 1864Mary YOUNGFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/713/2 pp. 18-20)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnGordonHeritor
WilliamCrudenHeritor
JamesSmithHeritor
ARichardsonheritor and elder
ThomasHainingelder
JamesSwordelder
JohnMainelder
WilliamPooleelder
JohnClinton
JohnJolly
ThomasCooper
WilliamSproat
JamesTaggart
JohnWylie
HenryFoster
WilliamPain
AlexrMcminn
ThomasGordon
WilliamHitchell
JohnRobison
JamesMaizland
PeterDickson
JohnDickson
WilliamHenry
WilliamMcewen
JamesMctaggart
EbenezerMccaa
JamesRain
JamesGuthrie
WilliamAnderson
AlexanderSproat
HughSproat
JamesSproat
WilliamSproat
JohnPoole
WilliamHenry
JohnMcgowan
WilliamWalker
MatthewGordon
MatthewGilmour
RobertCarter
JamCorrigall
AlexCoughtrie
JohnHarries
AlexBrown2 next to name
GeorgeSproat
JamesCarter
WilliamMcconnel
JamesBiers
JohnSproat
SamuelMcclure
JohnSword
WilliamCarter
EbenezerCarter
JohnMaxwell
SamuelMcmonnies
JohnBiers
JamesDickson
JohnCampbell
HughSproat2 next to name
DavidMcculloch
RobertHawthorn
SamuelBrown2 next to name
WilliamCarson
ThomasPorter
ThomasPorter
JamesSmith
JamesSproat
JohnEdgar
HughCarter
FrancisBurgess
AlexSproat
JohnHannay
HughGordon
JamesMcGhie
JohnThomson
JamesJolly
SamuelHaining
JohnBrown
WilliamLivingston
WilliamBlain
WilliamMcculloch
AlexMckie
RobertPauling
WilliamMcNish
GeorgeMclellan
JohnHeughan
DavidHouston
SamuelMcNish
ThomasMurphy
JamesHutchieson
AndrewHouston
WilliamManson
JohnMcjanet
DanielWilkinson
ThomasBrown2 next to name
WilliamMcNish
JohnMcKeand
JohnPain
JohnMcminn
WilliamMcminn
JohnSproat
WilliamMcminn
JohnBrown2 next to name
HughBryce
LawrenceHiggins
ThomasKenna
PeterRamsay
JosephLittle
WilliamPapple
JamesMcminn
JamesWalker
HughDalrymple
AllanMcewen

Kirk Session Records Index

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

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