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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Holywood 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:
  • £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)
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
John CRAIG 1866 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
John CRAIG 1866 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
James DALZIEL 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
James DALZIEL 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet DICKSON or BOYES 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused
Isabella HASTINGS Duavigan Glencairn1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
William HAYMAN 1860 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow KENNEDY 1879 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow KENNEDY 1879 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet KENNEDY 1876 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Sarah KILPATRICK 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused
Mary MCBURNIE Dalbeattie1846 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jane TODD 1850 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jane TODD 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 581 1850
Widow Sarah WIGHTMAN or MAXWELL 1862 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed


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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Annie BEATTIE
Myreside, Holywood
Llewelyn ROBERTSON27 Aug 1893
Myreside, Holywood
Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Janet BROADFOOT
Burnside, Holywood
John MCKENNA23 Jan 1880
Cargenbridge, Troqueer
Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Margaret BROWN
Gateside, Holywood
Simon MUNDELL19 Sep 1888Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Margaret BROWN
Gateside, Holywood
Henry PATERSON5 Jun 1896
Gateside, Holywood
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary CARSON or MCGUFFOG
Knowhead, Holywood
George BROWN17 Apr 1852Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Elizabeth EDGAR
Carmaddie, Holywood, Dumfriesshire
George BECKETOrder nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Agnes JOHNSTON
Gateside, Holywood
Thomas MAXWELL15 Jun 1885Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes JOHNSTONE
Morrington, Holywood, Dumfriesshire
Alexander BRECKENRIDGE15 Mar 1872Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Hellen Pagan KENNEDY
Steilston School House, Holywood, Dumfriesshire
Arthur HYSLOP17 Nov 1914
Rosedale, Torthorwald
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Agnes MCKENZIE
Burnside, Holywood
Alexander MACKIE1 Jan 1884Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes MCNAUGHT
Holywood
Mathew LUCAS20 Jul 1854Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Janet MCNAUGHT
Holywood Village
William WILSON8 Feb 1887Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Isabella Clapperton ROBSON
Sunnyhill, Holywood
Walter STEWART19 Mar 1901
Holywood
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Catherine Jane SELKIRK
Holywood
George POOL1 Aug 1881Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Janet THOMSON
Rue, Holywood
William COLTART28 Nov 1859Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/13
Margaret THOMSON
Isle of Gulliehill, Holywood
Robert HANLON15 Mar 1892Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary WALKER
Gribton Cottages, near Holywood, Dumfriesshire
Thomas JARDINE18 Nov 1893Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes WHITE
Baltersan, Holywood
William ROBERTSON2 May 1883Order nowDumfries
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Joseph BARBOUR10 February 1862Mary BARBOURFind the father
Mary Jane BELL1 February 1874Jane BELLFind the father
James BLACK17 March 1864Margaret BLACKFind the father
Alexander Mcneil BOYES12 November 1872Elizabeth BOYESFind the father
Alexander Richardson BOYES29 November 1872Agnes BOYESFind the father
Janet Dempster BOYES25 October 1868Janet BOYESFind the father
William Marshall BROWN3 October 1869Margaret BEATTIEFind the father
John BRYDEN27 June 1860Marion BRYDENFind the father
David CHARLTON1 February 1858Ann CHARLTONFind the father
John CHARLTON1 February 1858Ann CHARLTONFind the father
Agnes Laurie COLVIN13 July 1871Jane COLVINFind the father
Joseph Laurie COLVIN4 December 1868Jane COLVINFind the father
Margaret COPLAND15 February 1864Ann COPLANDFind the father
James CORRIE13 September 1863Janet CORRIEFind the father
Mary Ann CRAIG31 January 1861Jane CRAIGFind the father
Thomas CRAIG10 July 1858Mary CRAIGFind the father
Martha DEMPSTER20 January 1863Mary DEMPSTERFind the father
Jane FARRIES30 September 1869Susan FARRIESFind the father
John FARRIES31 January 1863Margaret FARRIESFind the father
Williamson GERMARY16 June 1861Mary GERMARYFind the father
Agnes Janet Richardson GRAY16 June 1864Janet GRAYFind the father
Margaret GREEN7 October 1874Mary GREENFind the father
Francis John William James HANNAH18 December 1860Janet HANNAHFind the father
Robert HOPE15 August 1869Janet HOPEFind the father
Grace JOHNSTON4 April 1871Mary Janet JOHNSTONFind the father
Heneretta Lansberry LAURIE27 July 1866Mary LAURIEFind the father
Janet LAURIE28 December 1856Elizabeth LAURIEFind the father
Robert LAURIE25 April 1872Mary LAURIEFind the father
William LAURIE6 April 1863Elizabeth LAURIEFind the father
Elizabeth LITTLE18 February 1874Elizabeth LITTLEFind the father
James Pagan LITTLE15 November 1867Mary LITTLEFind the father
Thomas Forsyth LITTLE16 December 1870Agnes LITTLEFind the father
Jane MARINE1 November 1866Agnes MARINEFind the father
William MAXWELL18 April 1863Barbara MAXWELLFind the father
Grace MCBURNIE25 February 1855Janet MCBURNIEFind the father
Mary MCLELLAN18 July 1860Agnes MCLELLANFind the father
James Blyth MCNAUGHT17 September 1871Sarah MCNAUGHTFind the father
Elizabeth MENZIES11 June 1859Marion MENZIESFind the father
John MINZIES26 December 1855Marrion MINZIESFind the father
Margaret Jane MINZIES20 December 1857Agnes MINZIESFind the father
Elizabeth MORRIN2 May 1874Elizabeth MORRINFind the father
James MORRIN10 August 1870Elizabeth MORRINFind the father
Margaret MORRIN23 May 1860Margaret MORRINFind the father
Mary MORRIN20 April 1865Elizabeth MORRINFind the father
Samuel MORRIN25 February 1862Agnes MORRINFind the father
William Alexander MORRIN14 September 1867Elizabeth MORRINFind the father
John MORRINE27 November 1859Elizabeth MORRINEFind the father
James MORRISON30 December 1871Mary MORRISONFind the father
Christina PORTEOUS28 October 1870Marion PORTEOUSFind the father
Isabella Irving RAE24 January 1869Jane RAEFind the father
Robert RICHARDSON11 July 1863Helen RICHARDSONFather found
William RITCHIE1 April 1868Helen RITCHIEFind the father
Agnes Grierson SHARP13 August 1872Jane SHARPFind the father
Janet SMITH3 August 1870Isabella SMITHFind the father
Mary Ann Harris STENTON30 July 1861Thamar STENTONFind the father
Margaret Scott TAYLOR28 April 1857Agnes TAYLORFind the father
William THOMSON10 May 1855Agness THOMSONFind the father
Jane Agnes THORBURN16 August 1863Agnes THORBURNFind the father
Mary Cowan WALKER13 November 1858Lucy WALKERFind the father
Catherine WATSON8 August 1856Catherine WATSONFind the father
Catherine WATSON25 November 1863Isabella WATSONFind the father
Elizabeth WATSON20 March 1873Isabella WATSONFind the father
Helen WATSON27 March 1868Isabella WATSONFind the father
Isabella Wateret WATSON5 March 1870Heneretta Bilby WATSONFind the father
James WATSON27 July 1855Jane WATSONFind the father
John WATSON5 March 1859Isabella WATSONFind the father
Mary WATSON23 August 1855Isabella WATSONFind the father
Mary Waugh Mitchell WAUGH24 October 1857Agnes WAUGHFind the father
William WAUGH16 February 1855Janet WAUGHFind the father
Jane Coltart WELSH25 August 1869Agnes WELSHFind the father
Mary Beck WILSON12 July 1858Jessie WILSONFind the father
David Alexander WRIGHT8 June 1863Mary WRIGHTFind 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.

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.


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