Elie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John BLYTH | 1853-1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John BLYTHE | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew HENDERSON | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Philp BROWN | 9 November 1866 | Jessie BROWN | Find the father |
| Thomas DAVIDSON | 2 July 1860 | Christian DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Christina DONALDSON | 9 October 1863 | Isabella DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Agnes DOWIE | 29 June 1857 | Barbara DOWIE | Find the father |
| William FERNIE | 7 June 1863 | Agnes FERNIE | Find the father |
| Janet FORREST | 29 May 1872 | Jemima FORREST | Find the father |
| James FOX | 3 August 1873 | Catherine FOX | Find the father |
| John GRAY | 19 August 1855 | Ann GRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander HUTT | 30 May 1860 | Isabella HUTT | Find the father |
| Isabella HUTT | 9 July 1855 | Isabella HUTT | Find the father |
| Margaret HUTT | 25 June 1857 | Margaret HUTT | Find the father |
| Alexander MOLLISON | 30 April 1864 | Mary Ann MOLLISON | Find the father |
| Isabella Adams OVENSTON | 17 December 1866 | Isabella OVENSTON | Find the father |
| William Harrer PEARSON | 3 September 1873 | Charlotte PEARSON | Find the father |
| Ebinezer Miller PETTIGREW | 28 May 1861 | Euphemia PETTIGREW | Find the father |
| Margaret PETTIGREW | 31 May 1870 | Euphemia PETTIGREW | Find the father |
| Mary Clark PETTIGREW | 7 September 1859 | Jane PETTIGREW | Find the father |
| John ROBERTSON | 28 May 1855 | Jessie Todd ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Thomas ROBERTSON | 30 November 1855 | Mary Murray ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David ROSS | 19 October 1861 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| Robert SIMPSON | 6 March 1856 | Janet SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Agnes THOMSON | 16 December 1863 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth White WILSON | 8 March 1870 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| Jessie WILSON | 10 March 1870 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WRIGHT | 3 March 1861 | Rachel WRIGHT | 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
