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Records -> Orkney

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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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1087/1Minutes1821-1862Request lookup
CH2/1087/2Minutes1863-1921Request lookup


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
Widow Barbara DEERNESS or SCOTT 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused
James GARIOCH 1866 (4)Order imagesMinute issued
Janet GARIOCH or SHEARER 1866 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Jane GRANT or PEACE 1864 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Janet GRANT or PEACE 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused
James GULLIAN 1859-1860 (6)Order imagesRefused
Samuel HARCUS 1862-1863 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Samuel HARCUS 1868 (3)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth REED 1851 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jane SHEARER or HERCUS 1869 (1)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.

We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.


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
Janet GULLION23 April 1865Janet GULLIONFind the father
William IRVINE26 July 1857Jane IRVINEFind the father
Mary MEIL22 March 1874Mary MEILFind the father
Annabella PEACE12 March 1874Mary PEACEFind the father
Mary PEACE9 July 1870Mary PEACEFind the father
John STEVENSON13 September 1858Isabella STEVENSONFind the father
John TULLOCH16 June 1868Jane TULLOCHFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/1087/1 pp. 30-32)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JnoAllan
JnoAllan
RobertAllan
ThomasAllan
JamesAngus
JnoBegg
JnoBegg
AlexrBews
ThomasChalmers
PeterCooper
ThomasCooper
HenryCormack
HughCormack
JamesCraggie
JnoCuthbert
JamesCutt
ArthurDearness
JnoDearness
RobertDearness
ThomasDearness
ThomasDrever
JnoDrummond
StewartDrummond
PeterFarquharson
CharlesFraser
JamesGarrioch
JnoGrey
JnoGroat
RobertGroat
RobertGroat
GeorgeGullion
ThomasGullion
JamesHarcus
JamesHarcus
RichardHarcus
WilliamHarcus
WilliamHarcus
DavidHouston
DavidHouston
JamesIrvine
JnoIrvine
JnoIrvine
RichardLeask
PeterLiddle
PeterLinnay
JamesLutit
RobertMiller
WilliamMuir
JamesMurray
ThomasOrmond
JnoPeace
JnoPeace
ThomasPeace
WilliamPeace
JamesRandal
DavidReid
DavidReid
JamesReid
JamesReid
JnoReid
RobertReid
RobertReid
ThomasReid
WilliamReid
WilliamReid
PeterRousay
RichardRousay
JamesScott
MagnusScott
MalcomScott
WilliamScott
JnoShearer
JnoShearer
LaurenceShearer
JnoSinclair
RobertSinclair
GeorgeStevenson
MagnusSwaney
PeterSwaney
RobertSwaney
WilliamThomson
JnoTorfeus
JnoTulloch
JnoTulloch
PeterTulloch
ThomasTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JnoWynton

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/1087/1 pp. 47-48)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JohnAllan
JohnAllan
RobertAllan
JamesAngus
JohnBegg
JohnBegg
AlexanderBews
ThomasChalmers
PeterCooper
ThomasCooper
HenryCormack
HughCormack
JamesCraggie
JohnCuthbert
JamesCutt
ArthurDearness
JohnDearness
RobertDearness
ThomasDearness
JohnDrummond
StewartDrummond
PeterFarquharson
CharlesFraser
JamesGarrioch
JohnGrey
RobertGroat
RobertGroat
GeorgeGullion
JamesHarcus
RichardHarcus
WilliamHarcus
DavidHourston
DavidHourston
RichardHume
JamesIrvine
JohnIrvine
WilliamIrvine
RichardLeask
PeterLiddle
JamesLutit
JamesMiller
RobertMiller
WilliamMuir
ThomasOmond
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
ThomasPeace
WilliamPeace
WilliamPeace
RobertRendal
DavidReid
DavidReid
JamesReid
JamesReid
JohnReid
RobertReid
RobertReid
ThomasReid
WilliamReid
PeterRousay
RichardRousay
JamesScott
MagnusScott
MalcomScott
WilliamScott
JohnShearer
JohnShearer
JohnSinclair
RobertSinclair
WilliamSinclair
MagnusSwaney
PeterSwaney
RobertSwaney
WilliamThompson
JohnTorfeus
WilliamTorfeus
JohnTulloch
JohnTulloch
PeterTulloch
ThomasTulloch

Male Heads of families 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/1087/1 pp. 52-54)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JohnAllan
JohnAllan
RobertAllan
JamesAngus
JohnBegg
JohnGrey
RobertGroat
RobertGroat
GeorgeGullion
JamesHarcus
RichardHarcus
WilliamHarcus
WilliamPeace
RobertRendall
DavidReid
DavidReid
JamesReid
JamesReid
JohnReid
JohnBegg
AlexanderBews
ThomasChalmers
PeterCooper
ThomasCooper
HenryCormack
HughCormack
JamesCraggie
JohnCuthbert
JamesCutt
ArthurDearness
JohnDearness
RobertDearness
ThomasDearness
ThomasDrever
JohnDrummond
StewartDrummond
CharlesFraser
JamesGarrioch
WilliamHarcus
DavidHourston
DavidHourston
RichardHume
JamesIrvine
JohnIrvine
WilliamIrvine
RichardLeask
PeterLiddle
JamesLouttit
JamesMiller
RobertMiller
WilliamMuir
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
ThomasPeace
WilliamPeace
RobertReid
ThomasReid
WilliamReid
PeterRousay
RichardRousay
JamesScott
MalcomScott
WilliamScott
JohnShearer
JohnSinclair
JohnSinclair
RobertSinclair
WilliamSinclair
MagnusSwanay
PeterSwanay
RobertSwanay
WilliamThomson
JohnTorfeus
WilliamTorfeus
JohnTulloch
JohnTulloch
PeterTulloch
ThomasTulloch

Male Heads of families 1840 (NRS Reference: CH2/1087/1 pp. 59-60)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JohnAllan
RobertAllan
JamesAngus
JohnBegg
JohnBegg
AlexanderBews
ThomasChalmers
PeterCooper
ThomasCooper
HenryCormack
HughCormack
JamesCraggie
JamesCutt
ArthurDearness
JohnDearness
RobertDearness
ThomasDearness
ThomasDrever
JohnDrummond
StewartDrummond
CharlesFraser
JamesGarrioch
JohnGrey
RobertGroat
RobertGroat
GeorgeGullion
JamesHarcus
RichardHarcus
WilliamHarcus
WilliamHarcus
DavidHourston
DavidHourston
RichardHume
JamesIrvine
JohnIrvine
JohnIrvine
JohnIrvine
WilliamIrvine
RichardLeask
PeterLiddle
WilliamLinklater
JamesLouttit
JamesMiller
RobertMiller
WilliamMuir
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
WilliamPeace
RobertRendall
DavidReid
DavidReid
JamesReid
JamesReid
JohnReid
RobertReid
ThomasReid
WilliamReid
PeterRousay
RichardRousay
JamesScott
MalcomScott
WilliamScott
JohnShearer
WilliamShearer
JohnSinclair
RobertSinclair
WilliamSinclair
MagnusSwanay
PeterSwanay
JohnTulloch
JohnTulloch
PeterTulloch
ThomasTulloch

Male Heads of families 1842 (NRS Reference: CH2/1087/1 pp. 69-70)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JamesAllan
JohnAllan
RobertAllan
JamesAngus
JohnBegg
JohnBegg
JohnBegg
AlexanderBews
ThomasChalmers
HenryCormack
HughCormack
RobertCormack
JamesCraggie
JamesCutt
ArthurDearness
JohnDearness
RobertDearness
ThomasDearness
JohnDrever
ThomasDrever
ThomasDrever
JohnDrummond
StewartDrummond
CharlesFraser
JamesGarrioch
RobertGroat
RobertGroat
JohnGrey
GeorgeGullion
DavidHarcus
JamesHarcus
RichardHarcus
StewartHarcus
WilliamHarcus
WilliamHarcus
WilliamHarcus
DavidHourston
RichardHume
JamesIrvine
JohnIrvine
JohnIrvine
JohnIrvine
WilliamIrvine
PeterLaughton
RichardLeask
PeterLiddle
WilliamLinklater
JamesMiller
RobertMiller
RobertMiller
WilliamMuir
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
JohnPeace
WilliamPeace
DavidReid
DavidReid
JamesReid
JamesReid
RobertReid
ThomasReid
WilliamReid
WilliamReid
RobertRendall
PeterRousay
RichardRousay
MalcomScott
WilliamScott
JohnShearer
JohnShearer
WilliamShearer
JohnSinclair
RobertSinclair
WilliamSinclair
MagnusSwanay
PeterSwanay
JohnTulloch
JohnTulloch
PeterTulloch
ThomasTulloch

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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