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Fintry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/438/3 | Minutes | 1742-1769 | Request lookup |
| CH2/438/4 | Proclamations | 1857-1970 | Request lookup |
| CH2/438/5 | Minutes | 1829-1892 | Request lookup |
| CH2/438/6 | Minutes | 1892-1958 | Request lookup |
| CH2/438/7 | Baptismal register | 1857-1952 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BUCHANAN | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CUNNINGHAME | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander FERGUSON | Newtown Fintry | 1845-1846 (2) | Order images | Refused; case for Sheriff |
| Widow Janet MCGREGOR or LAMONT | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MCGREGOR or LAMOND | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MILLER | 1873-1874 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SMITH | 1847 (2) | Order images | Remitted again; increase not sufficient; inquire as to brother's and sister's earnings | |
| Janet WOOD or JARVIE | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ADAMS or ADAM Reservoir, Todholes Farm, near Fintry, Stirlingshire | Thomas POTTS | 1 Sep 1884 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/23 |
| Elizabeth KING or BELL Craigton, Fintry | David ROBERTSON | 14 Feb 1873 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/22 |
| Margaret OSBORNE Fintry | Walter MCGOWAN | 11 Sep 1853 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/16 |
| Elizabeth WRIGHT Fintry | John SCOTT | 30 Aug 1849 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion AITKENHEAD | 10 November 1867 | Janet AITKENHEAD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BROWN | 6 March 1870 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Catherine BUCHANAN | 17 July 1874 | Janet BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| James Beattie BUCHANAN | 17 October 1862 | Janet BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Leckie BUCHANAN | 16 December 1855 | Mary BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Peter Mc Intyre BUCHANAN | 4 April 1856 | Janet BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Jane CALLANDER | 7 May 1858 | Janet CALLANDER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DOCHERTY | 10 October 1863 | Elizabeth DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Margaret DOCHERTY | 11 June 1868 | Margaret DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Helen Davie Mcleod EDMOND | 6 January 1868 | Agnes EDMOND | Find the father |
| Agnes GARDENER | 31 March 1870 | Janet GARDENER | Find the father |
| Ann HARVEY | 20 April 1864 | Ann HARVEY | Find the father |
| James HUTTON | 26 October 1866 | Jean HUTTON | Find the father |
| David KING | 14 February 1873 | Elizabeth KING | Father found |
| James KING | 16 February 1857 | Jane KING | Find the father |
| Agnes Dugald Stewart LECKIE | 23 November 1857 | Margaret LECKIE | Find the father |
| Robert LENNIE | 24 May 1867 | Jane LENNIE | Find the father |
| Thomas MAITLAND | 25 February 1863 | Jane MAITLAND | Find the father |
| James MCALLISTER | 24 March 1867 | Martha MCALLISTER | Find the father |
| Archibald MCINTYRE | 20 February 1868 | Christian MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Duncan MCINTYRE | 10 January 1874 | Christina MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| James MCINTYRE | 20 May 1865 | Christian MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| William Mc Gee MCINTYRE | 12 January 1862 | Christian MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Robert MCKINLAY | 5 February 1870 | Elisabeth MCKINLAY | Find the father |
| Mary MCLACHLAN | 3 January 1867 | Elizabeth MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| David MOIR | 2 July 1874 | Mary MOIR | Find the father |
| James MOIR | 6 January 1868 | Mary MOIR | Find the father |
| Janet MOIR | 17 February 1861 | Elizabeth MOIR | Find the father |
| Margaret MOIR | 24 December 1860 | Mary MOIR | Find the father |
| Margaret MOIR | 12 February 1868 | Margaret MOIR | Find the father |
| Margaret Adams MOIR | 17 June 1859 | Jane MOIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEVENSON | 17 August 1874 | Elizabeth STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Mary STEVENSON | 27 December 1855 | Ann STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Mary STEVENSON | 19 January 1873 | Elizabeth STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Catherine STRANG | 20 September 1872 | Elisabeth STRANG | Find the father |
| John Gillespie Mc Kaig WHITE | 18 February 1862 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| Agnes YOUNG | 9 May 1866 | Jane YOUNG | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | Ure | Finnich Haugh | ||
| Duncan | Mcgrigor | Finnich Haugh | ||
| Jas | Mclay | Todholes | ||
| Thos | Forrester | Todholes | ||
| John | Norrie | Newfield | ||
| John | Moir | Reservoir | ||
| John | Dobbie | Balhennan | ||
| John | Graham | Walton | ||
| Alex | Norrie | Balmenach | ||
| James | Dunn | Spittalhill | ||
| Alex | McNab | Spittalhill | ||
| John | Moir | Broomhole | ||
| Alexr | Dunn | Mill | ||
| George | Duncan | Wool Mill | ||
| Wm | Mclellan | Sluice | ||
| Wm | Dunn | Craigton | ||
| Speirs | Culcreuch | |||
| Jas | Paul | Culcreuch | ||
| John | Rule | Porter Lodge | ||
| And | Mcgilchrist | Knockraik | ||
| Jas | Cowan | Bogside | ||
| Dond | Mcnee | Croftenstilly | * next to name | |
| Wm | Cunningham | Croftenstilly | ||
| Alexr | Ross | Croftenstilly | ||
| Jas | Stewart | Clachan | ||
| Davd | Waters | Clachan | ||
| Wm | Mcfarlane | Clachan | ||
| And | Buchanan | Clachan | ||
| Alex | Millar | Clachan | ||
| Thos | Ross | Clachan | ||
| Hugh | Dobbie | Jaw | ||
| John | Dobbie | Jaw | ||
| Wm | Ewing | Gonachan | ||
| And | Ewing | Gonachan | ||
| Jno | Morrison | Gonachan | ||
| P | Campbell | Gonachan | ||
| Jas | Risk | Gonachan | ||
| John | Dunn | Gonachan | ||
| And | Dunn | Gonachan | ||
| Jno | Mair | Gonachan | ||
| Wm | Duncan | Lurg | ||
| Peter | Cowan | Townhead | ||
| Wm | Jardine | Killewnan | ||
| John | Buchanan | spirit dealer | Village | |
| Robt | Gourlay | Village | ||
| And | Hutton | Village | ||
| John | Ferguson | Village | ||
| Wm | Brown | Village | ||
| George | Gourlay | Village | ||
| And | Ogilvie | Village | ||
| Wm | Morrison | Village | ||
| Wm | Mcewan | Village | ||
| Jno | Mcewan | Village | ||
| Duncan | Stewart | Village | ||
| J | Callendar | Village | ||
| Jno | Paul | Village | ||
| Wm | Mclay | Village | ||
| Jas | Taylor | Village | ||
| Wm | Buchanan | Village | ||
| Dond | Mckenzie | Village | ||
| John | Millar | Village | ||
| John | Leckie | Village | ||
| Chas | Ferguson | Village | ||
| Peter | Mcewan | Village | ||
| Jno | Gourlay | Village | ||
| Jno | Buchanan | wright | Village | |
| Jno | Ure | Village | ||
| Wm | Ferguson | Village | ||
| Allan | Love | Village | ||
| Peter | Quigly | Village | ||
| Jno | Mcdonald | Village | ||
| Arch | Cameron | Village | ||
| Jas | Hunter | Village | ||
| Jas | Morrison | Village | ||
| And | Paul | Village | ||
| Jas | Ewing | Village | ||
| Jno | Maitland | Village | ||
| Jno | Paterson | Village | ||
| Jas | Maitland | Village | ||
| Jno | Mcallum | Village | ||
| Rt | Brown | Village | ||
| Jas | Anderson | Village | ||
| M | Mcgerigill | Village | ||
| Jas | Wright | Village | ||
| Jno | Rennie | wright | Village | |
| Dd | Mcalister | Village | ||
| Rt | Millar | Village | ||
| Dn | Robertson | Village | ||
| Arthr | Buchanan | Village | ||
| Jn | Cameron | Village | ||
| Gr | Mcgrigor | Village | ||
| Jn | Rennie | smith | Village | |
| Jn | Stewart | Village | ||
| And | Ewing | Village | ||
| Jas | Smith | Village | ||
| Hugh | Morrison | Village | ||
| Jn | Martin | Village | ||
| Alex | Mclaren | Village | ||
| Wm | Thomson | Village | ||
| An | Cameron | Village | ||
| Pr | Mcgrigor | shoemaker | Village | |
| Dn | Mcallum | Village | ||
| R | Cunningham | Village | ||
| Alexr | Brown | Village | ||
| A | Robertson | Village | ||
| Aw | Mcgilchrist | Village | ||
| John | Bennie | Village | ||
| Pr | Mcgrigi | roadman | Village | |
| Jn | Mcgilchrist | Village | ||
| Wm | King | Village | ||
| Ar | Cameron | Village | ||
| M | Mcallum | Village | ||
| Adams | Village | |||
| David | Moir | Gonachan | Record deleted | |
| Jas | Cowan | Gonachan | ||
| Jn | Neil | Gonachan | ||
| And | Millar | Townhead | Forename not certain | |
| Jas | Moir | Townhead | ||
| David | Moir | Gonachan | ||
| John | Jardine | Killewnan | ||
| Jas | Murray | Muirtoll | ||
| Lennie | Wool Mill | |||
| Hugh | Robertson | Village | ||
| Rt | Mclaren | Village |
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.
