Dyke parish 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.
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.
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 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William FLOOD | Forres | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused |
| Ann HOLME | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused, in respect that she and her child may be received into the poorhouse of St Cuthberts | |
| Ann HOME | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused, in respect that applicant and child may enter the poorhouse |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ANDERSON | 23 October 1869 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Kenneth ANDERSON | 31 January 1869 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Helen Sinclair BARRON | 20 April 1870 | Elspet BARRON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane BOWIE | 12 November 1872 | Elspet BOWIE | Find the father |
| Isabella CAMERON | 8 June 1860 | Mary CAMERON | Find the father |
| Jane Ann CAMPBELL | 14 September 1865 | Jane CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| John CARMICHAEL | 16 November 1864 | Margaret CARMICHAEL | Find the father |
| James CARMICHEL | 16 April 1864 | Jane CARMICHEL | Find the father |
| Charles CHISHOLM | 22 October 1860 | Grace CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| Richard CHISHOLM | 22 October 1860 | Grace CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| Alexander Grant DONALDSON | 30 December 1869 | Isabella DONALDSON | Find the father |
| James FALCONER | 9 December 1862 | Anne FALCONER | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 6 December 1874 | Helen FRASER | Find the father |
| Donald FRASER | 2 October 1858 | Jessie FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 1 June 1864 | Ann GRAY | Find the father |
| John KELLY | 26 November 1867 | Ann KELLY | Find the father |
| Mary KELLY | 19 February 1873 | Ann KELLY | Find the father |
| Ann MACDONALD | 30 May 1855 | Margaret MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Edward MACDONALD | 4 June 1866 | Ann MACDONALD | Find the father |
| James MACDONALD | 8 December 1860 | Isabella MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Eliza MACMILLAN | 27 March 1872 | Mary MACMILLAN | Find the father |
| James Clark MATHESON | 11 March 1864 | Amelia MATHESON | Find the father |
| James MCBEAN | 28 May 1873 | Ann MCBEAN | Find the father |
| James MCBEAN | 18 November 1873 | Elizabeth MCBEAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 9 February 1856 | Isabella MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James MCDONALD | 11 November 1864 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| David MCHATTIE | 22 July 1863 | Mary MCHATTIE | Find the father |
| Robert MCKENZIE | 17 September 1874 | Elizabeth MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MCMILLAN | 30 September 1867 | Mary MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCSWEEN | 23 July 1874 | Ann MCSWEEN | Find the father |
| James MCSWEEN | 26 July 1862 | Ann MCSWEEN | Find the father |
| Mary MCSWEEN | 25 November 1871 | Mary MCSWEEN | Find the father |
| William MCSWEEN | 22 September 1858 | Ann MCSWEEN | Find the father |
| Thomas MUNRO | 22 September 1870 | Margaret MUNRO | Find the father |
| Margaret Stuart NICOL | 1 April 1874 | Janet NICOL | Find the father |
| Alexander ROSS | 22 June 1872 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| Alexander Mcintosh ROSS | 29 December 1872 | Catherine ROSS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ROSS | 6 February 1866 | Elizabeth ROSS | Find the father |
| Helen Tolmie ROSS | 19 March 1871 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 23 August 1855 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 13 February 1868 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| William ROSS | 19 December 1864 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| William ROSS | 30 August 1870 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| Robert ROY | 7 April 1860 | Christina ROY | Find the father |
| Amelia SIMPSON | 19 February 1864 | Isabella SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Black SIMPSON | 10 November 1873 | Elspet SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Isabella SOUTER | 30 September 1864 | Ann SOUTER | Find the father |
| William SOUTER | 26 October 1870 | Ann SOUTER | Find the father |
| William SPENCE | 6 August 1863 | Elizabeth SPENCE | Find the father |
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.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
