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Caputh 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/53/1 | Caputh Kirk Session: Baptisms | 1869-1886 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret CAMERON | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John CUTHBERT | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Catherine DARGIE or THOMSON | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine DARGIE or THOMSON | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine DARGIE or THOMSON | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth DEWAR | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow HENDERSON or CAMERON | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Duncan MACINTYRE | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow James MILLAR | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John PROUDFOOT | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow ROBERTSON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
| Betty STRATON | Coupar Angus | 1845-1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine FERGUSON New Clunie, Caputh | William GARVIE | 21 Dec 1876 New Clunie, Caputh | Order now | Perth SC49/4/48 |
| Jessie MACKINTOSH Nether Kincairnie, Caputh | Benjamin DAVIDSON | 18 Jul 1883 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/49 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh ANDERSON | 20 February 1866 | Margaret ANDERSON | Father found |
| James ANDERSON | 17 August 1862 | Catherine ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Ann BISSET | 31 July 1855 | Janet BISSET | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 2 July 1857 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| William BRUCE | 16 July 1874 | Christina BRUCE | Find the father |
| Alexander BURNFIELD | 1 April 1868 | Marjory BURNFIELD | Father found |
| Daniel BURNS | 2 April 1864 | Agnes BURNS | Find the father |
| Margaret BURNS | 21 July 1869 | Margaret Mcdougall BURNS | Find the father |
| James CHAPLIN | 12 August 1868 | Isabella CHAPLIN | Find the father |
| Margaret COCHRANE | 13 April 1870 | Margaret COCHRANE | Find the father |
| James CUTHBERT | 13 September 1856 | Susan CUTHBERT | Find the father |
| James Ross DUNBAR | 12 May 1864 | Find the father | |
| David Strathern EDWARD | 20 February 1857 | Ann EDWARD | Find the father |
| William EDWARD | 9 June 1859 | Mary Ann EDWARD | Find the father |
| Donald FLEMING | 16 November 1866 | Catherine FLEMING | Find the father |
| James IRONS | 20 August 1862 | Elisabeth IRONS | Father found |
| George JEFFRY | 24 January 1863 | Henrietta JEFFRY | Find the father |
| Mary LESLIE | 27 November 1873 | Henrietta Cameron LESLIE | Find the father |
| Ann Lyon MACKENZIE | 13 August 1872 | Mary MACKENZIE | Father found |
| Thomas Spencer MCINROY | 13 September 1861 | Jane MCINROY | Find the father |
| Margaret MCLAREN | 15 August 1860 | Jane MCLAREN | Father found |
| William James MCLAREN | 13 August 1865 | Grace MCLAREN | Find the father |
| James MCLEAN | 29 January 1871 | Ann MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Helen MILLER | 2 July 1861 | Janet MILLER | Father found |
| James PANTON | 6 March 1860 | Elizabeth PANTON | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 23 April 1858 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Ann RATTRAY | 24 November 1856 | Janet RATTRAY | Find the father |
| Ann REID | 26 August 1860 | Elizabeth REID | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 19 April 1865 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBERTSON | 23 August 1860 | Elizabeth Elder ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Alexander ROGER | 29 August 1855 | Mary ROGER | Find the father |
| John SAUNDERS | 7 June 1856 | Jean SAUNDERS | Find the father |
| Catherine SCOTT | 27 April 1864 | Ann SCOTT | Find the father |
| John SLATER | 12 July 1861 | Margaret SLATER | Find the father |
| Marjory SLATER | 9 August 1868 | Marjory SLATER | Find the father |
| George Chalmers STEWART | 30 March 1862 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Isabella STEWART | 10 August 1860 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| William Bisset STEWART | 8 February 1859 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| William Dow STEWART | 3 March 1860 | Ann STEWART | Father found |
| Alexander STRATTON | 27 July 1856 | Margaret STRATTON | Find the father |
| John STRATTON | 21 August 1856 | Christina STRATTON | Find 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.
