Fraserburgh 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1142/5 | Minutes 1718-1730, 1732-1739; Accounts 1717-1728, 1738-1739 | 1718-1739 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/6 | Minutes | 1739-1746 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/7 | Minutes | 1780-1810 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/8 | Minutes | 1810-1816 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/9 | Register of discipline | 1816-1826 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/10 | Scroll register of discipline | 1816-1833 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/11 | Minutes | 1833-1859 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/12 | Minutes | 1859-1876 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/14 | Cash book Includes poor payments | 1762-1781 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/15 | Cash book Includes poor payments and some mortcloth dues | 1794-1817 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1142/16 | Seabox of Fraserburgh minutes (With gaps) | 1714-1833 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow ANDERSON | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Elspet BAIN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John BAIN | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Barbara BLACK or BURNETT | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James BREBNER | 1851 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James BREBNER | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella CLARK | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann CORBILL or JOHNSTON | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander DAVIDSON | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elspet DOUNIE | 1864 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Isobel DOUNIE or STEPHEN | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth FORBES or CRAIG | 1859 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary GREIG or BURNETT | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Mary HENDERSON | 1865 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christian HOWAT or TAYLOR | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Petrie JOHNSTON or NOBLE | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James KNIGHT | Shore Street | 1845-1846 (3) | Order images | Refused; on understanding that pauper satisfied |
| Widow Jane LEDINGHAM or MITCHELL | 1878 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Hugh MACDONALD | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine MACKENZIE | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret MASSIE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Helen MCBEATH or NOBLE | 1870 (7) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse, Perth or Buchan) | |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isobel MILNE | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane MITCHELL | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Ann MURDOCH | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander NOBLE | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew NOBLE | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Elizabeth NOBLE or CRAWFORD | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Ann PIRRIE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James PORTERFIELD | 1863 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann SHEPHERD | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Christian SHERBOURG | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann SHIRRAN | 1861-1862 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Isabella SMITH or PARK | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William SMITH | Greenbank | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused on the understanding that he receives 2s per week |
| William SMITH | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - See no 443 1846 | |
| Widow Isabella STEPHEN or DOUNIE | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 1859-1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 1860 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 1863 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow STIVEN | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christina TAYLOR | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander THOMPSON | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James THOMSON | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John WATT | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret WILSON or DINGWALL | 1863 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary WILSON or LEE | 1863 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James ALLASTER | 2 March 1858 | Gordon ALLASTER | Find the father |
| William Donald ANDERSON | 11 November 1863 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William ANGUS | 8 October 1858 | Margaret ANGUS | Find the father |
| Margaret BIDDIE | 23 May 1856 | Elizabeth BIDDIE | Find the father |
| William BIDDIE | 23 February 1858 | Ann BIDDIE | Find the father |
| Jessie Ann Webster BIRNIE | 29 September 1863 | Barbara BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Abercrombie BOGUE | 16 February 1862 | Margaret BOGUE | Find the father |
| Thomas BREBNER | 1 September 1857 | Christian BREBNER | Find the father |
| Margaret Blackhall BRUCE | 4 November 1858 | Helen BRUCE | Find the father |
| James BURNETT | 22 November 1858 | Margaret BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jessie Gordon BUYRES | 7 January 1864 | Mary Ann BUYRES | Find the father |
| Betty CARDNO | 4 January 1857 | Betty CARDNO | Find the father |
| Adam Stephen CHALMERS | 14 July 1860 | Mary Ann CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Alexander CHIVAS | 1 June 1857 | Betty CHIVAS | Find the father |
| William Crockland CLAPPERTON | 15 July 1864 | Mary CLAPPERTON | Find the father |
| Ann CLARK | 2 February 1859 | Isabella CLARK | Find the father |
| James CLARK | 9 November 1862 | Isabella CLARK | Find the father |
| Elspet Chessor COOPER | 9 November 1862 | Ann COOPER | Find the father |
| Jane CORBET | 27 May 1864 | Mary CORBET | Find the father |
| Edward Duthie CRANNA | 11 July 1864 | Mary CRANNA | Find the father |
| Alexander CRAWFORD | 13 April 1859 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| William CRAWFORD | 16 August 1860 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Isabella Henderson CUMMING | 27 January 1864 | Jean CUMMING | Find the father |
| Barbara Ann Mc Rae DALGARDNO | 7 October 1858 | Mary DALGARDNO | Find the father |
| George DALGARNO | 19 November 1858 | Christian DALGARNO | Find the father |
| Alexander DUTHIE | 29 August 1859 | Jessie DUTHIE | Find the father |
| Jane ESSLEMENT | 23 June 1857 | Margaret ESSLEMENT | Find the father |
| Robina FERRES | 7 October 1861 | Mary Ann FERRES | Find the father |
| Isabella FORSYTH | 11 October 1861 | Margaret FORSYTH | Find the father |
| William GARVIE | 22 May 1858 | Margaret GARVIE | Find the father |
| William GAVIN | 8 December 1860 | Jane GAVIN | Find the father |
| George GRAY | 16 December 1858 | Jane GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret HAMPTON | 27 February 1855 | Mary HAMPTON | Find the father |
| James HENDERSON | 6 February 1858 | Jane HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Jemima HENDERSON | 8 February 1859 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Catherine Jane INNES | 6 April 1863 | Catherine INNES | Find the father |
| Mary Jane JOHNSON | 17 February 1863 | Petrie JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Jessie Taylor JOHNSTON | 8 October 1862 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| John JOHNSTON | 18 February 1861 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Charles JOINER | 31 May 1863 | Margaret JOINER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth JOINER | 31 July 1857 | Jane JOINER | Find the father |
| Angus KEITH | 16 February 1864 | Ann KEITH | Find the father |
| William KING | 14 February 1864 | Jean King Or THOM | Find the father |
| Christian Isabella LAMB | 22 March 1859 | Elizabeth LAMB | Find the father |
| Ann LAUCHLAN | 14 October 1862 | Jean LAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Jane LOW | 23 March 1861 | Christian LOW | Find the father |
| Mary MACKENZIE | 16 June 1855 | Catharine MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Jean MCGHEE | 16 April 1864 | Ann MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Jane MCKENZIE | 20 April 1863 | Catherine MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCKESSAR | 29 November 1864 | Mary MCKESSAR | Find the father |
| Margaret MCLEMAN | 17 July 1857 | Mary MCLEMAN | Find the father |
| William MCROBB | 17 April 1856 | Bessy MCROBB | Find the father |
| Alexander MIDDLETON | 15 December 1858 | Christian MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Alexander MIDDLETON | 1 January 1861 | Isabel MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Mary MIDDLETON | 6 April 1858 | Isabel MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Mary Henderson MIDDLETON | 20 July 1860 | Elspet Wemyss MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| David MILNE | 30 September 1860 | Isabella MILNE | Find the father |
| William MILNE | 12 March 1856 | Elizabeth MILNE | Find the father |
| Alexander MITCHELL | 27 December 1862 | Murray MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | 4 September 1856 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Janet MITCHELL | 4 September 1856 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Mary Fraser MITCHELL | 2 April 1864 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Morison MORISON | 21 July 1860 | Jane MORISON | Find the father |
| George NOBLE | 31 May 1856 | Margaret NOBLE | Find the father |
| Robert NOBLE | 18 April 1859 | Jane NOBLE | Find the father |
| William NOBLE | 23 May 1855 | Isabel NOBLE | Find the father |
| James OLIPHANT | 24 May 1862 | Isabella OLIPHANT | Find the father |
| Gordon Sangster PATERSON | 21 August 1863 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary PATERSON | 20 February 1860 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Robert PIRIE | 13 January 1864 | Margaret PIRIE | Find the father |
| William PIRRIE | 1 July 1862 | Mary Ann PIRRIE | Find the father |
| Alexander REID | 1 September 1862 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| John REID | 3 November 1863 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| Alexander ROBERTSON | 14 February 1862 | Helen ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Georgina Calder ROSS | 28 August 1861 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 27 April 1857 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 1 September 1858 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| Isabella SCOTT | 15 July 1864 | Jane SCOTT | Find the father |
| Charles SIMPSON | 30 October 1859 | Margaret SIMPSON | Find the father |
| George SIMPSON | 25 January 1862 | Jane SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SKENE | 14 June 1864 | Jane SKENE | Find the father |
| John SLESSER | 13 October 1864 | Elizabeth SLESSER | Find the father |
| Charles SMITH | 10 May 1863 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| George SMITH | 22 October 1858 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary SMITH | 27 April 1861 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary SMITH | 4 February 1863 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 20 June 1861 | Isabel SMITH | Find the father |
| Hugh STEPHEN | 11 October 1860 | Christian STEPHEN | Find the father |
| John STEPHEN | 24 December 1863 | Hellenora STEPHEN | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 2 September 1861 | Rebecca THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jessie THOMSON | 27 April 1858 | Catherine THOMSON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 25 March 1864 | Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Charles William THORNTON | 10 December 1859 | Jessie THORNTON | Find the father |
| Williamina THORNTON | 1 December 1862 | Jessie THORNTON | Find the father |
| John WALKER | 20 September 1858 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| Barbara Noble WATT | 5 October 1860 | Rachel WATT | Find the father |
| Caroline Mc Kenzie WATT | 28 March 1864 | Margaret WATT | Find the father |
| James WILL | 16 February 1861 | Ann WILL | Find the father |
| Jamieson WILL | 19 March 1862 | Ann WILL | Find the father |
| David WILSON | 4 June 1862 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Jemima Gibson YULE | 22 October 1863 | Margaret YULE | 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
