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Records -> Lanarkshire

Douglas 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
Helen ALEXANDER or MULLINS 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen ALEXANDER or MULLINS 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Esther ANDERSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Adam BALLANTINE 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Rachael CAIRNS 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
William CLERKSON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Barnaby DALY 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jean DAVIDSON or BELL 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jean DAVIDSON or BELL 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet DEMPSTER 1877 (1)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief
Margaret FRAME 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Grace GILCHRIST 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused
James GOLD 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
James GOLD 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Andrew HADDOW 1867 (2)Order imagesRefused
John HARKNESS 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Eliz JARDINE 1873 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth JARDINE 1868 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Rachel MASTERTON or CAIRNS 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Margaret MCCUE or RAE 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Isabella PATERSON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Andrew SCOTT 1863 (2)Order imagesRefused
Janet SIMPSON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
John SMITH 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of relief
John STARK 1846 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Jane SYMINGTON or PILLANS 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Andrew TINLAY 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
David TWEEDIE 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Janet WILSON or GOLD 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of 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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Janet BROWN or KERR
Uddington, Douglas
William KERR28 Apr 1880Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Agnes Davy GOLD
Douglas
William GOLD20 Jul 1884
Blue Tower, Douglas
Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Janet GOLD
Rigside, Douglas
William STEELE27 Jul 1885
Rigside, Douglas
Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Ann PATERSON
Douglas, Lanarkshire
William HYND OR HADDOW18 Dec 1851Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/34
Isabella PILLANS
Newmains, Douglas
William JACKSON7 Dec 1882Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Grace PRENTICE
New Row, Rigside, Douglas
Robert THOMSON7 Feb 1880Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Isabella SHAW
Douglas
John RITCHIE14 Jun 1879Order nowLanark
SC38/7/35
Janet WATSON
Uddington, Douglas
James GOLD14 Sep 1848Order nowLanark
SC38/7/32


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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
John ADAMSON21 February 1874Ann ADAMSONFind the father
John AITKEN28 January 1864Mary AITKENFind the father
Thomas AITKEN6 January 1857Mary Anne AITKENFind the father
David ARMSTRONG9 February 1871Jane ARMSTRONGFind the father
John ARMSTRONG26 October 1867Jane ARMSTRONGFind the father
Allan BAIRD22 December 1858Janet BAIRDFind the father
Elisabeth BAIRD7 June 1865Janet BAIRDFind the father
Peter BAIRD6 August 1862Janet BAIRDFind the father
Andrew BELL8 March 1865Jane BELLFind the father
Elisabeth BERRY2 October 1872Margaret BERRYFind the father
John BERRY27 March 1866Margaret BERRYFind the father
Matthew BERRY1 May 1869Margaret BERRYFather found
Grace Watson BLACK12 January 1860Janet BLACKFind the father
James BLACK18 March 1863Janet BLACKFind the father
William BORLAND28 June 1861Marion BORLANDFind the father
James Robert BRIGHTON30 September 1863Jane BRIGHTONFind the father
Adam BROWN17 November 1857Marion BROWNFind the father
Robert BROWN16 October 1862Agnes BROWNFind the father
William BUCHANAN13 September 1870Margaret BUCHANANFind the father
William BURTON28 April 1859Mary BURTONFind the father
James CARMICHAEL7 November 1864Margaret CARMICHAELFind the father
Anne CARRUTHERS9 January 1859Ann CARRUTHERSFind the father
Jane CLAIMINSON17 July 1867Agnes CLAIMINSONFind the father
John CLAIMINSON15 July 1863Agnes CLAIMINSONFather found
George CLARKSON10 February 1865Grace CLARKSONFind the father
Jeanie CLARKSON1 December 1860Isabella CLARKSONFind the father
John CLARKSON18 May 1871Isabella CLARKSONFind the father
Neil CLARKSON16 August 1861Jess CLARKSONFind the father
William CLARKSON6 February 1858Isabella CLARKSONFind the father
William CLARKSON16 August 1865Isabella CLARKSONFind the father
Mary Mcfee Gold COLLINS9 June 1856Helen COLLINSFind the father
Janet Crawford CONNEL15 February 1865Grace CONNELFind the father
Agnes COSSAR8 August 1863Mary COSSARFind the father
James CRAWFORD16 June 1871Jane CRAWFORDFind the father
Janet CRAWFORD23 September 1861Mary CRAWFORDFind the father
William Donaldson CRAWFORD6 January 1855Janet CRAWFORDFind the father
William CUNNINGHAM2 December 1855Marion CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Grace Braidwood CURRIE2 April 1870Grace CURRIEFind the father
James CURRIE19 November 1858Marion CURRIEFind the father
Catherine DALY19 April 1860Jean DALYFind the father
John DAVIDSON4 December 1865Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
John DAVIDSON14 September 1871Jane DAVIDSONFind the father
Alexander DENHOLM30 April 1870Grace DENHOLMFind the father
Thomas DENHOLM23 February 1865Jane DENHOLMFather found
Agnes DICK13 July 1855Margaret DICKFind the father
Christina DICK9 June 1858Margaret DICKFind the father
Agnes Milligan DICKSON19 December 1867Joann DICKSONFind the father
Janet DICKSON30 March 1868Margaret DICKSONFind the father
John DICKSON11 May 1873Joan DICKSONFind the father
Thomas DICKSON7 August 1868Elisabeth DICKSONFind the father
Thomas DICKSON25 December 1870Joan DICKSONFind the father
James DODDS30 December 1861Isabella DODDSFind the father
John DODDS8 June 1856Isabella DODDSFind the father
Anne DONALDSON13 September 1855Mary DONALDSONFind the father
Mary DRAFFAN6 February 1862Agnes DRAFFANFind the father
Mary DRAFFAN5 April 1869Agnes DRAFFANFind the father
Jean DUNLOP8 March 1855Elisabeth DUNLOPFind the father
John FINGLAND8 October 1856Mary FINGLANDFind the father
William FINGLAND20 August 1864Mary FINGLANDFind the father
Agnes FRAME7 October 1872Agnes FRAMEFind the father
Andrew FRAME13 December 1855Margaret FRAMEFind the father
David FRAME20 April 1874Mary FRAMEFind the father
Jamieson FRAME3 August 1869Helen FRAMEFind the father
John FRAME18 September 1858Margaret FRAMEFind the father
John FRAME5 June 1869Janet FRAMEFind the father
Robert FRAME10 December 1871Helen FRAMEFind the father
William Andrew FRAME5 September 1866Janet FRAMEFind the father
Mary FRASER31 May 1862Agnes FRASERFind the father
James FRENCH15 June 1872Margaret FRENCHFather found
Thomas FRY28 December 1867Sarah FRYFind the father
James GALL17 February 1857Mary GALLFind the father
William GALL15 September 1865Elisabeth GALLFind the father
James GLADSTONE16 June 1856Margaret GLADSTONEFind the father
James GLADSTONE7 February 1872Jean GLADSTONEFind the father
William GLADSTONE10 September 1864Jane GLADSTONEFather found
Grace GOLD11 July 1869Marion GOLDFind the father
Janet GOLD20 December 1860Elisabeth GOLDFind the father
Margaret GOLD4 November 1869Elisabeth GOLDFind the father
Marion Nelson GOLD6 October 1855Marion GOLDFind the father
William GOLD19 November 1859Jane GOLDFind the father
William Collins GOLD2 May 1865Mary GOLDFind the father
Robert GRANGER16 April 1870Martha GRANGERFind the father
William GRANGER2 January 1861Jane GRANGERFather found
William Graham GREENSHEILDS23 October 1874Agnes Graham GREENSHEILDSFind the father
James GRIERSON11 October 1860Jane GRIERSONFind the father
James HADDOW27 August 1856Anne HADDOWFind the father
Janet HARKNESS19 September 1858Janet HARKNESSFind the father
Jeanie HARKNESS13 August 1863Janet HARKNESSFind the father
John HARKNESS18 February 1858Christina HARKNESSFind the father
William HARKNESS14 February 1856Christina HARKNESSFind the father
Helen Newbigging HILLSON19 August 1873Mary HILLSONFind the father
Janet HUNTER7 May 1864Janet HUNTERFind the father
Janet Muir HUNTER1 October 1868Mary HUNTERFather found
Mary Aitken HUNTER17 March 1871Mary HUNTERFather found
Thomas HUNTER30 July 1871Elisabeth HUNTERFind the father
Mary INCH20 January 1862Mary INCHFind the father
David KAY17 October 1861Elisabeth KAYFind the father
John KELLY27 January 1856Elisabeth KELLYFind the father
Robert LAMBIE25 March 1867Agnes LAMBIEFather found
Robert Williamson LAWCOCK29 April 1873Margaret LAWCOCKFind the father
Helen LINTON22 February 1864Isabella LINTONFind the father
Janet LINTON16 February 1866Mary LINTONFind the father
John Gold LINTON3 January 1871Isabella LINTONFind the father
William LINTON23 November 1861Mary LINTONFind the father
Jane Hodges LITTLE1 April 1870Margaret LITTLEFind the father
Daniel LOTHIAN28 August 1861Elisabeth LOTHIANFind the father
John LOTHIAN3 February 1864Mary LOTHIANFind the father
John LOTHIAN21 January 1870Janet LOTHIANFind the father
William Braidwood LOTHIAN19 February 1866Elisabeth LOTHIANFind the father
Jane LOWRIE31 January 1856Grace LOWRIEFind the father
Alexander MARTIN26 December 1855Elisabeth MARTINFind the father
James MARTIN3 January 1856Isabella MARTINFind the father
John MARTIN13 March 1861Helen MARTINFind the father
John MARTIN12 December 1874Grace MARTINFind the father
Thomas MATHESON16 May 1863Eliza MATHESONFind the father
Jane MAXWELL27 June 1855Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Jane MAXWELL28 May 1857Martha MAXWELLFind the father
Jeanie MAXWELL12 March 1858Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Marion Greenshields MAXWELL7 July 1864Martha MAXWELLFind the father
Robert MCCALLUM1 December 1870Agnes MCCALLUMFind the father
John MCLELLAN10 December 1873Mary MCLELLANFind the father
Elisabeth MCMORRAN14 December 1859Elisabeth MCMORRANFind the father
George MENZIES20 January 1864Janet MENZIESFind the father
Mary MITCHELL7 August 1867Marion MITCHELLFind the father
Mary MITCHELL8 November 1867Mary MITCHELLFind the father
Jane Affleck MUIR9 December 1863Jane MUIRFind the father
Alexander MURDOCH26 March 1858Varonica Caldow MURDOCHFind the father
Catharine Steedman MURRAY11 May 1857Helen MURRAYFind the father
Jane Cook MURRAY19 June 1866Jane MURRAYFind the father
Sarah PARK3 August 1861Elisabeth PARKFind the father
Thomas PATE31 August 1859Marion PATEFind the father
Anne PATERSON3 January 1857Anne PATERSONFind the father
Barbara PATERSON11 June 1874Jean PATERSONFind the father
Jeanie PATERSON26 November 1874Isabella PATERSONFind the father
John PATERSON20 July 1864Rachel PATERSONFind the father
John PATERSON13 February 1865Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Robert PATERSON21 August 1856Jean PATERSONFind the father
Thomas PATERSON28 July 1872Jean G. PATERSONFind the father
William PATERSON31 January 1874Annie PATERSONFind the father
John PRENTICE23 July 1862Margaret PRENTICEFind the father
John PRENTICE29 October 1866Jane PRENTICEFind the father
Katy PRENTICE2 March 1870Janet PRENTICEFind the father
George RAE4 March 1867Catherine RAEFind the father
William RAE22 August 1874Mary Ritchie RAEFind the father
Agnes RAMAGE28 May 1864Marion RAMAGEFind the father
Elisabeth Robb RAMAGE6 August 1871Jane RAMAGEFind the father
Helen RAMAGE30 July 1866Jean RAMAGEFather found
Janet RAMAGE1 January 1873Jane RAMAGEFind the father
William RAMAGE16 July 1873Agnes Symington RAMAGEFind the father
Elisabeth REID6 January 1857Jane REIDFind the father
Mary Cranstoun REID2 January 1864Barbara REIDFind the father
Mary Anne RILEY20 August 1865Anne RILEYFind the father
Christina Tweedie ROBERTSON18 October 1865Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Andrew SCOTT13 May 1861Marion SCOTTFind the father
James SCOTT20 March 1856Janet SCOTTFind the father
Alexander SHORT21 April 1860Helen SHORTFind the father
Jane SHORT27 December 1866Helen SHORTFather found
Adam SMITH6 February 1870Mary SMITHFind the father
Alexander SMITH19 March 1856Barbara SMITHFind the father
David SMITH24 August 1874Janet SMITHFind the father
Jean SMITH2 March 1866Mary SMITHFind the father
John SMITH14 November 1857Barbara SMITHFind the father
Rachel SMITH14 July 1860Janet SMITHFind the father
Robert SMITH14 October 1862Janet SMITHFind the father
Jane SOMMERVILLE12 July 1861Helen SOMMERVILLEFind the father
Thomas STOBO11 May 1856Elisabeth STOBOFind the father
William STODART11 May 1873Jessie STODARTFind the father
James STODDART12 December 1873Marion STODDARTFind the father
Jane TAYLOR2 October 1870Elisabeth TAYLORFind the father
Janet TAYLOR22 November 1874Anne TAYLORFind the father
John TELFER23 January 1860Mary TELFERFind the father
William THOMSON14 June 1866Eliza THOMSONFind the father
Elisabeth WALKER10 April 1861Marion WALKERFind the father
Barbara WATSON30 March 1873Margaret WATSONFind the father
Margaret WATSON27 June 1855Barbara WATSONFind the father
John WEIR4 October 1855Helen WEIRFind the father
Margaret WEIR23 May 1866Helen WEIRFind the father
Robert WEIR25 January 1862Helen WEIRFind the father
William WEIR22 June 1858Helen WEIRFind the father
Alexander WHITE9 August 1872Jean WHITEFind the father
Barbara WHITE30 May 1868Jane WHITEFind the father
Alexander WILSON26 October 1859Mary WILSONFind the father
Catherine WILSON10 May 1860Janet WILSONFind the father
Catherine Bogle WILSON22 October 1867Christina WILSONFind the father
George WILSON18 August 1865Helen WILSONFind the father
Helen WILSON10 June 1859Elisabeth WILSONFind the father
Helen WILSON7 June 1865Helen WILSONFind the father
James WILSON5 April 1861Helen WILSONFind the father
James WILSON20 July 1871Margaret WILSONFind the father
John WILSON18 May 1869Margaret WILSONFind the father
Margaret Hamilton WILSON17 June 1855Helen WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON27 July 1863Helen WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON19 October 1869Grace WILSONFind the father
Robert WILSON2 December 1858Helen WILSONFind the father
Thomas WILSON18 November 1874Jane WILSONFind the father
William WILSON7 August 1870Catherine WILSONFind the father
William WILSON12 February 1872Jane WILSONFind the father
Grace Sandilands WOOD3 May 1871Jane WOODFind the father
Margaret WOOD4 October 1868Jean WOODFind the father
James WRIGHT7 September 1868Anne WRIGHTFind the father
George YOUNG3 October 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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