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Colvend and Southwick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Mary CAMPBELL | 1851 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jessie CLARK | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow HUME | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James MCCLACHRIE | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet BLACK or HUME Torrs, Colvend | William CARSON | 31 May 1853 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Janet BOOTH Whitecroft Cottage, Colvend | James MURRAY | 29 May 1881 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Isabella BRYDEN The Schoolhouse, Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire | Richard GEDDES | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 | |
| Maggie GOOD Rosebank, Southwick | John Smith ROBSON | 22 Feb 1882 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Margaret HALLIDAY Kells, Southwick | Robert DOUGLAS | 19 Feb 1882 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Margaret KERR Pyle, Colvend | Richard CURRIE | 21 Jun 1878 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Margaret KERR Pyle, Colvend | Richard CURRIE | 29 Jul 1880 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary LITTLE Glensone, Colvend | John HALLIDAY | 3 Jun 1853 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Janet MCKNIGHT Drumstinchel Cottage, Colvend | Charles STEWART | 23 Jul 1885 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Jane MCMICHAEL Bogfoot, Southwick | William SCAMBLER | 11 Dec 1884 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Elizabeth PEACOCK Cushal Grove, Southwick | John LAMMIE | 7 Apr 1882 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Sarah RAE Auchensheen, Colvend | Thomas BLACKWOOD | 21 Jul 1882 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Sarah RAE Auchensheen, Colvend | Thomas BLACKWOOD | 21 Jul 1882 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Margaret RENWICK Newhouses, Prestonmill, Southwick, by Dumfries | Frank JARDINE | 24 Jan 1910 Lammonbie, Applegarth | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Mary SMITH Drumcow, Southwick | William BROWN | 19 Oct 1877 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary SMITH Drumcow, Southwick | William MCLACHLAN | 26 Jan 1882 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Martin AITKEN | 4 October 1867 | Janet AITKEN | Find the father |
| Margaret Williamson BELL | 9 January 1871 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Samuel BERRY | 17 November 1858 | Isabella BERRY | Find the father |
| Agnes BOOSE | 30 March 1871 | Jane BOOSE | Find the father |
| Mary Bennoch BOOTHES | 9 August 1874 | Mary BOOTHES | Find the father |
| Samuel BOOTHES | 26 August 1873 | Jane BOOTHES | Find the father |
| Barbara BOYD | 26 November 1873 | Annie BOYD | Find the father |
| Joseph BOYD | 27 April 1873 | Jane BOYD | Father found |
| Isabella Pearson Wemyss BRYSON | 2 October 1865 | Margaret BRYSON | Find the father |
| Walter COLTART | 18 December 1864 | Janet COLTART | Find the father |
| William COPLAND | 29 June 1866 | Mary COPLAND | Father found |
| Mary CUMMING | 18 January 1858 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| Edward DAVIDSON | 5 December 1862 | Janet DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DAVIDSON | 19 December 1870 | Janet DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Agnes DEMPESTER | 3 July 1870 | Nicholas DEMPESTER | Find the father |
| Alexander DEMPESTER | 19 September 1868 | Nicholas DEMPESTER | Find the father |
| Janet Cowan DEMPESTER | 4 June 1872 | Nicholas DEMPESTER | Find the father |
| William DEMPESTER | 16 March 1870 | Sarah DEMPESTER | Find the father |
| John DEMPSTER | 12 January 1868 | Helen DEMPSTER | Father found |
| Thomas Bowman DOUGLAS | 27 September 1865 | Janet DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Agnes FERGUSON | 2 February 1869 | Agnes FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FERGUSON | 22 March 1865 | Agnes FERGUSON | Find the father |
| James FERGUSON | 3 October 1871 | Eliza FERGUSON | Find the father |
| William Heughan FORREST | 30 August 1856 | Elisabeth FORREST | Find the father |
| John GIBSON | 27 May 1864 | Barbara GIBSON | Find the father |
| John GIBSON | 17 November 1870 | Janet GIBSON | Father found |
| James GILLESPIE | 20 December 1860 | Agnes GILLESPIE | Find the father |
| John Coupland GILLESPIE | 13 February 1866 | Sarah GILLESPIE | Find the father |
| Robert GORDON | 1 January 1868 | Mary GORDON | Find the father |
| Robert GORDON | 15 February 1869 | Catherine GORDON | Find the father |
| Gilbert Grieve GRIERSON | 29 June 1870 | Jane GRIERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella GUNION | 26 August 1868 | Jane GUNION | Find the father |
| John GUNNION | 6 January 1866 | Jane GUNNION | Find the father |
| Agnes GUNNYON | 20 April 1861 | Agnes GUNNYON | Find the father |
| Robert GUNNYON | 26 January 1872 | Margaret GUNNYON | Find the father |
| William GUNNYON | 25 April 1874 | Margaret GUNNYON | Find the father |
| James HENRY | 26 October 1855 | Jessie HENRY | Find the father |
| Mary HENRY | 22 August 1858 | Jesse HENRY | Find the father |
| John HUGHES | 24 December 1857 | Helen HUGHES | Find the father |
| Robert HUME | 20 May 1872 | Jessie HUME | Find the father |
| William HYSLOP | 10 January 1862 | Helen HYSLOP | Find the father |
| Anne JARDINE | 12 October 1859 | Lilias JARDINE | Find the father |
| John JARDINE | 29 December 1856 | Lilias JARDINE | Find the father |
| Helen JOHNSTON | 14 August 1872 | Helen JOHNSTON | Father found |
| Mary Margaret KELLY | 9 June 1867 | Ann KELLY | Find the father |
| George KENNAN | 17 November 1869 | Mary Ann KENNAN | Find the father |
| James KIRK | 14 June 1858 | Mary KIRK | Father found |
| Jessie KIRK | 7 January 1862 | Jessie KIRK | Find the father |
| Margaret KIRK | 25 July 1861 | Jane KIRK | Find the father |
| Margaret Mitchell LOGAN | 10 February 1866 | Elizabeth LOGAN | Find the father |
| John MARCHBANK | 24 April 1870 | Elizabeth MARCHBANK | Find the father |
| Mary MARCHBANK | 9 January 1865 | Elizabeth MARCHBANK | Find the father |
| Jessie MCCARDLE | 14 August 1869 | Agnes MCCARDLE | Find the father |
| John MCCARDLE | 30 June 1873 | Jessie MCCARDLE | Find the father |
| John William MCCRAITH | 14 January 1860 | Anne MCCRAITH | Find the father |
| Grace MCCUBBIN | 28 August 1870 | Elizabeth MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| Agnes MCCUTCHEON | 23 May 1873 | Agnes MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Janet MCGEORGE | 5 June 1874 | Janet MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| Samuel MCGEORGE | 17 May 1873 | Anne MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| Walter MCGOWAN | 11 June 1870 | Agnes MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| Joseph Wilson MCLEAN | 10 July 1874 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| George MCQUEEN | 20 October 1858 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Hugh MCQUEEN | 18 October 1863 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Janet MCQUEEN | 5 January 1862 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Janet MCQUEEN | 9 December 1867 | Isabella MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| John MCQUEEN | 13 June 1869 | Isabella MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Margaret Cameron MCQUEEN | 29 December 1860 | Agnes MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCQUEEN | 10 December 1863 | Agnes MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Robert MCQUEEN | 16 June 1872 | Isabella MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| James MORRISON | 9 December 1863 | Mary Ann MORRISON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MUBREY | 28 February 1858 | Jane MUBREY | Find the father |
| Janet Riddick MURDOCH | 8 December 1872 | Mary MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Sarah OSBURN | 9 July 1868 | Jessie OSBURN | Find the father |
| James William REDMOND | 17 September 1868 | Rebecca REDMOND | Find the father |
| Thomas Wallace ROBSON | 22 July 1870 | Margaret ROBSON | Find the father |
| Jemima SCOTT | 15 October 1870 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jane SMITH | 15 June 1870 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert SMITH | 17 December 1869 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 22 November 1873 | Mary SMITH | Father found |
| Louisa THOM | 27 January 1855 | Mary THOM | Find the father |
| Louisa Johnston THOM | 25 December 1869 | Margaret THOM | Find the father |
| William Alexander THOM | 12 June 1874 | Margaret THOM | Find the father |
| Jane Douglas THOMPSON | 28 April 1860 | Jane THOMPSON | Find the father |
| John THOMPSON | 10 January 1874 | Elizabeth THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Laurie THOMSON | 27 March 1861 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 19 January 1868 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 29 June 1858 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| Samuel THOMSON | 28 July 1871 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| James WALKER | 21 August 1873 | Mary WALKER | Find the father |
| James WELSH | 21 February 1857 | Agnes WELSH | Find the father |
| Agnes WILSON | 3 November 1860 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Janet WILSON | 27 August 1868 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 14 November 1867 | Mary Ann CLACHRIE | 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.
