Duror parish records
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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 |
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| CH2/895/1 | Minutes 1872-1971 Proclamations 1871-1884 Includes communion rolls 1871-1883, and later | 1871-1971 | Request lookup |
| CH2/895/2 | Baptismal register | 1871-1971 | Request lookup |
| CH2/895/3 | Baptismal register 1855-70 Proclamation register 1855-70 List of male heads of families, communicants, 1834-5 Minutes 1852 Minutes 1856 Minutes 1863 Minutes 1865 | 1834-1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/895/4 | Proclamations | 1871-1974 | Request lookup |
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcnaughton | Minister | |||
| Dun | Mcpherson | elder | father of Donald Beg | |
| Allan | Stewart | elder | Annotation: "Alain Serileis" | |
| James | Hastie | Belloch | ||
| Archd | Mcintyre | Salachan | Peter Beallach's father | |
| John | Morrison | Dalnatraid | ||
| John | Mclean | Keil | brother of late Allan | |
| Donald | Mccall | Keil | "died on board ship for Am[erica?]" | |
| Dun | Mclean | Keil | Tuathnach | |
| Dond | Mcdonald | Achar | Mcilreach (deleted); Kellerels | |
| Dun | Mcdonald | Acharn | father of Mrs Stewart | |
| Dun | Mcarthur | Old Miln | Christy's father | |
| John | Mcdonald | weaver | Achindarroch | went to America |
| Alexr | Kennedy | Achindarroch | Alastair Ruadh | |
| Coll | Turner | Achindarroch | ||
| James | Johnston | Achindarroch | Buck's father; Drongan | |
| George | Hall | Lagnaha | "grandfather of Mrs McVean" | |
| William | Hall | Lagnaha | "father of Mrs McVean" | |
| Dun | Mcintyre | Ardsheal ground officer | Kentalen | |
| Dun | Livingstone | Kentalen | Donacha Mor | |
| John | Mclaurin | Lecknaskoir | father of Dond Mclaurine [113515] | |
| Dond | Mclaurine | Lecknaskoir | Ruadh | |
| Dond | Rankine | Lecknaskoir | Gillean's father | |
| Alexr | Mckenzie | Lecknaskoir | Annotation: "father of late Jno McK Glensperen"$ | |
| Samuel | McColl | "Somhairle figheadair went to America" | ||
| Dond | Livingston | surgeon | Cuil | brother of Archd Livingston [113520] |
| Archd | Livingston | Cuil | brother of Dond Livingston [113519] | |
| Archd | Livingston | Cuil | ||
| Duncan | Cameron | Cuil | "Donchas Duth" | |
| Allan | Mclean | late elder | Cuil | |
| Dun | Buchanan | Kenlochbeg | "father of Curn Caolasnaid" | |
| John | Mcintyre | Achnacone | "grandfather of Jno Neil" | |
| Duncan | Cameron | Carnoch | ||
| Alex | Mcdonald | Croft | "brother of Aoneas a Inbriuiltinn$" | |
| Donald | Mcdonald | Croft | "brother of Aoneas a Inbriuiltinn$" | |
| Allan | Cameron | Tayfuirst | "father of Alastair Ruadh" | |
| John | Mcdonald | Tayfuirst | family went to Australia | |
| Dugd | Mcpherson | Tayfuirst | Annotation illegible, possibly "Australia now" | |
| Dugd | Mctaggart | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Mcdonald | Laroch | ||
| Colin | Mcdonald | schoolmaster and afterwards elder | Laroch | |
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch | Annotation uncertain: "Eon Ana Nic Coinnich"? | |
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch | Annotation uncertain: "brother of Doncha Cludinair"? | |
| John | Mclean | Laroch | Easdale | |
| Dond | Mcintyre | Laroch | Doneill Figheadair; grandfather of Mrs Watson | |
| Dugd | Ferguson | Laroch | "uncle of Dond Ferguson" ("grand" deleted before uncle) | |
| Alex | McColl | Laroch | Hugh McColl's father; Clachair | |
| Murdoch | Mclean | Laroch | an Easdale man | |
| Dun | Livingston | Laroch | ||
| John | Ferguson | Laroch | brother of Dugd went to Newfoundland | |
| John | Clarke | Laroch | father of Jas M Clark | |
| Allan | Mcdougall | Laroch | father of the late Alastair | |
| Alex | Mcdugall | Laroch | son of Allan [113545] | |
| Archd | Fletcher | Laroch | Annotation illegible$ | |
| Dun | Fraser | Laroch | father of Angus; brother of John Fletcher [113549] | |
| John | Fletcher | Laroch | brother of Dun Fraser [113548] | |
| John | Mctaggart | Laroch | ||
| Alex | Mctaggart | shoemaker | Laroch | |
| Robert | Cameron | elder | Laroch | Bard's father |
| Dun | Baxter | Laroch | Easdale | |
| John | Mcinnes | Laroch | an Easdale man | |
| David | McColl | Laroch | grandfather of David | |
| Archd | Black | Laroch | Annotation uncertain: "Lismore man; grandfather of the Palarago"$ | |
| Dun | Mcnaughton | Laroch | ||
| Hugh | McColl | Laroch | father of David | |
| John | Mceachern | Laroch | father of Hugh | |
| Hugh | Mcdonald | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Mcpherson | Laroch | ||
| John | Mcintyre | Laroch | father of Mrs Watson | |
| James | Gillespie | Balachelish | ||
| Coll | Mctaggart | Balachelish | father of Appin Smith | |
| Donald | McColl | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcnaughton | Minister | |||
| Archd | Mcintyre | Salachan | ||
| Hugh | Mcdonald | Achvlair | ||
| James | Hastie | Belloch | ||
| John | Morrison | Dalnatraid | ||
| John | Mclean | Keil | ||
| Donald | McColl | Keil | ||
| Duncan | Mclean | Keil | ||
| Donald | Mcdonald | Acharr | ||
| Coll | Turner | Achindarroch | ||
| John | Mcdonald | Achindarroch | ||
| Alex | Kennedy | Achindarroch | ||
| James | Johnston | Achindarroch | ||
| Willm | Hall | Lagnaha | ||
| Willm | Downie | Lagnaha | ||
| John | Hall | Lagnaha | ||
| Dun | Mcintyre | Kentalen | ||
| Allan | Stewart | Kentalen | ||
| Donald | Rankine | Lecknaskoir | ||
| John | Mclaren | Lecknaskoir | ||
| Donald | Mclaren | Lecknaskoir | ||
| Alexr | Mckenzie | Lecknaskoir | ||
| Samuel | McColl | Cuil | ||
| Donald | Livingston | Cuil | ||
| Archd | Livingston | Cuil | ||
| Duncan | Cameron | Cuil | ||
| Archd | Sinclair | Cuil | ||
| Dun | Mcpherson | Cuil | ||
| Allan | Mclean | Cuil | ||
| Dun | Livingston | Kentalen | ||
| Dun | Mcdonald | Achara | ||
| Dun | Buchanan | Kinlochbeg | ||
| Alex | Mcdonald | Croft | ||
| Donald | Mcdonald | Croft | ||
| Alexr | Cameron | Inverigan | ||
| John | Mcintyre | Achnacone | ||
| Dun | Mcmillan | Carnoch | ||
| Dun | Mcintyre | Carnoch | ||
| Allan | Cameron | Tayfuirst | ||
| John | Mcdonald | Tayfuirst | ||
| Dugd | Mcpherson | Tayfuirst | ||
| Dugd | Mcintaggart | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Mcdonald | Laroch | ||
| Colin | Mcdonald | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch | ||
| John | Mclean | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | McColl | Laroch | ||
| Donald | Mcintyre | Laroch | ||
| Dugd | Ferguson | Laroch | ||
| Alexr | McColl | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Fraser | Laroch | ||
| John | Ferguson | Laroch | ||
| Allan | Mcdougall | Laroch | ||
| John | Clarke | Laroch | ||
| John | Clarke | Laroch | ||
| Archd | Mclean | Laroch | ||
| Archd | Fletcher | Laroch | ||
| John | Fletcher | Laroch | ||
| John | Mcintaggart | Laroch | ||
| Alexr | Mcintaggart | Laroch | ||
| Robert | Cameron | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Cameron | Laroch | ||
| John | Mcinnes | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Baxter | Laroch | ||
| David | McColl | Laroch | ||
| Archd | Black | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Mcnaughton | Laroch | ||
| Donald | McColl | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch | ||
| John | Mceachren | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | Mcdonald | Laroch | ||
| Angus | Mcnaughton | Laroch | ||
| John | Mcintyre | Laroch | ||
| Ewen | Cameron | Laroch | ||
| Dun | Mcpherson | Laroch | ||
| Alexr | Mcdougall | Laroch | ||
| James | Gillespie | Balachulish | ||
| Coll | Mcintaggart | Balachulish | ||
| Hugh | Mcinnes | Ardsheal |
Kirk Session Records Index
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