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Burntisland records
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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 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.
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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 BRODIE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Ann CROW or GLASS | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CULBERSON | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Benjamin EWING | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Euphemia GRAHAM or GRANT | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Janet LEITCH | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret MCCARTNEY or WALLACE | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Rachel MUDIE or GIBSON | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary Ann PATON | 1854 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
| William WATSON | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Elizabeth WATT or MORE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Elizabeth WATT or MOORE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles ANDERSON | 11 July 1863 | Jane ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Charles Chalmers ANDERSON | 22 October 1859 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John ANDERSON | 20 June 1872 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ANDERSON | 18 February 1872 | Margaret ANDERSON | Father found |
| Helen ARCHER | 13 January 1856 | Helen ARCHER | Find the father |
| David ARNOT | 2 June 1868 | Annie ARNOT | Find the father |
| Robertson ARNOT | 28 September 1869 | Christina ARNOT | Find the father |
| William BALMAIN | 22 October 1858 | Janet BALMAIN | Find the father |
| Alexander BAXTER | 16 November 1863 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| Betsy Marshall BAXTER | 11 October 1868 | Isabella BAXTER | Father found |
| Henry BAXTER | 11 March 1869 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| James BAXTER | 3 August 1872 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| John BAXTER | 3 April 1867 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| Robert BAXTER | 5 December 1857 | Janet BAXTER | Father found |
| Margaret BERNARD | 2 May 1864 | Eupemia BERNARD | Father found |
| Henry BIRRELL | 26 May 1865 | Elizabeth BIRRELL | Father found |
| Catharine White BLACKWOOD | 6 June 1872 | Elizabeth BLACKWOOD | Find the father |
| Eliza BLACKWOOD | 7 May 1862 | Janet BLACKWOOD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BOAG | 5 December 1865 | Janet BOAG | Find the father |
| Robert BOOG | 30 September 1868 | Janet BOOG | Find the father |
| Alison BROWN | 20 March 1856 | Alison Anderson BROWN | Find the father |
| Margaret Mckenzie BROWN | 25 December 1867 | Catharine BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 16 April 1863 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| William BRYDON | 2 February 1861 | Charlotte BRYDON | Find the father |
| Henry CAMERON | 17 November 1863 | Flora CAMERON | Father found |
| Christina CANT | 27 July 1873 | Janet CANT | Find the father |
| David Cooper CANT | 4 July 1857 | Sarah Gregory CANT | Find the father |
| Margaret CHALMERS | 14 January 1863 | Margaret CHALMERS | Find the father |
| William CHALMERS | 13 July 1872 | Jeanie CHALMERS | Find the father |
| William CHALMERS | 29 January 1874 | Jeanie CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Andrew CHARLES | 29 March 1861 | Christina CHARLES | Father found |
| Lauchlan CHARLES | 1 May 1868 | Christina CHARLES | Find the father |
| William CLELLAND | 21 December 1873 | Agnes CLELLAND | Find the father |
| John DICK | 3 November 1856 | Isabella DICK | Find the father |
| John DORWARD | 27 November 1872 | Margaret DORWARD | Father found |
| John Turner DOWNIE | 8 November 1874 | Janet DOWNIE | Find the father |
| Isabella Morton DRYSDALE | 19 September 1861 | Mary DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| George FERGUSON | 4 July 1862 | Jane FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Albert Rathke FORBES | 4 March 1870 | Ann FORBES | Father found |
| William FOSTER | 12 March 1874 | Elizabeth FOSTER | Father found |
| William Smith FOSTER | 23 June 1873 | Jane FOSTER | Find the father |
| Robert GORDON | 17 July 1867 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| Margaret GRASSICK | 18 July 1862 | Margaret GRASSICK | Find the father |
| William Darling GRAY | 7 August 1858 | Jessie GRAY | Find the father |
| Euphemia HEIGH | 18 April 1858 | Ann HEIGH | Find the father |
| Christina HENDERSON | 7 February 1868 | Janet HENDERSON | Father found |
| David HENDERSON | 3 March 1865 | Lily HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert HODGE | 28 April 1869 | Marion HODGE | Find the father |
| Agnes Gilmour HUNTER | 22 May 1874 | Allison Cochrane HUNTER | Find the father |
| Eliza Fotheringham HUTCHISON | 15 November 1860 | Eliza HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Donald Charles Peggie INNES | 8 June 1873 | Elsie INNES | Father found |
| Helen Ross JACK | 4 June 1859 | Margaret JACK | Find the father |
| John JACK | 16 June 1866 | Margaret JACK | Find the father |
| Isabella JOHNSTONE | 21 October 1856 | Janet JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Archibald Stewart KIDD | 29 December 1871 | Jane KIDD | Find the father |
| John Campbell KINLOCH | 12 May 1867 | Christina KINLOCH | Find the father |
| Alexy Jane KINNELL | 15 June 1869 | Jane Walker KINNELL | Find the father |
| James Millar LAING | 10 June 1865 | Isabella Clark LAING | Find the father |
| Adam LYON | 18 June 1861 | Catherine LYON | Find the father |
| Robert Turner MACAULAY | 8 February 1870 | Jane MACAULAY | Father found |
| Jessie Duncan MACDONALD | 15 September 1872 | Agnes MACDONALD | Find the father |
| John MARR | 14 April 1856 | Barbara MARR | Find the father |
| Marjory Johnstone MARR | 4 October 1869 | Amelia MARR | Find the father |
| William Taylor MCDONALD | 18 March 1870 | Agnes MCDONALD | Find the father |
| David MCINTOSH | 1 April 1873 | Marjory MCINTOSH | Father found |
| Helen Tennant MCINTOSH | 14 October 1869 | Helen MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| James MCINTOSH | 11 June 1869 | Margery MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| William Morrison MCINTOSH | 20 December 1867 | Helen MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| James MCKERTER | 27 January 1861 | Helen MCKERTER | Find the father |
| Angus Ferguson MCKINNON | 18 December 1869 | Mary MCKINNON | Father found |
| Helen METHVEN | 4 September 1865 | Mary METHVEN | Find the father |
| Robert Robertson MICHIE | 24 December 1872 | Mary MICHIE | Father found |
| William Bannerman MILLAR | 24 July 1858 | Agnes Mollison MILLAR | Father found |
| James Edward Millar MILNE | 2 April 1867 | Ann Millar MILNE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MORE | 5 November 1856 | Margaret MORE | Find the father |
| Euphemia MORISON | 29 July 1866 | Isabella MORISON | Father found |
| John King MOYES | 28 September 1868 | Mary MOYES | Find the father |
| John William NAPIER | 31 May 1871 | Eliza NAPIER | Find the father |
| Robert NICHOLSON | 28 September 1873 | Janet NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| William NICOL | 29 December 1868 | Mary NICOL | Find the father |
| Alexander Foster PATERSON | 22 January 1874 | Betsy PATERSON | Find the father |
| Archibald PATERSON | 19 September 1864 | Betsy PATERSON | Find the father |
| David Dall PATERSON | 28 June 1859 | Helen PATERSON | Find the father |
| Henrietta PATERSON | 12 July 1869 | Jessie PATERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella PATERSON | 30 August 1867 | Isabella PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret PATERSON | 28 March 1863 | Margaret PATERSON | Father found |
| Wilhelmina Annandale PATERSON | 23 May 1868 | Betsy PATERSON | Find the father |
| Janet Forsyth PAXTON | 25 January 1857 | Mary Morgan PAXTON | Find the father |
| Mary Mcdonald PEARSON | 15 August 1873 | Jemima PEARSON | Find the father |
| William PEARSON | 2 September 1863 | Ann PEARSON | Find the father |
| Jeannie Glover PHILIP | 24 August 1868 | Euphemia PHILIP | Find the father |
| William Balcarres PHILLIPS | 23 July 1872 | Helen PHILLIPS | Father found |
| Alison Gordon REID | 16 February 1867 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| William Foster RINTOUL | 14 January 1858 | Mary RINTOUL | Father found |
| David Brooke ROBERTSON | 31 May 1859 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Janet RODGER | 21 June 1855 | Catherine RODGER | Find the father |
| David SCOTT | 14 October 1863 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| John SINCLAIR | 13 May 1866 | Sophia SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| William SKAY | 15 January 1856 | Catherine SKAY | Find the father |
| Helen Sophia SMITH | 6 February 1869 | Sophia SMITH | Find the father |
| John Ferguson SMITH | 27 June 1870 | Sophia SMITH | Father found |
| William Alexander Thomson SPEED | 5 May 1870 | Janet SPEED | Find the father |
| Annie Sym STARK | 28 August 1872 | Annie STARK | Find the father |
| Robert Reid STARK | 12 February 1867 | Margaret STARK | Find the father |
| John Mckenzie STILL | 24 December 1874 | Margaret STILL | Father found |
| James TAIT | 15 August 1862 | Christian TAIT | Find the father |
| Joan Mcinnes TAIT | 16 July 1866 | Christina TAIT | Find the father |
| Robert TAIT | 15 April 1857 | Christian TAIT | Find the father |
| Janet THOMSON | 5 October 1862 | Catherine THOMSON | Father found |
| Margaret THOMSON | 4 May 1867 | Catherine THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth THOMSON | 6 December 1873 | Catharine THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas David Morris TURNER | 4 January 1860 | Jane TURNER | Father found |
| David WADDELL | 10 March 1870 | Barbara WADDELL | Find the father |
| Margaret WADDELL | 18 October 1872 | Margaret WADDELL | Father found |
| Christina WATSON | 24 November 1872 | Helen WATSON | Find the father |
| Jessie WATSON | 28 January 1870 | Helen WATSON | Father found |
| Helen Jane WEIR | 1 December 1871 | Helen Jane WEIR | Father found |
| Alexander Macartney WHITE | 19 July 1859 | Ann WHITE | Father found |
| George WHITE | 23 February 1859 | Euphemia WHITE | Find the father |
| George Page Hetherington WHITE | 30 January 1868 | Mary WHITE | Find the father |
| Georgina WHITE | 30 May 1863 | Ann Inglis WHITE | Father found |
| James Mckinness WHITE | 30 March 1867 | Ann Inglis WHITE | Find the father |
| Margaret Robertson WHITE | 20 November 1859 | Betsy Page WHITE | Father found |
| Magnus WILKIE | 1 November 1866 | Margaret WILKIE | Father found |
| Margaret WILKIE | 16 December 1868 | Ann WILKIE | Find the father |
| William Kellock WILSON | 13 December 1872 | Mary WILSON | Father found |
| Christina WISHART | 21 September 1873 | Christina WISHART | Find the father |
| Alexander Mcandrew YOUNG | 28 May 1872 | Marion YOUNG | Find the father |
| William Mcandrew YOUNG | 28 May 1872 | Marion YOUNG | 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.
