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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 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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Alexander BRODIE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Ann CROW or GLASS 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
William CULBERSON 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Benjamin EWING 1849 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Euphemia GRAHAM or GRANT 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Janet LEITCH 1873 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret MCCARTNEY or WALLACE 1866 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Rachel MUDIE or GIBSON 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary Ann PATON 1854 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed (poorhouse)
William WATSON 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Elizabeth WATT or MORE 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Elizabeth WATT or MOORE 1873 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Charles ANDERSON11 July 1863Jane ANDERSONFind the father
Charles Chalmers ANDERSON22 October 1859Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
John ANDERSON20 June 1872Mary ANDERSONFind the father
Margaret ANDERSON18 February 1872Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Helen ARCHER13 January 1856Helen ARCHERFind the father
David ARNOT2 June 1868Annie ARNOTFind the father
Robertson ARNOT28 September 1869Christina ARNOTFind the father
William BALMAIN22 October 1858Janet BALMAINFind the father
Alexander BAXTER16 November 1863Isabella BAXTERFind the father
Betsy Marshall BAXTER11 October 1868Isabella BAXTERFind the father
Henry BAXTER11 March 1869Isabella BAXTERFind the father
James BAXTER3 August 1872Isabella BAXTERFind the father
John BAXTER3 April 1867Isabella BAXTERFind the father
Robert BAXTER5 December 1857Janet BAXTERFind the father
Margaret BERNARD2 May 1864Eupemia BERNARDFind the father
Henry BIRRELL26 May 1865Elizabeth BIRRELLFind the father
Catharine White BLACKWOOD6 June 1872Elizabeth BLACKWOODFind the father
Eliza BLACKWOOD7 May 1862Janet BLACKWOODFind the father
Elizabeth BOAG5 December 1865Janet BOAGFind the father
Robert BOOG30 September 1868Janet BOOGFind the father
Alison BROWN20 March 1856Alison Anderson BROWNFind the father
Margaret Mckenzie BROWN25 December 1867Catharine BROWNFind the father
William BROWN16 April 1863Helen BROWNFind the father
William BRYDON2 February 1861Charlotte BRYDONFind the father
Henry CAMERON17 November 1863Flora CAMERONFind the father
Christina CANT27 July 1873Janet CANTFind the father
David Cooper CANT4 July 1857Sarah Gregory CANTFind the father
Margaret CHALMERS14 January 1863Margaret CHALMERSFind the father
William CHALMERS13 July 1872Jeanie CHALMERSFind the father
William CHALMERS29 January 1874Jeanie CHALMERSFind the father
Andrew CHARLES29 March 1861Christina CHARLESFind the father
Lauchlan CHARLES1 May 1868Christina CHARLESFind the father
William CLELLAND21 December 1873Agnes CLELLANDFind the father
John DICK3 November 1856Isabella DICKFind the father
John DORWARD27 November 1872Margaret DORWARDFind the father
John Turner DOWNIE8 November 1874Janet DOWNIEFind the father
Isabella Morton DRYSDALE19 September 1861Mary DRYSDALEFind the father
George FERGUSON4 July 1862Jane FERGUSONFind the father
Albert Rathke FORBES4 March 1870Ann FORBESFind the father
William FOSTER12 March 1874Elizabeth FOSTERFind the father
William Smith FOSTER23 June 1873Jane FOSTERFind the father
Robert GORDON17 July 1867Margaret GORDONFind the father
Margaret GRASSICK18 July 1862Margaret GRASSICKFind the father
William Darling GRAY7 August 1858Jessie GRAYFind the father
Euphemia HEIGH18 April 1858Ann HEIGHFind the father
Christina HENDERSON7 February 1868Janet HENDERSONFind the father
David HENDERSON3 March 1865Lily HENDERSONFind the father
Robert HODGE28 April 1869Marion HODGEFind the father
Agnes Gilmour HUNTER22 May 1874Allison Cochrane HUNTERFind the father
Eliza Fotheringham HUTCHISON15 November 1860Eliza HUTCHISONFind the father
Donald Charles Peggie INNES8 June 1873Elsie INNESFind the father
Helen Ross JACK4 June 1859Margaret JACKFind the father
John JACK16 June 1866Margaret JACKFind the father
Isabella JOHNSTONE21 October 1856Janet JOHNSTONEFind the father
Archibald Stewart KIDD29 December 1871Jane KIDDFind the father
John Campbell KINLOCH12 May 1867Christina KINLOCHFind the father
Alexy Jane KINNELL15 June 1869Jane Walker KINNELLFind the father
James Millar LAING10 June 1865Isabella Clark LAINGFind the father
Adam LYON18 June 1861Catherine LYONFind the father
Robert Turner MACAULAY8 February 1870Jane MACAULAYFind the father
Jessie Duncan MACDONALD15 September 1872Agnes MACDONALDFind the father
John MARR14 April 1856Barbara MARRFind the father
Marjory Johnstone MARR4 October 1869Amelia MARRFind the father
William Taylor MCDONALD18 March 1870Agnes MCDONALDFind the father
David MCINTOSH1 April 1873Marjory MCINTOSHFind the father
Helen Tennant MCINTOSH14 October 1869Helen MCINTOSHFind the father
James MCINTOSH11 June 1869Margery MCINTOSHFind the father
William Morrison MCINTOSH20 December 1867Helen MCINTOSHFind the father
James MCKERTER27 January 1861Helen MCKERTERFind the father
Angus Ferguson MCKINNON18 December 1869Mary MCKINNONFind the father
Helen METHVEN4 September 1865Mary METHVENFind the father
Robert Robertson MICHIE24 December 1872Mary MICHIEFind the father
William Bannerman MILLAR24 July 1858Agnes Mollison MILLARFind the father
James Edward Millar MILNE2 April 1867Ann Millar MILNEFind the father
Elizabeth MORE5 November 1856Margaret MOREFind the father
Euphemia MORISON29 July 1866Isabella MORISONFind the father
John King MOYES28 September 1868Mary MOYESFind the father
John William NAPIER31 May 1871Eliza NAPIERFind the father
Robert NICHOLSON28 September 1873Janet NICHOLSONFind the father
William NICOL29 December 1868Mary NICOLFind the father
Alexander Foster PATERSON22 January 1874Betsy PATERSONFind the father
Archibald PATERSON19 September 1864Betsy PATERSONFind the father
David Dall PATERSON28 June 1859Helen PATERSONFind the father
Henrietta PATERSON12 July 1869Jessie PATERSONFind the father
Isabella PATERSON30 August 1867Isabella PATERSONFind the father
Margaret PATERSON28 March 1863Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Wilhelmina Annandale PATERSON23 May 1868Betsy PATERSONFind the father
Janet Forsyth PAXTON25 January 1857Mary Morgan PAXTONFind the father
Mary Mcdonald PEARSON15 August 1873Jemima PEARSONFind the father
William PEARSON2 September 1863Ann PEARSONFind the father
Jeannie Glover PHILIP24 August 1868Euphemia PHILIPFind the father
William Balcarres PHILLIPS23 July 1872Helen PHILLIPSFind the father
Alison Gordon REID16 February 1867Margaret REIDFind the father
William Foster RINTOUL14 January 1858Mary RINTOULFind the father
David Brooke ROBERTSON31 May 1859Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet RODGER21 June 1855Catherine RODGERFind the father
David SCOTT14 October 1863Margaret SCOTTFind the father
John SINCLAIR13 May 1866Sophia SINCLAIRFind the father
William SKAY15 January 1856Catherine SKAYFind the father
Helen Sophia SMITH6 February 1869Sophia SMITHFind the father
John Ferguson SMITH27 June 1870Sophia SMITHFind the father
William Alexander Thomson SPEED5 May 1870Janet SPEEDFind the father
Annie Sym STARK28 August 1872Annie STARKFind the father
Robert Reid STARK12 February 1867Margaret STARKFind the father
John Mckenzie STILL24 December 1874Margaret STILLFind the father
James TAIT15 August 1862Christian TAITFind the father
Joan Mcinnes TAIT16 July 1866Christina TAITFind the father
Robert TAIT15 April 1857Christian TAITFind the father
Janet THOMSON5 October 1862Catherine THOMSONFind the father
Margaret THOMSON4 May 1867Catherine THOMSONFind the father
Mary Elizabeth THOMSON6 December 1873Catharine THOMSONFind the father
Thomas David Morris TURNER4 January 1860Jane TURNERFind the father
David WADDELL10 March 1870Barbara WADDELLFind the father
Margaret WADDELL18 October 1872Margaret WADDELLFind the father
Christina WATSON24 November 1872Helen WATSONFind the father
Jessie WATSON28 January 1870Helen WATSONFind the father
Helen Jane WEIR1 December 1871Helen Jane WEIRFind the father
Alexander Macartney WHITE19 July 1859Ann WHITEFind the father
George WHITE23 February 1859Euphemia WHITEFind the father
George Page Hetherington WHITE30 January 1868Mary WHITEFind the father
Georgina WHITE30 May 1863Ann Inglis WHITEFind the father
James Mckinness WHITE30 March 1867Ann Inglis WHITEFind the father
Margaret Robertson WHITE20 November 1859Betsy Page WHITEFind the father
Magnus WILKIE1 November 1866Margaret WILKIEFind the father
Margaret WILKIE16 December 1868Ann WILKIEFind the father
William Kellock WILSON13 December 1872Mary WILSONFind the father
Christina WISHART21 September 1873Christina WISHARTFind the father
Alexander Mcandrew YOUNG28 May 1872Marion YOUNGFind the father
William Mcandrew YOUNG28 May 1872Marion YOUNGFind 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

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