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Corsock 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 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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Agnes Murray ARMSTRONG4 June 1873Mary Ann ARMSTRONGFind the father
William Dobie BROWNRIGG29 November 1872Agnes BROWNRIGGFind the father
George CLARK9 December 1861Margaret CLARKFind the father
James DOCHERTY9 July 1871Janet DOCHERTYFind the father
Jessie DOCHERTY29 May 1873Mary DOCHERTYFather found
Margaret DOCHERTY25 February 1869Janet DOCHERTYFind the father
Agnes FARISH4 March 1867Nicholas FARISHFind the father
James GAW18 March 1870Janet GAWFind the father
John Alexander GAW26 February 1868Janet GAWFind the father
Jane Mcnoe GOURLAY23 March 1866Jannet GOURLAYFind the father
Thomas GOURLAY2 December 1862Jannet GOURLAYFind the father
William GOURLAY19 January 1865Jannet GOURLAYFind the father
Margaret HAY25 January 1856Marion HAYFind the father
William HAY3 January 1856Jane HAYFind the father
Mary Agnes HAYTON6 January 1870Winifred HAYTONFind the father
Christopher HENDERSON8 July 1867Jane HENDERSONFind the father
Mary Ann HENDERSON3 September 1873Letitia HENDERSONFind the father
Ann IRELAND27 September 1874Ann IRELANDFind the father
Robert KINCID1 November 1870Mary KINCIDFind the father
Janet KIRK25 June 1870Ann KIRKFind the father
Robert KIRK31 December 1861Ann KIRKFind the father
William MACORMICK16 August 1865Jane MACORMICKFind the father
William MCCORMICK29 August 1856Jean MCCORMICKFind the father
Scott MCKEND20 May 1869Margaret MCKENDFind the father
Margaret MCKIE3 December 1866Margaret MCKIEFind the father
Agnes MCKNIGHT15 June 1862Barbara MCKNIGHTFind the father
Grace MCKNIGHT19 June 1864Barbara MCKNIGHTFind the father
James MCKNIGHT29 March 1866Barbara MCKNIGHTFind the father
Thomas MCKNIGHT19 June 1864Barbara MCKNIGHTFind the father
Isabella MCMATH24 February 1862Agness MCMATHFather found
James MCMATH3 January 1858Agnes MCMATHFind the father
John MILLIGAN27 December 1872Margaret MILLIGANFind the father
Agnes MUIR3 December 1864Mary MUIRFind the father
Agnes MUIR26 June 1874Agnes MUIRFind the father
Maria MUIR16 March 1869Agnes MUIRFind the father
Agness Fergusson PATERSON28 February 1861Jane PATERSONFind the father
Grace PATERSON8 January 1864Mary PATERSONFind the father
Jannet PATTERSON8 February 1859Jannet PATTERSONFind the father
Christopher RIDDICK26 January 1870Mary RIDDICKFather found
Agness STEWART11 May 1862Marion STEWARTFind the father
Helen WALLACE2 April 1874Grace WALLACEFind the father
James WALLACE21 May 1862Agnes WALLACEFind the father
James Christopher WALLACE10 March 1866Mary Donaldson WALLACEFind the father
Jane WALLACE4 December 1856Agnes WALLACEFind the father
Jemima WALLACE4 December 1865Maryann WALLACEFind the father
John WALLACE30 November 1856Elizabeth WALLACEFind the father
John WALLACE30 June 1862Grace WALLACEFind the father
Margaret WALLACE17 January 1865Agnes WALLACEFind the father
Robert WALLACE26 December 1855Jessie WALLACEFind the father
Robert WALLACE15 July 1859Mary Ann WALLACEFind the father
William WALLACE18 January 1872Grace WALLACEFind the father
William WAUGH7 July 1874Mary WAUGHFind 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.

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.