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Dunipace 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/644/1 | Minutes 1776-1858 Communicants 1843-58 | 1776-1858 | Request lookup |
| CH2/644/2 | Minutes 1858-1932 New communicants 1858 Communion roll 1859-71 Includes numerous rolls of young communicants | 1858-1932 | Request lookup |
| CH2/644/3 | Minutes | 1710-1774 | Request 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Cath AIRLIE or GARVIE | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth BRUCE | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christina DOBBIE or MORRISON | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John FERGUSON | 1857 (5) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow M GILLESPIE | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas GOVAN | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that he is to have 4s per week | |
| Phelim MACRORY | 1871 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George MAXWELL | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| George MAXWELL | 1855 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow MCLINTOCK | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Phelim MCRORY | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Thomas MERCER | 1854-1855 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret WEIR or WALLACE | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Robert YOUNG | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth BRUCE Dunipace, near Denny | Robert HOGG | 25 Nov 1852 | Order now | Falkirk SC66/6/4 |
| Mary CARR or KERR Milton Row, Dunipace, Stirlingshire | James ANDERSON | 9 Aug 1888 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/23 |
| Mary HAY Glenhead, near Denny formerly Denovan Mains, near Denny | James BURRELL | 3 May 1876 Denovan Mains, near Denny | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/22 |
| Elizabeth HENDERSON Milton Road, Dunipace, Stirlingshire | James HOGG | 28 Mar 1885 Dunipace, Stirlingshire | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/5 |
| Jean HENDERSON Milton, Dunipace | John MCKINLAY | 15 Jun 1854 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/16 |
| Elizabeth LYONS Stirling Road, Dunipace | James SMITH | 6 May 1882 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/22 |
| Marion MEIKLEJOHN or MCDONALD Milton, Dunipace | Alexander ROBERTS | 1 Apr 1852 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/16 |
| Margaret THOMSON Dunipace | Henry ANDERSON | 7 Apr 1879 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/23 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janet ANDERSON | 11 March 1858 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| George BATEMAN | 28 July 1870 | Elizabeth BATEMAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BEATMAN | 2 March 1865 | Mairam BEATMAN | Find the father |
| Mary BELL | 7 February 1864 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Helen BLAIR | 11 December 1860 | Mary BLAIR | Find the father |
| Helen BLAIR | 22 October 1867 | Helen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Mary BLAIR | 13 December 1858 | Mary BLAIR | Find the father |
| Mary BLAIR | 27 December 1873 | Ellen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Robert BLAIR | 16 December 1865 | Ellen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Thomas BLAIR | 25 August 1864 | Mary BLAIR | Find the father |
| William BLAIR | 28 May 1872 | Ellen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Bryson BUSBY | 19 January 1862 | Agnes BUSBY | Find the father |
| William BUSBY | 28 October 1869 | Agnes BUSBY | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMERON | 30 October 1864 | Elizabeth CAMERON | Find the father |
| Richard CASSELLS | 6 February 1866 | Isabella Cassells Or DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Peter CHRISTIE | 26 October 1868 | Ann CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Mary Gray CLARKSON | 24 November 1872 | Margaret CLARKSON | Find the father |
| Margaret CUNNINGHAM | 9 May 1856 | Helen CUNNINGHAM | Father found |
| Robert Thomson DAVIE | 13 May 1870 | Agnes DAVIE | Find the father |
| William DAVIE | 31 January 1868 | Agnes DAVIE | Find the father |
| Mary Cameron DEVINE | 26 January 1871 | Agnes DEVINE | Find the father |
| Janet DICKSON | 18 May 1862 | Margaret DICKSON | Find the father |
| George DOCHERTY | 7 November 1855 | Nancy DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| John Donnelly DUNNION | 29 September 1874 | Elizabeth DUNNION | Find the father |
| Margaret FINLAY | 17 February 1872 | Margaret FINLAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FORSYTH | 16 April 1858 | Joanna Forsyth Or GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Mary FORSYTH | 25 April 1870 | Mary FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Thomas FORSYTH | 9 December 1859 | Janet FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Ann GOODWIN | 17 December 1862 | Ann GOODWIN | Find the father |
| Jane GOVAN | 12 September 1873 | Jane GOVAN | Find the father |
| William GOVAN | 15 July 1870 | Jane GOVAN | Father found |
| Janet HALLEY | 19 April 1857 | Jane HALLEY | Father found |
| Jean HAMILTON | 19 December 1870 | Jean HAMILTON | Find the father |
| John HAMILTON | 8 October 1867 | Jane HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Paterson Helen JEFFRAY | 3 May 1857 | Paterson JEFFRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth JEFFREY | 25 July 1860 | Paterson JEFFREY | Find the father |
| Catherine LINN | 14 January 1870 | Janet LINN | Find the father |
| Duncan MACGREGOR | 18 October 1874 | Catherine MACGREGOR | Find the father |
| Duncan MCDERMID | 17 May 1856 | Catherine MCDERMID | Find the father |
| James MCEWAN | 14 May 1858 | Margaret MCEWAN | Find the father |
| Louisa MCKAY | 1 October 1867 | Herriot MCKAY | Find the father |
| Sarah MCKENNA | 13 May 1873 | Mary MCKENNA | Find the father |
| Robert MCLARDY | 6 June 1861 | Margaret MCLARDY | Find the father |
| George MCLAY | 6 May 1862 | Helen MCLAY | Find the father |
| Janet MCLEAN | 28 December 1863 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 16 September 1859 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Sophia MCMILLAN | 4 November 1855 | Christina MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Andrew MCPEAK | 20 June 1872 | Sarah MCPEAK | Find the father |
| Agnes MILLAR | 8 March 1870 | Cicilia MILLAR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Carmichael MILLAR | 9 February 1873 | Janet MILLAR | Find the father |
| William MUIR | 16 September 1857 | Janet MUIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth NELSON | 16 July 1865 | Jane NELSON | Find the father |
| Jane NELSON | 11 August 1862 | Janet NELSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann PROW | 29 March 1866 | Agnes PROW | Find the father |
| Thomas PROW | 18 January 1864 | Jane PROW | Find the father |
| James Johnston RENTON | 15 December 1869 | Jane RENTON | Find the father |
| John SCOTT | 12 May 1860 | Anne SCOTT | Find the father |
| Helen SHAUGHNESS | 10 November 1860 | Mary SHAUGHNESS | Find the father |
| Jane SHAUGHNESS | 17 April 1864 | Mary SHAUGHNESS | Find the father |
| Helen SQUARE | 11 September 1860 | Helen SQUARE | Find the father |
| Mary SQUARE | 27 February 1863 | Helen SQUARE | Find the father |
| Jane STEEL | 31 August 1860 | Mary STEEL | Father found |
| Jessie Henderson TENNANT | 19 March 1874 | Mary TENNANT | Find the father |
| Helen THOMSON | 1 September 1862 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 15 November 1866 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas TURNBULL | 4 February 1861 | Catherine TURNBULL | Father found |
| William WALLACE | 21 October 1871 | Janet WALLACE | Find the father |
| Margaret WATSON | 15 July 1874 | Christina WATSON | Find the father |
| Alexander WILLIAMSON | 30 March 1873 | Margaret WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINN or ROBERTS, Margaret housewife Born about 1825 Widowed Previous residence: 32 Aitken Place, Leven Chargeable parish: Scoonie Also known as Mary Lynn Margaret Roberts or Linn | Order images (2) | Fife District Greenock P A | 1892-1894 | |
| LYNN, Mary housewife Born about 1825 Widowed Previous residence: 32 Aitken Place, Leven Chargeable parish: Scoonie Also known as Margaret Roberts or Linn | Order images (2) | Fife District Greenock P A | 1892-1894 | |
| ROBERTS or LINN, Margaret housewife Born about 1825 Widowed Previous residence: 32 Aitken Place, Leven Chargeable parish: Scoonie Also known as Mary Lynn | Order images (2) | Fife District Greenock P A | 1892-1894 |
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Campbell | elder | Carbrook | |
| James | Anderson | elder | Torwood | |
| William | Ralston | elder | Barnigo | |
| John | Mclaren | elder | Milton | |
| George | Balloch | Boards | ||
| Randolph | Callander | farmer | Northfield | |
| Mcvicar | Braehouse | |||
| Robert | Douns | miller | Quarter Mill | |
| John | Cunningham | farmer | Broomhall | |
| Charles | Laing | overseer | Herbertshire | |
| John | Gray | residenter | Herbertshire Lodge | |
| William | Liddel | farmer | Carron Glen | |
| Peter | Mclintock | calico printer | Lairox | |
| Alexr | Mcqueen | calico printer | Milton | |
| John | Brown | calico printer | Milton | |
| Thomas | Mcqueen | calico printer | Milton | |
| Matthew | Meiklejohn | calico printer | Milton | |
| Thomas | Dixon | labourer | Milton | |
| Robert | Mcwilliams | flesher | Milton | |
| John | Robertson | Milton | ||
| Hugh | Mcmillan | labourer | Milton | |
| David | Mcdonald | labourer | Milton | |
| Thomas | Akin | labourer | Milton | |
| Fountain | Hogg | grocer | Milton | |
| Francis | Stevenson | smith | Milton | |
| William | Mitchell | labourer | Milton | |
| David | Mcqueen | labourer | Milton | |
| Walter | Turnbull | block cutter | Milton | |
| Archd | Wright | residenter | Milton | |
| George | Turnbull | labourer | Milton | |
| Alexr | Sivewright | grocer | Milton | |
| John | Scott | mason | Milton | |
| John | Gow | builder | Milton | |
| William | Rennie | labourer | Milton | |
| William | Walker | weaver | Milton | |
| Alexr | Gardiner | gardener | Milton | |
| James | Stewart | dyer | Milton | |
| James | Boothman | wool spinner | Milton | |
| Alexr | Oliver | labourer | Milton | |
| John | Meiklejohn | calico printer | Milton | |
| William | Tod | mason | Milton | |
| Duncan | Campbell | labourer | Milton | |
| Alexr | Kerr | labourer | Saltpans | |
| James | Reid | labourer | Denovan | |
| Donald | Ferguson | labourer | Denovan | |
| James | Browning | dyer | Denovan | |
| John | Thomson | printer | Denovan | |
| John | Ross | labourer | Denovan | |
| William | Yets | labourer | Denovan | |
| James | Gardiner | dyer | Denovan | |
| Henry | Hay | farmer | Denovan | |
| James | Davidson | labourer | Denovan | |
| James | Burrel | farmer | Ingleston | |
| George | Burnet | clerk | Rosebank | |
| Andw | Kerr | labourer | Rosebank | |
| John | Adams | labourer | Rosebank | |
| William | Robertson | labourer | Rosebank | |
| John | Mcindoe | calico printer | Rosebank | |
| Thomas | Stark | weaver | Rosebank | |
| Robert | Watson | schoolmaster | Rosebank | |
| John | Hay | miller | Planting Mill | |
| Henry | Ronald | labourer | Saltpans | |
| Alexander | Dixon | labourer | Saltpans | |
| Thomas | Spottiswood | Dunipace | ||
| William | Grindlay | farmer | Househill | |
| James | Sinclair | gardener | Dunipace | |
| James | Mclaren | miller | Dunipace Mill | |
| George | Hally | farmer | Torwood | |
| James | Wabster | labourer | Carbrook | |
| Angus | Sutherland | labourer | Torwood | |
| Alexr | Duncan | labourer | Torwood | |
| James | Robertson | labourer | Torwood | |
| James | Robertson | labourer | Torwood |
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.
