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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Durisdeer 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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
Robert BROWN 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert BROWN 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret BURNEY 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen GLEN or ANDERSON 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Helen GLEN or ANDERSON 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Catherine HUNTER or MCCALL 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow MILLER 1851-1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Agnes MOFFAT 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)


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 ADAMSON
Eastside, Durisdeer
Robert BROWN19 Jul 1892Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Catherine BALMER or MENZIES
Markley, Durrisdeer
James PARK31 Dec 1876Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Margaret BLACK
Cairn Park, Durrisdeer
John LAING14 Dec 1875Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Ellen BROWN
Cottages, Muiryhill, Durisdeer
Lachlan MCINTOSHOrder nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary Ann BROWN
Gateslack of Durisdeer, by Thornhill
Roderick MCMILLAN12 Jul 1888Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Janet Ferguson BRYDEN
Coshogle Cottage, Durisdeer
James STITT21 Aug 1889Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Maggie COOK
Carronbridge, Durisdeer
Joseph ADAMSON30 Dec 1898
Carronbridge, Durisdeer
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Mary COWAN
Sweetbit, Durrisdeer
John HEWITT11 Dec 1877Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Mary COWAN
Moss-side, Durrisdeer
Samuel IRVING15 Feb 1882Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Jessie FINGLAND
Holestane, Durrisdeer
William SYME21 Jan 1878Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Jane KIRK
Durrisdeer
George THOMSONOrder nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Johnann KIRKPATRICK
Moss-side, Durrisdeer
John NISH21 May 1878Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Maggie Jane MCALLISTER
Gateslack, Durisdeer
George MAXWELL29 Dec 1898
Moss-side, near Thornhill
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Nellie MCCALL
Low Farthingbank, Durisdeer, Thornhill
David MCGINLAY23 Nov 1916
Low Farthingbank, Durisdeer, Thornhill
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Catherine MCCLELLAN
Durrisdeer
William SHANNON5 Mar 1882Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Isabella MCKINLAY
Farthingbank, Durrisdeer
Robert DOUGLAS8 Jan 1877Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Alice Or Alison MCLELLAN
Durisdeer Village, Thornhill
Thomas KERR7 Apr 1907
Durisdeer
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Hannah ROSS
Dalveen, Durisdeer
John TELFER22 Apr 1894Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Isabella SHARPE
Farthingbank, Durrisdeer
Robert HASTINGS31 Dec 1860Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/34


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Josephus Alexander Grieve ANDERSON16 October 1862Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Lancelot ARMSTRONG26 May 1855Elisabeth ARMSTRONGFind the father
Jessie BELL25 September 1873Agnes BELLFind the father
Mary BLACK3 May 1855Margaret BLACKFind the father
Thomas Smith BLACK20 May 1871Christina BLACKFind the father
Ann BROWN14 July 1864Hellen BROWNFind the father
Helen BROWN31 May 1867Helen BROWNFind the father
James BROWN3 November 1855Helen BROWNFind the father
James BROWN16 June 1873Mary BROWNFind the father
Janet BROWN16 April 1861Catherine BROWNFind the father
James John CARMICHAEL18 October 1857Helen CARMICHAELFind the father
Mary COPELAND21 January 1864Lilias COPELANDFind the father
Euphemia COWAN16 November 1874Elisabeth COWANFind the father
Isabella DEMPSTER9 April 1860Janet DEMPSTERFind the father
John Robert DEMPSTER8 April 1868Catherine DEMPSTERFind the father
Thomas DEMPSTER30 July 1863Elisabeth DEMPSTERFind the father
William Muir EDGAR7 November 1864Janet EDGARFind the father
Christina Mccall EDGER19 September 1861Jannet EDGERFind the father
Esther FINGLAND31 August 1869Jessie FINGLANDFind the father
Mary FINGLAND28 April 1870Jane FINGLANDFind the father
Robert FINGLAND16 December 1859Martha FINGLANDFind the father
Margaret Louisa Muskett FULTON23 October 1869Mary FULTONFind the father
George GORDON29 June 1864Mary GORDONFind the father
James GORDON6 January 1857Janet GORDONFind the father
Walter GRIEVE4 April 1873Jane GRIEVEFind the father
Helen HARPER11 March 1866Janet HARPERFind the father
Hellen HASTIE24 June 1871Mary Ann HASTIEFind the father
Elizabeth Jane HASTINGS28 November 1858Jane HASTINGSFind the father
Rubina HASTINGS16 July 1861Agnes HASTINGSFather found
Margaret Findlay HOWAT21 May 1873Elizabeth Penelope HOWATFind the father
James HUNTER6 July 1859Mary HUNTERFind the father
Jane HYSLOP13 May 1858Mary HYSLOPFind the father
William HYSLOP7 August 1863Mary HYSLOPFind the father
Agnes Wallace KIRK15 December 1863Ann KIRKFind the father
John Murdoch KIRK1 March 1861Mary KIRKFind the father
Adam LOCHART15 October 1855Marion LOCHARTFind the father
Grace LOCKHART4 April 1868Janet LOCKHARTFind the father
James LOCKHART25 July 1871Janet LOCKHARTFind the father
Alexander MAXWELL11 July 1859Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Alexander MAXWELL7 February 1869Jane MAXWELLFind the father
Janet MAXWELL21 March 1864Agnes MAXWELLFind the father
Margaret MAXWELL5 June 1870Isabella MAXWELLFind the father
William MAXWELL23 December 1860Agnes MAXWELLFind the father
James MCCALL14 February 1863Jane MCCALLFind the father
Mary MCCALL3 November 1870Mary MCCALLFind the father
Jessie MCCARTNEY25 August 1873Janet MCCARTNEYFind the father
John MCDONALD16 May 1861Jane MCDONALDFind the father
Elizabeth Frazer MCDOUGALL8 July 1871Margaret MCDOUGALLFind the father
James MCDOUGALL23 November 1867Mary MCDOUGALLFind the father
James MCDOUGALL4 November 1873Margaret MCDOUGALLFind the father
John MCDOUGALL3 July 1862Mary MCDOUGALLFind the father
William MCDOUGALL23 September 1864Mary MCDOUGALLFind the father
Catherine Templeton MCMILLAN6 October 1864Agnes MCMILLANFind the father
Samuel Kerr MEGGAT26 January 1856Agnes MEGGATFind the father
William Dalziel NICOL13 February 1874Agnes NICOLFind the father
Thomas Broadfoot PEARSON11 October 1872Mary PEARSONFind the father
Ann PENMAN16 July 1868Margaret PENMANFind the father
Jessie PENMAN26 October 1869Janet PENMANFind the father
Jessie Wilson PENMAN6 May 1872Charlotte PENMANFind the father
John PENMAN27 February 1866Janet PENMANFind the father
John ROBSON4 August 1873Sarah ROBSONFind the father
William James ROBSON26 November 1873Janet ROBSONFind the father
Isabella SHARP24 December 1860Isabella SHARPFind the father
Agnes SHARPE19 July 1868Isabella SHARPEFather found
Henrietta TELFER9 June 1863Elisabeth TELFERFind the father
Jane TELFER2 October 1870Mary TELFERFind the father
Agnes THOMSON17 October 1869Agnes THOMSONFind the father
John TWYNHOLM21 December 1874Catherine TWYNHOLMFind the father
Agnes WHITE3 July 1863Janet WHITEFind the father
Francis WHITE25 May 1868Janet WHITEFind the father
Isabella WRIGHT27 May 1869Janet WRIGHTFind the father
Alexander WYLIE23 March 1871Barbara WYLIEFind the father
Agnes YOUNG7 September 1859Jane YOUNGFind the father
Grace YOUNG31 August 1856Christina YOUNGFind the father


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.

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.


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