Gretna 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 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BEATTIE | 1854 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jane BIRRELL | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary COLTHART | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret FELL | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Jemima FERGUSON | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Widow Jane GORLEY or NELSON | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James GUNIAN | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary GUNIAN | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George JACKSON | Bogheads | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
| George JACKSON | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| George JACKSON | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew LITTLE | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George MCCUBBY | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret MILLER | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret ROME | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Robert SCOTT | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert SCOTT | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew WEILD | Annan | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ARMSTRONG | 14 January 1857 | Margaret ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | 7 October 1864 | Agnes ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Francy Irving ARMSTRONG | 9 May 1856 | Mary Irving ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Jane ARMSTRONG | 14 May 1857 | Jane ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Jane ARMSTRONG | 14 February 1863 | Catherine ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Nancy ARMSTRONG | 18 August 1861 | Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Janet BARCLAY | 18 February 1861 | Isabella BARCLAY | Find the father |
| Ann BEATTIE | 8 August 1855 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Jane BEATTIE | 9 June 1870 | Janet BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Joseph Ewart BEATTIE | 14 January 1864 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Mary BEATTIE | 13 July 1873 | Janet BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Williamina BEATTIE | 15 August 1866 | Janet BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BELL | 19 September 1871 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Irving BELL | 16 February 1858 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
| James Hamilton BELL | 25 March 1871 | Jane Isabella BELL | Find the father |
| Janet BELL | 30 November 1871 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Margaret BELL | 4 December 1857 | Agnes BELL | Find the father |
| Margaret BELL | 2 January 1860 | Isabella BELL | Find the father |
| Jane BIRRELL | 5 February 1855 | Jane BIRRELL | Find the father |
| Joseph Lowther BRYSON | 13 January 1867 | Dina BRYSON | Find the father |
| Mary BRYSON | 28 January 1855 | Jane BRYSON | Find the father |
| Francis Ann CARRUTHERS | 14 December 1858 | Jane CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| George CARRUTHERS | 20 June 1865 | Jane CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Margaret Robertson CARRUTHERS | 22 October 1870 | Eliza CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Robert CARRUTHERS | 19 September 1861 | Agnes CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Robert CARRUTHERS | 9 May 1871 | Margaret CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Barbara CLARK | 13 May 1868 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Stephenson CLARK | 18 September 1866 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| George CLARK | 20 February 1859 | Agnes CLARK | Find the father |
| James CLARK | 18 April 1863 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Janet CLARK | 15 January 1874 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| Mary Moffit CLARK | 15 June 1861 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Thomas CLARK | 5 June 1864 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| William CLARK | 13 May 1868 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Maurice CLERK | 14 May 1860 | Helen CLERK | Find the father |
| Isabella COLVIN | 7 August 1874 | Janet COLVIN | Find the father |
| James Geddies COLVIN | 17 September 1866 | Janet COLVIN | Find the father |
| Janet Rachel COULTHARD | 1 March 1867 | Sarah COULTHARD | Find the father |
| Mary Jane COULTHARD | 17 June 1874 | Margaret COULTHARD | Find the father |
| James CRON | 26 March 1856 | Agnes CRON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DAVIDSON | 29 June 1869 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 23 April 1866 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DAVIDSON | 25 November 1867 | Joan DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 26 January 1859 | Janet DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 1 March 1872 | Margaret DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Agnes DICKSON | 25 October 1857 | Jannet DICKSON | Find the father |
| John DIXON | 1 December 1856 | Fanny DIXON | Find the father |
| Margaret Johnston DOW | 25 April 1869 | Janet DOW | Find the father |
| Isabella Irving EDGAR | 20 July 1870 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| Robert EDGAR | 30 September 1867 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| Margaret Irving Saunders ELLIOT | 1 July 1858 | Jane ELLIOT | Find the father |
| David FARISH | 9 May 1861 | Mary FARISH | Find the father |
| John FARRISH | 24 October 1870 | Jane FARRISH | Find the father |
| Alexander Johnstone FERGUSSON | 21 October 1874 | Mary FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| Fanny FOSTER | 27 February 1858 | Jane FOSTER | Find the father |
| Andrew GASS | 17 December 1862 | Helen GASS | Find the father |
| Ann GIBSON | 14 November 1856 | Isabella GIBSON | Find the father |
| Isabella GILCHRIST | 27 June 1865 | Catherine GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| Jane GILCHRIST | 5 December 1859 | Sarah GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| Janet Bell GILCHRIST | 6 August 1859 | Catherine GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| John GILCHRIST | 16 January 1865 | Sarah Bell GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| John GLOVER | 24 June 1860 | Barbara Janet GLOVER | Find the father |
| William GLOVER | 11 June 1855 | Jane GLOVER | Find the father |
| William GLOVER | 24 June 1860 | Barbara Janet GLOVER | Find the father |
| Annie GRAHAM | 11 June 1860 | Rosana GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Helen GRAHAM | 12 October 1859 | Helen GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Isabella GRAHAM | 11 July 1861 | Isabella GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Joseph GRAHAM | 12 September 1867 | Janet GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Richard Bell GRAHAM | 16 August 1871 | Jane GRAHAM | Find the father |
| William GRAHAM | 30 September 1870 | Joan GRAHAM | Find the father |
| John HALLIDAY | 3 September 1866 | Williamina HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Henry HARKNESS | 22 April 1855 | Janet HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Mary HOLLIDAY | 21 October 1866 | Margaret HOLLIDAY | Find the father |
| Thomas HOPE | 27 June 1856 | Charlotte HOPE | Find the father |
| George IRVING | 22 September 1873 | Mary IRVING | Find the father |
| Helen IRVING | 12 August 1855 | Isabella IRVING | Find the father |
| Irving IRVING | 30 November 1857 | Margaret IRVING | Find the father |
| James IRVING | 9 July 1857 | Joan IRVING | Find the father |
| James IRVING | 14 March 1866 | Margaret IRVING | Find the father |
| John IRVING | 16 June 1855 | Margaret IRVING | Find the father |
| Margaret IRVING | 11 September 1861 | Mary IRVING | Find the father |
| Margaret Agnes IRVING | 15 October 1865 | Janet IRVING | Find the father |
| Rebecca IRVING | 27 May 1860 | Joan IRVING | Find the father |
| John George JACKSON | 6 April 1863 | Barbara JACKSON | Find the father |
| Alexander JOHNSTON | 21 July 1866 | Elizabeth JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Andrew JOHNSTON | 3 May 1864 | Jane JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Catherine JOHNSTON | 26 April 1867 | Jane JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Catherine JOHNSTON | 3 October 1873 | Jane JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Janet Agnes JOHNSTON | 19 June 1872 | Jane Ann JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Jessie JOHNSTON | 29 May 1868 | Elizabeth JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Margaret JOHNSTON | 27 March 1856 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 17 March 1859 | Catherine JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Francis John JOHNSTONE | 16 September 1870 | Jane JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| George Peter JOHNSTONE | 22 April 1870 | Catherine JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTONE | 14 July 1871 | Jane JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTONE | 11 December 1874 | Isabella JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Sarah KERR | 25 January 1857 | Sarah KERR | Find the father |
| Janet LEVEL | 24 March 1862 | Rosanna LEVEL | Find the father |
| Sarah LEVEL | 15 February 1864 | Rosana LEVEL | Find the father |
| Barbara Thomson LINDSAY | 10 July 1855 | Mary LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Nancy LINDSAY | 15 August 1865 | Agnes LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Nicholson LITTLE | 19 September 1861 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| Helen LITTLE | 26 March 1859 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| Robert Armstrong LITTLE | 7 March 1863 | Jane LITTLE | Find the father |
| John LOCKART | 24 April 1869 | Agnes LOCKART | Find the father |
| Ann LOCKHART | 10 January 1871 | Agnes LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Hannah LOCKHART | 31 July 1873 | Agnes LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Mary LOCKHART | 5 November 1859 | Agnes LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Helen MARTIN | 6 November 1866 | Irving MARTIN | Find the father |
| William MCCOURT | 10 April 1869 | Margaret MCCOURT | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCKAY | 23 September 1860 | Margaret MCKAY | Find the father |
| William MCKAY | 29 August 1858 | Helen MCKAY | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKENZIE | 29 November 1865 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Jane MCVITIE | 16 December 1864 | Elizabeth MCVITIE | Find the father |
| Helen Wilson MILLER | 7 November 1872 | Helen MILLER | Find the father |
| Jane MILLER | 20 July 1864 | Janet MILLER | Find the father |
| John MILLER | 27 February 1866 | Jane MILLER | Find the father |
| Robert MILLER | 4 September 1860 | Jane MILLER | Find the father |
| John Nelson MILLICAN | 28 June 1873 | Ellen MILLICAN | Find the father |
| Isabella NEILSON | 9 January 1855 | Helen NEILSON | Find the father |
| Ann NELSON | 20 May 1857 | Mary NELSON | Find the father |
| Harriot Irving NELSON | 13 August 1867 | Mary Jane NELSON | Find the father |
| James NELSON | 29 September 1862 | Rachel NELSON | Find the father |
| Jane Mckay NELSON | 14 November 1866 | Fhelas NELSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Mckay NELSON | 6 December 1866 | Mary Jane NELSON | Find the father |
| Mary NELSON | 4 August 1870 | Ellen NELSON | Find the father |
| Mary Irving NELSON | 6 December 1864 | Isabella NELSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane NELSON | 20 September 1872 | Felis NELSON | Find the father |
| Thomas NELSON | 4 November 1872 | Mary Jane NELSON | Find the father |
| Frances NICHOLSON | 16 January 1872 | Margaret NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| James Armstrong NICHOLSON | 20 July 1868 | Margaret Ann Cowper NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Janet NICHOLSON | 25 December 1857 | Esther NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Joseph NICHOLSON | 21 January 1864 | Margaret NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann NICHOLSON | 2 February 1862 | Esther NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann NIXON | 21 February 1864 | Elizabeth NIXON | Find the father |
| Janet Helen PARK | 15 January 1858 | Elizabeth PARK | Find the father |
| Jemima Clark PARK | 2 September 1870 | Mary PARK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth PEACOCK | 13 September 1857 | Mary PEACOCK | Find the father |
| James Armstrong QUEEN | 28 December 1869 | Elizabeth QUEEN | Find the father |
| Jane REAY | 24 December 1857 | Mary REAY | Find the father |
| Ann RICHARDSON | 18 January 1855 | Jane RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Francis RICHARDSON | 8 December 1869 | Agnes RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane ROBERTSON | 3 October 1860 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David Scott ROME | 18 February 1874 | Agnes ROME | Find the father |
| Janet ROME | 26 December 1870 | Agnes ROME | Find the father |
| William James ROME | 15 December 1874 | Ruth ROME | Find the father |
| Mary Jane ROSS | 10 June 1860 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| Margaret SCOTT | 13 April 1874 | Jane SCOTT | Find the father |
| Peter SCOTT | 23 May 1861 | Helen SCOTT | Find the father |
| Robert SCOTT | 21 October 1859 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Stephenson Irving SHIMMINGS | 10 February 1864 | Jane SHIMMINGS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Irving SHIMMINS | 22 May 1873 | Jane SHIMMINS | Find the father |
| Margaret SHIMMINS | 3 June 1870 | Jane SHIMMINS | Find the father |
| Richard SIDDERDALE | 19 March 1857 | Janet SIDDERDALE | Find the father |
| John STEEL | 12 August 1856 | Jane STEEL | Find the father |
| Catherine STEPHENSON | 13 August 1860 | Mary STEPHENSON | Find the father |
| Janet TAGGART | 16 June 1863 | Mary TAGGART | Find the father |
| Mary TAYLOR | 18 July 1866 | Elizabeth TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Agnes TELFORD | 16 November 1864 | Margaret TELFORD | Find the father |
| Agnes TELFORD | 24 July 1868 | Margaret TELFORD | Find the father |
| David John TELFORD | 17 January 1857 | Mary TELFORD | Find the father |
| George TELFORD | 10 December 1865 | Agnes TELFORD | Find the father |
| James TELFORD | 29 April 1873 | Jane TELFORD | Find the father |
| Jane TELFORD | 9 August 1863 | Ellen TELFORD | Find the father |
| Margaret TELFORD | 5 June 1861 | Helen TELFORD | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth TELFORD | 16 July 1860 | Margaret TELFORD | Find the father |
| William TELFORD | 2 October 1864 | Jane TELFORD | Find the father |
| John James THOMPSON | 28 January 1858 | Eleanor THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Janet THOMSON | 27 March 1860 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 19 June 1863 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret THOMSON | 31 January 1869 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| David WARTLEY | 12 January 1873 | Martha WARTLEY | Find the father |
| James WEAL | 17 June 1873 | Janet WEAL | Find the father |
| William YOUNG | 18 September 1872 | Mary YOUNG | 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
