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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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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.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Alexander DONALD 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jane EDDIE 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary FORBES or GEDDES 1868 (3)Order imagesRefused
Margaret HAY 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Keith LONGMORE or BAGRIE 1870 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Alexander MCRAE 1846 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Alexander MCRAE 1847 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Alexander MCRAE 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander MCRAE 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander MCRAE 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 24, 103 and 649 1847; also 689 1846
Widow Elspet PHILIP or STRACHAN 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elspet PHILIP or STRACHAN 1875 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Hugh SHAW 1871 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mrs Isabella TAYLOR or BROWN 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Jessie ALEXANDER17 January 1858Ann ALEXANDERFind the father
Ann ALLAN29 July 1868Helen ALLANFind the father
Jane ANDERSON14 July 1867Catherine ANDERSONFind the father
John ANDERSON10 April 1857Eliza ANDERSONFind the father
Isabella BARCLAY20 September 1867Isabella BARCLAYFind the father
Robert Lemon BENNET19 February 1866Elizabeth BENNETFind the father
Margaret CAMERON8 July 1872Margaret CAMERONFind the father
Jean CAMPBELL14 April 1864Jean CAMPBELLFind the father
Annie Bruce Wood COPELAND20 June 1869Mary COPELANDFind the father
George COPLAND19 May 1866Mary COPLANDFind the father
Charles DAVIDSON31 January 1860Helen DAVIDSONFind the father
Elsie Margaret Emsley DAVIDSON5 July 1869Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
Margaret DAVIDSON31 July 1856Jane DAVIDSONFind the father
Peter DAVIE27 May 1864Christian DAVIEFind the father
Jane DONALD11 April 1869Helen DONALDFind the father
Alexander James DUFF25 October 1869Agnes DUFFFind the father
William DUFF13 May 1873Agnes DUFFFind the father
Margaret DUNCAN27 March 1872Jessie DUNCANFind the father
William Guthrie DUNCAN17 May 1867Jessie DUNCANFind the father
Catherine DURNO4 December 1858Isabella DURNOFind the father
Alexander DYCE13 February 1864Maria DYCEFind the father
John DYCE20 June 1871Maria DYCEFind the father
Margaret DYCE17 October 1874Maria DYCEFind the father
George EDDIE15 July 1868Ann EDDIEFind the father
William EDDIE18 March 1874Jane EDDIEFind the father
Alexander FINDLAY14 June 1856Jane FINDLAYFind the father
Elspet FORBES1 May 1857Helen FORBESFind the father
James FORBES29 March 1869Helen FORBESFind the father
Margaret FORBES1 May 1857Helen FORBESFind the father
Thomas FORBES21 October 1864Catherine FORBESFind the father
John FRASER18 June 1872May FRASERFind the father
George HAY14 December 1857Janet HAYFind the father
Jessie INNES28 November 1874Isabella INNESFind the father
William INNES2 April 1872Isabella INNESFind the father
Margaret Carmichaels JAMIESON2 May 1860Janet JAMIESONFind the father
Ann JOHNSTON15 November 1864Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
James KIDD3 December 1863Jean KIDDFind the father
Jessie Isabella KIDD17 April 1871Jane KIDDFind the father
James LONGMOOR11 November 1861Keith Longmoor Or BAGRIEFind the father
William LONGMOOR7 September 1865Keith Longmoor Or BAGRIEFind the father
Helen LONGMORE6 January 1859Keith Longmore Or BAGRIEFind the father
Margaret Ann Simon LUMSDEN30 November 1858Margaret LUMSDENFind the father
Mary Ann MCALLASTER10 November 1865Rose Ann MCALLASTERFind the father
Alexander MCKENZIE30 January 1863Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
Jane MCKENZIE5 June 1861Elizabeth MCKENZIEFind the father
John MCKENZIE5 November 1864Ann MCKENZIEFind the father
John Fraser MCKENZIE7 December 1868Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
Margaret MCKENZIE5 December 1862Isabella MCKENZIEFind the father
Mary Ann MCKENZIE28 April 1871Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
John MCLEAY5 December 1859Elizabeth MCLEAYFind the father
William MCLEY1 February 1856Elizabeth MCLEYFind the father
William MCNEILL29 August 1868Ann MCNEILLFind the father
James MCRAE30 June 1862Ann MCRAEFind the father
Robert Merson MERSON27 January 1865Ann MERSONFind the father
Jane MILTON10 November 1859Helen MILTONFind the father
John MITCHELL17 August 1869Mary MITCHELLFind the father
William MITCHELL23 May 1866Margaret MITCHELLFind the father
Ann MITCHILL31 March 1864Mary MITCHILLFind the father
James MOIR10 December 1864Isabella MOIRFind the father
Jessie MOIR24 January 1874Catherine MOIRFind the father
Isabella MORRISON26 October 1865Mary MORRISONFind the father
Elcie Jane Simpson MUNRO6 October 1873Eliza MUNROFind the father
George MURRAY20 January 1863Margaret MURRAYFind the father
Peter NICOL29 October 1862Margaret NICOLFind the father
Georgina PEDDIESON2 March 1871Jane PEDDIESONFind the father
John Alexander PEDDIESON5 May 1872Hellen PEDDIESONFind the father
George Murray Mackenzie ROBB6 February 1874Mary ROBBFind the father
Christina Thurburn SCOTT10 June 1868Mary SCOTTFind the father
Margaret SHAW1 November 1864Margaret SHAWFind the father
Robert Turner SHAW1 July 1860Margaret SHAWFind the father
Jane Williamson SHEARER19 January 1866Barbara SHEARERFind the father
Ann SIM13 July 1866Mary SIMFind the father
Helen SIM9 December 1869Mary SIMFind the father
Robert SIMPSON7 August 1866Jessie Ann SIMPSONFind the father
Alexander SINCLAIR30 April 1866Jane SINCLAIRFind the father
Alexander SKINNER14 December 1869Mary SKINNERFind the father
Isabella SKINNER1 October 1865Mary SKINNERFind the father
John SKINNER18 October 1856Janet SKINNERFind the father
Elspet STEVENSON23 November 1868Isabella STEVENSONFind the father
Marjoray Allan STEVENSON17 July 1865Elspet STEVENSONFind the father
Alexander THOMSON9 June 1859Janet THOMSONFind the father
Elizabeth Elder WILSON2 January 1861Jean WILSONFind the father
Elizabeth Innes WILSON28 October 1862Elizabeth WILSONFind the father
George Fordyce WILSON13 January 1864Jean WILSONFather found
James Levern WILSON27 November 1867Isabella WILSONFind the father
William WILSON29 July 1864Margaret WILSONFind the father
Ann WOOD8 March 1872Helen WOODFind the father
Mary WOOD10 October 1856Mary WOODFind the father
William WOOD30 April 1867Margaret WOODFind 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.