Careston 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
Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
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CH2/55/1 | Careston Kirk Session - Minutes | 1733-1753 | Request lookup |
CH2/55/2 | Careston Kirk Session - Minutes With accounts, which include poor payments. | 1760-1864 | Request lookup |
CH2/55/3 | Fern and Careston Kirk Session - Minutes | 1855-1938 | Request lookup |
CH2/55/4 | Careston Kirk Session - Cash book | 1716-1733 | Request lookup |
CH2/55/5 | Fern and Careston Kirk Session - Proclamation register | 1862-1976 | Request lookup |
CH2/55/6 | Careston Kirk Session - Baptismal register | 1855-1937 | Request lookup |
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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William LOW | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow Margt STRACHAN or MCCONNOCHIE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Ann CRABB Craigend, Careston | James SMITH | 22 Sep 1890 Craigend, Careston | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/19 |
Ann IRONS Balnabriech, Careston, near Brechin | James MCLAREN | 12 Feb 1881 Mains of Keithock, near Brechin | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/18 |
Isobel MORTON North Gate, Careston | William LINDSAY | 15 Jun 1851 | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/12 |
Ann WILLIAMSON Careston Castle, by Brechin | William GORDON | 4 Jun 1873 | Order now | Inverness SC29/7/36 |
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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Agnes BAXTER | 15 March 1866 | Mary BAXTER | Find the father |
Charles BUCHAN | 23 November 1859 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
John BUCHAN | 3 January 1869 | Isobella BUCHAN | Find the father |
Mary Ann BUCHAN | 29 July 1863 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
Mary Ann BUCHAN | 3 January 1869 | Isobella BUCHAN | Find the father |
Peter BUCHAN | 23 November 1859 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
David FYFFE | 24 November 1868 | Jessie FYFFE | Father found |
James MCLEAN | 5 January 1870 | Isabella MCLEAN | Father found |
Elizabeth MORTON | 18 February 1874 | Mary Jane MORTON | Find the father |
Charles TINDAL | 13 February 1863 | Elizabeth TINDAL | Find the father |
Georgina TINDAL | 15 November 1866 | Helen TINDAL | Find the father |
Elizabeth Stewart YOUNG | 12 May 1863 | Isabella YOUNG | Father found |
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.