Guthrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isobel JOHNSTONE or NICOL | 1861 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander ADAMS | 13 October 1866 | Isabella ADAMS | Find the father |
| Thomas ADAMS | 9 July 1874 | Margaret ADAMS | Find the father |
| David ALLERDICE | 25 April 1857 | Amelia ALLERDICE | Find the father |
| Margaret Duncan ANDERSON | 30 March 1863 | Mary Ann ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert BALLA | 3 October 1861 | Ann BALLA | Find the father |
| Charles CARGIL | 16 August 1855 | Agnes CARGIL | Find the father |
| Williamina Cobb DEUCHAR | 1 September 1874 | Jessie DEUCHAR | Find the father |
| John Anderson EDMONDS | 19 January 1864 | Agnes EDMONDS | Find the father |
| William Wilson EDMONDS | 1 December 1872 | Martha Fairweather EDMONDS | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 21 June 1866 | Jane FRASER | Find the father |
| Margaret Agnes GIBB | 12 June 1867 | Jessie GIBB | Find the father |
| Eliza Graham HERALD | 3 February 1861 | Susan HERALD | Find the father |
| Isabella HOSIE | 27 November 1859 | Margaret HOSIE | Find the father |
| James Mollison HUNTER | 22 November 1863 | Agnes HUNTER | Find the father |
| Peter Cant KIDD | 19 September 1864 | Ann KIDD | Find the father |
| James MANN | 3 December 1874 | Agnes MANN | Find the father |
| Williamina MEFFAN | 19 December 1868 | Anna MEFFAN | Find the father |
| Ann MORTIE | 13 October 1862 | Ann MORTIE | Find the father |
| William NICOLL | 17 March 1872 | Isabella Mckenzie NICOLL | Find the father |
| George NORRIE | 22 February 1865 | Jessie NORRIE | Find the father |
| Williamina Lunen ROBB | 15 August 1870 | Mary Ann ROBB | Find the father |
| Agnes Mary STRACHAN | 2 August 1861 | Agnes STRACHAN | Find the father |
| Louisa STRACHAN | 10 April 1857 | Agnes STRACHAN | Find the father |
| Alexander WILLIAMSON | 19 December 1866 | Margaret WILLIAMSON | 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
