Eckford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James GIBSON | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow TULLY | 1856-1857 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William WILSON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen AFFLECK | 6 September 1859 | Janet AFFLECK | Find the father |
| Margaret AINSLIE | 25 March 1859 | Margaret AINSLIE | Find the father |
| Sarah BIGGAR | 23 September 1859 | Mary BIGGAR | Find the father |
| James BOLLAN | 4 November 1873 | Mary BOLLAN | Find the father |
| Margaret CAVERS | 4 December 1856 | Joan CAVERS | Find the father |
| Ann COCHRANE | 1 January 1869 | Ann COCHRANE | Find the father |
| Ellen COCHRANE | 31 December 1868 | Ann COCHRANE | Find the father |
| Janet Wilson CRAWFORD | 3 October 1862 | Jane CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| John CROSBIE | 9 December 1870 | Catherine CROSBIE | Find the father |
| James Wilson CURRIE | 24 June 1866 | Jessie CURRIE | Find the father |
| Catherine DUNN | 21 May 1870 | Janet DUNN | Find the father |
| Hugh GALLAGHER | 21 October 1872 | Margaret GALLAGHER | Find the father |
| David GROSEART | 17 September 1860 | Margaret GROSEART | Find the father |
| William GROSERT | 15 November 1855 | Margaret GROSERT | Find the father |
| George HALIDAY | 12 September 1861 | Isabella HALIDAY | Find the father |
| Mary Christian HALIDAY | 29 December 1855 | Christian HALIDAY | Find the father |
| Catherine HALL | 7 November 1873 | Elizabeth HALL | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Shiel HALL | 20 January 1873 | Catherine HALL | Find the father |
| Euphemia HALL | 29 September 1867 | Elizabeth HALL | Find the father |
| Robina Henderson HALL | 27 December 1869 | Margaret HALL | Find the father |
| Adam HOWIE | 3 August 1872 | Agnes HOWIE | Find the father |
| Agnes HUNTER | 27 January 1855 | Helen HUNTER | Find the father |
| James HUNTER | 19 November 1859 | Helen HUNTER | Find the father |
| Andrew JACK | 23 January 1857 | Jane JACK | Find the father |
| Andrew JACK | 13 July 1858 | Ann JACK | Find the father |
| Jane JACK | 30 January 1873 | Margaret JACK | Find the father |
| William Jeffrey JACK | 4 January 1864 | Margaret JACK | Find the father |
| Thomas JEFFREY | 23 October 1866 | Harriet JEFFREY | Find the father |
| Agnes JOHNSTON | 20 December 1857 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Helen JOHNSTON | 28 January 1868 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Robert JOHNSTON | 23 February 1856 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| James LAIDLAW | 30 October 1868 | Janet LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| Isabella LAWSON | 2 April 1865 | Margaret LAWSON | Find the father |
| James Kinghorn LILLICO | 18 December 1869 | Jane LILLICO | Find the father |
| Mary Young LOWRIE | 17 July 1861 | Mary LOWRIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MABEN | 6 May 1861 | Elisabeth MABEN | Find the father |
| Mary MCDOUGALL | 23 December 1865 | Catren MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Thomas MIDDLEMISS | 5 February 1871 | Janet MIDDLEMISS | Find the father |
| Robert MILLER | 9 October 1862 | Margaret MILLER | Find the father |
| James MILLS | 25 January 1867 | Margaret MILLS | Find the father |
| Margaret MITCHELL | 22 January 1861 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Andrew MOORE | 12 December 1869 | Elizabeth MOORE | Find the father |
| Margaret MOORE | 6 April 1871 | Margaret MOORE | Find the father |
| Eliza MULLIN | 23 July 1865 | Martha MULLIN | Find the father |
| Helen NEIL | 16 December 1861 | Elizabeth NEIL | Find the father |
| William Scott PATTERSON | 11 November 1866 | Euphemia PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Euphemia QUARRY | 11 February 1862 | Isabella QUARRY | Find the father |
| William REID | 17 August 1874 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 28 May 1861 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Andrew SHIELLS | 27 October 1870 | Isabella SHIELLS | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 3 December 1863 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary SMITH | 23 May 1858 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 4 March 1858 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret Hewie STEWART | 27 February 1867 | Jemima Combe Martin STEWART | Find the father |
| Agnes TAYLOR | 25 June 1868 | Mary TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Jemima TERNENT | 27 September 1869 | Janet TERNENT | Find the father |
| Euphemia THOMPSON | 7 December 1870 | Agnes THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 21 June 1874 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Welsh THOMSON | 20 February 1869 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| James TURNER | 1 October 1869 | Margaret TURNER | Find the father |
| Alexander WATSON | 3 May 1861 | Helen WATSON | Find the father |
| Agnes WHELLANS | 9 February 1872 | Janet WHELLANS | Find the father |
| James WHILENS | 30 June 1867 | Margaret WHILENS | Find the father |
| John Friskin WILSON | 11 May 1868 | Agnes WILSON | Find the father |
| Andrew Turnbull YEOMANS | 24 November 1870 | Elizabeth YEOMANS | Find the father |
| Euphemia Margaret YOUNG | 24 January 1863 | Elisabeth YOUNG | Find the father |
| Jane YOUNG | 12 February 1866 | Elisabeth YOUNG | 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
