Collessie parish 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.
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 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert ALLAN | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Betsy HUTTON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Jane MARTIN or WILSON | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Marion PRINGLE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George SETH | Monkstown | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| James SIMPSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SIMPSON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SIMPSON | 1871 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SIMPSON | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Allan ALLAN | 12 June 1861 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| James Barclay ALLAN | 26 April 1860 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| Thomas ALLAN | 9 May 1860 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| James BEVERIDGE | 28 July 1864 | Euphemia BEVERIDGE | Find the father |
| Margaret BEVERIDGE | 24 December 1862 | Euphemia BEVERIDGE | Find the father |
| Jane Honeyman BOUCHER | 13 February 1859 | Mary BOUCHER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BRUCE | 20 February 1870 | Elizabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Alexander CHRISTIE | 21 August 1860 | Helen CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Andrew Paterson CHRISTIE | 17 June 1860 | Agnes CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Christina CHRISTIE | 15 June 1866 | Isabella CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Helen CHRISTIE | 5 August 1863 | Helen CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Mary CHRISTIE | 1 November 1861 | Mary CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Isabella CULBERT | 25 November 1866 | Robina CULBERT | Find the father |
| George DALRYMPLE | 22 January 1871 | Betsy DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Helen DALRYMPLE | 28 February 1869 | Maria Hay Gordon DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Betty Christie DEMPSTER | 4 April 1862 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| James DEMPSTER | 4 January 1868 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Jessie DEMPSTER | 5 September 1861 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Agnes Lindsay DICK | 8 April 1872 | Mary DICK | Find the father |
| James Moyes DICK | 20 January 1860 | Isabella DICK | Find the father |
| John DICKSON | 23 September 1863 | Jane DICKSON | Find the father |
| William DICKSON | 8 August 1874 | Agnes DICKSON | Find the father |
| David GOURLAY | 3 July 1855 | Martha GOURLAY | Find the father |
| John GRAY | 2 June 1866 | Jane GRAY | Find the father |
| George GREY | 15 November 1858 | Janet GREY | Find the father |
| Annabella HENDERSON | 29 September 1872 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet HENDERSON | 26 January 1862 | Janet HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Louisa HENDERSON | 12 May 1870 | Jessie HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary HENDERSON | 30 December 1867 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John HONEYMAN | 3 November 1874 | Agnes HONEYMAN | Find the father |
| Richard HONEYMAN | 17 June 1870 | Euphemia HONEYMAN | Find the father |
| William HONEYMAN | 18 March 1864 | Elizabeth HONEYMAN | Find the father |
| Eliza HUTCHISON | 15 March 1863 | Elizabeth HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Anne INNIS | 3 January 1864 | Anne INNIS | Find the father |
| Alexander JACK | 6 May 1858 | Eliza JACK | Find the father |
| Jane JACK | 12 August 1855 | Esther JACK | Find the father |
| John JOHNSTONE | 26 June 1870 | Christina JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Euphemia LEITCH | 13 October 1869 | Euphemia LEITCH | Find the father |
| Alexander LISTER | 16 October 1855 | Janet LISTER | Find the father |
| James LISTER | 21 June 1855 | Ann LISTER | Find the father |
| Isabella MACKERSIE | 21 January 1862 | Isabella MACKERSIE | Find the father |
| David MALCOLM | 11 September 1866 | Elizabeth MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Helen Bonthron MALCOLM | 19 November 1859 | Janet MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Alexander MARSHALL | 14 January 1872 | Allison MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Alexander Henderson Skinner MCANDREW | 12 June 1873 | Isabella MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Andrew MCANDREW | 18 January 1871 | Isabella MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Murray MCFARLANE | 7 October 1855 | Catherine Mc Farlane Or ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Anne MCKENZIE | 3 January 1872 | Anne MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCLENNAN | 10 April 1868 | Rachel MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Daniel Nichol MCNAUGHTON | 12 July 1858 | Helen MCNAUGHTON | Find the father |
| Henry MCNAUGHTON | 17 October 1873 | Christina MCNAUGHTON | Find the father |
| Catherine Honeyman MITCHELL | 2 February 1873 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Helen Bonally MITCHELL | 9 January 1874 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Robert MITCHELL | 2 July 1861 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Thomas MUCKERSIE | 3 January 1869 | Isabella MUCKERSIE | Find the father |
| Euphemia NEILSON | 27 June 1866 | Janet NEILSON | Find the father |
| Jane NICHEL | 11 May 1865 | Maryanne NICHEL | Find the father |
| Jane NICOL | 28 March 1860 | Isabella NICOL | Find the father |
| Mary Anne PATERSON | 12 February 1860 | Helen PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PATON | 2 February 1868 | Margaret PATON | Find the father |
| Mary PATON | 17 September 1869 | Mary PATON | Find the father |
| Henry PATTIE | 30 April 1856 | Janet PATTIE | Find the father |
| William PETRIE | 26 November 1857 | Helen PETRIE | Find the father |
| Charlotte Thomson RAMSAY | 15 February 1859 | Christina RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Euphemia ROBERTSON | 21 January 1871 | Agnes ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 29 August 1872 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 11 February 1859 | Barbara SCOTT | Find the father |
| Euphemia SHEACH | 3 October 1864 | Isabella SHEACH | Find the father |
| Thomas Gardiner SIMPSON | 21 August 1865 | Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| John SMART | 16 January 1859 | Margaret SMART | Find the father |
| Joan SPEED | 28 February 1857 | Jane SPEED | Find the father |
| John SPEED | 27 November 1856 | Elisabeth SPEED | Find the father |
| Euphemia STARK | 12 June 1865 | Euphemia STARK | Find the father |
| Margaret THOMSON | 25 March 1855 | Elisabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| William WALKER | 3 August 1869 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| Betsy Lamb WALLACE | 8 November 1858 | Elizabeth WALLACE | Find the father |
| Margaret WHITE | 4 January 1865 | Anne WHITE | Find the father |
| Peter WILLIAMSON | 2 September 1866 | Isabella WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 26 March 1872 | Jessie WILSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WISHART | 7 October 1871 | Elizabeth WISHART | 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
