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Records -> Fife

Culross Abbey 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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/77/6Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1693-1700Request lookup
CH2/77/7Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1700-1715Request lookup
CH2/77/8Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1715-1727Request lookup
CH2/77/9Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1727-1735Request lookup
CH2/77/10Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1735-1774Request lookup
CH2/77/11Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes
(Scroll, unbound)
1740-1742Request lookup
CH2/77/12Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes
(Scroll, unbound)
1749-1757Request lookup
CH2/77/13Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1774-1833Request lookup
CH2/77/14Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1833-1862Request lookup
CH2/77/15Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes1862-1915Request lookup
CH2/77/27Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Deaths and funerals1855-1893Request lookup
CH2/77/28Culross Abbey Church of Scotland - Communion roll1879-1909Request 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:
  • £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
Widow AITKEN 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
John ANGUS 1869 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Catherine DRYSDALE 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused, on the understanding that she is to have one shilling and sixpence a week
Catherine DRYSDALE 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth GUTHRIE 1869 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow MURRAY 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary Malcolm PRIDE 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary Malcom PRYDE 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Peter SNEDDON 1878 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Janet WISHART or MERRYLEES 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused


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
Helen BELL
North Lodge, Abbey, Culross
John MEIKLEJOHN21 Dec 1883Order nowDunblane
SC44/5/8
Mary Bardner BENNET
Blairhall, Culross
Henry SMITH7 Aug 1885
Blairhall, Culross
Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/5
Margaret HORNE
Culross
William TULLIS20 Jan 1865Order nowAlloa
SC64/7/4
Jessie LIVINGSTONE
West Grange, Culross
Robert GIBSON4 Oct 1880Order nowDunblane
SC44/5/8
Margaret MADDEN
Comrie, Culross
Alexander DALGLEISH15 Aug 1880Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/5
Marjory MCCULLOCH
Park of Balgownie, Culross
Archibald ANDERSON22 Jul 1882Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/5
Agnes REID
Lowvalleyfield, near Culross
William WILSON29 Mar 1884Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/5
Elizabeth SCOON
Culross
William TURCAN10 Nov 1854Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/3
Helen SCOTLAND
Culross
William KINLOCH11 Dec 1871Order nowAlloa
SC64/7/4


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
Jeanie W KIRK18 Jun 1889Culross Geddes 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
John ADAM21 April 1869Jane ADAMFind the father
Alexander ARCHIBALD25 December 1865Janet ARCHIBALDFather found
Christian Blelloch BENNET9 January 1856Betsy BENNETFather found
James BENNET15 April 1874Christian BENNETFind the father
Janet BENNET26 April 1860Betsy BENNETFind the father
John BENNET27 March 1869Mary BENNETFind the father
Margaret BENNET12 July 1869Betsy BENNETFind the father
William BENNET23 September 1865Mary Ann BENNETFind the father
Anne Bain BENNETT12 October 1862Sarah BENNETTFind the father
Isabella BUCHANAN12 February 1863Isabella BUCHANANFind the father
John BURNET27 September 1863Catharine BURNETFind the father
Margaret BURNET20 December 1861Margaret BURNETFind the father
Lavinia CLARKE17 June 1859Marion CLARKEFind the father
John DAY11 February 1865Elizabeth DAYFind the father
Elizabeth DICK16 July 1861Margaret DICKFind the father
Catherine DRYSDALE23 April 1873Agnes DRYSDALEFind the father
Thomas DRYSDALE7 January 1864Agnes DRYSDALEFind the father
Thomas FORD13 May 1860Jane FORDFind the father
James GIBSON23 June 1863Elizabeth GIBSONFind the father
Jane GIBSON23 February 1860Agnes GIBSONFind the father
Margaret GIBSON20 May 1864Isabella GIBSONFind the father
Mary Low GIBSON4 August 1855Agnes Gibson Or SHEARERFind the father
Elizabeth HARROWER13 July 1858Elizabeth HARROWERFind the father
Margaret HARROWER23 January 1868Margaret HARROWERFind the father
Alexander Marshall HENDERSON27 October 1863Margaret HENDERSONFind the father
Jane HENDERSON19 May 1867Margaret HENDERSONFind the father
Robert HENDERSON1 June 1872Agnes HENDERSONFind the father
Christina Ann HUTCHISON10 May 1862Jane HUTCHISONFind the father
David HUTCHISON3 January 1868Jane HUTCHISONFind the father
Georgina Aitken HUTCHISON23 June 1864Jane Aitken HUTCHISONFind the father
Jane HUTCHISON18 January 1856Mary HUTCHISONFind the father
Laurence HUTCHISON5 April 1866Jane HUTCHISONFind the father
Rachel HUTCHISON13 May 1860Jean HUTCHISONFind the father
David MACKAY16 March 1860Marion MACKAYFind the father
Barbara Murray MARSHALL24 August 1864Janet MARSHALLFind the father
Elizabeth MARSHALL1 November 1855Margaret Marshall Or HORNEFind the father
Ann Dickie MCCULLOCH23 September 1869Catherine MCCULLOCHFind the father
James MCCULLOCH8 February 1874Catherine MCCULLOCHFind the father
Elizabeth MCKAY19 July 1857Marion MCKAYFind the father
Robert MIDDLETON6 June 1863Margaret MIDDLETONFind the father
Robert Young MOYES17 December 1867Helen MOYESFind the father
Anne PATERSON22 November 1856Charlotte PATERSONFind the father
John PATERSON16 August 1863Charlotte PATERSONFind the father
Elizabeth PEDDIE16 May 1874Mary PEDDIEFind the father
Janet PETERSON1 July 1868Elspeth PETERSONFind the father
Wilhelmina ROBERTSON27 July 1864Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Matilda ROY24 November 1872Margaret ROYFind the father
Elizabeth SCOTLAND8 February 1864Elizabeth SCOTLANDFind the father
Helen SCOTLAND11 December 1871Helen SCOTLANDFather found
Margaret SCOTLAND26 June 1857Helen SCOTLANDFind the father
James SPITTAL5 December 1862Jane SPITTALFind the father
Christian WALKER10 December 1861Mary WALKERFind the father
William WARDLAW11 January 1863Jessie WARDLAWFind the father
Janet WAUGH4 March 1871Janet WAUGHFind the father
Ann Welden WELDEN26 March 1860Ann WELDENFind the father
Agnes WESTWOOD25 May 1855Elizabeth WESTWOODFind the father
James WILKIE15 December 1857Elizabeth WILKIEFind the father
Jane WISHART7 February 1856Isabella WISHARTFind 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.

Rev John Balfour

Janet Drysdale

Rev A B Duncan

James Harrower

Mr John Hutchison

Mr John Kilgour

Margaret Reid deceased

Margaret Reid

Mr Reuben Reid

Mr Thomas Sands

Mr Thos Sands

John Smith

Name:

Date: 18/07/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mortcloth fees

Details: ' The session having taken into consideration the dues at present payable for the use of the mortcloths agreed to reduce the same for the present from 5/. to 4/. for the best cloth and for the second cloth from 3/. to 2/. The six pence formerly payable to the Beadle to be continued.'

Other names:


Name:

Date: 18/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Rev John Balfour

Date: 12/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Janet Drysdale

Date: 12/02/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Other names: Janet Drysdale; John Smith


Name: Rev A B Duncan

Date: 11/08/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Rev A B Duncan

Date: 05/11/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Rev A B Duncan

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: James Harrower

Date: 11/08/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared father

Details: 'Compeared James Harrower, at present residing at Windyhill in the Parish of Tullyallan and confessed that he had been guilty of fornication with Margaret Reid deceased and that he wished to be taken to discipline in order to get the child born to him by her baptized. The Session agreed to allow him to remain under the scandal for some time in consideration that this is the second time he has been guilty with the same woman'

Other names: James Harrower; Margaret Reid deceased


Name: James Harrower

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Harrower mentioned in a former minute and was rebuked for the sin of fornication, as stated in said minute, with Margaret Reid, and was absolved from the scandal.'

Other names: James Harrower; Margaret Reid


Name: Mr John Hutchison

Date: 18/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr John Hutchison

Date: 11/08/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr John Hutchison

Date: 05/11/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Details: 'The session considering that the meeting of the Synod is now past unanimously made choice of Mr John Hutchison one of their number as ruling Elder to represent them in the Synod of Fife and Presbytery of Dunfermline during the current half year.'


Name: Mr John Hutchison

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr John Kilgour

Date: 12/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr John Kilgour

Date: 11/08/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr John Kilgour

Date: 05/11/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Margaret Reid deceased

Date: 11/08/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as mother

Other names: James Harrower; Margaret Reid deceased


Name: Margaret Reid

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Other names: James Harrower; Margaret Reid


Name: Mr Reuben Reid

Date: 18/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr Reuben Reid

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr Thomas Sands

Date: 03/12/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr Thos Sands

Date: 12/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr Thos Sands

Date: 18/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: Mr Thos Sands

Date: 05/11/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt


Name: John Smith

Date: 12/02/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Other names: Janet Drysdale; John Smith


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