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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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
David BROADFOOT 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused
Thomas GIBSON 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary GRAY 1875 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
William HASTINGS 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Robert HYSLOP 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Janet JOHNSTON or CLARK 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 381 1851
Robert JOHNSTONE 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Janet KERR 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander PAPPLE 1870 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Janet WILSON or JOHNSTON 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused

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. For births outwith this period, click here.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
David ALLAS2 February 1872Sarah ALLASFind the father
George AUSTIN24 October 1856Jane AUSTINFind the father
John AUSTIN5 February 1867Janet AUSTINFind the father
Margaret AUSTIN31 August 1867Eliza AUSTINFind the father
Margaret Jane AUSTIN29 September 1869Eliza AUSTINFind the father
William AUSTIN18 March 1867Mary AUSTINFind the father
William AUSTIN31 August 1867Eliza AUSTINFind the father
William AUSTIN29 September 1869Eliza AUSTINFind the father
Jemima BEGG26 January 1866Mary BEGGFind the father
Elisabeth Osborne BLACK3 January 1859Mary BLACKFind the father
Samuel BLACK25 February 1863Nicholas BLACKFind the father
Robert BLACKLOCK28 October 1873Agnes BLACKLOCKFind the father
Agnes BROWN5 November 1863Marion BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN12 May 1868Agnes BROWNFind the father
James Mcmeekan BUCHANAN22 June 1866Elisabeth BUCHANANFind the father
Jessie BUCHANAN23 June 1865Emely BUCHANANFind the father
William Thomas Rogerson BUCHANAN19 January 1871Agnes BUCHANANFind the father
Ann CALLANDER25 December 1864Margaret CALLANDERFind the father
John Mckirrow CALLENDER22 January 1872Margaret CALLENDERFind the father
Mary Johnstone CALLENDER26 August 1874Margret CALLENDERFind the father
William CARSON12 April 1871Jane CARSONFind the father
Jane CRAVENS20 April 1868Agnes CRAVENSFind the father
Harriet CRAVINS27 October 1863Agnes CRAVINSFind the father
Robert CURRIE31 August 1862Jane CURRIEFind the father
Agnes DALZIEL2 March 1859Elisabeth DALZIELFind the father
Margaret Ann DOCHERTY17 November 1874Janet DOCHERTYFind the father
Agnes DOUGLAS31 January 1862Catherine DOUGLASFind the father
James DOUGLAS9 August 1868Catherine DOUGLASFind the father
John DOUGLAS16 January 1856Cathrine DOUGLASFind the father
Thomas Alexander DOUGLAS9 August 1868Catherine DOUGLASFind the father
Margaret FERGUSSON7 August 1855Jane FERGUSSONFind the father
John FRAZER11 December 1856Margaret FRAZERFind the father
Thomas Mcmurray GRAY7 May 1869Janet GRAYFind the father
Isabella HASTINGS8 April 1861Henrietta HASTINGSFind the father
William HASTINGS31 January 1866Henrietta HASTINGSFind the father
James HAUGH25 September 1864Janet HAUGHFind the father
John HAUGH9 July 1860Janet HAUGHFind the father
Joseph HAUGH27 June 1870Elizabeth HAUGHFind the father
Thomas HAUGH27 October 1855Janet HAUGHFind the father
William HENDERSON30 January 1857Margaret HENDERSONFind the father
William HEUCHAN7 February 1864Mary Jane HEUCHANFind the father
John HIDDLESTON3 August 1864Mary HIDDLESTONFind the father
John HIDDLESTON25 March 1869Margaret HIDDLESTONFind the father
John HIDDLESTON29 August 1869Mary HIDDLESTONFind the father
Elisabeth HUME19 February 1860Agnes HUMEFind the father
James HYSLOP12 December 1860Agnes HYSLOPFind the father
Mary Janet JARDINE18 September 1866Janet JARDINEFind the father
William JARDINE6 April 1859Janet JARDINEFind the father
William JOHNSTON27 October 1857Margaret JOHNSTONFind the father
Agnes KELLY10 October 1863Grace KELLYFind the father
Mary KELLY31 July 1858Elisabeth KELLYFind the father
John KENNEDY14 October 1856Mary KENNEDYFind the father
John LITTLE7 December 1863Margaret LITTLEFind the father
John Brown LITTLE1 June 1868Jane LITTLEFind the father
Mary LITTLE30 January 1863Cathrine LITTLEFind the father
Agnes MAITLAND21 June 1873Mary MAITLANDFind the father
William MARSHALL7 May 1872Agnes MARSHALLFind the father
John MAXWELL22 February 1871Margaret MAXWELLFind the father
Thomas Chesney MAXWELL2 December 1869Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Jessie MCCARTNEY18 June 1868Janet MCCARTNEYFind the father
Mary MCCARTNEY7 August 1860Janet MCCARTNEYFind the father
Samuel MCCARTNEY18 June 1868Janet MCCARTNEYFind the father
William MCCAW29 April 1865Grace MCCAWFind the father
James MCCHEYNE6 September 1861Mary MCCHEYNEFind the father
Mary MCCHEYNE31 August 1867Mary MCCHEYNEFind the father
John MCCULLOCH24 July 1859Jane MCCULLOCHFind the father
Janet Lees MCDOUGAL31 July 1859Grace MCDOUGALFind the father
Margaret MCDOUGALL29 April 1864Jane MCDOUGALLFind the father
William MCDOUGALL21 October 1866Jane MCDOUGALLFind the father
Jane MCFARLANE5 January 1866Jane MCFARLANEFind the father
John MCFARLANE1 August 1871Sarah MCFARLANEFind the father
Margaret MCFARLANE7 January 1874Sarah MCFARLANEFind the father
Isabella Maxwell MCMURRAY11 November 1870Margaret MCMURRAYFind the father
Margaret Kirk MCMURRAY29 May 1873Margaret MCMURRAYFind the father
Thomas MCMURRAY5 August 1867Margaret MCMURRAYFind the father
Alexander MCQUEEN31 August 1870Mary MCQUEENFind the father
Robert MCQUEEN29 June 1860Mary MCQUEENFind the father
Thomas MCQUEEN8 November 1857Mary MCQUEENFind the father
Helen Beattie MCTURK20 February 1866Janet MCTURKFind the father
Margaret MCVAY12 June 1863Catherine MCVAYFind the father
Janet MCWHIRR15 June 1860Margaret MCWHIRRFind the father
Henry MENZIES13 September 1863Helen MENZIESFind the father
Janet MENZIES8 July 1856Helen MENZIESFind the father
Margaret MILLER29 September 1869Janet MILLERFind the father
James MOFFAT17 November 1860Mary MOFFATFind the father
Janet MUIRHEAD22 November 1866Mary MUIRHEADFind the father
Anne MURPHY11 January 1855Mary MURPHYFind the father
Matthew MURPHY11 February 1873Mary MURPHYFind the father
Elisabeth OSBOURNE14 July 1866Jessie OSBOURNEFind the father
William OSBURN4 November 1863Grace OSBURNFind the father
Henry PATERSON27 February 1866Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Alexander Brown PORTER29 December 1868Margaret PORTERFind the father
Elizabeth Hyslop PORTER20 May 1872Margaret PORTERFind the father
Sarah PORTER24 November 1874Sarah PORTERFind the father
Janet PROUDFOOT23 February 1860Elisabeth PROUDFOOTFind the father
Thomas PROUDFOOT19 December 1870Jane PROUDFOOTFind the father
Ann REID21 May 1864Catherine REIDFind the father
Mary Jane REID11 November 1863Mary REIDFind the father
James ROBERTSON8 July 1859Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
John ROBISON4 June 1872Maggie ROBISONFind the father
Mary Ann SLOAN6 April 1868Annie SLOANFind the father
James SMITH19 September 1873Mary SMITHFind the father
William SMITH27 July 1871Mary SMITHFind the father
Hugh Chesney STEEL11 February 1865Janet STEELFind the father
John STEEL18 June 1871Jessie STEELFind the father
John STEWART4 June 1870Marion STEWARTFind the father
Elizabeth STOBBS22 November 1869Ellen STOBBSFind the father
James STOBBS6 June 1871Marion STOBBSFind the father
James THOMSON3 May 1856Susan THOMSONFind the father
Helen TODD12 July 1870Elizabeth TODDFind the father
Jessie TODD20 November 1868Elisabeth TODDFind the father
John VENERT16 September 1858Jane VENERTFind the father
Robert WALLACE22 January 1867Grace WALLACEFind the father
William WALLACE10 October 1871Eliza WALLACEFind the father
Mary WILLIAMSON2 August 1855Henrietta WILLIAMSONFind the father
Agnes WILSON11 October 1868Margaret WILSONFind the father
Elisabeth WILSON25 January 1855Jane WILSONFind the father
Elisabeth WILSON24 January 1860Margaret WILSONFind the father
Isabella WILSON1 July 1872Agnes WILSONFind the father
John Mccheyne WILSON22 May 1873Mary WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON14 June 1855Janet WILSONFind the father
Robert WILSON26 March 1856Margaret WILSONFind the father
Robert WILSON5 October 1857Jane WILSONFind the father
Janet Jackson WYLIE7 June 1872Annie WYLIEFind 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.

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