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Glencairn 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.
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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David BROADFOOT | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas GIBSON | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary GRAY | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William HASTINGS | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Robert HYSLOP | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Janet JOHNSTON or CLARK | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 381 1851 | |
| Robert JOHNSTONE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet KERR | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander PAPPLE | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet WILSON or JOHNSTON | 1851 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie BENNETT High Street, Miniaive, Glencairn | James BLACKLEY | 8 Apr 1881 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Janet DOCHERTY Moniaive, Glencairn | David HALLIDAY | 29 Jun 1879 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary FERGUSSON Moniaive | John JOHNSON | 30 Sep 1877 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary FRAZER Coatstown, Moniaive | Thomas HYSLOP | 1 Apr 1888 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Agnes Edgar JARDINE Birkshaw, Glencairn | William LANDSBOROUGH | 30 Apr 1901 Birkshaw Cottage, Glencairn | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Jane MAITLAND Dunreggan, Moniaive | John DOUGLAS | 4 Apr 1881 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary MARTIN Kirkland, Glencairn | James KENAN | 27 Jul 1878 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Eliza Jane MCCULLOCH Ayr Street, Moniaive | Frank BELL | 10 Jun 1910 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Jane Broatch MCMICHAEL North Street, Moniaive | Robert RUTHERFORD | 11 Jul 1912 Moniaive | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Margaret MCMURRAY Moniaive | Alexander MCCLOUNIE | 2 May 1878 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Jane MCTURK Dunreggan Brae, Moniaive, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire | James GRIBBEN | 23 Apr 1887 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Fanny MORRISON Castlehill, Moniaive | Francis MUNDELL | 5 Aug 1908 Townhead, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Mary Kerr MUIRHEAD Dunreggan Street, Moniaive | James William HENDERSON | 28 Nov 1913 Dunreggan Street, Moniaive | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Agnes REID Minnyhive, Glencairn | John MCKEN | 15 Dec 1850 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Margaret WILSON or MANSON Lochhill Cottage, Glencairn | David THOMSON | 29 Jul 1881 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ALLAS | 2 February 1872 | Sarah ALLAS | Find the father |
| George AUSTIN | 24 October 1856 | Jane AUSTIN | Find the father |
| John AUSTIN | 5 February 1867 | Janet AUSTIN | Find the father |
| Margaret AUSTIN | 31 August 1867 | Eliza AUSTIN | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane AUSTIN | 29 September 1869 | Eliza AUSTIN | Find the father |
| William AUSTIN | 18 March 1867 | Mary AUSTIN | Find the father |
| William AUSTIN | 31 August 1867 | Eliza AUSTIN | Find the father |
| William AUSTIN | 29 September 1869 | Eliza AUSTIN | Find the father |
| Jemima BEGG | 26 January 1866 | Mary BEGG | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Osborne BLACK | 3 January 1859 | Mary BLACK | Find the father |
| Samuel BLACK | 25 February 1863 | Nicholas BLACK | Find the father |
| Robert BLACKLOCK | 28 October 1873 | Agnes BLACKLOCK | Find the father |
| Agnes BROWN | 5 November 1863 | Marion BROWN | Find the father |
| Thomas BROWN | 12 May 1868 | Agnes BROWN | Father found |
| James Mcmeekan BUCHANAN | 22 June 1866 | Elisabeth BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Jessie BUCHANAN | 23 June 1865 | Emely BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| William Thomas Rogerson BUCHANAN | 19 January 1871 | Agnes BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Ann CALLANDER | 25 December 1864 | Margaret CALLANDER | Find the father |
| John Mckirrow CALLENDER | 22 January 1872 | Margaret CALLENDER | Find the father |
| Mary Johnstone CALLENDER | 26 August 1874 | Margret CALLENDER | Find the father |
| William CARSON | 12 April 1871 | Jane CARSON | Find the father |
| Jane CRAVENS | 20 April 1868 | Agnes CRAVENS | Find the father |
| Harriet CRAVINS | 27 October 1863 | Agnes CRAVINS | Father found |
| Robert CURRIE | 31 August 1862 | Jane CURRIE | Find the father |
| Agnes DALZIEL | 2 March 1859 | Elisabeth DALZIEL | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann DOCHERTY | 17 November 1874 | Janet DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Agnes DOUGLAS | 31 January 1862 | Catherine DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| James DOUGLAS | 9 August 1868 | Catherine DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| John DOUGLAS | 16 January 1856 | Cathrine DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Thomas Alexander DOUGLAS | 9 August 1868 | Catherine DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Margaret FERGUSSON | 7 August 1855 | Jane FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| John FRAZER | 11 December 1856 | Margaret FRAZER | Find the father |
| Thomas Mcmurray GRAY | 7 May 1869 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| Isabella HASTINGS | 8 April 1861 | Henrietta HASTINGS | Find the father |
| William HASTINGS | 31 January 1866 | Henrietta HASTINGS | Find the father |
| James HAUGH | 25 September 1864 | Janet HAUGH | Find the father |
| John HAUGH | 9 July 1860 | Janet HAUGH | Find the father |
| Joseph HAUGH | 27 June 1870 | Elizabeth HAUGH | Find the father |
| Thomas HAUGH | 27 October 1855 | Janet HAUGH | Find the father |
| William HENDERSON | 30 January 1857 | Margaret HENDERSON | Father found |
| William HEUCHAN | 7 February 1864 | Mary Jane HEUCHAN | Find the father |
| John HIDDLESTON | 3 August 1864 | Mary HIDDLESTON | Find the father |
| John HIDDLESTON | 25 March 1869 | Margaret HIDDLESTON | Find the father |
| John HIDDLESTON | 29 August 1869 | Mary HIDDLESTON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth HUME | 19 February 1860 | Agnes HUME | Find the father |
| James HYSLOP | 12 December 1860 | Agnes HYSLOP | Find the father |
| Mary Janet JARDINE | 18 September 1866 | Janet JARDINE | Find the father |
| William JARDINE | 6 April 1859 | Janet JARDINE | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 27 October 1857 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Agnes KELLY | 10 October 1863 | Grace KELLY | Father found |
| Mary KELLY | 31 July 1858 | Elisabeth KELLY | Find the father |
| John KENNEDY | 14 October 1856 | Mary KENNEDY | Find the father |
| John LITTLE | 7 December 1863 | Margaret LITTLE | Find the father |
| John Brown LITTLE | 1 June 1868 | Jane LITTLE | Find the father |
| Mary LITTLE | 30 January 1863 | Cathrine LITTLE | Find the father |
| Agnes MAITLAND | 21 June 1873 | Mary MAITLAND | Find the father |
| William MARSHALL | 7 May 1872 | Agnes MARSHALL | Father found |
| John MAXWELL | 22 February 1871 | Margaret MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Thomas Chesney MAXWELL | 2 December 1869 | Mary MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Jessie MCCARTNEY | 18 June 1868 | Janet MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Mary MCCARTNEY | 7 August 1860 | Janet MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Samuel MCCARTNEY | 18 June 1868 | Janet MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| William MCCAW | 29 April 1865 | Grace MCCAW | Find the father |
| James MCCHEYNE | 6 September 1861 | Mary MCCHEYNE | Find the father |
| Mary MCCHEYNE | 31 August 1867 | Mary MCCHEYNE | Find the father |
| John MCCULLOCH | 24 July 1859 | Jane MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Janet Lees MCDOUGAL | 31 July 1859 | Grace MCDOUGAL | Find the father |
| Margaret MCDOUGALL | 29 April 1864 | Jane MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| William MCDOUGALL | 21 October 1866 | Jane MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Jane MCFARLANE | 5 January 1866 | Jane MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| John MCFARLANE | 1 August 1871 | Sarah MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCFARLANE | 7 January 1874 | Sarah MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Isabella Maxwell MCMURRAY | 11 November 1870 | Margaret MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Kirk MCMURRAY | 29 May 1873 | Margaret MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Thomas MCMURRAY | 5 August 1867 | Margaret MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander MCQUEEN | 31 August 1870 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Robert MCQUEEN | 29 June 1860 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCQUEEN | 8 November 1857 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Helen Beattie MCTURK | 20 February 1866 | Janet MCTURK | Find the father |
| Margaret MCVAY | 12 June 1863 | Catherine MCVAY | Find the father |
| Janet MCWHIRR | 15 June 1860 | Margaret MCWHIRR | Find the father |
| Henry MENZIES | 13 September 1863 | Helen MENZIES | Find the father |
| Janet MENZIES | 8 July 1856 | Helen MENZIES | Find the father |
| Margaret MILLER | 29 September 1869 | Janet MILLER | Find the father |
| James MOFFAT | 17 November 1860 | Mary MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Janet MUIRHEAD | 22 November 1866 | Mary MUIRHEAD | Find the father |
| Anne MURPHY | 11 January 1855 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Matthew MURPHY | 11 February 1873 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Elisabeth OSBOURNE | 14 July 1866 | Jessie OSBOURNE | Find the father |
| William OSBURN | 4 November 1863 | Grace OSBURN | Find the father |
| Henry PATERSON | 27 February 1866 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander Brown PORTER | 29 December 1868 | Margaret PORTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Hyslop PORTER | 20 May 1872 | Margaret PORTER | Find the father |
| Sarah PORTER | 24 November 1874 | Sarah PORTER | Find the father |
| Janet PROUDFOOT | 23 February 1860 | Elisabeth PROUDFOOT | Find the father |
| Thomas PROUDFOOT | 19 December 1870 | Jane PROUDFOOT | Find the father |
| Ann REID | 21 May 1864 | Catherine REID | Find the father |
| Mary Jane REID | 11 November 1863 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 8 July 1859 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| John ROBISON | 4 June 1872 | Maggie ROBISON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SLOAN | 6 April 1868 | Annie SLOAN | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 19 September 1873 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 27 July 1871 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Hugh Chesney STEEL | 11 February 1865 | Janet STEEL | Find the father |
| John STEEL | 18 June 1871 | Jessie STEEL | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 4 June 1870 | Marion STEWART | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STOBBS | 22 November 1869 | Ellen STOBBS | Find the father |
| James STOBBS | 6 June 1871 | Marion STOBBS | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 3 May 1856 | Susan THOMSON | Find the father |
| Helen TODD | 12 July 1870 | Elizabeth TODD | Find the father |
| Jessie TODD | 20 November 1868 | Elisabeth TODD | Find the father |
| John VENERT | 16 September 1858 | Jane VENERT | Find the father |
| Robert WALLACE | 22 January 1867 | Grace WALLACE | Find the father |
| William WALLACE | 10 October 1871 | Eliza WALLACE | Find the father |
| Mary WILLIAMSON | 2 August 1855 | Henrietta WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Agnes WILSON | 11 October 1868 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth WILSON | 25 January 1855 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth WILSON | 24 January 1860 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WILSON | 1 July 1872 | Agnes WILSON | Father found |
| John Mccheyne WILSON | 22 May 1873 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 14 June 1855 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILSON | 26 March 1856 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILSON | 5 October 1857 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| Janet Jackson WYLIE | 7 June 1872 | Annie WYLIE | Father found |
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.
