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Forgue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/539/3 | Session Register, including minutes and accounts [With inscription "Register of the Proceedings of the Church Session of Forgue and of the Collections & other receipts of money for the behoof of the poor in the said Parish together with the distributions of the same"] | 1734-1772 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/4 | Session Register, including minutes and accounts | 1787-1796 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/5 | Minutes of the Kirk Session | 1854-1891 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/6 | Accounts - receipts and disbursements of the Poor's money | 1768-1771 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/7 | Session Register, including minutes and accounts | 1781-1807 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/8 | Account of the Poor's Fund of the Parish of Forgue | 1807-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/9 | Communicants 1834-1848 Census and ecclesiastical state of lands in parish 1836, 1854-1859 | 1834-1859 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/10 | Communion roll 1885 Population of the Parish of Forgue - Census 1861 | 1861-1885 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/11 | Communion roll | 1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/17 | Baptismal register | 1855-1909 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/21 | Communion roll | 1855-1875 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/22 | Communion roll | 1876-1881 | Request lookup |
| CH2/539/23 | Communion roll | 1885-1893 | 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 Isabella FLETCHER | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James FLETCHER | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret FLETCHER | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret FORSYTH or CRUDEN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James GERRIE | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen GRASSICK or DALLAS | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen GREIG | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elspet HENDERSON or CRAW | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elspet HENDERSON or CRAW | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| George MACKIE | 1857-1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| George MANSON | 1863 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George MANSON | 1865 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Isabella MCGREGOR or GRAY | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Isabella MCGRIGOR | 1865 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Peter PIRIE | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Peter PIRIE | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Peter PIRIE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter PIRIE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter PIRIE | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Anne SCOTT | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George SMITH | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret SMITH | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William SMITH | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William STEWART | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isobel THOMSON or SCOTT | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isobel WILSON | 1855 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann YOUNG | 1882 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie DEY Foremanhill, Forgue, Aberdeenshire | William TOUGH | 18 Feb 1896 Foremanhill, Forgue, Aberdeenshire | Order now | Kirkcaldy SC23/7/1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie ADAM | 22 February 1867 | Elspet ADAM | Find the father |
| John ALEXANDER | 19 July 1861 | Mary Ann ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Margaret ALEXANDER | 2 February 1859 | Margaret ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 1 August 1856 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 28 October 1866 | Mary ALLAN | Find the father |
| Jane ALLAN | 23 March 1864 | Catherine ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary ALLAN | 7 January 1868 | Mary ALLAN | Father found |
| Mary ANGUS | 24 January 1858 | Elspet ANGUS | Find the father |
| Isabella BARNETT | 17 July 1869 | Margaret BARNETT | Find the father |
| Charlotte BARTLETT | 15 January 1864 | Jane BARTLETT | Father found |
| Arthur BLACK | 2 November 1858 | Janet BLACK | Find the father |
| Christina BOOTH | 15 January 1866 | Christina BOOTH | Find the father |
| James BOOTH | 8 March 1866 | Elspet BOOTH | Find the father |
| Jane Ann BOOTH | 6 December 1868 | Christina BOOTH | Find the father |
| John BOOTH | 18 February 1856 | Christian BOOTH | Find the father |
| Georgina Cocker BRUCE | 26 November 1870 | Mary BRUCE | Find the father |
| Sarah BRUCE | 22 March 1863 | Mary BRUCE | Find the father |
| William BRUCE | 15 October 1867 | Mary BRUCE | Find the father |
| Robina BUCHAN | 27 February 1864 | Isabella BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Jane BURNETT | 19 December 1870 | Ann BURNETT | Find the father |
| Helen Ann BURR | 19 January 1865 | Christian BURR | Find the father |
| George Sim CAMPBELL | 14 February 1865 | Jessie CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CHALMERS | 13 April 1865 | Ann CHALMERS | Find the father |
| George CHALMERS | 1 December 1859 | Ann CHALMERS | Find the father |
| George CHALMERS | 19 July 1867 | Christina CHALMERS | Find the father |
| James CHALMERS | 17 December 1861 | Ann CHALMERS | Find the father |
| James CHALMERS | 12 March 1865 | Isabella CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Isabella COCKBURN | 28 July 1858 | Margaret COCKBURN | Father found |
| Mary Mollison COLTER | 25 April 1864 | Mary COLTER | Find the father |
| William COPLAND | 22 August 1864 | Isabella COPLAND | Find the father |
| Ann CORMACH | 13 November 1860 | Margaret CORMACH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CORMACH | 8 February 1859 | Jane CORMACH | Find the father |
| May CORMACH | 11 January 1856 | Margaret CORMACH | Find the father |
| William CORMACH | 12 October 1858 | Margaret CORMACH | Find the father |
| Janet CRUICKSHANK | 19 May 1864 | Margaret CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| John CRUICKSHANK | 12 June 1864 | Isabella CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Leslie Fordyce CRUICKSHANK | 15 September 1860 | Isobel CRUICKSHANK | Father found |
| Rachel CRUICKSHANK | 1 July 1855 | Isobel CRUICKSHANK | Father found |
| George DAVIDSON | 5 June 1856 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| James DEMPSTER | 19 February 1855 | Mary DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| John DEMPSTER | 19 February 1855 | Mary DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| George DEY | 28 January 1868 | Ann DEY | Find the father |
| James DEY | 28 January 1868 | Ann DEY | Find the father |
| John Pirie DUFFTON | 9 November 1869 | Elspet DUFFTON | Find the father |
| Helen DUFFUS | 3 June 1860 | Helen DUFFUS | Find the father |
| James DUFFUS | 16 January 1862 | Helen DUFFUS | Find the father |
| Alexander DUFTAN | 12 December 1857 | Ann DUFTAN | Father found |
| Alexander Mc Intosh DUFTAN | 6 June 1858 | Mary DUFTAN | Find the father |
| Alexander DUNCAN | 2 December 1858 | Jessie DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Helen DUNCAN | 25 November 1863 | Elspet DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Helen Joanna DUNCAN | 30 July 1861 | Ann DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Margaret DUNCAN | 30 October 1867 | Elspet DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DUNCAN | 3 July 1873 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Ann DURNO | 2 July 1856 | Jane DURNO | Find the father |
| Ann Mc Kirran FARKIN | 4 January 1868 | Margaret FARKIN | Find the father |
| Alexander FASKEN | 1 January 1865 | Isabella FASKEN | Find the father |
| Jane FASKEN | 3 July 1859 | Margaret FASKEN | Find the father |
| Jessie FASKIN | 8 August 1866 | Margaret FASKIN | Find the father |
| Margaret FINLAYSON | 31 August 1858 | Margaret FINLAYSON | Find the father |
| James FLORANCE | 6 May 1871 | Catherine FLORANCE | Find the father |
| John FLORANCE | 23 June 1869 | Mary FLORANCE | Find the father |
| Jane FORSYTH | 22 May 1864 | Mary FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Charles FRASER | 10 August 1868 | Ann FRASER | Father found |
| John FRASER | 15 November 1866 | Jane Fraser Or TOUGH | Find the father |
| Charles GAMMIE | 9 November 1864 | Helen GAMMIE | Find the father |
| William GAMMIE | 16 September 1862 | Isabella GAMMIE | Find the father |
| Barbara Manson GARDEN | 23 February 1864 | Mary GARDEN | Find the father |
| Jessie GELLO | 19 March 1868 | Jessie GELLO | Find the father |
| Alexander GELLS | 31 May 1864 | Jessie GELLS | Find the father |
| Jane GELLS | 17 October 1864 | Barbara GELLS | Find the father |
| Margaret GELLS | 29 February 1856 | Barbara GELLS | Find the father |
| Ann GEORGE | 20 December 1858 | Ann GEORGE | Find the father |
| George GEORGE | 16 August 1856 | Margaret GEORGE | Find the father |
| Helen GEORGE | 30 June 1858 | Christian GEORGE | Find the father |
| Margaret Bensie GERRARD | 7 April 1863 | Isabella GERRARD | Find the father |
| James GILES | 15 March 1860 | Barbara GILES | Find the father |
| Isabella GORDON | 17 August 1856 | Helen GORDON | Find the father |
| James GORDON | 6 July 1873 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| Christina GRAY | 4 October 1864 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 27 December 1865 | Ann GRAY | Father found |
| Alexander GREIG | 2 October 1874 | Jessie GREIG | Find the father |
| Jessie Taylor GREIG | 11 February 1856 | Margaret GREIG | Find the father |
| John HALL | 4 January 1865 | Mary HALL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann HALL | 10 February 1858 | Mary HALL | Find the father |
| Alexander HAY | 16 December 1858 | Catherine HAY | Find the father |
| George Mc Culloch HAY | 8 July 1860 | Catherine HAY | Find the father |
| James HAY | 26 December 1855 | Margaret HAY | Find the father |
| Alexander HORN | 5 June 1860 | Ann HORN | Father found |
| Robert Cruickshank HORN | 1 May 1861 | Mary HORN | Find the father |
| Alexander INGLIS | 10 May 1858 | Elizabeth INGLIS | Father found |
| Christian INGLIS | 16 August 1862 | Mary INGLIS | Find the father |
| Isabella INGLIS | 17 December 1857 | Christian INGLIS | Find the father |
| Jessie Ann INGLIS | 30 June 1858 | Mary INGLIS | Find the father |
| George Johnston INNES | 30 May 1861 | Jane INNES | Find the father |
| Margaret INNES | 31 August 1858 | Jane INNES | Find the father |
| John JESSIMAN | 17 June 1857 | Margaret JESSIMAN | Father found |
| Peter KIEL | 24 April 1874 | Elsie KIEL | Find the father |
| Agnes LAMB | 5 April 1871 | Ellen LAMB | Find the father |
| Alexander MACDONALD | 24 July 1859 | Margaret MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Ellis MACKIE | 27 April 1862 | Jane MACKIE | Find the father |
| James MACKIE | 17 May 1863 | Elizabeth MACKIE | Find the father |
| John MACKIE | 12 January 1857 | Jane MACKIE | Father found |
| John MAITLAND | 11 May 1857 | Christian MAITLAND | Find the father |
| Christina Cruickshank MANN | 18 August 1863 | Jane MANN | Father found |
| Jane Cruickshank MANN | 18 August 1863 | Jane MANN | Father found |
| Barbara MARR | 28 January 1858 | Margaret MARR | Find the father |
| George Wilson MARR | 16 August 1859 | Isabella MARR | Find the father |
| Isabella MCADAM | 6 May 1868 | Ann MCADAM | Find the father |
| James MCDONALD | 5 June 1872 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James MCRAE | 3 January 1859 | Jane MCRAE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCRAE | 22 June 1856 | Margaret MCRAE | Find the father |
| John MELDRUM | 23 May 1860 | Isabella MELDRUM | Father found |
| Margaret MELDRUM | 23 November 1855 | Margaret MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Margaret MELDRUM | 1 September 1873 | Elizabeth MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Mary MILNE | 8 April 1855 | Mary MILNE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MILTON | 21 March 1874 | Margaret MILTON | Find the father |
| George MORISON | 25 January 1862 | Helen MORISON | Father found |
| John MORISON | 17 June 1860 | Jane MORISON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Cameron MORRISON | 18 October 1863 | Elizabeth MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jane MORRISON | 2 October 1859 | Elizabeth MORRISON | Find the father |
| Mary MORRISON | 29 March 1869 | Elizabeth MORRISON | Find the father |
| William MORRISON | 15 August 1873 | Jane MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jane Low MURDOCH | 23 March 1864 | Catherine MURDOCH | Find the father |
| William NEISH | 5 September 1869 | Ellen NEISH | Find the father |
| Barbara NIVEN | 12 April 1867 | Margaret NIVEN | Father found |
| James NIVEN | 8 February 1869 | Jessie NIVEN | Find the father |
| Leslie NIVEN | 19 April 1855 | Christian NIVEN | Find the father |
| Mary Topp NIVEN | 2 September 1864 | Margaret NIVEN | Father found |
| William NIVEN | 19 February 1858 | Lillias NIVEN | Father found |
| John NOBLE | 15 January 1862 | Ann NOBLE | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 8 April 1874 | Rachel Angus PATERSON | Find the father |
| William PATERSON | 3 August 1855 | Jessy PATERSON | Father found |
| John PIRIE | 8 January 1871 | Mary PIRIE | Find the father |
| Isabella PROCTOR | 11 November 1864 | Jessie PROCTOR | Find the father |
| Lilly Jane RAEBURN | 7 April 1870 | Margaret RAEBURN | Find the father |
| William RAEBURN | 7 April 1870 | Margaret RAEBURN | Find the father |
| Jane RAEPER | 31 January 1859 | Christian RAEPER | Find the father |
| Christian REAPER | 12 November 1855 | Isobel REAPER | Find the father |
| Margaret REBURN | 11 August 1855 | Jane REBURN | Father found |
| James Marr REITH | 20 February 1861 | Ann REITH | Father found |
| William RIDDOCH | 8 November 1855 | Jane RIDDOCH | Find the father |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | 15 June 1867 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James Scott ROBERTSON | 10 March 1869 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert John ROGER | 16 February 1858 | Barbara ROGER | Find the father |
| Alexander Low SANGSTER | 1 December 1860 | Ann SANGSTER | Find the father |
| Ann SANGSTER | 6 February 1860 | Christian SANGSTER | Find the father |
| John Duncan SEY | 10 June 1874 | Elspet SEY | Find the father |
| Jane SHAND | 7 May 1871 | Elsie SHAND | Find the father |
| Adam SHEARER | 13 July 1855 | Barbara SHEARER | Find the father |
| Alexander SHEARER | 7 February 1866 | Isabella SHEARER | Find the father |
| Alexander Hay SHEARER | 18 June 1874 | Isabella SHEARER | Find the father |
| Ann SHEARER | 17 April 1872 | Isabella SHEARER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SHEARER | 10 June 1861 | Elspet SHEARER | Find the father |
| Isabella SHEARER | 9 May 1864 | Isabella SHEARER | Father found |
| James SHEARER | 20 February 1862 | Jane SHEARER | Father found |
| Jane SHEARER | 3 December 1867 | Isabella SHEARER | Find the father |
| Janet SHEARER | 24 September 1855 | Margaret SHEARER | Find the father |
| Williamina Isabella SIM | 15 February 1872 | Jane SIM | Find the father |
| Ann SIVEWRIGHT | 6 December 1857 | Elspet SIVEWRIGHT | Find the father |
| William SKINNER | 25 November 1855 | Jane SKINNER | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 2 December 1872 | Ruth SMITH | Find the father |
| Ann SMITH | 13 October 1868 | Ruth SMITH | Find the father |
| Jane SMITH | 16 May 1855 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 6 May 1870 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| John Cumming SMITH | 21 August 1874 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Patrick SMITH | 1 February 1868 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| William Mackie SMITH | 30 January 1864 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert SPENCE | 25 May 1859 | Margaret SPENCE | Father found |
| James STEPHEN | 29 June 1857 | Mary STEPHEN | Father found |
| William STEPHEN | 14 February 1859 | Isobel STEPHEN | Find the father |
| Elspet Mc Robert STEWART | 6 November 1867 | Isabella STEWART | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 9 November 1862 | Isabella STEWART | Find the father |
| Jane Agnes STEWART | 27 December 1868 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| James STUART | 3 January 1856 | Agnes STUART | Father found |
| George TAYLOR | 11 January 1857 | Catherine TAYLOR | Find the father |
| James George THOMSON | 15 December 1857 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Father found |
| John TOPP | 27 October 1857 | Isobel Porter TOPP | Father found |
| William Nicol TOPP | 14 January 1869 | Ann TOPP | Father found |
| Elspet WALES | 8 July 1868 | Helen WALES | Find the father |
| Forbes WALKER | 31 January 1867 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| Margaret WATT | 12 June 1867 | Jane WATT | Find the father |
| Christina WEBSTER | 22 February 1864 | Christina WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Jessie WEBSTER | 8 September 1861 | Christian WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Alexander WILL | 18 July 1864 | Margaret WILL | Find the father |
| Alexander WILSON | 8 April 1868 | Ann WILSON | Find the father |
| Catherine WILSON | 13 June 1858 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Georgina WILSON | 22 February 1873 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WILSON | 13 November 1864 | Margaret WILSON | Father found |
| Jane WILSON | 23 June 1868 | Isabella WILSON | Find the father |
| James WINTON | 23 November 1866 | Mary WINTON | Find the father |
| Mary WYNESS | 15 January 1864 | Mary WYNESS | 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.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
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.
