Records -> Inverness-shire
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Bracadale 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander CAMERON | 1867 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Donald CAMERON | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary CAMERON or CAMPBELL | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Roderick CAMERON | 1883 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander GRANT | 1847 (4) | Order images | Require medical certificate as to the health of the wife, and her ability to work | |
| Edward MACINTOSH | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Alexander MATHESON | 1847 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCASKILL | 1872 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCCASKILL | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MCCASKILL | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MCCASKILL | 1872-1873 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Duncan MCLEAN | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roderick BETHUNE | 1 October 1855 | Margaret BETHUNE | Find the father |
| May BURNS | 21 May 1871 | Mary BURNS | Find the father |
| Catharine CAMERON | 24 July 1871 | Chirsty CAMERON | Find the father |
| Chirsty CAMERON | 15 February 1873 | Chirsty CAMERON | Find the father |
| Kenneth CAMERON | 31 January 1867 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| Roderick CAMERON | 16 November 1873 | Catharine CAMERON | Find the father |
| Margaret FRASER | 4 November 1873 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary FRASER | 23 January 1873 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| William FRASER | 23 November 1873 | Isabella FRASER | Find the father |
| Alexander MACDONALD | 15 November 1858 | Helen MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Catherine MCDONALD | 21 December 1856 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Christina MCDONALD | 2 November 1859 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald MCDONALD | 20 August 1873 | Effy MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Emma MCDONALD | 2 July 1863 | Ellen MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Marion MCDONALD | 7 May 1860 | Effy MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary MCDONALD | 1 February 1863 | Effy MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Ronald MCDONALD | 13 December 1861 | Marion MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John Duncan Clarke MCINTYRE | 29 July 1873 | Madelina MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| John MCKENZIE | 14 July 1873 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Ann MCLEAN | 2 September 1871 | Peggy MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Donald MCLEAN | 13 February 1867 | Peggy MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 27 November 1863 | Marion MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John Angus MCLEAN | 27 December 1873 | Ann MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Peggy MCLEAN | 11 May 1871 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Norman MCLEOD | 26 May 1872 | Hellen MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Angus MCNEIL | 28 November 1873 | Janet MCNEIL | Find the father |
| Christina MORRISON | 30 November 1857 | Bess MORRISON | Find the father |
| Marion MORRISON | 5 May 1860 | Betsy MORRISON | Find the father |
| Catherine SHAW | 10 September 1857 | Mary SHAW | Find the father |
| James Wilson STEWART | 2 March 1868 | Marion STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander TAIT | 16 March 1873 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Margaret TWEEDIE | 4 August 1859 | Barbara TWEEDIE | Find the father |
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.
