Records -> Caithness
Dunnet 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:
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 Betsy JACK | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William LAWRIE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Christian LYALL | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MACBEATH | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William MANSON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary MCKAY or WILSON | 1878 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret MCLENNAN | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander MURRAY | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Bell ROBERTSON | Greenland | 1846 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - See no 346 1846 | |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | 1849-1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Isabella ROSIE | 1848 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow ROSS | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Johan RYRIE | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow William RYRIE | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Isabella SKINNER | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William SKINNER | 1850 (5) | Order images | Minute issued | |
| Alexander SUTHERLAND | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christian SWANSON | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Christy SWANSON or SUTHERLAND | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused, in respect that she is no longer in receipt of parochial 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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann GIBSON Brough, Dunnet | George A DOUGLAS | 7 Jul 1884 Brough, Dunnet | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Janet NICOLSON Dunnet | Donald DALL | 18 Oct 1852 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/8 |
| Isabella SIMPSON Barrock, Dunnet | Thomas WALLACE | 20 Dec 1877 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
| Christina SUTHERLAND Greenland, Dunnet | Sinclair LEITCH | 14 Feb 1877 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Laurie BAIKIE | 7 November 1871 | Ann BAIKIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BANKS | 8 July 1868 | Ann BANKS | Find the father |
| James BANKS | 4 June 1864 | Ann BANKS | Find the father |
| John BANKS | 4 June 1871 | Janet BANKS | Find the father |
| William BANKS | 23 April 1869 | Jessy BANKS | Find the father |
| Margaret BARNETSON | 23 December 1855 | Hellen BARNETSON | Find the father |
| Christina CALDER | 2 October 1871 | Jane CALDER | Find the father |
| John CHALMERS | 29 March 1856 | Elizabeth CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Gilbert DOUGLAS | 13 May 1864 | Williamina DOUGLAS | Father found |
| Ann Frazer DUNNET | 5 June 1869 | Margaret DUNNET | Find the father |
| Margaret DUNNET | 9 June 1859 | Margaret DUNNET | Find the father |
| James ELDER | 6 April 1861 | Christina ELDER | Father found |
| Jessie Mckay HEWISON | 10 July 1872 | Jessie HEWISON | Find the father |
| Ana Bella HOSACK | 27 July 1857 | Helen HOSACK | Find the father |
| John HOSSACK | 28 February 1864 | Helen HOSSACK | Find the father |
| Margaret MANSON | 14 June 1857 | Charlotte MANSON | Find the father |
| Benjamin MCKAY | 21 October 1863 | Janet MCKAY | Father found |
| Charlotte MCKAY | 31 December 1868 | Christina MCKAY | Find the father |
| Williamina MCKAY | 28 February 1869 | Christina MCKAY | Find the father |
| Jane Robertson MCLEOD | 2 June 1870 | Catherine MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Helen MEIKLEJOHN | 8 May 1871 | Catherine MEIKLEJOHN | Find the father |
| George MELVILLE | 28 October 1861 | Christian MELVILLE | Find the father |
| Walter MOORE | 9 March 1861 | Williamina MOORE | Find the father |
| Robert REID | 6 August 1874 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| George Sinclair ROSE | 27 August 1862 | Isabella ROSE | Find the father |
| Mary Maggie ROSIE | 12 December 1874 | Jane ROSIE | Father found |
| Donald Mcleod SINCLAIR | 2 March 1871 | Isabella SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| George SUTHERLAND | 26 January 1874 | Hellen SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Isabella Mowat SUTHERLAND | 12 November 1870 | Catherine SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann SUTHERLAND | 29 November 1874 | Mary SUTHERLAND | Father found |
| Catherine TAYLOR | 5 July 1865 | Jane TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Donald Swanson TAYLOR | 30 November 1867 | Isabella TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth TAYLOR | 20 January 1872 | Jane TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Thomas Allan WALLACE | 22 December 1871 | Janet WALLACE | Find the father |
| Alexander WILSON | 24 September 1859 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas YOUNG | 20 December 1861 | Margaret YOUNG | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS or SHARP, Jessie Tait tailor and clothier's wife Born about 1855 Married Previous residence: Charlestown, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Dunfermline | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1899 | |
| SHARP or BANKS, Jessie Tait tailor and clothier's wife Born about 1855 Married Previous residence: Charlestown, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Dunfermline | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1899 |
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.
