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Records -> Aberdeenshire

Cairney 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

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1240/1Minutes 1724-1726
Minutes 1730-1735
Minutes 1738-1747
1724-1747Request lookup
CH2/1240/2Minutes1747-1813Request lookup
CH2/1240/3Minutes1813-1819Request lookup
CH2/1240/4Minutes1820-1837Request lookup
CH2/1240/5Minutes1837-1842Request lookup
CH2/1240/6Minutes1858-1898Request 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:
  • £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)
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
William CRAIGEN 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow DEY 1881 (3)Order imagesReconsideration of parochial board
Ann DINGWALL 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow KNIGHT or DEY 1877 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Helen KNIGHT or DEY 1880 (1)Order imagesRefused
Joseph LESLIE 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jane LYON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Robert MACKIE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert MACKIE 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Ann MAIR or KEITH 1856-1857 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann MAIR 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused
James MURRAY 1859 (2)Order imagesRefused
Jane THOMSON 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret WILSON 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused
Mary WILSON or WATT 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused


Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Jane COOPER or INNES
Sittinghillock, Cairney
William DAVIDSONOrder nowElgin
SC26/7/5


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Jane ADDISON15 April 1872Ann ADDISONFind the father
Ann ALLAN24 July 1869Margaret ALLANFind the father
David Dempster ALLAN14 December 1873Margaret ALLANFather found
James ALLAN28 November 1873Jessie ALLANFind the father
John ALLAN8 December 1866Ann ALLANFind the father
Helen BARCLAY27 January 1857Mary BARCLAYFind the father
Ann BONNYMAN1 August 1866Isabella Bonnyman Or BAINFind the father
James BONNYMAN27 January 1857Isabella Bonnyman Or BAINFind the father
Jane BONNYMAN26 November 1859Ann BONNYMANFind the father
John BONNYMAN21 June 1870Isabella Bonnyman Or BAINFind the father
James BRODIE10 October 1860Elizabeth BRODIEFind the father
Elsie BROWN11 July 1855Ann BROWNFind the father
Margaret Alexander BROWN25 December 1870Elizabeth BROWNFind the father
Christina BRUCE28 February 1859Mary Margaret BRUCEFind the father
Mary BRUCE19 December 1860Christina BRUCEFind the father
Elizabeth CAMERON8 September 1864Elizabeth CAMERONFind the father
Jessie Ann CAMERON4 November 1861Elizabeth CAMERONFind the father
Francis Alexander CHALMERS6 February 1868Ann CHALMERSFind the father
Elizabeth CORMACK18 September 1868Elizabeth CORMACKFind the father
Ann CRAIGAN30 June 1858Ann CRAIGANFind the father
Margaret CRAIGEN10 December 1867Isabella CRAIGENFind the father
George CRUICKSHANK9 April 1860Christina CRUICKSHANKFind the father
James DAVIDSON11 January 1865Mary Ann DAVIDSONFind the father
William DAWSON6 September 1862Jane DAWSONFind the father
James Fraser DEY19 April 1874Isabella DEYFather found
Jessie DICK10 October 1865Jessie DICKFind the father
William DICK12 July 1864Helen DICKFind the father
William DINGWALL9 May 1857Jane DINGWALLFind the father
Jessie Ann DUNCAN12 January 1867Mary DUNCANFind the father
Walter Alexander DUNCAN10 March 1873Mary DUNCANFind the father
James Ingram GALLIN28 September 1871Margaret GALLINFind the father
Jane GARROW26 July 1867Jane GARROWFind the father
William GARROW4 June 1864Jane GARROWFind the father
William GORDON9 May 1861Jean GORDONFind the father
George GRAY13 July 1874Margaret GRAYFind the father
Isabella Mc Kenzie GRAY23 November 1870Margaret GRAYFind the father
Jane GRAY17 April 1864Isabella GRAYFind the father
Janet GRAY21 October 1861Jane GRAYFind the father
Elizabeth HARPER24 November 1869Ann HARPERFind the father
Agnes KEITH20 April 1867Agnes KEITHFind the father
Alexander KING13 September 1865Jane KINGFind the father
John Martin KNIGHT7 February 1861Ann KNIGHTFind the father
Helen Alexandrina LESLIE7 January 1865Helen LESLIEFind the father
James LESLIE15 February 1873Ann LESLIEFind the father
Jane LESLIE28 July 1859Jane LESLIEFind the father
Mary LESLIE25 November 1867Helen LESLIEFind the father
Jane LOBBAN9 July 1862Margaret LOBBANFind the father
Alexander Hay MACKIE24 January 1873Isabella MACKIEFind the father
Isabella Chalmers MACKIE23 October 1872Mary MACKIEFind the father
James MACKIE16 April 1868Isabella MACKIEFind the father
Jane MACKIE8 April 1871Isabella MACKIEFind the father
Isabella MCDONALD21 October 1870Elizabeth MCDONALDFather found
James MCGRIGOR30 October 1866Margaret MCGRIGORFind the father
John MCHARDY11 April 1862Jane MCHARDYFind the father
Ann MCINTOSH18 June 1860Ann MCINTOSHFind the father
Ann MCINTYRE20 August 1860Jane Mc Intyre Or HAYFind the father
Mary MCINTYRE21 February 1856Janet MCINTYREFind the father
Isabella Ann MCKENZIE31 July 1859Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
Mary Ann MCKENZIE9 May 1869Mary MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCKENZIE9 March 1873Mary MCKENZIEFind the father
Helen MCPHERSON6 August 1861Jane MCPHERSONFind the father
Helen MCWILLIAM21 May 1857Jane MCWILLIAMFind the father
Margaret MELLIS6 May 1873Jessie MELLISFind the father
Alexander MILNE27 July 1871Elizabeth MILNEFind the father
James Robertson MILNE26 November 1874Elspet MILNEFind the father
Jane MILNE19 July 1863Isabella MILNEFind the father
Margaret Anne MILNE9 May 1871Isabella MILNEFind the father
Jessie MOGGACH9 April 1866Jane MOGGACHFind the father
George MOIR14 December 1874Jane MOIRFind the father
Jane Gardener Cow MOIR14 January 1870Christian MOIRFind the father
Alexander MORRISON28 October 1872Ann MORRISONFind the father
James Symon MORRISON13 July 1872Ann MORRISONFind the father
Jessie MORRISON30 March 1866Margaret MORRISONFind the father
John MORRISON2 February 1870Margaret MORRISONFind the father
William MORRISON30 March 1859Jane MORRISONFind the father
Isabella MURRAY5 February 1865Isabella MURRAYFind the father
Jessie MURRAY23 October 1866Agnes MURRAYFind the father
John MURRAY9 November 1870Agnes MURRAYFind the father
James Hay NEISH2 January 1868Elizabeth NEISHFind the father
Margaret Helen NEISH20 December 1871Elizabeth NEISHFind the father
Mary Ann NORRIE16 March 1856Elspet NORRIEFind the father
Elspet ORD10 December 1856Jane ORDFind the father
Ann PATTILLO16 July 1861Isabella PATTILLOFind the father
Adam PIRIE16 July 1864Sophia PIRIEFind the father
Jane PIRIE12 December 1866Elizabeth PIRIEFind the father
Janet PIRIE15 February 1859Elizabeth PIRIEFind the father
Mary Ann Robb PIRIE26 September 1862Elizabeth PIRIEFind the father
William PIRIE31 March 1869Elizabeth PIRIEFind the father
Margaret Jane RAFFAN3 March 1869Georgina RAFFANFind the father
Jessie ROBERTSON15 November 1860Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
John ROBERTSON10 April 1856Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Walter ROBERTSON13 August 1864Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Isabella Jane RUSSELL23 August 1857Mary RUSSELLFind the father
James SCOTT29 May 1861Ann SCOTTFind the father
Agnes Donald SHEARER23 December 1868Jane SHEARERFind the father
Alexander SIMPSON27 June 1860Ann SIMPSONFind the father
James SIMPSON4 December 1856Ann SIMPSONFind the father
John SLORACH28 August 1861Mary SLORACHFind the father
William SLORACH2 October 1856Elizabeth SLORACHFind the father
Alexander SPENCE17 September 1857Isabella SPENCEFind the father
Isabella SPENCE5 January 1861Clementina SPENCEFind the father
Donald STEWART31 March 1874Margaret STEWARTFind the father
George Smith STEWART8 August 1866Jane STEWARTFather found
James STEWART16 April 1863Jane STEWARTFind the father
Elizabeth Craig STRACHAN4 April 1867Margaret STRACHANFind the father
Ann THOMSON12 January 1872Isabella THOMSONFind the father
George THOMSON11 March 1856Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
Margaret THOMSON23 September 1870Margaret THOMSONFind the father
Alexander Keith WATSON10 March 1860Margaret WATSONFind the father
Jane WATT8 April 1861Jane WATTFind the father
Betsy WILLIAMSON2 January 1871Jessie WILLIAMSONFind the father
Alexander WILSON11 June 1862Ann WILSONFind the father
Alexander WILSON28 March 1869Mary WILSONFind the father
Charles WILSON25 February 1856Margaret WILSONFind the father
Isabella Gauld WILSON19 August 1857Margaret WILSONFind the father
James WILSON13 April 1865Mary WILSONFind the father
James Robertson WILSON20 January 1874Mary Ann WILSONFind the father
Jessie WILSON21 July 1872Mary WILSONFind the father
Margaret WILSON23 February 1870Mary WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON19 June 1867Jane WILSONFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.


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.


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