Records -> Banffshire
Boyndie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James ANDREW | Loanhead | 1846 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Mary BLACK | 1867 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John CHRISTIE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander COOPER | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Henry COOPER | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| James FINDLAY | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Ann HENRY or COOPER | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella POLSON or BEATON | 1867 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | 1874 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen ANGUS or BARRIE White Culphin, Boyndie, Banffshire | James Calder EWEN | 15 Jan 1900 10 Old Cullen Road, Portsoy | Order now | Airdrie SC35/7/6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth BARCLAY | 31 December 1865 | Elizabeth BARCLAY | Find the father |
| Anne BARRIE | 31 January 1857 | Margaret BARRIE | Find the father |
| Margaret BARRIE | 18 June 1862 | Margaret BARRIE | Find the father |
| Elspet BARRON | 26 January 1855 | Margaret BARRON | Find the father |
| William BEGG | 18 August 1874 | Mary BEGG | Find the father |
| Anne BLACK | 6 February 1858 | Elizabeth BLACK | Find the father |
| Jane BREMNER | 26 June 1855 | Frances BREMNER | Find the father |
| Walter BRODIE | 14 May 1857 | Elizabeth BRODIE | Find the father |
| James CARR | 18 September 1874 | Ann CARR | Find the father |
| Anne CHRISTIE | 24 January 1859 | Helen CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James COLLIE | 7 June 1861 | Christina COLLIE | Find the father |
| Eliza Touch CRUICKSHANK | 7 July 1864 | Jessie CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Isabella DAVIDSON | 15 November 1859 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 10 January 1857 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Jane DOW | 15 October 1870 | Margaret DOW | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DOW | 12 June 1869 | Margaret DOW | Find the father |
| Anne DUNCAN | 4 June 1857 | Bathia DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Helen Scott FINNIE | 2 June 1860 | Mary FINNIE | Find the father |
| James FRASER | 14 August 1858 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary GAULD | 23 July 1871 | Isabella GAULD | Find the father |
| Alexander GRANT | 7 December 1863 | Barbara GRANT | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane GRANT | 11 March 1855 | Jane GRANT | Find the father |
| George GRAY | 30 May 1873 | Elsie GRAY | Find the father |
| James GRAY | 25 May 1855 | Elspet GRAY | Find the father |
| James HEPBURN | 12 February 1871 | Ann HEPBURN | Find the father |
| James INGLIS | 25 September 1874 | Jane INGLIS | Find the father |
| Caroline JOINER | 10 April 1865 | Isabella JOINER | Find the father |
| Isabella JOINER | 9 August 1858 | Isabella JOINER | Find the father |
| John JOINER | 12 January 1860 | Isabella JOINER | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane JOINER | 2 July 1861 | Jane JOINER | Find the father |
| Thomas JOINER | 2 January 1862 | Ann JOINER | Find the father |
| Annie KIRTEN | 28 November 1874 | Isabella KIRTEN | Find the father |
| Jessie LEMMON | 5 June 1861 | Isabella LEMMON | Find the father |
| John LEMMON | 24 August 1864 | Isabella LEMMON | Find the father |
| Andrew LORIMER | 2 December 1863 | Ann LORIMER | Find the father |
| Georgina LORIMER | 27 September 1866 | Catherine Lorimer Or DONALD | Find the father |
| John LORIMER | 27 September 1866 | Catherine Lorimer Or DONALD | Find the father |
| Adam MACKIE | 3 December 1866 | Isabella MACKIE | Find the father |
| Jane Ann MAIN | 25 May 1862 | Hannah S. MAIN | Find the father |
| John MASSIE | 26 November 1859 | Catherine MASSIE | Find the father |
| Alexander Law MCDONALD | 22 October 1870 | Jessie MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Catharine MCDONALD | 3 April 1861 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Helen MCDONALD | 21 March 1864 | Catharine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Joseph Anderson MCDONALD | 10 October 1865 | Jessie MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCDONALD | 18 April 1861 | Catharine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Georgina Aiken MCHATTIE | 12 August 1874 | Elsie MCHATTIE | Find the father |
| Isabella MCLEOD | 20 January 1855 | Margaret MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Jane MCLEOD | 15 September 1859 | Margaret MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Alexander MCQUEEN | 10 September 1873 | Christina MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCQUEEN | 23 February 1855 | Elizabeth MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Elspet Gordon MCQUEEN | 24 September 1859 | Isabella MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Isabella MCQUEEN | 18 December 1858 | Elizabeth MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| John Alexander MCQUEEN | 30 April 1864 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Alexander MENNIE | 10 October 1861 | Ann MENNIE | Find the father |
| Helen MILNE | 3 January 1869 | Elsie MILNE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MORRISON | 21 March 1871 | Jane MORRISON | Find the father |
| Agnes MURDOCH | 28 July 1870 | Jane MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Alexander Imlach MURDOCH | 18 February 1861 | Mary MURDOCH | Find the father |
| George Lovie MURRAY | 15 July 1874 | Jane MURRAY | Find the father |
| Andrew REID | 19 September 1858 | Helen REID | Find the father |
| John REID | 19 September 1858 | Helen REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 31 October 1861 | Isabella REID | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 21 June 1874 | Jane ROBERTSON | Father found |
| William SHEARER | 8 June 1862 | Jane SHEARER | Find the father |
| Alexander Robert Taylor SIMPSON | 9 January 1866 | Jane SIMPSON | Father found |
| Isabella SORRIE | 24 November 1863 | Jane SORRIE | Find the father |
| Margaret TAYLOR | 26 June 1857 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| William TAYLOR | 21 December 1869 | Elisabeth TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Joseph WALKER | 11 November 1856 | Elspet WALKER | Find the father |
| Christian Adamson WATSON | 8 February 1862 | Ann WATSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WATSON | 5 December 1863 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WATSON | 5 December 1866 | Margaret WATSON | Find the father |
| Samuel Stewart WATSON | 24 November 1867 | Ann WATSON | Find the father |
| Betsy WILLIAMSON | 2 January 1871 | Jessie WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Georgina Lyon WILSON | 21 April 1874 | Ann WILSON | Find the father |
| Helen Barber WILSON | 14 May 1869 | Christian WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne WILSON | 12 May 1856 | Ann WILSON | Find the father |
| Ann WRIGHT | 28 October 1868 | Elisabeth WRIGHT | Find the father |
| John WRIGHT | 22 April 1861 | Jane WRIGHT | 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.
