Douglas parish 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.
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.
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 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:
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
- £10 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen ALEXANDER or MULLINS | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen ALEXANDER or MULLINS | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Esther ANDERSON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Adam BALLANTINE | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Rachael CAIRNS | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CLERKSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Barnaby DALY | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jean DAVIDSON or BELL | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jean DAVIDSON or BELL | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet DEMPSTER | 1877 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Margaret FRAME | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Grace GILCHRIST | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James GOLD | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James GOLD | 1853 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew HADDOW | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John HARKNESS | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Eliz JARDINE | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth JARDINE | 1868 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Rachel MASTERTON or CAIRNS | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Margaret MCCUE or RAE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella PATERSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew SCOTT | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet SIMPSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John SMITH | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
| John STARK | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane SYMINGTON or PILLANS | 1853 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew TINLAY | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David TWEEDIE | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet WILSON or GOLD | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John ADAMSON | 21 February 1874 | Ann ADAMSON | Find the father |
| John AITKEN | 28 January 1864 | Mary AITKEN | Find the father |
| Thomas AITKEN | 6 January 1857 | Mary Anne AITKEN | Find the father |
| David ARMSTRONG | 9 February 1871 | Jane ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| John ARMSTRONG | 26 October 1867 | Jane ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Allan BAIRD | 22 December 1858 | Janet BAIRD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BAIRD | 7 June 1865 | Janet BAIRD | Find the father |
| Peter BAIRD | 6 August 1862 | Janet BAIRD | Find the father |
| Andrew BELL | 8 March 1865 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BERRY | 2 October 1872 | Margaret BERRY | Find the father |
| John BERRY | 27 March 1866 | Margaret BERRY | Find the father |
| Matthew BERRY | 1 May 1869 | Margaret BERRY | Find the father |
| Grace Watson BLACK | 12 January 1860 | Janet BLACK | Find the father |
| James BLACK | 18 March 1863 | Janet BLACK | Find the father |
| William BORLAND | 28 June 1861 | Marion BORLAND | Find the father |
| James Robert BRIGHTON | 30 September 1863 | Jane BRIGHTON | Find the father |
| Adam BROWN | 17 November 1857 | Marion BROWN | Find the father |
| Robert BROWN | 16 October 1862 | Agnes BROWN | Find the father |
| William BUCHANAN | 13 September 1870 | Margaret BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| William BURTON | 28 April 1859 | Mary BURTON | Find the father |
| James CARMICHAEL | 7 November 1864 | Margaret CARMICHAEL | Find the father |
| Anne CARRUTHERS | 9 January 1859 | Ann CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Jane CLAIMINSON | 17 July 1867 | Agnes CLAIMINSON | Find the father |
| John CLAIMINSON | 15 July 1863 | Agnes CLAIMINSON | Find the father |
| George CLARKSON | 10 February 1865 | Grace CLARKSON | Find the father |
| Jeanie CLARKSON | 1 December 1860 | Isabella CLARKSON | Find the father |
| John CLARKSON | 18 May 1871 | Isabella CLARKSON | Find the father |
| Neil CLARKSON | 16 August 1861 | Jess CLARKSON | Find the father |
| William CLARKSON | 6 February 1858 | Isabella CLARKSON | Find the father |
| William CLARKSON | 16 August 1865 | Isabella CLARKSON | Find the father |
| Mary Mcfee Gold COLLINS | 9 June 1856 | Helen COLLINS | Find the father |
| Janet Crawford CONNEL | 15 February 1865 | Grace CONNEL | Find the father |
| Agnes COSSAR | 8 August 1863 | Mary COSSAR | Find the father |
| James CRAWFORD | 16 June 1871 | Jane CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Janet CRAWFORD | 23 September 1861 | Mary CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| William Donaldson CRAWFORD | 6 January 1855 | Janet CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| William CUNNINGHAM | 2 December 1855 | Marion CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| Grace Braidwood CURRIE | 2 April 1870 | Grace CURRIE | Find the father |
| James CURRIE | 19 November 1858 | Marion CURRIE | Find the father |
| Catherine DALY | 19 April 1860 | Jean DALY | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 4 December 1865 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 14 September 1871 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Alexander DENHOLM | 30 April 1870 | Grace DENHOLM | Find the father |
| Thomas DENHOLM | 23 February 1865 | Jane DENHOLM | Find the father |
| Agnes DICK | 13 July 1855 | Margaret DICK | Find the father |
| Christina DICK | 9 June 1858 | Margaret DICK | Find the father |
| Agnes Milligan DICKSON | 19 December 1867 | Joann DICKSON | Find the father |
| Janet DICKSON | 30 March 1868 | Margaret DICKSON | Find the father |
| John DICKSON | 11 May 1873 | Joan DICKSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DICKSON | 7 August 1868 | Elisabeth DICKSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DICKSON | 25 December 1870 | Joan DICKSON | Find the father |
| James DODDS | 30 December 1861 | Isabella DODDS | Find the father |
| John DODDS | 8 June 1856 | Isabella DODDS | Find the father |
| Anne DONALDSON | 13 September 1855 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DRAFFAN | 6 February 1862 | Agnes DRAFFAN | Find the father |
| Mary DRAFFAN | 5 April 1869 | Agnes DRAFFAN | Find the father |
| Jean DUNLOP | 8 March 1855 | Elisabeth DUNLOP | Find the father |
| John FINGLAND | 8 October 1856 | Mary FINGLAND | Find the father |
| William FINGLAND | 20 August 1864 | Mary FINGLAND | Find the father |
| Agnes FRAME | 7 October 1872 | Agnes FRAME | Find the father |
| Andrew FRAME | 13 December 1855 | Margaret FRAME | Find the father |
| David FRAME | 20 April 1874 | Mary FRAME | Find the father |
| Jamieson FRAME | 3 August 1869 | Helen FRAME | Find the father |
| John FRAME | 18 September 1858 | Margaret FRAME | Find the father |
| John FRAME | 5 June 1869 | Janet FRAME | Find the father |
| Robert FRAME | 10 December 1871 | Helen FRAME | Find the father |
| William Andrew FRAME | 5 September 1866 | Janet FRAME | Find the father |
| Mary FRASER | 31 May 1862 | Agnes FRASER | Find the father |
| James FRENCH | 15 June 1872 | Margaret FRENCH | Find the father |
| Thomas FRY | 28 December 1867 | Sarah FRY | Find the father |
| James GALL | 17 February 1857 | Mary GALL | Find the father |
| William GALL | 15 September 1865 | Elisabeth GALL | Find the father |
| James GLADSTONE | 16 June 1856 | Margaret GLADSTONE | Find the father |
| James GLADSTONE | 7 February 1872 | Jean GLADSTONE | Find the father |
| William GLADSTONE | 10 September 1864 | Jane GLADSTONE | Find the father |
| Grace GOLD | 11 July 1869 | Marion GOLD | Find the father |
| Janet GOLD | 20 December 1860 | Elisabeth GOLD | Find the father |
| Margaret GOLD | 4 November 1869 | Elisabeth GOLD | Find the father |
| Marion Nelson GOLD | 6 October 1855 | Marion GOLD | Find the father |
| William GOLD | 19 November 1859 | Jane GOLD | Find the father |
| William Collins GOLD | 2 May 1865 | Mary GOLD | Find the father |
| Robert GRANGER | 16 April 1870 | Martha GRANGER | Find the father |
| William GRANGER | 2 January 1861 | Jane GRANGER | Find the father |
| William Graham GREENSHEILDS | 23 October 1874 | Agnes Graham GREENSHEILDS | Find the father |
| James GRIERSON | 11 October 1860 | Jane GRIERSON | Find the father |
| James HADDOW | 27 August 1856 | Anne HADDOW | Find the father |
| Janet HARKNESS | 19 September 1858 | Janet HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Jeanie HARKNESS | 13 August 1863 | Janet HARKNESS | Find the father |
| John HARKNESS | 18 February 1858 | Christina HARKNESS | Find the father |
| William HARKNESS | 14 February 1856 | Christina HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Helen Newbigging HILLSON | 19 August 1873 | Mary HILLSON | Find the father |
| Janet HUNTER | 7 May 1864 | Janet HUNTER | Find the father |
| Janet Muir HUNTER | 1 October 1868 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Mary Aitken HUNTER | 17 March 1871 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Thomas HUNTER | 30 July 1871 | Elisabeth HUNTER | Find the father |
| Mary INCH | 20 January 1862 | Mary INCH | Find the father |
| David KAY | 17 October 1861 | Elisabeth KAY | Find the father |
| John KELLY | 27 January 1856 | Elisabeth KELLY | Find the father |
| Robert LAMBIE | 25 March 1867 | Agnes LAMBIE | Find the father |
| Robert Williamson LAWCOCK | 29 April 1873 | Margaret LAWCOCK | Find the father |
| Helen LINTON | 22 February 1864 | Isabella LINTON | Find the father |
| Janet LINTON | 16 February 1866 | Mary LINTON | Find the father |
| John Gold LINTON | 3 January 1871 | Isabella LINTON | Find the father |
| William LINTON | 23 November 1861 | Mary LINTON | Find the father |
| Jane Hodges LITTLE | 1 April 1870 | Margaret LITTLE | Find the father |
| Daniel LOTHIAN | 28 August 1861 | Elisabeth LOTHIAN | Find the father |
| John LOTHIAN | 3 February 1864 | Mary LOTHIAN | Find the father |
| John LOTHIAN | 21 January 1870 | Janet LOTHIAN | Find the father |
| William Braidwood LOTHIAN | 19 February 1866 | Elisabeth LOTHIAN | Find the father |
| Jane LOWRIE | 31 January 1856 | Grace LOWRIE | Find the father |
| Alexander MARTIN | 26 December 1855 | Elisabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| James MARTIN | 3 January 1856 | Isabella MARTIN | Find the father |
| John MARTIN | 13 March 1861 | Helen MARTIN | Find the father |
| John MARTIN | 12 December 1874 | Grace MARTIN | Find the father |
| Thomas MATHESON | 16 May 1863 | Eliza MATHESON | Find the father |
| Jane MAXWELL | 27 June 1855 | Mary MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Jane MAXWELL | 28 May 1857 | Martha MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Jeanie MAXWELL | 12 March 1858 | Mary MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Marion Greenshields MAXWELL | 7 July 1864 | Martha MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Robert MCCALLUM | 1 December 1870 | Agnes MCCALLUM | Find the father |
| John MCLELLAN | 10 December 1873 | Mary MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MCMORRAN | 14 December 1859 | Elisabeth MCMORRAN | Find the father |
| George MENZIES | 20 January 1864 | Janet MENZIES | Find the father |
| Mary MITCHELL | 7 August 1867 | Marion MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Mary MITCHELL | 8 November 1867 | Mary MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jane Affleck MUIR | 9 December 1863 | Jane MUIR | Find the father |
| Alexander MURDOCH | 26 March 1858 | Varonica Caldow MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Catharine Steedman MURRAY | 11 May 1857 | Helen MURRAY | Find the father |
| Jane Cook MURRAY | 19 June 1866 | Jane MURRAY | Find the father |
| Sarah PARK | 3 August 1861 | Elisabeth PARK | Find the father |
| Thomas PATE | 31 August 1859 | Marion PATE | Find the father |
| Anne PATERSON | 3 January 1857 | Anne PATERSON | Find the father |
| Barbara PATERSON | 11 June 1874 | Jean PATERSON | Find the father |
| Jeanie PATERSON | 26 November 1874 | Isabella PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 20 July 1864 | Rachel PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 13 February 1865 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Robert PATERSON | 21 August 1856 | Jean PATERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas PATERSON | 28 July 1872 | Jean G. PATERSON | Find the father |
| William PATERSON | 31 January 1874 | Annie PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PRENTICE | 23 July 1862 | Margaret PRENTICE | Find the father |
| John PRENTICE | 29 October 1866 | Jane PRENTICE | Find the father |
| Katy PRENTICE | 2 March 1870 | Janet PRENTICE | Find the father |
| George RAE | 4 March 1867 | Catherine RAE | Find the father |
| William RAE | 22 August 1874 | Mary Ritchie RAE | Find the father |
| Agnes RAMAGE | 28 May 1864 | Marion RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Robb RAMAGE | 6 August 1871 | Jane RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Helen RAMAGE | 30 July 1866 | Jean RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Janet RAMAGE | 1 January 1873 | Jane RAMAGE | Find the father |
| William RAMAGE | 16 July 1873 | Agnes Symington RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth REID | 6 January 1857 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| Mary Cranstoun REID | 2 January 1864 | Barbara REID | Find the father |
| Mary Anne RILEY | 20 August 1865 | Anne RILEY | Find the father |
| Christina Tweedie ROBERTSON | 18 October 1865 | Jane ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Andrew SCOTT | 13 May 1861 | Marion SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 20 March 1856 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Alexander SHORT | 21 April 1860 | Helen SHORT | Find the father |
| Jane SHORT | 27 December 1866 | Helen SHORT | Find the father |
| Adam SMITH | 6 February 1870 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 19 March 1856 | Barbara SMITH | Find the father |
| David SMITH | 24 August 1874 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Jean SMITH | 2 March 1866 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 14 November 1857 | Barbara SMITH | Find the father |
| Rachel SMITH | 14 July 1860 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert SMITH | 14 October 1862 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Jane SOMMERVILLE | 12 July 1861 | Helen SOMMERVILLE | Find the father |
| Thomas STOBO | 11 May 1856 | Elisabeth STOBO | Find the father |
| William STODART | 11 May 1873 | Jessie STODART | Find the father |
| James STODDART | 12 December 1873 | Marion STODDART | Find the father |
| Jane TAYLOR | 2 October 1870 | Elisabeth TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Janet TAYLOR | 22 November 1874 | Anne TAYLOR | Find the father |
| John TELFER | 23 January 1860 | Mary TELFER | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 14 June 1866 | Eliza THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth WALKER | 10 April 1861 | Marion WALKER | Find the father |
| Barbara WATSON | 30 March 1873 | Margaret WATSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WATSON | 27 June 1855 | Barbara WATSON | Find the father |
| John WEIR | 4 October 1855 | Helen WEIR | Find the father |
| Margaret WEIR | 23 May 1866 | Helen WEIR | Find the father |
| Robert WEIR | 25 January 1862 | Helen WEIR | Find the father |
| William WEIR | 22 June 1858 | Helen WEIR | Find the father |
| Alexander WHITE | 9 August 1872 | Jean WHITE | Find the father |
| Barbara WHITE | 30 May 1868 | Jane WHITE | Find the father |
| Alexander WILSON | 26 October 1859 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Catherine WILSON | 10 May 1860 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Catherine Bogle WILSON | 22 October 1867 | Christina WILSON | Find the father |
| George WILSON | 18 August 1865 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| Helen WILSON | 10 June 1859 | Elisabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Helen WILSON | 7 June 1865 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 5 April 1861 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 20 July 1871 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 18 May 1869 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Hamilton WILSON | 17 June 1855 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 27 July 1863 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 19 October 1869 | Grace WILSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILSON | 2 December 1858 | Helen WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WILSON | 18 November 1874 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 7 August 1870 | Catherine WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 12 February 1872 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| Grace Sandilands WOOD | 3 May 1871 | Jane WOOD | Find the father |
| Margaret WOOD | 4 October 1868 | Jean WOOD | Find the father |
| James WRIGHT | 7 September 1868 | Anne WRIGHT | Find the father |
| George YOUNG | 3 October 1867 | Margaret YOUNG | Find 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
