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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Dumfries Greyfriars 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
CH2/979/2Baptismal register1871-1874Request lookup
CH2/979/3Communion roll1887-1889Request lookup
CH2/979/4Communion roll1890-1892Request lookup
CH2/979/5Communion roll1893-1899Request lookup
CH2/979/6Accounts, charge and discharge
1753,1757,1758,1759,1763,1764 (with vouchers),1765,1766
1753-1766Request lookup
CH2/979/9List of seat holders in the new church1862-1863Request lookup
CH2/979/11Communion roll1848-1853Request lookup
CH2/979/12Communion roll1861Request lookup
CH2/979/26Minutes
(Old and new churches)
1862-1876Request lookup
CH2/979/29Poors' fund accounts 1821-9
burial ground and miscellaneous accounts 1837
Includes extensive annual poor rolls
1821-1837Request lookup
CH2/979/33Communion roll1835-1838Request lookup
CH2/979/34Communion roll1848-1864Request lookup
CH2/979/35Communion roll1861-1871Request lookup
CH2/979/36Communion roll1859-1868Request lookup
CH2/979/37Communion roll1876-1880Request lookup
CH2/979/38Communion roll1880-1883Request lookup
CH2/979/39Communion roll1884-1886Request 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 do not currently have any records for this parish.


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
Mary HASTINGS
Dumfries
formerly Gorgie Road, Edinburgh
W J COWAN25 Oct 1887Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/56


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.

We have not found any relevant records for this parish.


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.

Male Heads of families 1840 (NRS Reference: CH2/979/10 pp. 2-9)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
Thomas TDuncan
JohnAndersonbookseller and member of session
DavidCrosbiegrocer and member of session
WatsonCampbellteacher and member of session
JohnGibsoncabinet maker and member of session
JamesGibsonhosier and member of session
ThomasHarknesswriter and member of session
ChristopherJohnstonjoiner and member of session
DavidJohnstonwriter and member of session
WmMilliganhosier and member of session
JohnMckiebookseller and member of session
JamesReidfurrier and member of session
SamuelPattersoninnkeeper and member of session
WillmGemmillteacher and member of session
RobertAdamsonwriterIrish Street
WilliamAitchisonupholstererChurch CrescentRecord deleted; absent 6 communions
WmAitkenbrass founderQueensberry SquareRecord deleted; absent 10 communions
JohnAllanFountainbleu
AndrewAndersonlabourerNunholm"St Marys"
WilliamArmstrongmathematicianChurch Place
AndrewAndersondresserLoreburn Street
JohnBaincabinet makerChapel Street
JamesBendallgrocerFriars Vennel
DavidBlacklockresiding atMarch Hill"St Marys"
JohnBrownlate innkeeperLea Park Cottageabsent 5 communions
ArchdBlacklocksurgeonCastle Streetabsent 5 communions
WilliamBlacklate residing at MavisgroveAcademy Streetaddress changed to Cassylands Troqueer
WilliamBrydonporterSands
JohnCorriemasonQueensberry Streetaddress changed to New Fleshmarket Street; absent 4 communions
RobertCreightonresiding atEnglish Streetabsent 6 communions; dead
ThomasCreightonmasonAcademy Street
TerenceCollanssawerGlasgow Street Maxwelltown
JohnCrichtonbakerQueensberry Street
GilbertCrocketprovision dealerAssembly Street
ThomasDargueshoemakerSloans Close Queensberry Squaredead
JamesDicksonBack Of Buccleuch Street
GeorgeDonaldsoncabinet makerQueensberry Street
EdwdDoveinnkeeperHigh Street
JamesDicksonbakerNew Fleshmarket Street
JamesDalzellCastle Street
JohnDunbarresiding atAcademy Streetfrom Old Church
HughFarishgrain dealerAcademy Streetx next to name
JamesFraserdruggistHigh Street
WmForsythbakerMaxwelltownrecord deleted; "New Com Oct past"
BryceGilliesengraverHigh Street
WilliamGoldiewriterIrish Street
RobertGraingerchina merchantHigh Street
JamesGordonwriterBuccleuch Street
ThomasGlendinningreading roomsHigh Street"St Mary's"
JosephGraycabinet makerHigh Street
WilliamGloverFriars Vennel
ThomasHairstanesBuccleuch Street
JohnHannahOf Hannahfield
JacobHellonclothierPleasance Cottagerecord deleted; "elder St Marys"
PeterHendersonshoemakerEnglish Street
WilliamHowatdraperHigh Street
RobertHenryresiding with his motherAcademy Street
RobertHuntermasonBrewery Streetabsent 4 times
JamesHeronof DuncowMarchfield
JamesHendersongrocerQueensberry Street"St Mary's Com"
WilliamHallidaywriterOf Rosebank"St Mary's Com"
ChristopherHarknesswriterNunholm
ThomasIrelandprovision dealerEnglish Street"St Mary's Com"
JamesJohnstonflax dresserSt Andrew Street
JacksonlabourerFriars Vennelabsent 3 times
RobertKempwriterHigh Street
QuintinKennedysmithGreyfriars Street
FrancisKerrporter to carriersIrish Streetrecord deleted; address changed to English St; "absent 10 times, sits in St Mary's but not a Comt"
GeorgeKerrcabinet makerQueensberry Street"St Mary's Com"
AlexrKirkcabinet makerQueensberry Street
ThomasKerrgun makerEnglish Street
JohnKirkstocking makerNew Fleshmarket Streetabsent 6 times
FrancisMillerQueensberry Streetaddress changed to Nith Place
ThosMillroyjoinerHigh Street"St Mary's Com"
JamesMundellinnkeeperQueensberry Street
JohnMurdochtailorKing Street
FrancisMurraybakerHigh Street
JohnMilliganhosierQueensberry Streetabsent 8 times
JamesMaxwellcooperTownhead Street
JohnMorrineof CarzieldLoreburn Streetrecord deleted; "communicated only once in Nov 1838"
JohnMaxwelljoinerKing Street Maxwelltown
WilliamMoniesof Netherwoodfrom St Michaels
JohnMckieg Or MccaigcarterSt Andrew Street
HughMcclellanumbrella makerFriars Vennelabsent 10 times
JohnMccormickshoemakerHigh Street
James KMcdiarmidpainterQueen Street
RobertMcdowallCastle Street"St Mary's Comt"
NathanielMckietailorCastle Street
JamesMclellanshoemakerHigh Street
ThomasMcmasterwarehousemanQueensberry Streetrecord deleted; absent 5 times; left; "is it not now Market Street"
WilliamMcnaughtspirit dealerFriars Vennel
WilliamMcQuhaemasonChapel Street
JamesMcVeanEnglish Streetrecord deleted; absent 7 times
WilliamMcNayTownhead Street
CharlesMcminnstamp officeIrish Street
ThomasMcqueenresiding atGreystone"St Mary's Com"
RobertMcmillanrector grammar schoolBank Street"now a lodger"; "if Mr Mcmillan remains on the roll, so ought Mr Burnett, as they both lodge in same house. Neither are now housekeeping"
WilliamMckiesmithHole In The Wa High Street
WilliamMcdowallcabinet makerHigh Streetabsent 10 times
WilliamNelsonresiding atNew Fleshmarket Street
JohnNelsoninnkeeperFriars Vennelonly once com, absent 5 times
JohnOwenssawerBank Street
WilliamPrimrosewriterCastle Street
WilliamPattersonresiding atCastle Street"St Mary's Com"
JohnPaynebutcherFriars Vennel"St Mary's Com"
AdamRankinewine merchantNith Place
RobertReidcabinet makerSt David StreetRecord deleted
JamesRobsontaylorFriars Vennel
AlexanderRobsonresiding atCoffee Closelate Chapel Street
AlexrRobsonsurgeonCastle Street"St Mary's Com"
TheodoreRoddanstocking makerBrewery Street
WilliamRoddanweaverBrewery Street
CharlesRogersonresiding atKing Street"St Mary's Com"
GeorgeReidaccountantCommercial Bank"St Mary's Com"
JamesRutherfordMillbank Troqueeraddress changed to Corbelly Place
RobertScottcooperQueensberry Street
RobertScotthosierEnglish Street"St Mary's Com"
WalterShanksshoemakerFriars Vennel
JamesSimpsonbarberQueensberry Street
RobertSloangrocerQueensberry Squareabsent 8 times
WillmSmithperfumerEnglish Street
ArchbaldSmithweaverTownhead Street
AdamStewartjoinerBank Street
SwansonMillbank Troqueer
JohnStewartmasonQueensberry Streetaddress changed to Irish Street
AlexanderTaylorshoemakerSt David Streetabsent 6 times
WilliamThomsonsheriff clerkGeorge Street
JohnThomsonjoinerFriars Vennel
RobtThomsongrocerHigh Street
JamesThomsonwriterCastle Street
WillmTaitgardenerAlbany Place"St Mary's Com"
JamesThorburnstocking makerQueensberry Streetrecord deleted; absent 8 communions
ThomasThomsonwood merchantNithbank
WillmTaithosierBuccleuch Street
WilliamWallacegrocerQueensberry Square
GeorgeWatsontailorMarchmont"St Mary's Com"
ThomasWellsinnkeeperKing Street"St Mary's Com"
DavidWeymessshoemakerHigh Street
JamesWightmanprovision dealerAcademy Street"St Mary's Com"
JosephWrightcabinet makerBuccleuch Street"St Mary's Com"
WilliamWrightstocking makerLoreburn Street
AlexrWrightstocking makerCorsons Cottageabsent 5 times
JamesWallacetailorFriars Vennel
JohnWilsonresidenterNew Market Street"he never was in Dr Duncan's list only present twice and has been absent two last Coms, where did he come from where now"
JamesWilsonshoemakerFriars Vennelrecord deleted; "only once in 10 occasions"
RobertMcmillanrectorAcademy Streetlodging with Mr Spalding surgeon
Burnetteacher of EnglishAcademy Streetlodging with Mr Spalding surgeon

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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