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Crichton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/75/2 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1713-1829 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/3 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1830-1857 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/4 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1857-1911 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/7 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Combined minutes (heritors and Session) 1741, 1794-1826 | 1741-1826 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/8 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Combined minutes (heritors and Session) | 1827-1868 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/10 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Collections and debursements (proclamations and mortcloths) | 1724-1765 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/11 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Collections and debursements (proclamations and mortcloths) | 1765-1824 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/13 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Baptisms | 1864-1902 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/15 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Proclamations | 1865-1949 | Request lookup |
| CH2/75/17 | Crichton Church of Scotland - Communion roll Post 1895 | 1895-1909 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George ARTHIE | Pathhead | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Janet BRUCE | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Henry COCKBURN | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Thomas CROOKSON | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Bernard DOGLAN | 1860 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Ann DUNCAN | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Joseph GLENDINNING | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Euphemia HODGE | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Ellen KERR | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret MESSER | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| George PRYDE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary ROWLEY | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William RUSSELL | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow SIMPSON or THOMSON | 1880 (2) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Catherine SMITH | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret STEVENSON or MESSER | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Sally STEWART | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James TORRANCE | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see 109 1850 | |
| James TORRANCE | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James TORRENCE | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow WAGSTAFF | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James WALKINSHAW | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| James WALKINSHAW | 1857 (4) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| Mary WALKINSHAW | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Mary WALKINSHAW | 1857 (4) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| Mary WALKINSHAW | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief |
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). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christina AITKEN | 3 June 1870 | Euphemia AITKEN | Find the father |
| John AITKEN | 17 August 1868 | Isabella AITKEN | Find the father |
| George ANDERSON | 20 October 1855 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas BAILLIE | 2 July 1870 | Alison BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Walter BAILLIE | 23 March 1866 | Alison BAILLIE | Find the father |
| James BATHGATE | 28 November 1862 | Margaret BATHGATE | Find the father |
| James BAXTER | 26 March 1863 | Mary BAXTER | Find the father |
| William BAXTER | 26 March 1863 | Mary BAXTER | Find the father |
| Agnes BISHOP | 9 January 1868 | Elisabeth BISHOP | Find the father |
| Robert BRAIDY | 8 September 1869 | Jane BRAIDY | Find the father |
| Thomas BROWN | 11 June 1856 | Jean BROWN | Find the father |
| George BURNS | 6 August 1866 | Margaret BURNS | Find the father |
| Marion CLARK | 24 April 1873 | Jessie CLARK | Find the father |
| Janet CRAIG | 5 April 1873 | Janet CRAIG | Find the father |
| Mary CRAIG | 24 July 1864 | Mary CRAIG | Find the father |
| Andrew CRANSTON | 29 December 1855 | Mary CRANSTON | Find the father |
| Agnes Baillie CURRIE | 28 April 1865 | Mary Anne CURRIE | Find the father |
| Thomas Arklie CURRIE | 4 February 1863 | Mary CURRIE | Father found |
| Thomas DOCHERTY | 19 June 1872 | Mary DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Agnes DUNCAN | 1 March 1874 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| David DUNCAN | 5 October 1864 | Jane DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jane DUNCAN | 1 March 1874 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John FLYNN | 4 February 1860 | Margaret FLYNN | Find the father |
| William FORSTER | 11 March 1857 | Jane FORSTER | Find the father |
| Helen GLENDINNING | 9 December 1864 | Helen GLENDINNING | Father found |
| Anne GORDON | 26 March 1856 | Anne GORDON | Find the father |
| Anne HAY | 15 May 1865 | Catherine HAY | Find the father |
| Jean HAZZARD | 23 June 1874 | Jean HAZZARD | Find the father |
| Beatrice HENDERSON | 16 September 1863 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James HERBERT | 22 January 1862 | Eliza HERBERT | Father found |
| Agnes HERRIOT | 10 June 1855 | Beatrice HERRIOT | Find the father |
| Robert HOWDEN | 22 January 1855 | Elisabeth HOWDEN | Find the father |
| Euphemia HUMBLE | 25 August 1871 | Euphemia HUMBLE | Find the father |
| Jane HUMBLE | 3 March 1871 | Jane HUMBLE | Find the father |
| Thomas HUMBLE | 4 January 1866 | Agnes HUMBLE | Find the father |
| Adam Dickson KEAIN | 16 July 1870 | Margaret KEAIN | Find the father |
| Archibald Dickson KEAIN | 2 April 1866 | Margaret KEAIN | Find the father |
| George KERR | 2 February 1868 | Isabella KERR | Find the father |
| David LAWRIE | 3 April 1865 | Jane LAWRIE | Find the father |
| Agnes LINDSAY | 15 June 1865 | Margaret LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Catherine LIVINGSTONE | 8 June 1855 | Janet LIVINGSTONE | Find the father |
| Jane Anne LOCKIE | 25 December 1873 | Sidney LOCKIE | Find the father |
| John LOCKIE | 10 April 1858 | Agnes LOCKIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MARK | 14 February 1863 | Mary MARK | Father found |
| Thomas MCLEOD | 14 May 1869 | Hellen MCLEOD | Find the father |
| William MCNEIL | 24 November 1855 | Margaret MCNEIL | Find the father |
| John MCQUEEN | 26 November 1872 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Benjamin MONTGOMERY | 24 December 1867 | Helen MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| Janet NISBET | 23 November 1870 | Janet NISBET | Find the father |
| Christina Watson ORMISTON | 28 February 1866 | Marion ORMISTON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 6 January 1860 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | 10 May 1856 | Janet ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David SCOTT | 27 December 1858 | Isabella SCOTT | Find the father |
| George SCOTT | 27 February 1863 | Jean SCOTT | Find the father |
| Mary SCOTT | 3 January 1865 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Anne SHILLINGLAW | 14 September 1855 | Margaret SHILLINGLAW | Find the father |
| Henry SHILLINGLAW | 6 November 1874 | Anne SHILLINGLAW | Find the father |
| Henry Patter SHILLINGLAW | 28 March 1861 | Margaret SHILLINGLAW | Find the father |
| Robert SHILLINGLAW | 24 July 1857 | Margaret SHILLINGLAW | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 20 December 1864 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert STEIN | 1 June 1859 | Margaret STEIN | Find the father |
| Isabella Mc Dougall TAIT | 30 November 1867 | Jessie TAIT | Find the father |
| John Tait THOMSON | 12 March 1871 | Mary Jeffray THOMSON | Find the father |
| Helen TORRANCE | 24 June 1866 | Mary Anne TORRANCE | Find the father |
| Janet TROTTER | 10 September 1865 | Janet TROTTER | Find the father |
| John TROTTER | 3 March 1862 | Janet TROTTER | Find the father |
| Andrew WALKINGSHAW | 14 July 1864 | Euphemia WALKINGSHAW | Father found |
| John WELSH | 27 July 1861 | Jane WELSH | Find the father |
| Marion WHITE | 12 July 1861 | Marion WHITE | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Allan | |||
| Joseph | Anderson | |||
| Christopher | Armstrong | |||
| James | Allison | |||
| Thomas | Bain | |||
| James | Bathgate | |||
| Matthew | Bell | |||
| Andrew | Bishop | |||
| David | Bishop | |||
| Braidwood | ||||
| Alexander | Brockie | |||
| David | Broomfield | |||
| John | Broomfield | |||
| Alexander | Brotherston | |||
| George | Brown | |||
| James | Brown | |||
| John | Brown | |||
| Andrew | Bruce | |||
| James | Brunton | |||
| Adam | Clerk | |||
| George | Clerk | |||
| Hamilton | Cockburn | |||
| David | Crookston | |||
| Robert | Crow | |||
| John | Cummin | |||
| John | Cunningham | |||
| James | Dickson | |||
| Robert | Dippie | |||
| Henry | Douglas | |||
| James | Douglas | |||
| John | Douglas | |||
| Thomas | Duncan | |||
| William | Duncan | |||
| John | Earsman | |||
| William | Forrest | |||
| Simon | Fraser | |||
| John | Gilmour | |||
| William | Good | |||
| James | Halliday | |||
| John | Hardie | |||
| John | Hardie | |||
| Joseph | Harvey | |||
| James | Henderson | |||
| James | Henderson | |||
| James | Hodge | |||
| George | Hoggarth | |||
| John | Howden | |||
| Alexander | Irving | |||
| John | Kinlay | |||
| James | Kerr | |||
| Thomas | Kyle | |||
| Duncan | Laing | |||
| Andrew | Laurie | |||
| William | Law | |||
| Alexander | Leitch | |||
| Cathcart | Leslie | |||
| Thomas | Low | |||
| William | Lidgate | |||
| John | Mack | |||
| John | Mcintyre | |||
| Lewis | Mckenzie | |||
| James | Mckerrow | |||
| Andrew | Mclaren | |||
| James | Meek | |||
| Joshua | Melrose | |||
| Robert | Menzies | |||
| George | Mills | |||
| George | Milligan | |||
| George | Mitchell | |||
| James | Montgomery | |||
| Thomas | Muir | |||
| William | Muir | |||
| James | Nasmyth | |||
| Thomas | Nasmyth | |||
| James | Neilance | |||
| David | Newton | |||
| John | Notman | |||
| George | Oliver | |||
| Robert | Oliver | |||
| Thomas | Oliver | |||
| Thomas | Ormiston | |||
| Henry | Otto | |||
| Edward | Ovens | |||
| James | Ovens | |||
| James | Pace | |||
| Robert | Pearson | |||
| Thomas | Pearson | |||
| Peter | Peaston | |||
| William | Preston | |||
| John | Prude | |||
| James | Purves | |||
| James | Purves | |||
| William | Purves | |||
| John | Rankine | |||
| John | Rankine | |||
| William | Rankine | |||
| James | Redpath | |||
| David | Robertson | |||
| John | Romanes | |||
| George | Ross | |||
| Gilbert | Ruthven | |||
| Andrew | Scott | |||
| James | Scott | |||
| James | Scott | |||
| Robert | Scott | |||
| Thomas | Scott | |||
| Walter | Scott | |||
| Andrew | Shaw | |||
| George | Simson | |||
| James | Simson | |||
| Peter | Simson | |||
| William | Simson | |||
| William | Smart | |||
| David | Smeal | |||
| Alexander | Smeaton | |||
| William | Smeaton | |||
| David | Smith | |||
| David | Smith | |||
| William | Souness | |||
| James | Stenhouse | |||
| Charles | Stewart | |||
| James | Stewart | |||
| Thomas | Stirling | |||
| William | Stoddart | |||
| George | Swanston | |||
| George | Tait | |||
| John | Tait | |||
| James | Taylor | |||
| James | Thomson | |||
| James | Thomson | |||
| William | Thomson | |||
| James | Torrance | |||
| John | Torrance | |||
| William | Turnbull | |||
| Thomas | Turner | |||
| William | Vallance | |||
| John | Wagstaff | |||
| George | Waldie | |||
| James | Watson | |||
| John | Wight | |||
| Andrew | Wilson | |||
| William | Young |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Aikine | |||
| Sinclair | Aikine | |||
| Christopher | Armstrong | |||
| Joseph | Anderson | |||
| James | Alison | |||
| David | Crookston | |||
| John | Cummin | |||
| Adam | Clerk | |||
| Hamilton | Cockburn | |||
| Thomas | Cockburn | |||
| William | Grieve | |||
| Wm | Good | |||
| Robert | Gillon | |||
| Robert | Gilmuir | |||
| Alexander | Baillie | |||
| Abraham | Brown | |||
| George | Brown | |||
| James | Bathgate | |||
| William | Braidwood | |||
| Alexander | Brockie | |||
| John | Brunton | |||
| Thomas | Bain | |||
| John | Binnie | |||
| David | Bishop | |||
| John | Brown | |||
| James | Brodie | |||
| John | Bertram | |||
| Alexander | Boyd | |||
| James | Douglas | |||
| John | Davidson | |||
| Gardner | Davidson | |||
| John | Dun | |||
| James | Dickson | |||
| Wm | Douglas | elder | ||
| James | Halliday | |||
| John | Hardie | |||
| James | Henderson | |||
| Wm | Hunter | |||
| James | Henderson | |||
| Alexander | Irvine | |||
| Peter | Instant | |||
| William | Jeffery | |||
| Andrew | Kerr | |||
| Duncan | Laing | |||
| Andrew | Laurie | |||
| William | Leslie | |||
| Cathcart | Leslie | |||
| William | Lidgate | |||
| William | Leitch | |||
| Thomas | Muir | |||
| John | Melrose | |||
| James | Mckerrow | elder | ||
| Wm | Muir | |||
| Samuel | Moffat | |||
| James | Montgomery | |||
| Wm | Mcalpine | |||
| George | Mills | |||
| Andrew | Mclaren | |||
| George | Muir | |||
| James | Nasmyth | |||
| Thomas | Nasmyth | |||
| David | Nasmyth | |||
| James | Oliver | |||
| Thomas | Oliver | |||
| Thomas | Ormiston | |||
| George | Oliver | |||
| William | Paeston | |||
| John | Paterson | |||
| George | Pringle | |||
| George | Pringle | |||
| William | Purves | |||
| James | Primrose | elder | ||
| David | Robertson | |||
| George | Ross | |||
| George | Ross | |||
| John | Rankine | |||
| Alexander | Redpath | |||
| James | Scott | |||
| James | Scott | |||
| James | Scougall | |||
| Robert | Selkirk | |||
| Andrew | Scott | |||
| Robert | Smith | |||
| Richard | Smith | |||
| William | Steele | |||
| William | Scott | |||
| Robert | Smith | elder | ||
| James | Simson | |||
| James | Simson | |||
| William | Simson | |||
| William | Simson | |||
| Robert | Somerville | |||
| James | Scott | |||
| William | Stodart | |||
| John | Sounes | |||
| Alexander | Smeaton | |||
| David | Smeal | |||
| Charles | Stewart | |||
| John | Simson | |||
| James | Stenhouse | |||
| James | Thomson | |||
| James | Thomson | |||
| James | Thomson | |||
| John | Thomson | |||
| James | Taylor | elder | ||
| Hugh | Tait | |||
| John | Torrance | |||
| Wm | Torrance | |||
| James | Torrance | |||
| William | Turnbull | |||
| James | Watson | |||
| Andrew | Wilson | |||
| James | Wilson | |||
| William | Wood | |||
| George | Waldie | |||
| John | Wagstaff |
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.
