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Coull 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/71/1 | Coull Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1785-1796 | Request lookup |
| CH2/71/2 | Coull Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes (With accounts) | 1796-1802 | Request lookup |
| CH2/71/3 | Coull Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes (Mostly accounts) | 1825-1889 | Request lookup |
| CH2/71/4 | Coull Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1843-1872 | Request lookup |
| CH2/71/7 | Coull Church of Scotland - Baptisms and proclamations. Baptisms 1863-1953 proclamations 1855-1955 | 1855-1955 | Request lookup |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary FORBES | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella LAING | 1874 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elizabeth SMITH or COPLAND | 1868 (1) | 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.
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James GEORGE | 73 | Lived: Crossfold, Coull Died: Aberdeen Royal Mental Hospital | 28 May 1944 | Order record |
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 George Reith ADAMS | 6 May 1868 | Margaret ADAMS | Find the father |
| James Duncan BAIN | 5 February 1866 | Jane BAIN | Find the father |
| Christina Benton CHRISTIE | 12 February 1862 | Mary CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Harry CHRISTIE | 1 January 1859 | Christina CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James Riddel CHRISTIE | 11 April 1864 | Christina CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| John CHRISTIE | 3 August 1856 | Christian CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann Hunter Watt CHRISTIE | 27 September 1866 | Mary CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| William Benton CHRISTIE | 22 February 1865 | Mary CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| William Davie COPLAND | 6 November 1861 | Ann COPLAND | Find the father |
| Jane Edward DUNN | 6 May 1861 | Elizabeth DUNN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DURWARD | 12 May 1856 | Charlotte Eliza DURWARD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DURWARD | 9 February 1868 | Jane DURWARD | Find the father |
| George DURWARD | 6 March 1867 | Elizabeth DURWARD | Find the father |
| George DURWARD | 18 May 1870 | Jean DURWARD | Find the father |
| William DURWARD | 12 March 1859 | Ann DURWARD | Find the father |
| Jane Rugg EMSLIE | 29 December 1867 | Jane EMSLIE | Find the father |
| Charles Stewart FORBES | 26 December 1869 | Mary Ann FORBES | Father found |
| Elizabeth Jane FORBES | 23 June 1857 | Mary FORBES | Find the father |
| John Lumsden FORBES | 26 July 1871 | Barbara FORBES | Find the father |
| Martha Emslie FORBES | 21 July 1855 | Mary FORBES | Find the father |
| Mary Ann FORBES | 18 May 1874 | Barbara FORBES | Find the father |
| William FORBES | 8 May 1865 | Mary Ann FORBES | Find the father |
| Margaret Helen GILBERT | 11 October 1862 | Margaret GILBERT | Find the father |
| Sarah GRASSICK | 20 January 1861 | Helen GRASSICK | Father found |
| Annie Mary HAY | 12 January 1874 | Jessie Hay Or DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| John Davidson HAY | 24 February 1869 | Jessie Hay Or DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Isabella HENDERSON | 20 July 1869 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Eliza Anderson HENDERSON | 8 June 1872 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas HENDERSON | 4 November 1868 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| William Alexander HENDERSON | 10 November 1865 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James Ross LAING | 12 May 1872 | Elizabeth LAING | Find the father |
| Charels Fraser LAWSON | 3 August 1870 | Barbara LAWSON | Find the father |
| Charles LAWSON | 11 November 1858 | Euphemia LAWSON | Find the father |
| George LESSLIE | 16 December 1860 | Charlotte LESSLIE | Find the father |
| Jonathan MCDONALD | 12 November 1864 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Helen Forbes MCGREGOR | 12 October 1870 | Sophia Jane MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Isabella Bell Hardie MCGREGOR | 7 July 1870 | Elizabeth MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| James Forbes MCGREGOR | 27 May 1868 | Isabella MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| David MILNE | 1 January 1874 | Rebecca MILNE | Find the father |
| Jane Ann MILNE | 20 February 1869 | Sarah MILNE | Father found |
| Jessie Ann MILNE | 16 July 1868 | Margaret MILNE | Find the father |
| John Ewen MORRICE | 9 February 1861 | Mary MORRICE | Find the father |
| Robert MORRICE | 9 January 1863 | Margaret MORRICE | Find the father |
| Jane Ann REID | 2 February 1874 | Ann REID | Find the father |
| James Davidson RIDDEL | 18 August 1868 | Ann RIDDEL | Find the father |
| Lewis RIDDEL | 2 February 1871 | Ann RIDDEL | Find the father |
| Mary Strachan RIDDEL | 23 October 1867 | Euphemia RIDDEL | Find the father |
| James Gordon RITCHIE | 25 September 1863 | Mary RITCHIE | Find the father |
| David SMITH | 3 April 1863 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 8 June 1872 | Helen SMITH | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 22 September 1871 | Elisabeth Smith Or COPLAND | Find the father |
| John Findlay SMITH | 27 May 1868 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| George Mc William THOW | 18 February 1861 | Ann THOW | Find the father |
| Samuel TOUGH | 15 March 1867 | Mary TOUGH | Find the father |
| Alexander Anderson TROUP | 20 November 1868 | Isabella TROUP | Find the father |
| William Dawson TROUP | 16 October 1859 | Ann TROUP | Find the father |
| Nathaniel WILSON | 22 January 1855 | Margaret WILSON | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Cromar | Tillyharmock | ||
| Alexander | Archie | Mill Of Wester Coull | ||
| Alexander | Calder | Mill Of Gellan | ||
| Alexander | Davidson | Tamnavery | ||
| Alexander | Emslie | Cuttleburn | ||
| Alexander | George | Corsefold | ||
| Alexander | George | Corsefold | ||
| Alexander | Grant | Mill Of Coull | ||
| Alexander | Lawson | Mitchelley | ||
| Alexander | Milne | Corsefold | ||
| Alexander | Moir | Glowrenfold$ | ||
| Alexander | Ross | Egypt | ||
| Alexander | Tause | Egypt | ||
| Alexander | Troup | Stonyford | ||
| Alexander | Wright | Coull | ||
| Andrew | Archie | Cuttishillock | ||
| Andrew | Milne | Canaan | ||
| Charles | Anderson | Lochmanse | ||
| Charles | Thain | Cuttishillock | ||
| David | Lumsden | Heughhead | ||
| David | Todd | Mitchelley | ||
| Donald | Lawson | Troyhillock | ||
| Forbes | Murray | Corsefold | ||
| Francis | Wright | Gedjack | ||
| George | Anderson | Mill Of Wester Coull | ||
| George | Gray | Wardhead | Added later | |
| George | Gordon | Coatmore | ||
| George | Smith | Chrad | ||
| George | Walker | Wardfold | ||
| Gordon | Ross | Coatmore | ||
| Harry | Ross | Wester Coull | ||
| Harry John | Troup | Stonyford | ||
| James | Calder | Mill Of Gellan | ||
| James | Grant | Mill Of Coull | ||
| James | Laing | Reekalone | ||
| James | Lamond | Strathmore | ||
| James | Masson | Mossyfold | ||
| James | Rose | Tillyharmock | ||
| James | Wright | Gedjack | ||
| John | Christie | Tillylair | ||
| John | Clark | Troyhillock | ||
| John | Dawson | Muttondykes | ||
| John | Dingwall | Boghead | ||
| John | Emslie | Tillyludge | ||
| John | Esson | Added later | ||
| John | Hay | Casefold | ||
| John | Henderson | School Of Coull | ||
| John | Littlejohn | Woodfield | ||
| John | Lumsden | Heughhead | ||
| John | Masson | Strathweltie | ||
| John | Mcandrew | Mill Of Gellan | ||
| John | Middleton | Titabouty | ||
| John | Tause | Strathweltie | ||
| John | William | Moss-side | ||
| Joseph | Farquhar | Coull | ||
| Joseph | Troup | Stonyford | Record deleted | |
| Nathaniel | Morice | Chrad | ||
| Peter | Coutts | Coatmore | ||
| Peter | Milne | Coull | ||
| Peter | Smith | Greencoats | ||
| Peter | Wright | Wardhead | Record deleted | |
| Robert | Middleton | Gellan | ||
| Robert | Ogg | Coatmore | ||
| Thos | Mcdonald | Dykenook | ||
| Thomas | Thomson | Mossyfold | ||
| William | Archie | Tillyduke | ||
| William | $ | $ | Details erased, details unclear | |
| William | $ | $ | Details erased, details unclear | |
| William | Campbell | Rothillock | ||
| Wm | Coutts | Scraphard | ||
| William | Eddie | Woodfield | Record deleted | |
| William | Esson | Titabouty | Forename changed later to John | |
| William | Fraser | Tillyludge | ||
| William | Littlejohn | Scraphard | ||
| William | Ross | Egypt | ||
| William | Thomson | Mitchelley | ||
| William | Troup | Stonyford | ||
| William | Witecomb | Mill Of Gellan |
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.
