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Records -> Kirkcudbrightshire

Crossmichael 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:
  • £3 for a single minute
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  • £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.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
Widow BRYDSON 1878 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary BRYDSON 1878 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary HALL 1856-1857 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Mary KIRK 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Robina MACKAY or SCOTT 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mrs Mary MACKENZIE 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen MCCANDLISH or FIELDS 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
James NAPIER 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John PATTON 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow PETRIE or NELSON 1882 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret SLATER 1848 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary THOMSON 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary THOMSON 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
David THORBURN 1848 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed


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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Jane ARTHUR
Crossmichael
William MCCARTNEY20 Sep 1851Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/13
Jane CONCHAR or MURPHY
Crossmichael
James DUFFIE4 Apr 1883Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Margaret DUFFIE
Crossmichael
James MCMICHANOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Ellen HUGHES
Elfcraig, Crossmichael
William MUIR1 Feb 1829Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/14
Grace KIRKPATRICK
Glenroan, Crossmichael
John JOHNSTONE27 May 1876
Woodhead Cottage, Troqueer
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Jane MCARTHUR
Plain Cook, Crossmichael
John RAIN22 Jan 1858Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Elizabeth MURRAY
Mother at Abbey Yard, Crossmichael
Thomas JOHNSTONEOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Agnes SHENNAN
Crossmichael
Robert LECKIE29 Jun 1884Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Robina STEWART
Cross Roads, Crossmichael
formerly Culdoch, Parton
John JOHNSTONE5 Feb 1883Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
School leaving certificate examinations
NameDate of birthSchoolYearOrder record
Janie L NODWELL18 Jan 1894Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1909Order now
Robert RENNIE21 Mar 1892Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1909Order now
Rennie ROBERT21 Mar 1892Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1910Order now
Agnes H STEWART17 Dec 1894Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1909Order now
Elizabeth M STEWART13 May 1893Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1909Order now
John Symington STEWART7 Aug 1890Crossmichael Clarebrand Public School1908Order now


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William ALEXANDER28 January 1863Marion ALEXANDERFind the father
John BAXTER23 December 1860Jane BAXTERFind the father
Margaret BAXTER5 February 1856Janet BAXTERFind the father
Mary BAXTER7 April 1856Jane BAXTERFind the father
William BAXTER30 June 1861Janet BAXTERFind the father
Robert BIGGAR23 February 1858Jane BIGGARFather found
John BROWN8 June 1858Mary BROWNFind the father
Michael Castello BURGESS15 August 1860Elizabeth BURGESSFind the father
Mary Jane BURNIE3 May 1868Mary BURNIEFind the father
James BYERS8 July 1863Janet BYERSFind the father
Margaret Shennan CAIG17 November 1856Janet CAIGFind the father
William CALLANDER13 March 1866Mary CALLANDERFind the father
Robert CAMPBELL13 January 1869Mary CAMPBELLFather found
David Hugh Hannah CAVEN23 February 1866Jane CAVENFind the father
Annie CLARK1 July 1867Agness CLARKFind the father
William CLARK7 May 1871Margaret CLARKFind the father
Janet CONCHAR20 February 1864Jane CONCHARFind the father
James Bell COPLAND23 November 1864Agnes COPLANDFind the father
Agness CRAIG14 November 1861Janet CRAIGFind the father
James CURRIE11 May 1865Mary CURRIEFind the father
James DALZIELL2 December 1860Hellen DALZIELLFind the father
James DUFFIE1 December 1855Margaret DUFFIEFind the father
Elizabeth FLETCHER11 May 1873Jane FLETCHERFind the father
Edward FLIN29 December 1860Hellen FLINFind the father
John GORDON12 July 1856Mary GORDONFind the father
William HARPER3 July 1864Nicholas HARPERFind the father
Alexander HAY21 May 1865Janet HAYFather found
Margaret HENRY22 June 1870Eliza CROSBIEFind the father
James HERON11 September 1859Grace HERONFind the father
James Stewart HERON16 October 1874Janet HERONFind the father
Mary Margaret HUGHES29 February 1864Ellen HUGHESFind the father
Mary Mckie HUGHES10 April 1870Mary HUGHESFind the father
William HUGHES3 November 1866Ellen HUGHESFind the father
Alexander Little JARDINE1 March 1862Marion JARDINEFind the father
Hellen JOHNSTONE8 November 1862Mary JOHNSTONEFather found
John JOHNSTONE9 January 1859Hellen JOHNSTONEFind the father
George KIDD7 August 1861Christina KIDDFind the father
Samuel KIM30 October 1869Janet KIMFind the father
Andrew Gledrew KINSTREY14 June 1858Jane KINSTREYFind the father
Agnes KIRKPATRICK3 August 1862Grace KIRKPATRICKFather found
Agnes Mcmeeking KIRKPATRICK1 January 1865Jane KIRKPATRICKFather found
Jane KIRKPATRICK25 October 1863Agnes KIRKPATRICKFind the father
William KIRKPATRICK18 May 1866Agnes KIRKPATRICKFind the father
William LOCKE16 February 1864Agnes LOCKEFind the father
John LOGAN7 September 1868Margaret LOGANFind the father
Robert LOGAN7 September 1868Margaret LOGANFind the father
Jane MCADAM16 November 1868Margaret MCADAMFind the father
Mary MCADAM14 August 1874Mary MCADAMFind the father
Margaret MCCAIG27 January 1866Margaret MCCAIGFind the father
John MCCORMACK30 January 1868Jane MCCORMACKFind the father
Jessie Jane MCCORMICK4 April 1867Isabella MCCORMICKFather found
John MCCORMICK14 September 1860Jane MCCORMICKFind the father
Mary Agnes MCCREADY23 August 1872Elizabeth MCCREADYFind the father
Isabella MCDILL21 February 1872Mary MCDILLFind the father
Andrew MCDUFF23 March 1862Eliza MCDUFFFind the father
James MCDUFF23 March 1862Eliza MCDUFFFind the father
Mary MCKAY11 December 1863Robina MCKAYFind the father
Agness MCKIE21 January 1858Margaret MCKIEFind the father
Peter MCKIE20 May 1864Margret MCKIEFind the father
Mary Mcdill MCKILL13 December 1862Mary MCKILLFind the father
Agness MCKNIGHT20 October 1857Jannet MCKNIGHTFind the father
Sarah Jane MCMATH18 July 1868Mary MCMATHFind the father
William MCMATH16 October 1870Mary MCMATHFind the father
Mary MCMILLAN7 March 1865Agnes MCMILLANFind the father
Crawfor Mccaig MCMINN11 November 1874Janet MCMINNFind the father
Elizabeth MCMINN8 August 1873Janet MCMINNFind the father
James MCMINN19 September 1864Elizabeth MCMINNFind the father
John MCMINN5 December 1872Isabella MCMINNFind the father
John Mcminn MCMINN9 April 1866Mary MCMINNFind the father
Margaret MCMINN2 December 1867Agnes MCMINNFind the father
Willhilmina MCMINN7 January 1870Jenet MCMINNFather found
William MCMINN26 October 1869Agnes MCMINNFather found
Margaret MCMURDO14 March 1866Mary MCMURDOFind the father
Robert MCNEIL13 June 1855Agness MCNEILFind the father
James MCQUEEN14 December 1860Agnes MCQUEENFind the father
John MILLAR27 March 1869Isabella MILLARFind the father
Margret MILLER27 February 1865Agnes MILLERFather found
William MILLER12 December 1865Janet MILLERFind the father
Isabella Young MOFFAT22 December 1868Agness Young MOFFATFind the father
William MONAGHAN15 December 1873Jessie MONAGHANFind the father
Mary Ann MONAGHEN20 July 1872Agnes MONAGHENFind the father
William Mitchell MONOGHAN29 April 1864Margaret MONOGHANFind the father
Hellen MUIR26 April 1861Jane MUIRFind the father
William MULHOLLAND12 June 1870Sarah MULHOLLANDFather found
Alexander Brown MURRAY15 January 1869Elizabeth MURRAYFind the father
Agnes NELSON13 December 1872Elizabeth NELSONFind the father
Robert NIELSON1 June 1869Mary NIELSONFind the father
William NIELSON29 January 1870Isabella GORDONFind the father
Jane PORTER17 July 1871Jane PORTERFind the father
Agnes Jane PURDIE11 June 1869Lydia PURDIEFind the father
Jessie PURDIE4 February 1867Lydia PURDIEFather found
Jessie Haining PURDIE5 February 1867Maggie PURDIEFind the father
John PURDIE4 May 1872Agnes PURDIEFind the father
William PURDIE14 June 1865Agness PURDIEFind the father
Janet RAE3 February 1856Agnes RAEFind the father
Isabella Marion ROBISON7 February 1857Margaret ROBISONFind the father
William SEGGIE29 December 1863Mary SEGGIEFind the father
Margret SMITH14 May 1865Jane SMITHFind the father
Mary Jane SPROAT13 April 1869Sarah SPROATFind the father
James STEVENSON11 January 1873Grace STEVENSONFind the father
Mary STEVENSON14 December 1871Mary STEVENSONFind the father
Robert STEVENSON20 March 1869Grace STEVENSONFind the father
William STEVENSON22 August 1867Mary STEVENSONFather found
William TAIT24 May 1860Mary TAITFind the father
Janet Kelly TELFER26 July 1859Jane TELFERFind the father
Andrew THOMPSON3 October 1871Margaret THOMPSONFind the father
John THOMSON26 January 1863Mary THOMSONFind the father
Joseph William THOMSON17 December 1858Mary THOMSONFind the father
Quinton THOMSON23 June 1859Elisabeth THOMSONFind the father
Mary TURNER20 February 1864Mary TURNERFind the father
Robert TURNER31 December 1860Mary TURNERFind the father
James TWINAME22 December 1863Janet TWINAMEFind the father
Mary TWINAME14 January 1868Janet TWINAMEFind the father
Mary WHIGHAM10 March 1856Mary WHIGHAMFind the father
Jane WHIGHIAM20 April 1856Susanna WHIGHIAMFind the father
James George WILSON23 December 1872Elizabeth WILSONFind the father
William WILSON31 May 1871Elizabeth WILSONFind 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.


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