Bressay 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
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
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Margaret ANDERSON | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
Barbara DAVIDSON | 1853-1854 (5) | Order images | Minute issued | |
Williamina GOODLAD | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
Robina NELSON | 1882 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
Mary SCLATER or CHRISTIE | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Cecilia WILLIAMSON | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
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Eliza ANDERSON | 24 October 1860 | Tamar ANDERSON | Find the father |
George Linklater ANDERSON | 3 August 1866 | Grace ANDERSON | Find the father |
John DAVIDSON | 12 January 1856 | Elizabeth DAVIDSON | Find the father |
Phylis DAVIDSON | 8 October 1856 | Margaret DAVIDSON | Find the father |
James GRAY | 13 November 1868 | Jessie GRAY | Find the father |
William HALL | 29 July 1862 | Marjory Ann HALL | Find the father |
Jemima Ann Catherine HERCULSON | 23 February 1872 | Catherine HERCULSON | Find the father |
Williamina HUNTER | 12 May 1859 | Barbara HUNTER | Find the father |
Jessie INKSTER | 16 September 1861 | Mary INKSTER | Find the father |
Elizabeth JAMIESON | 27 July 1868 | Margaret JAMIESON | Find the father |
Grace JAMIESON | 17 December 1861 | Jane JAMIESON | Find the father |
Mary LEISK | 17 December 1858 | Malley LEISK | Find the father |
Williamina LINKLATER | 14 January 1874 | Mary LINKLATER | Find the father |
James MANSON | 21 May 1855 | Elizabeth MANSON | Find the father |
Philadelphia MANSON | 20 September 1862 | Jane MANSON | Find the father |
Jane NELSON | 30 September 1857 | Ann NELSON | Find the father |
Magnus NELSON | 21 May 1860 | Johanna NELSON | Find the father |
Robina NELSON | 11 May 1866 | Barbara NELSON | Find the father |
Margaret POTTINGER | 8 November 1861 | Christina POTTINGER | Find the father |
Eliza SMITH | 14 October 1866 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
Grace Elizabeth SMITH | 12 August 1862 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
John SMITH | 4 July 1856 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
Robina SMITH | 8 September 1864 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
William THOMASON | 12 July 1861 | Elizabeth THOMASON | Find the father |
Margaret YORSTON | 13 September 1857 | Elizabeth Gordon YORSTON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
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.