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Crail 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 Christina BROWN | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William DAVIDSON | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James FLEMING | 1848 (5) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Wan Douglas BAYNE or SANDS Crail | George BLACK | 3 Jan 1877 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/31 |
| Grace BLACK Crail | Robert CUTHBERT | 3 Jun 1884 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
| Charlotte GAY East Neuk Hotel, Crail | Tweeddale Or Tweedle DUNCAN | 23 Jun 1886 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
| Anne MILNE Crail | Charles LESLIE | 4 Oct 1853 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/28 |
| Ann RITCHIE Cottage Row, Crail | Andrew BAYNE | 13 May 1887 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
| Agnes SHEPHERD Thirdpart, near Crail formerly Burnside, near St Andrews | George WELSH | 11 Dec 1884 Burnside, near St Andrews | Order now | Kirkcaldy SC23/7/1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander James ANDERSON | 8 March 1861 | Janet ANDERSON | Father found |
| James BALFOUR | 29 May 1862 | Jessie BALFOUR | Father found |
| William BALFOUR | 9 December 1861 | Agnes BALFOUR | Father found |
| Christina Young BLACK | 5 February 1870 | Joanna BLACK | Find the father |
| David BONTHRON | 20 March 1861 | Euphemia BONTHRON | Father found |
| Margaret BONTHRON | 19 June 1857 | Elizabeth BONTHRON | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 8 July 1866 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| James Bisset CARSTAIRS | 24 July 1861 | Jane CARSTAIRS | Father found |
| Catherine Rodgers CUNNINGHAM | 27 December 1861 | Catherine CUNNINGHAM | Father found |
| David Huckert CUNNINGHAM | 16 August 1860 | Ann CUNNINGHAM | Father found |
| Margaret Horsburgh CUNNINGHAM | 24 November 1864 | Margaret H. CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| William Davidson DALRYMPLE | 5 January 1870 | Agnes DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| David DEWAR | 2 November 1861 | Ann DEWAR | Father found |
| John Scott EDIE | 24 July 1871 | Christina Mackie EDIE | Find the father |
| Alexander FAIRBAIRN | 22 October 1859 | Marjory FAIRBAIRN | Father found |
| David Grieve FAIRBAIRN | 17 July 1860 | Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| Robert Mitchell FINDLAY | 7 March 1863 | Agnes FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Andrew FLEMING | 11 August 1863 | Ann FLEMING | Find the father |
| John Lyall GALLOWAY | 14 May 1873 | Mary Ann GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| John Hogan GOWANS | 27 January 1868 | Isabella GOWANS | Find the father |
| John GREIG | 2 August 1872 | Margaret GREIG | Find the father |
| Margaret GREIG | 14 October 1874 | Margaret GREIG | Find the father |
| Ann HAMILTON | 30 June 1872 | Davina HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Georgina Walker HAMILTON | 7 August 1864 | Margaret HAMILTON | Find the father |
| James HAMILTON | 1 August 1869 | Davina HAMILTON | Find the father |
| James Mckelvie HORSBURGH | 24 June 1863 | Margaret HORSBURGH | Find the father |
| Robina IRELAND | 15 October 1868 | Elizabeth IRELAND | Father found |
| Alexander Latta JOHNSTON | 5 July 1860 | Christina JOHNSTON | Father found |
| Henrietta JOHNSTON | 20 March 1865 | Catherine JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann KNOX | 9 July 1861 | Ann KNOX | Find the father |
| Christina Mitchell LAING | 11 June 1863 | Agnes LAING | Father found |
| Hendry MCDONALD | 14 November 1857 | Isabella MCDONALD | Father found |
| Elspeth MCKENZIE | 1 December 1859 | Christian Hodge MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| George MCKENZIE | 22 February 1861 | Elspeth MCKENZIE | Father found |
| Helen MCNAUGHTON | 17 March 1872 | Agnes MCNAUGHTON | Find the father |
| David MELDRUM | 23 May 1871 | Henrietta MELDRUM | Find the father |
| William Anderson MILLAR | 24 October 1863 | Janet MILLAR | Find the father |
| Alexander MITCHELL | 2 July 1857 | Isobel MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Archibald Dewar MITCHELL | 19 December 1864 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| David Gay Miller MITCHELL | 23 February 1870 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Thomas Smeed MITCHELL | 2 January 1873 | Eliza MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Thomas Visie MITCHELL | 14 July 1866 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| William Brown MITCHELL | 6 January 1863 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Christina Haig OLIPHANT | 10 May 1861 | Ann OLIPHANT | Father found |
| John PEATTIE | 5 April 1866 | Margaret PEATTIE | Find the father |
| James Mcpherson PHILIP | 26 March 1864 | Catherine Duff PHILIP | Find the father |
| Margaret RAEBURN | 15 September 1857 | Margaret RAEBURN | Find the father |
| Alexander Donaldson SHEPHERD | 25 October 1855 | Elizabeth SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SMITH | 26 June 1859 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Christina Sime SPENCE | 10 July 1874 | Catherine SPENCE | Find the father |
| Ann Anderson STEELE | 5 October 1861 | Ann STEELE | Father found |
| James Dow STOBIE | 1 November 1858 | Mary Raker STOBIE | Find the father |
| James Mclean SWAN | 25 April 1869 | Anne SWAN | Find the father |
| Helen SWINTON | 16 July 1873 | Helen SWINTON | Find the father |
| James Law TAYLOR | 2 March 1869 | Ann TAYLOR | Father found |
| John Balfour THOMPSON | 24 November 1860 | Margaret THOMPSON | Father found |
| Betsy WATSON | 31 January 1867 | Janet WATSON | Father found |
| David WATSON | 20 March 1868 | Janet WATSON | Find the father |
| Davina WATSON | 19 April 1871 | Isabella WATSON | Father found |
| Janet WATSON | 28 November 1856 | Janet WATSON | Find the father |
| David Craigie Thomson YOUNG | 4 August 1867 | Christina YOUNG | Father found |
| David Philip YOUNGER | 15 March 1865 | Euphemia YOUNGER | Father found |
| Elsie Wilson YOUNGER | 28 June 1874 | Elsie YOUNGER | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON or SIME, Isabella housewife Born about 1820 Widowed Previous residence: Balbirnie Mains, Markinch Chargeable parish: Markinch | 22 Aug 1902 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1897 |
| ADAMSON or HEGGIE, Margt servant Born about 1848 Married Previous residence: Abercrombie Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Margt Heggie or Adamson Mgt Heggie or Adamson | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1883 | |
| ADAMSON or HEGGIE, Mgt servant Born about 1848 Married Previous residence: Abercrombie Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Margt Heggie or Adamson Mgt Heggie or Adamson | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1883 | |
| BALFOUR, Andrew blacksmith Born about 1800 Single Previous residence: Hallcross House, Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Crail | 11 Mar 1887 | Order images (3) | Fife Fife And Kinross Hallcross House | 1850-1874 |
| BARNS or JOHNSTONE, Annabella Born about 1865 Widowed Previous residence: 51 Nethergate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 11 Sep 1934 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1914 |
| BLACK or DOWIE, Maggie Bissett domestic servant Born about 1882 Married Previous residence: 23 Westgreen, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1910 | |
| BRUNTON or WILLIAMSON, Jessie housewife Born about 1832 Married Previous residence: Westgate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 23 Feb 1903 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1898 |
| CHRISTIE, David baker Born about 1859 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Crail | Order images (2) | Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum | 1892 | |
| CORSTORPHINE, Andrew Robertson no occupation Born about 1879 Single Previous residence: 48 Marketgate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1912 | |
| DAVIDSON, Peter ship carpenter Born about 1841 Single Previous residence: Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 12 Oct 1882 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1881 |
| DOWIE or BLACK, Maggie Bissett domestic servant Born about 1882 Married Previous residence: 23 Westgreen, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1910 | |
| FENTON, Euphemia dressmaker Born about 1839 Single Previous residence: Lenzie Chargeable parish: Crail | Order images (2) | Barony Fife | 1879-1880 | |
| FOWLER, Margaret no occupation Born about 1806 Single Previous residence: Hallcross House, Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Crail | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Hallcross House | 1851-1869 | |
| HEGGIE or ADAMSON, Margt servant Born about 1848 Married Previous residence: Abercrombie Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Mgt Heggie or Adamson | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1883 | |
| HEGGIE or ADAMSON, Mgt servant Born about 1848 Married Previous residence: Abercrombie Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Margt Heggie or Adamson | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1883 | |
| HILL or PARKER, Margaret Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1898 | |
| HUTTON, Andrew no occupation Born about 1836 Single Previous residence: Hallcross House, Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Crail | 21 Jul 1889 | Order images (3) | Fife Fife And Kinross Hallcross House | 1866-1875 |
| HUTTON, Elizabeth B no occupation Born about 1834 Single Previous residence: Hallcross House, Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Elizth Brown Hutton | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Hallcross House | 1863-1869 | |
| HUTTON, Elizth Brown no occupation Born about 1834 Single Previous residence: Hallcross House, Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Crail Also known as Elizabeth B Hutton | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Hallcross House | 1863-1869 | |
| HUTTON, Robert ploughman Born about 1871 Married Previous residence: Balgove, St Andrews Chargeable parish: St Andrews St Leonards | 30 Nov 1944 | Order images (3) | Fife District Asylum | 1897-1900 |
| JOHNSTONE or BARNS, Annabella Born about 1865 Widowed Previous residence: 51 Nethergate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 11 Sep 1934 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1914 |
| LORIMER, James stoker in Navy, invalided Born about 1874 Single Previous residence: Naval Hospital, Hasler, Hampshire Chargeable parish: Crail | 12 Feb 1945 | Order images (3) | Fife District Asylum | 1903-1912 |
| MCCALLUM or WATSON, Mary domestic Born about 1874 Married Previous residence: School Close, Kinross Chargeable parish: Kinross | 6 Dec 1912 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1912 |
| MITCHELL, Jessie no occupation Born about 1841 Single Previous residence: Shore Street, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 31 Dec 1906 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1901 |
| MURRAY, John fisherman Born about 1861 Married Previous residence: Rumford, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1902 | |
| OLIPHANT, Margaret field labourer Born about 1814 Single Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Crail | 30 Sep 1881 | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1864-1866 |
| PARKER or HILL, Margaret Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1898 | |
| PEATTIE, Jane field worker Born about 1813 Single Previous residence: Menton, by Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 20 Mar 1884 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1873-1882 |
| ROBERTSON, Margaret knitting Born about 1820 Single Previous residence: Marketgate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 22 Feb 1900 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1898 |
| SIME or ADAMSON, Isabella housewife Born about 1820 Widowed Previous residence: Balbirnie Mains, Markinch Chargeable parish: Markinch | 22 Aug 1902 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1897 |
| THOMSON, John no occupation Born about 1861 Single Previous residence: Crail Chargeable parish: Cupar | Order image (1) | Fife | 1879 | |
| THOMSON, Margaret field worker Born about 1832 Single Previous residence: Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1872 | |
| WATSON or MCCALLUM, Mary domestic Born about 1874 Married Previous residence: School Close, Kinross Chargeable parish: Kinross | 6 Dec 1912 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1912 |
| WILLIAMSON or BRUNTON, Jessie housewife Born about 1832 Married Previous residence: Westgate, Crail Chargeable parish: Crail | 23 Feb 1903 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1898 |
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.
