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Channelkirk 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.
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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy ANDERSON | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James ANDERSON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Edmond BELL | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jean DALGLEISH | 1861 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew DICKSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter HOGARTH | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Peter HOGARTH | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet HUNTER | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet MANN | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella NICHOL or ELLIOT | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Sophia PURVES | 1861 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret WOOD or SOUNIE | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella YOUNG | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion HALIDAY Pilmer, Lauder formerly Collielaw, Channelkirk | James GILCHRIST | 4 Aug 1883 Pilmer, Lauder | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Jane LAIDLAW Hillhouse, Channelkirk | Andrew SHAW | 7 May 1852 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Janet MANN Oxton, Channelkirk | Alexander CROOKS | 7 Jul 1851 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Janet MANN Oxton, Channelkirk | Alexander CROOKS | 29 Jun 1853 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Elizabeth RAMSAY Hartside, Channelkirk | Alexander LOCKIE | 16 Aug 1852 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/41 |
| Margaret SMAIL Netherhowden, Channelkirk formerly Elwartlaw, Greenlaw | Adam PATERSON | 27 Jul 1887 Netherhowden, Channelkirk | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ALLAN | 30 November 1872 | Hellen ALLAN | Find the father |
| Helen ANDERSON | 12 October 1862 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet ANDERSON | 5 January 1868 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John ANDERSON | 22 September 1864 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ANDERSON | 17 February 1864 | Agnes ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert BELL | 3 February 1861 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| George BOOTH | 18 January 1868 | Margaret BOOTH | Find the father |
| Robert BRUCE | 13 October 1871 | Janet BRUCE | Find the father |
| William CHALMERS | 21 August 1867 | Janet CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Mary FORTUNE | 13 April 1862 | Margaret FORTUNE | Find the father |
| Margaret GARDINER | 11 February 1872 | Cecilia GARDINER | Find the father |
| Thomas GIBSON | 15 January 1870 | Mary GIBSON | Find the father |
| Catharine Simpson HAMILTON | 8 October 1856 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Robert HAMILTON | 21 November 1859 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Thomas HAMILTON | 8 February 1861 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Ann Harkness HARKNESS | 2 July 1867 | Ann HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Owen HEARSON | 14 February 1864 | Rosa HEARSON | Find the father |
| John HIGGINS | 14 July 1858 | Bridget HIGGINS | Find the father |
| Andrew LAIDLAW | 13 June 1859 | Jean LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| William Matthew LOCKIE | 17 March 1869 | Menzies LOCKIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Anne LOGAN | 12 April 1863 | Jane LOGAN | Find the father |
| George MANN | 1 March 1856 | Janet MANN | Find the father |
| Janet MANN | 22 July 1863 | Janet MANN | Find the father |
| John MATHER | 26 December 1856 | Margaret MATHER | Find the father |
| Margaret MATHER | 11 January 1860 | Margaret MATHER | Find the father |
| Mary MATHER | 24 March 1862 | Margaret MATHER | Find the father |
| Robert MATHER | 2 March 1868 | Margaret MATHER | Find the father |
| Helen NORMAN | 31 May 1871 | Ann NORMAN | Find the father |
| James NORMAN | 9 March 1873 | Janet NORMAN | Find the father |
| Jean PURVES | 26 July 1861 | Jane PURVES | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina PURVES | 20 July 1872 | Margaret PURVES | Find the father |
| Agnes RANKIN | 6 April 1874 | Jessie RANKIN | Find the father |
| Margaret Hogg RANKIN | 16 October 1868 | Elizabeth RANKIN | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 18 November 1860 | Mary ROBERTSON | Father found |
| Archibald SHIELS | 29 April 1874 | Margaret SHIELS | Father found |
| James SHIELS | 9 January 1868 | Mary SHIELS | Find the father |
| Jane SHIELS | 9 November 1858 | Margaret SHIELS | Find the father |
| Mary SHIELS | 21 February 1866 | Mary SHIELS | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 14 February 1859 | Georgina SMITH | Find the father |
| Mungo STEELL | 11 July 1864 | Janet STEELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth TAIT | 9 November 1873 | Janet TAIT | Find the father |
| Janet THORNTON | 20 November 1858 | Janet THORNTON | Find the father |
| Richard THORNTON | 26 January 1856 | Janet THORNTON | Find the father |
| Ralph Davidson TORRANCE | 24 November 1861 | Isabella TORRANCE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Pringle TURNER | 7 August 1863 | May TURNER | Find the father |
| Jane Turnbull WHITELAW | 4 June 1873 | Margaret WHITELAW | Find the father |
| Thomas WILLIAMSON | 29 January 1871 | Janet WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Alexander WOOD | 14 March 1863 | Elizabeth WOOD | Find the father |
| Jemima WOOD | 23 January 1869 | Janet WOOD | 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.
