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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Dornock 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
  • £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 Isabella BELL or BYRES 1876 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Andrew CARRUTHERS 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Janet RAE or WILKINSON 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jane WILKINSON 1863 (2)Order imagesDismissed


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
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG
Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Edward CLARK12 Sep 1885Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Thomasina ARMSTRONG
Dornock
William HADDON5 Sep 1909
Dornock
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Agnes BRYSON
Lowthertown, Dornock
William CARRUTHERSOrder nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Janet FERGUSON
Lowthertown, Dornock
John Andrew DAVIDSON28 Dec 1881Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes IRELAND
Todholes Cottages, Dornock
William WARDOrder nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes IRELAND
Old Lock, Dornock
Robert LITTLE24 Dec 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Agnes JARDINE
Dornock
Walter ARMSTRONG9 Nov 1879Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Isabella MCDOUGALL
Dornock, Dumfriesshire
William ELLIOT21 Nov 1882Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Isabella MCDOUGALL
Foulsyke Cottage, Dornock
Andrew STEWART31 Mar 1885Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Janet MUIRHEAD or BELL
Lowthertown, Dornock
George BELLOrder nowDumfries
SC15/7/34
Mary MUIRHEAD
Lowthertown, Dornock
Duncan BROWN4 May 1887Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Abigail POOL
Eastriggs, Dornock
John JOHNSTON28 Jul 1893
Fairy Row, Kirkpatrick Fleming
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Jane PURDIE
Lowthertown, Dornock
Wallace Andrew ALLISON27 Mar 1884Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Margaret Jane SHIMMINGS
Lowthertown, Dornock
James THOMSON23 Oct 1880Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Margaret Jane SKIMMINGS
Lowthertown, Dornock
Duncan SHANKLAND21 Jul 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Margaret SMITH
Dornock
Joseph GRAHAM12 Mar 1906
Dornock
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Mary STEEL
Lowthertown, Dornock
John ROME11 Dec 1881Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary TELFORD
Dornock Mains Cottage, Dornock
William THOMSON2 Feb 1910
Dornock Mains Cottage, Dornock
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Maggie Jane THOMSON
Front Row, Dornock
Sydney MACKIE3 Jan 1916
Butterdale Cottage, Dornock
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
John AITCHISON28 June 1858Isabella AITCHISONFind the father
George ARMSTRONG12 October 1869Jane ARMSTRONGFind the father
Isabella BELL24 February 1869Janet BELLFind the father
James BOYES17 September 1864Margaret BOYESFind the father
Beattie Annie BROWN5 February 1857Janet BROWNFind the father
Joseph BROWN30 November 1865Janet BROWNFind the father
David John BURNET27 October 1862Janet BURNETFind the father
Christopher CARRUTHERS11 January 1857Margaret CARRUTHERSFind the father
James CARRUTHERS6 July 1870Jane CARRUTHERSFind the father
James CHALMERS29 April 1869Violet CHALMERSFind the father
Margaret Johnstone COLVILLE27 April 1871Jane COLVILLEFind the father
Jane Bell COLVIN10 August 1869Janet Bell COLVINFind the father
David COUPLAND27 September 1862Elizabeth COUPLANDFind the father
Helen COWAN16 April 1868Isabella COWANFind the father
James COWAN10 February 1864Isabella COWANFind the father
Jane Purdie COWAN10 May 1872Janet COWANFind the father
John Gray COWAN12 February 1869Mary COWANFind the father
Margaret DAVIDSON24 May 1856Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
Dinah Jane FERGUSON29 December 1865Catharine FERGUSONFather found
James FERGUSON30 November 1870Helen FERGUSONFind the father
James FREEL20 February 1873Jane FREELFind the father
James GRAHAM18 May 1866Mary GRAHAMFather found
Barbara Carruthers GRINDELL20 February 1856Margaret GRINDELLFind the father
William James HARKNESS8 May 1855Mary HARKNESSFind the father
Janet HILL3 June 1864Esther HILLFind the father
James IRELAND2 October 1873Isabella IRELANDFind the father
Margaret IRELAND14 July 1873Rosannah IRELANDFind the father
George IRVING30 April 1871Agnes IRVINGFind the father
James IRVING27 January 1858Isabella IRVINGFind the father
Thomas IRVING31 March 1873Isabella IRVINGFind the father
William IRVING21 September 1873Janet IRVINGFind the father
Williamina IRVING28 September 1861Jane IRVINGFind the father
Mary Agnes JARDINE12 March 1869Elizabeth JARDINEFind the father
Catherine JOHNSTON20 March 1858Jannet JOHNSTONFind the father
Frances JOHNSTON7 January 1874Jannet JOHNSTONFind the father
Georgina JOHNSTON15 December 1868Janet JOHNSTONFind the father
John JOHNSTON23 December 1856Elizabeth JOHNSTONFind the father
Agnes JOHNSTONE8 March 1872Janet JOHNSTONEFind the father
Jane JOHNSTONE26 May 1867Janet JOHNSTONEFind the father
John JOHNSTONE3 September 1870Jane JOHNSTONEFind the father
Mary JOHNSTONE12 November 1865Janet JOHNSTONEFind the father
Mary Anne JOHNSTONE18 December 1867Jane JOHNSTONEFind the father
William KERR14 April 1871Jane KERRFind the father
David Halliday LATIMER2 February 1862Mary Ann LATIMERFind the father
William LAWSON20 April 1872Agnes LAWSONFind the father
James John LISTER29 July 1868Isabella LISTERFind the father
Mary Jane LISTER29 July 1868Isabella LISTERFind the father
Helen LITTLE22 October 1856Helen LITTLEFind the father
John MCCANN22 January 1858Mary MCCANNFind the father
Jane MCCRACKEN2 February 1857Jessey MCCRACKENFind the father
John MCKEND24 November 1865Helen MCKENDFind the father
Anna Jane MCNEIL4 September 1866Ann MCNEILFind the father
Georgina MCVITTIE19 November 1866Margaret MCVITTIEFind the father
James MILLIGAN28 August 1871Margaret MILLIGANFind the father
Agnes NOTMAN21 August 1866Mary NOTMANFind the father
Janet Forsyth NOTMAN28 December 1860Mary NOTMANFind the father
William NOTMAN24 November 1871Mary NOTMANFind the father
David PATERSON12 December 1863Jane PATERSONFind the father
Isabella PATERSON4 January 1865Helen PATERSONFind the father
Jane PATERSON10 November 1869Jane PATERSONFind the father
Margaret PATERSON16 November 1869Joan PATERSONFind the father
William PATERSON24 May 1871Jane PATERSONFind the father
William Little PATERSON18 February 1861Jane PATERSONFind the father
Elizabeth PATTERSON14 August 1865Jane PATTERSONFind the father
John PATTERSON9 September 1868Joan PATTERSONFind the father
Margaret PATTERSON2 January 1874Jane PATTERSONFind the father
Thomas PATTERSON28 June 1872Jane PATTERSONFind the father
Mary RITCHIE27 March 1869Mary RITCHIEFind the father
Thomas ROME6 September 1858Margaret ROMEFind the father
Annie SCOTT4 August 1863Agnes SCOTTFind the father
Marius Tinning SCOTT17 November 1871Jemima SCOTTFind the father
Margaret SHANNON1 August 1859Helen SHANNONFind the father
Sarah Jane SHANNON3 September 1873Josephine SHANNONFind the father
Andrew STEEL7 January 1868Mary STEELFind the father
Sarah Jane STEEL22 October 1871Margaret STEELFind the father
John TELFER2 February 1861Elizabeth TELFERFind the father
James YOUNG23 July 1857Catherine YOUNGFind the father
William YOUNG11 February 1863Catherine YOUNGFind the father
William Thomson YOUNG13 August 1867Margaret YOUNGFind 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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