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Girthon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1526/1 | Girthon Parish Church - Session minutes | 1694-1702 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1526/2 | Girthon Parish Church - Transcription of session minutes 1694-1702 and Baptisms 1843-1872 Made by Rev John Stewart | 1910 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1526/5 | Girthon Parish Church - Session minutes | 1821-1863 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1526/6 | Girthon Parish Church - Session minutes | 1863-1921 | 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 Ellen CAMPBELL | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James DONALLY | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Sarah DOYLE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
| Mary HORNSBY | 1861 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MACADAM | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MACADAM | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William MACADAM | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William MACADAM | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Helen MCBRYDE | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Edward MCCONVIL | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Margaret MCGHIE or COLE | 1865 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Rosanna MCQUARRIE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane Whan MILLIGAN | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh POLLOCK | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Amelia STEWART or HYSLOP | 1875-1876 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet LAING Backmuir of Gilston | George JAMIESON | 6 Jun 1855 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/28 |
| Jane NEILSON Boreland, Girthon | Alexander WILSON | 17 May 1862 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
| Elizabeth RIDDICK Catherine St, Gatehouse, Girthon | William NISH | 16 Mar 1878 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Elizabeth RIDDICK Catherine St, Gatehouse, Girthon | William NISH | 26 Oct 1881 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Sarah SHAW Tannyfad Cottage, Low Creoch, Girthon | Gordon JOHNSTONE | 27 Apr 1861 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Jane ARMSTRONG | 4 March 1860 | Janet ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| James BAILIEFF | 1 March 1863 | Margaret BAILIEFF | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Maxwell BEACH | 31 March 1863 | Elizabeth BEACH | Father found |
| George BEACH | 25 December 1865 | Elizabeth BEACH | Find the father |
| Mary BEACH | 7 May 1869 | Elizabeth BEACH | Find the father |
| Thomas BEACH | 3 August 1871 | Elizabeth BEACH | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 12 July 1864 | Margaret BEATTIE | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 22 June 1872 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Janet BEATTIE | 20 November 1868 | Helen BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Margaret BEATTIE | 18 September 1866 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Mary Helen BEATTIE | 8 July 1874 | Jane BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Norah BEATTIE | 17 July 1873 | Utha BEATTIE | Find the father |
| John Hoyle BELFORD | 7 June 1869 | Barbara BELFORD | Find the father |
| David BENNETT | 2 December 1867 | Jessie BENNETT | Find the father |
| John BIGGAM | 13 October 1866 | Georgina D. BIGGAM | Father found |
| Mary Isabella BIRD | 26 May 1860 | Isabella BIRD | Find the father |
| James Beattie BLACKLOCK | 25 December 1867 | Mary BLACKLOCK | Find the father |
| John Glover Fergusson BLACKLOCK | 15 May 1870 | Mary BLACKLOCK | Find the father |
| Thomas BRIAN | 27 February 1872 | Mary Jane BRIAN | Find the father |
| William BRIAN | 18 April 1868 | Agnes BRIAN | Find the father |
| Helen Jane Henderson CAMPBELL | 4 April 1865 | Catherine CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| William CAMPBELL | 5 July 1859 | Elizabeth CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| James CARSON | 26 November 1855 | Agnes CARSON | Find the father |
| James CHESNIE | 28 October 1867 | Margaret CHESNIE | Find the father |
| John CLARKE | 7 January 1861 | Agnes CLARKE | Find the father |
| Janet COATES | 3 January 1863 | Elizabeth COATES | Find the father |
| Robert COATS | 20 November 1869 | Elizabeth COATS | Find the father |
| Moriah COLE | 17 August 1860 | Mary COLE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane CONCHIE | 10 December 1859 | Elizabeth CONCHIE | Father found |
| Thomas Peters CUNNINGHAME | 5 February 1866 | Eliza CUNNINGHAME | Find the father |
| Helen DALRYMPLE | 23 September 1870 | Mary DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jane DALZIEL | 3 September 1873 | Margaret DALZIEL | Find the father |
| Helen DALZIEL | 26 December 1870 | Helen DALZIEL | Find the father |
| Annie Sommerville DICKSON | 19 November 1874 | Margaret DICKSON | Find the father |
| Jane DICKSON | 4 April 1857 | Wilhelmina DICKSON | Find the father |
| William DICKSON | 19 October 1862 | Wilhelmina DICKSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Jane EDGAR | 12 October 1870 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| James EDGAR | 20 September 1874 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| Mary EDGAR | 17 July 1872 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| Anna FERGUSON | 2 December 1870 | Agnes Wilson FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Dennis FITZPATRICK | 10 October 1870 | Elizabeth FITZPATRICK | Find the father |
| William GORDON | 4 October 1865 | Mary GORDON | Find the father |
| Andrew James Sproat HALLIDAY | 16 September 1867 | Jane HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Samuel HALLIDAY | 19 September 1855 | Margaret HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Isabella HAMEL | 9 February 1866 | Elizabeth HAMEL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann HANLIN | 11 September 1874 | Jane HANLIN | Find the father |
| Helen HANNAH | 18 February 1873 | Annie HANNAH | Find the father |
| William HARPER | 17 August 1873 | Elizabeth HARPER | Find the father |
| John HAWTHORN | 28 June 1860 | Catharine HAWTHORN | Father found |
| Sophia Jane HAWTHORN | 22 February 1858 | Cathrine HAWTHORN | Find the father |
| James Russell HAY | 3 October 1867 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| Janet HAY | 13 January 1869 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| Robert HAY | 18 May 1873 | Mary Ann HAY | Find the father |
| William HAY | 16 October 1865 | Elizabeth HAY | Find the father |
| John HENLEY | 14 November 1869 | Sarah HENLEY | Father found |
| Andrew HEPBURN | 4 January 1862 | Janet HEPBURN | Find the father |
| Eliza Carson HERON | 24 May 1869 | Elizabeth HERON | Find the father |
| Frederick HERON | 3 August 1874 | Elizabeth HERON | Find the father |
| Jane HOPE | 17 December 1867 | Elizabeth HOPE | Find the father |
| Harry HUGHAN | 15 January 1873 | Janet HUGHAN | Find the father |
| Jessie JOHNSTONE | 4 February 1871 | Agness Hannah JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Peter JOHNSTONE | 15 July 1861 | Margaret JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Robert Henderson JOHNSTONE | 9 February 1863 | Margaret JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| James KEENAN | 19 July 1872 | Christina KEENAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KELVIE | 10 January 1856 | Jane KELVIE | Find the father |
| Mary Anne KENNAN | 24 February 1860 | Elizabeth KENNAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KENNON | 18 April 1858 | Jane KENNON | Find the father |
| Alexander KENNYON | 13 February 1873 | Mary Ann KENNYON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Milligan KENYON | 14 October 1866 | Christina KENYON | Find the father |
| Samuel KIRK | 2 April 1862 | Jessie KIRK | Find the father |
| Isabella Thomson LOCKHART | 2 February 1867 | Margaret LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Jane LOCKHART | 23 December 1860 | Margaret LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Robert LOCKHART | 9 July 1864 | Jane LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Mary MACMILLAN | 27 September 1863 | Mary MACMILLAN | Find the father |
| Jane MARTIN | 20 June 1858 | Margaret MARTIN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCCLELLAN | 8 July 1861 | Anney MCCLELLAN | Find the father |
| William MCGILL | 31 December 1864 | Jane MCGILL | Find the father |
| James MCGOWAN | 22 June 1860 | Agnes MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| John MCGOWAN | 30 November 1862 | Margaret MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| William Thomas MCGOWAN | 7 September 1866 | Agnes MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Anne MCKEACHERTY | 7 November 1863 | Jane MCKEACHERTY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCMILLAN | 16 December 1872 | Mary MCMILLAN | Father found |
| Margaret MCMILLAN | 31 July 1869 | Mary MCMILLAN | Father found |
| Stewart MCMINN | 13 June 1855 | Isabella MCMINN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCNALLY | 26 January 1862 | Ann MCNALLY | Find the father |
| John MCQUARRIE | 23 August 1864 | Laughlina MCQUARRIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCQUARRIE | 28 May 1858 | Lauchlina MCQUARRIE | Find the father |
| William MCROBERT | 24 December 1869 | Agnes MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Agnes MCROBERTS | 31 December 1872 | Elizabeth MCROBERTS | Find the father |
| Henry James MILLIGAN | 15 November 1864 | Margaret MILLIGAN | Father found |
| Hector MUNRO | 23 October 1870 | Elizabeth MUNRO | Find the father |
| James MURRAY | 27 June 1861 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret MURRAY | 8 October 1857 | Elizabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| Andrew NEILSON | 7 May 1862 | Jane NEILSON | Find the father |
| William NISH | 21 August 1872 | Jane NISH | Find the father |
| Janet Mcclumpha OUGHTERSON | 25 February 1866 | Ellen OUGHTERSON | Find the father |
| David PETERS | 13 August 1873 | Eliza PETERS | Find the father |
| Mary PETERS | 6 February 1856 | Mary PETERS | Find the father |
| Ruth QUEEN | 28 April 1859 | Jane QUEEN | Find the father |
| Charles Anderson QUIG | 12 April 1863 | Jane QUIG | Find the father |
| John RARY | 22 February 1874 | Mary RARY | Father found |
| Sarah Jane REID | 1 September 1873 | Agnes REID | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Nish RIDDICK | 20 September 1874 | Eliza RIDDICK | Find the father |
| George RIDDICK | 1 October 1864 | Elizabeth RIDDICK | Father found |
| Jane RIDDICK | 5 August 1867 | Elizabeth RIDDICK | Find the father |
| John RIDDICK | 2 August 1871 | Elizabeth RIDDICK | Find the father |
| John RONEY | 26 August 1856 | Elizabeth RONEY | Find the father |
| Margaret ROY | 7 March 1867 | Annie ROY | Find the father |
| John SAYERS | 16 December 1859 | Marion SAYERS | Find the father |
| Gordon SHAW | 24 April 1860 | Sarah SHAW | Find the father |
| Janet Mcquie SHAW | 21 May 1873 | Margaret SHAW | Find the father |
| Joan SHAW | 29 May 1860 | Janet SHAW | Find the father |
| William SHAW | 28 October 1874 | Mary SHAW | Find the father |
| Helen SIMMIE | 12 May 1860 | Helen SIMMIE | Find the father |
| William SIMMIE | 16 January 1863 | Ellen SIMMIE | Find the father |
| William SMYTH | 24 July 1856 | Jane SMYTH | Find the father |
| Thomas Joseph SPROAT | 1 September 1871 | Sarah SPROAT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth TAIT | 8 September 1860 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Robina TAIT | 16 January 1864 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Agnes TOUL | 12 December 1874 | Agnes TOUL | Find the father |
| James TOUL | 10 June 1871 | Isabella TOUL | Find the father |
| James TURNER | 4 May 1865 | Margaret TURNER | Find the father |
| John Dickson WHAN | 4 January 1867 | Margaret Campbell WHAN | Father found |
| Mina WHAN | 26 January 1874 | Grace WHAN | Find the father |
| Francis James WHITE | 11 October 1864 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| Mary YOUNG | 4 November 1871 | Mary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Jeffrey | Minister | ||
| Anthony | Heron | elder | Drumwall | |
| James | Rain | elder | Townhead | |
| James | Watson | surgeon and elder | ||
| James | Kirkpatrick | merchant and elder | ||
| John | Dinnieston | grocer and elder | ||
| John | Armstrong | session clerk | ||
| John | Arnot | innkeeper | ||
| James | Bailiff | hedger | ||
| James | Bain | ironmonger | ||
| Robert | Bell | Flerrock | ||
| Peter | Bigham | shoemaker | ||
| Andrew | Broadfoot | Creoch | ||
| Alexander | Brown | Clauchan | ||
| George | Brown | mole catcher | ||
| William | Brown | Enrick | ||
| James | Burbie | Rainton | ||
| James | Campbell | merchant | ||
| Thomas | Campbell | grocer | ||
| Hugh | Campbell | smith | ||
| William | Campbell | Roseville | ||
| William | Cairns | Enrick | ||
| Peter | Carnochan | Barlay | ||
| James | Carter | Disdow | ||
| John | Carter | Gatehouse | ||
| John | Christie | cartwright | ||
| John | Clinton | taylor | ||
| Matthew | Clukish | Girthon | ||
| John | Coltart | weaver | ||
| Robert | Coltart | grocer | ||
| Adam | Commelin | hostler | ||
| Alexr | Cowan | joiner | ||
| David | Credie | nurseryman | ||
| John | Cuddie | Cally Mains | ||
| James | Dalzell | grocer | ||
| James | Davidson | cotton spinner | ||
| George | Dun | teacher | ||
| John | Duncan | labourer | ||
| James | Fead | miller | ||
| James | Fergusson | Cally | ||
| William | Ferguson | Grobdale | ||
| John | Findlay | Mason Arms | ||
| Thomas | Fowler | grocer | ||
| John | Gardiner | Murrayton | ||
| Wm | Gerrond | Rainton | ||
| Dickson | Gibson | Cally | ||
| Joseph | Gibson | groom | Cally | |
| Alexander | Gordon | Townhead | ||
| Samuel | Gordon | Girthon | ||
| Samuel | Gordon | Gatehouse | ||
| William | Gordon | surveyor | ||
| George | Graham | tollman | ||
| James | Grierson | joiner | ||
| John | Haffie | Meikle Barlay | ||
| Adam | Hanning | shoemaker | occupation changed from woodman | |
| Alexr | Hanning | grocer | ||
| Hugh | Hanning | baker | ||
| John | Hanning | Cally | ||
| John | Hanning | smith | ||
| William | Hanning | woodman | ||
| James | Halliday | sawyer | ||
| James | Harper | labourer | ||
| Robert | Harper | dyker | ||
| William | Harper | carter | ||
| John | Hawthorn | carter | ||
| Samuel | Henry | farmer | Lag | |
| John | Hornsby | bricklayer | ||
| Robert | Hume | mason | ||
| William | Hume | mason | ||
| John | Hyslop | cotton spinner | ||
| John | Johnstone | weaver | ||
| James | Kelly | Laghead | ||
| John | Kelly | dyker | ||
| David | Kelvie | grocer | ||
| John | Kennedy | taylor | ||
| Andrew | Kirk | joiner | ||
| Robert | Lockhart | labourer | ||
| Henry | Long | agent | ||
| Alexr | Macadam | teacher | ||
| John | Mcarthur | Cally | ||
| John | Mcalister | Girthon | ||
| Wm | Mccartney | Borland | ||
| Alexr | Mcclellan | Greystone | ||
| Samuel | Mcclellan | provost | ||
| Peter | Mcclellan | stipend | ||
| Alexander | Mcclure | Gatehouse | ||
| Alexander | Mcready | spaver | ||
| Alexander | McConchie | weaver | ||
| Hugh | McConchie | Barehill | ||
| Alexander | Mcdonald | smith | ||
| William | Mcdowall | cart wright | ||
| James | Mcewen | joiner | ||
| Peter | Mcgaw | mason | ||
| James | Mcgeoch | Girthon Kirk | ||
| James | Mcgowan | Lockup | ||
| Wm | Mcgowan | Culreoch | ||
| Wm | Mcharg | labourer | ||
| Wm | McKinnel | mason | ||
| Wm | Mclachlan | wright | ||
| Fergus | Mcmaster | Cally | ||
| John | Mcmiken | Creoch | ||
| Wm | Mcmiken | Hilltop | ||
| John | Mcmillan | grocer | ||
| Alexr | Mcminn | turner | ||
| John | Mcminn | joiner | ||
| George | McNish | joiner | ||
| James | McNish | writer | ||
| Wm | Mcniel | joiner | ||
| James | Mctaggart | shoemaker | ||
| John | Mctaggart | weaver | ||
| Samuel | Taggart | spirit dealer | ||
| John | Mcwhae | baker | ||
| John | Mcwilliam | |||
| James | Maizland | innkeeper | ||
| Thos | Martin | Borland | ||
| Wm | Manson | Rainton | ||
| Hugh | Milligan | draper | ||
| James | Milligan | Quarterland | ||
| James | Milligan | Barlay | ||
| Anthony | Melrose | Disdow | ||
| James | Montgomery | Drumwall | ||
| John | Murdoch | shoemaker | ||
| William | Neal | weaver | ||
| Rodney | Neil | cart wright | ||
| James | Nish | Disdow | ||
| John | Orr | shoemaker | ||
| Andrew | Payne | painter | ||
| Hugh | Rain | Meikle Barlay | ||
| William | Rennie | Cally Mains | ||
| James | Robertson | carter | ||
| Maitland | Robertson | shepherd | ||
| Edward | Rogers | labourer | ||
| William | Robb | gardener | ||
| James | Roy | spirit dealer | ||
| John | Sayers | weaver | ||
| Robert | Sayers | shoemaker | ||
| David | Shaw | Clauchan | ||
| David | Shaw | carrier | ||
| Wm | Skene | labourer | ||
| John | Spiers | joiner | ||
| Thomas | Sproat | Rainton | ||
| Thomas | Spence | labourer | ||
| Robert | Stewart | Syllodeoch | ||
| John | Tait | cart wright | ||
| Joseph | Tait | painter | ||
| Samuel | Telfar | precentor | ||
| James | Thomson | mason | ||
| George | Turnbull | Forrester | ||
| James | Walker | Cairn | ||
| John | Walker | shoemaker | ||
| Robert | Walker | fiddler | ||
| James | Welsh | joiner | ||
| David | Whan | labourer | ||
| David | Wilson | spirit dealer | ||
| Peter | Wilson | flesher and spirit dealer | ||
| Samuel | Sollie | Disdow |
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.
