Falkland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes B RATTRAY | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret ROY | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret ROY | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Archibald SPEED | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christian TAYLOR | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert WEBSTER | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew WILSON | 1873 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ADAMSON | 9 December 1866 | Agnes ADAMSON | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 26 April 1855 | Euphemia ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary ANNAN | 4 August 1873 | Helen ANNAN | Find the father |
| Christina Rae ARMIT | 23 May 1867 | Ann ARMIT | Find the father |
| Andrew Wallace ARNOTT | 6 August 1867 | Margaret ARNOTT | Find the father |
| James ARTHUR | 14 July 1871 | Isabella ARTHUR | Find the father |
| William BALFOUR | 7 October 1856 | Grace BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Andrew BETHUNE | 5 August 1858 | Janet BETHUNE | Find the father |
| Jane BIRRELL | 21 August 1859 | Jane BIRRELL | Find the father |
| Jane BIRRELL | 7 February 1865 | Jane BIRRELL | Find the father |
| William Wilson BIRRELL | 27 January 1857 | Mary BIRRELL | Find the father |
| Robert Ewens BISSET | 7 February 1866 | Jean BISSET | Find the father |
| Ann BLACK | 5 September 1857 | Ann BLACK | Find the father |
| James BLACK | 15 September 1862 | Ann BLACK | Find the father |
| John BLYTH | 28 December 1858 | Ann BLYTH | Find the father |
| Ann BOUSIE | 7 December 1862 | Isabell BOUSIE | Find the father |
| Margaret BRUCE | 12 August 1860 | Helen BRUCE | Find the father |
| William Bain BRUCE | 23 April 1859 | Elspeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| John CATION | 3 August 1866 | Jessie CATION | Find the father |
| Jane COVENTRY | 3 April 1855 | Jane COVENTRY | Find the father |
| David Anderson DAVIDSON | 17 September 1865 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mitchell DAVIDSON | 1 February 1866 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DICK | 12 July 1865 | Margaret DICK | Find the father |
| William DICKSON | 4 February 1862 | Elizabeth DICKSON | Find the father |
| John DRUMMOND | 11 December 1858 | Catherine DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| Thomas DRUMMOND | 15 November 1855 | Elizabeth DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| Isabella DRYBURGH | 28 November 1859 | Ann DRYBURGH | Find the father |
| Agnes DUNCAN | 27 December 1857 | Euphemia DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Ann DUNCAN | 7 March 1864 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| James DUNCAN | 16 April 1873 | Elspet DUNCAN | Find the father |
| James DUNCAN | 19 June 1874 | Mary DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Robert DUNCAN | 15 January 1862 | Helen DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John EDIE | 21 October 1866 | Helen EDIE | Find the father |
| Andrew FERNIE | 10 August 1863 | Elizabeth FERNIE | Find the father |
| Isabella FERNIE | 20 May 1864 | Jane FERNIE | Find the father |
| Andrew FORD | 16 July 1859 | Jane FORD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FORD | 2 May 1867 | Jane FORD | Find the father |
| Helen FORSYTH | 7 July 1867 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Helen FORSYTH | 3 June 1870 | Helen FORSYTH | Find the father |
| James FORSYTH | 20 February 1860 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Janet FORSYTH | 6 June 1870 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Margaret FORSYTH | 22 December 1863 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Mary FORSYTH | 15 May 1872 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| William FORSYTH | 15 January 1856 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Alexander GALLOWAY | 1 March 1862 | Mary GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| David GALLOWAY | 16 October 1874 | Margaret GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| Isabella GALLOWAY | 12 May 1873 | Jessie GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| Jessie GALLOWAY | 19 March 1873 | Jessie GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| Thomas Smith GALLOWAY | 11 November 1870 | Barbara GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| Alexander GOODALL | 21 July 1868 | Helen GOODALL | Find the father |
| Andrew GOODALL | 26 June 1874 | Margaret GOODALL | Find the father |
| William Morgan Robertson GOODALL | 16 August 1864 | Christina GOODALL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GOULD | 4 September 1872 | Elizabeth GOULD | Find the father |
| Henrietta GOULD | 4 February 1871 | Elizabeth GOULD | Find the father |
| Robert GOULD | 26 January 1869 | Elizabeth GOULD | Find the father |
| Thomas GOULD | 5 December 1866 | Elizabeth GOULD | Find the father |
| William GOULD | 11 February 1862 | Elizabeth GOULD | Find the father |
| Alexander GOW | 4 September 1868 | Elizabeth GOW | Find the father |
| Betsy GREIVE | 3 February 1858 | Ann GREIVE | Find the father |
| Thomas GRIEVE | 4 December 1855 | Elizabeth GRIEVE | Find the father |
| Alexander Peebles HALLEY | 17 December 1868 | Margaret HALLEY | Find the father |
| Mary HAXTON | 4 May 1869 | Agnes HAXTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HENDERSON | 14 December 1874 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| George HISLOP | 11 September 1868 | Elizabeth HISLOP | Find the father |
| John HISLOP | 10 October 1863 | Elizabeth HISLOP | Find the father |
| Janet Leitch JACKSON | 4 December 1870 | Mary JACKSON | Find the father |
| Mary JACKSON | 11 February 1867 | Catherine JACKSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Butters JAMESON | 26 September 1868 | Agnes JAMESON | Find the father |
| Ann JOHNSTON | 18 March 1861 | Janet JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Thomas JOHNSTON | 29 October 1865 | Lillias JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Grace KNOX | 11 June 1865 | Isabella KNOX | Find the father |
| Janet KNOX | 17 July 1856 | Isabella KNOX | Find the father |
| James LAING | 24 March 1868 | Janet LAING | Find the father |
| Agnes LAW | 26 September 1861 | Margaret LAW | Find the father |
| David LAW | 18 September 1873 | Ann LAW | Find the father |
| Isabella LAW | 14 June 1864 | Isabella LAW | Find the father |
| Catherine Skinner LAWSON | 21 December 1872 | Catherine LAWSON | Find the father |
| Isabella LAWSON | 24 November 1868 | Catherine LAWSON | Find the father |
| Jane LAWSON | 6 November 1862 | Grace LAWSON | Find the father |
| John LEISHMAN | 31 October 1855 | Isabella LEISHMAN | Find the father |
| Mary LEITCH | 1 January 1871 | Maria LEITCH | Find the father |
| Ann LIVINGSTON | 10 October 1863 | Janet LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| John LIVINGSTON | 12 July 1865 | Mary LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| John LIVINGSTON | 7 June 1871 | Margaret LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| George LIVINGSTONE | 10 December 1873 | Rachel LIVINGSTONE | Find the father |
| Mary MAIN | 4 May 1873 | Isabella MAIN | Find the father |
| Barbara MALCOLM | 17 July 1861 | Bridget MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Jane MALCOLM | 27 September 1858 | Bridget Graham MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Betsy MARSHALL | 28 July 1865 | Christian MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Christian MARSHALL | 15 February 1865 | Mary MARSHALL | Find the father |
| William MARSHALL | 21 March 1870 | Mary MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Agnes Mclaren MAXWELL | 27 July 1866 | Margaret MAXWELL | Find the father |
| John MAXWELL | 22 June 1874 | Anne MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Charles MCDONALD | 24 December 1869 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Agnes MCEWEN | 7 November 1856 | Christian MCEWEN | Find the father |
| David Anderson MCQUEEN | 28 May 1859 | Margaret MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Grace MCQUEEN | 27 January 1873 | Janet MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Alexander MILL | 15 October 1865 | Marion MILL | Find the father |
| Jane Leitch MILL | 31 July 1870 | Helen MILL | Find the father |
| Ann MILLER | 11 June 1863 | Margaret MILLER | Find the father |
| David MILLER | 14 March 1856 | Isabella MILLER | Find the father |
| Margaret MILLER | 22 October 1857 | Margaret MILLER | Find the father |
| Janet MILNE | 30 May 1868 | Helen MILNE | Find the father |
| John MITCHELL | 5 March 1867 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| John MITCHELL | 15 April 1872 | Euphemia MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Magdalen MITCHELL | 20 March 1862 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| George MORRISON | 17 April 1858 | Janet MORRISON | Find the father |
| John MORRISON | 12 July 1860 | Janet MORRISON | Find the father |
| Marshall MUNRO | 2 May 1858 | Catherine MUNRO | Find the father |
| Agnes PAGE | 9 October 1866 | Margaret PAGE | Find the father |
| Janet PAGE | 1 March 1864 | Margaret PAGE | Find the father |
| James PATON | 20 August 1856 | Mary PATON | Find the father |
| Thomas PEEBLES | 14 February 1871 | Agnes PEEBLES | Find the father |
| Helen PHILP | 6 August 1857 | Ann PHILP | Find the father |
| Helen PHILP | 12 September 1859 | Joan Gray PHILP | Find the father |
| Ann Leitch RAMSAY | 3 August 1865 | Catherine RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Barbara RAMSAY | 2 October 1859 | Margaret RAMSAY | Find the father |
| George Leitch RAMSAY | 26 October 1862 | Catherine RAMSAY | Find the father |
| James REEDIE | 9 June 1865 | Mary REEDIE | Find the father |
| Isabella REID | 8 July 1871 | Isabella REID | Find the father |
| James REID | 11 May 1871 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Elizabeth White ROBERTSON | 21 July 1866 | Janet ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 26 January 1864 | Euphemia ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 4 July 1864 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 22 June 1871 | Euphemia ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 4 June 1872 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 29 June 1872 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 23 August 1860 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert Stewart ROBERTSON | 6 June 1868 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Catherine Alexander Burt ROSS | 21 June 1865 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| James Bruce ROSS | 4 August 1869 | Elizabeth ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 27 March 1862 | Barbara ROSS | Find the father |
| Marshall ROY | 27 October 1858 | Jane ROY | Find the father |
| Andrew SCOTT | 26 October 1874 | Catharine SCOTT | Find the father |
| Andrew SENIOR | 4 July 1869 | Margaret SENIOR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SHARP | 4 February 1872 | Elizabeth SHARP | Find the father |
| Agnes SINCLAIR | 28 October 1861 | Agnes SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| George SINCLAIR | 17 September 1860 | Janet SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Helen Hall SMART | 28 August 1871 | Elizabeth SMART | Find the father |
| Maggie Holland SMART | 20 November 1873 | Betsy SMART | Find the father |
| William SMART | 14 February 1869 | Isabella SMART | Find the father |
| William SMART | 22 April 1874 | Elizabeth SMART | Find the father |
| Emma SMITH | 24 January 1864 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 21 April 1871 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander STORRAR | 30 September 1858 | Margaret STORRAR | Find the father |
| David STORRAR | 28 May 1856 | Helen STORRAR | Find the father |
| Janet STORRAR | 5 June 1861 | Helen STORRAR | Find the father |
| Janet STORRAR | 18 January 1865 | Janet STORRAR | Find the father |
| Margaret STORRAR | 19 February 1856 | Elizabeth STORRAR | Find the father |
| Margaret STORRAR | 18 August 1864 | Margaret STORRAR | Find the father |
| Andrew THOM | 19 November 1872 | Margaret THOM | Find the father |
| Margaret THOMSON | 16 November 1857 | Euphemia THOMSON | Find the father |
| Richard THOMSON | 9 September 1861 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| William Bruce TOD | 13 April 1867 | Jane TOD | Find the father |
| Robert WALKER | 14 February 1859 | Hannah WALKER | Find the father |
| Alice WALLACE | 10 July 1874 | Alice WALLACE | Find the father |
| Andrew WALLACE | 1 September 1873 | Elizabeth WALLACE | Find the father |
| Janet WALLACE | 25 July 1874 | Jane WALLACE | Find the father |
| Jane Ford WATSON | 16 November 1867 | Barbara WATSON | Find the father |
| David Black WEBSTER | 1 May 1866 | Margaret WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Campbell WHITE | 4 March 1861 | Helen WHITE | Find the father |
| Betsy WILLIAMSON | 24 February 1855 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Alexander WILSON | 17 July 1870 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 29 December 1863 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Morrison WISHART | 26 January 1869 | Mary Morrison WISHART | 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
