Records -> Ross and Cromarty
Edderton 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1411/1 | Minutes 1821-51; Minutes 1857; Minutes 1860-72; Minutes 1877-1920 (includes communion rolls); Proclamations 1884-1912; Baptisms 1867-1912 | 1821-1920 | Request 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Margaret CLUNAR | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Georgina MCASKILL | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Eppy MUNRO | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Eppy MUNRO | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 211 1851 | |
| Hugh MUNRO | 1853-1854 (2) | Order images | Dead | |
| Catherine REID | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret REID or ROSS | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean ROBERTSON | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander ROSS | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Neil ROSS | 1848 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgina FINDLAY Hill of Edderton | David ROSS | 15 Feb 1886 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Jane MACKENZIE Bogrow, Edderton | Donald ROSS | 27 Sep 1853 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
| Janet MACLEOD Edderton | Hugh GRAHAM | 6 Nov 1846 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
| Eliza MACPHERSON Hill of Dounie, Edderton | John MCLEAN | 22 Aug 1859 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/5 |
| Helen MUUNR Rhaanich, Edderton | William RONALDSON | 23 Nov 1898 Rhaanich, Edderton | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Barbara ROBERTSON Edderton formerly Kildary, by Parkhill | James MUNRO | 1 May 1856 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
| Helen ROSS Carryblair, Edderton, Ross | Angus MORRISON | 10 Mar 1893 Carryblair, Edderton, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Sally ROSS Elder Cottage, Edderton, Ross | William PATERSON | 16 Dec 1886 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann CHISHOLM | 1 October 1863 | Mary Ann CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| William Ross DRYDEN | 17 May 1874 | Ellen Ann DRYDEN | Find the father |
| Alexandrina FRASER | 9 March 1864 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| Margaret FRIDGE | 7 March 1865 | Mary Ann FRIDGE | Find the father |
| Annie MCKAY | 3 December 1869 | Williamina MCKAY | Find the father |
| John William MCPHERSON | 12 July 1868 | Margaret MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCPHERSON | 22 January 1871 | Margaret MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Ann MUNRO | 22 December 1867 | Jessie MUNRO | Find the father |
| Alexandrina REID | 12 October 1860 | Catherine REID | Find the father |
| Ann ROBERTSON | 30 June 1864 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George ROSS | 6 February 1859 | Bell ROSS | Find the father |
| Isabella ROSS | 13 April 1864 | Christina ROSS | Find the father |
| Niel ROSS | 30 March 1867 | Christina ROSS | Find the father |
| William ROSS | 27 March 1865 | Eppy ROSS | Find 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finlay | Matheson | schoolmaster and elder | ||
| Murdoch | Mcleod | miller and elder | ||
| James | Mcgregor | tenant and elder | Raamore | |
| Donald | Ross | Weaver and elder | Hill | |
| Alexr | Ross | tenant | Upper Edderton | |
| Alexr | Dingwall | Kirk Officer | ||
| Alexr | Ross | Hill | alias McStiddan | |
| Donald | Ross | Hill | alias Callum | |
| Wm | Ross | pensioner | Bogrue | |
| Murdoch | Campbell | tenant | Raanich | |
| John | Ross | Balblair | ||
| Peter | Robertson | Muyblanie | ||
| Alexr | Ross | tenant | Gluicj | alias Greugach |
| Alexr | Mcpherson | tenant | Ceanstuil | |
| Alexr | Mckay | tenant | Pollgharry | |
| Alexr | Frazer | Ardvannie | ||
| Ewen | Mcdearmid | shepherd | Coillmore | |
| Ralph | Reid | Midfearn | ||
| William | Sutherland | Hill | ||
| Wm | Murray | of Westfield | "occasionally resides at Ardmore in this parish, and has for years been in full communion with the church" |
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.
