Brechin parish 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/41/1 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Minutes (Free church from 1843) | 1838-1909 | Request lookup |
| CH2/41/2 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Minutes | 1874-1897 | Request lookup |
| CH2/41/3 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Minutes | 1897-1924 | Request lookup |
| CH2/41/5 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Managers' minutes (Free church from 1843) | 1837-1844 | Request lookup |
| CH2/41/7 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Baptismal register (Very badly damaged by damp) | 1892-1935 | Request lookup |
| CH2/41/9 | Brechin East Parish Kirk Session - Proclamation register | 1894-1915 | 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John ATHERTON | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that allowance of 2s 6d per week is to be continued | |
| Jess BALMAIN or ANDERSON | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen BREMNER | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jean COLLY | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary DUNCAN | 1856-1857 (3) | Order images | Refused, in respect that applicant left the parish in Jan last, and it is not known where she is | |
| David FINDLAY | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella FINLAYSON | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John GREAT | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary HARVEY or MACINTOSH | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Ann HIGH or GOLD | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann HIGH or GOW | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander INNES | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James LOW | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James LOW | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James LOW | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| David MACDONALD | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David MACDONALD | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MCHARDY | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George PURVES | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert REID | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow SANDIEMAN | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella SCOTT | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Betty SMART or MACKENZIE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Ann WADDELL or SMITH | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary Ann WEBSTER | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
