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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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John CRAIG | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| John CRAIG | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| James DALZIEL | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James DALZIEL | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet DICKSON or BOYES | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella HASTINGS | Duavigan Glencairn | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| William HAYMAN | 1860 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow KENNEDY | 1879 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow KENNEDY | 1879 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet KENNEDY | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Sarah KILPATRICK | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCBURNIE | Dalbeattie | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Widow Jane TODD | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane TODD | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 581 1850 | |
| Widow Sarah WIGHTMAN or MAXWELL | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground 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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie BEATTIE Myreside, Holywood | Llewelyn ROBERTSON | 27 Aug 1893 Myreside, Holywood | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Janet BROADFOOT Burnside, Holywood | John MCKENNA | 23 Jan 1880 Cargenbridge, Troqueer | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Margaret BROWN Gateside, Holywood | Simon MUNDELL | 19 Sep 1888 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Margaret BROWN Gateside, Holywood | Henry PATERSON | 5 Jun 1896 Gateside, Holywood | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Mary CARSON or MCGUFFOG Knowhead, Holywood | George BROWN | 17 Apr 1852 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Elizabeth EDGAR Carmaddie, Holywood, Dumfriesshire | George BECKET | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 | |
| Agnes JOHNSTON Gateside, Holywood | Thomas MAXWELL | 15 Jun 1885 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Agnes JOHNSTONE Morrington, Holywood, Dumfriesshire | Alexander BRECKENRIDGE | 15 Mar 1872 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
| Hellen Pagan KENNEDY Steilston School House, Holywood, Dumfriesshire | Arthur HYSLOP | 17 Nov 1914 Rosedale, Torthorwald | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Agnes MCKENZIE Burnside, Holywood | Alexander MACKIE | 1 Jan 1884 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Agnes MCNAUGHT Holywood | Mathew LUCAS | 20 Jul 1854 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Janet MCNAUGHT Holywood Village | William WILSON | 8 Feb 1887 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Isabella Clapperton ROBSON Sunnyhill, Holywood | Walter STEWART | 19 Mar 1901 Holywood | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Catherine Jane SELKIRK Holywood | George POOL | 1 Aug 1881 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Janet THOMSON Rue, Holywood | William COLTART | 28 Nov 1859 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
| Margaret THOMSON Isle of Gulliehill, Holywood | Robert HANLON | 15 Mar 1892 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Mary WALKER Gribton Cottages, near Holywood, Dumfriesshire | Thomas JARDINE | 18 Nov 1893 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Agnes WHITE Baltersan, Holywood | William ROBERTSON | 2 May 1883 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph BARBOUR | 10 February 1862 | Mary BARBOUR | Find the father |
| Mary Jane BELL | 1 February 1874 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| James BLACK | 17 March 1864 | Margaret BLACK | Find the father |
| Alexander Mcneil BOYES | 12 November 1872 | Elizabeth BOYES | Find the father |
| Alexander Richardson BOYES | 29 November 1872 | Agnes BOYES | Find the father |
| Janet Dempster BOYES | 25 October 1868 | Janet BOYES | Find the father |
| William Marshall BROWN | 3 October 1869 | Margaret BEATTIE | Find the father |
| John BRYDEN | 27 June 1860 | Marion BRYDEN | Find the father |
| David CHARLTON | 1 February 1858 | Ann CHARLTON | Find the father |
| John CHARLTON | 1 February 1858 | Ann CHARLTON | Find the father |
| Agnes Laurie COLVIN | 13 July 1871 | Jane COLVIN | Find the father |
| Joseph Laurie COLVIN | 4 December 1868 | Jane COLVIN | Find the father |
| Margaret COPLAND | 15 February 1864 | Ann COPLAND | Find the father |
| James CORRIE | 13 September 1863 | Janet CORRIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann CRAIG | 31 January 1861 | Jane CRAIG | Find the father |
| Thomas CRAIG | 10 July 1858 | Mary CRAIG | Find the father |
| Martha DEMPSTER | 20 January 1863 | Mary DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Jane FARRIES | 30 September 1869 | Susan FARRIES | Find the father |
| John FARRIES | 31 January 1863 | Margaret FARRIES | Find the father |
| Williamson GERMARY | 16 June 1861 | Mary GERMARY | Find the father |
| Agnes Janet Richardson GRAY | 16 June 1864 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret GREEN | 7 October 1874 | Mary GREEN | Find the father |
| Francis John William James HANNAH | 18 December 1860 | Janet HANNAH | Find the father |
| Robert HOPE | 15 August 1869 | Janet HOPE | Find the father |
| Grace JOHNSTON | 4 April 1871 | Mary Janet JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Heneretta Lansberry LAURIE | 27 July 1866 | Mary LAURIE | Find the father |
| Janet LAURIE | 28 December 1856 | Elizabeth LAURIE | Find the father |
| Robert LAURIE | 25 April 1872 | Mary LAURIE | Find the father |
| William LAURIE | 6 April 1863 | Elizabeth LAURIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LITTLE | 18 February 1874 | Elizabeth LITTLE | Find the father |
| James Pagan LITTLE | 15 November 1867 | Mary LITTLE | Find the father |
| Thomas Forsyth LITTLE | 16 December 1870 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| Jane MARINE | 1 November 1866 | Agnes MARINE | Find the father |
| William MAXWELL | 18 April 1863 | Barbara MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Grace MCBURNIE | 25 February 1855 | Janet MCBURNIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCLELLAN | 18 July 1860 | Agnes MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| James Blyth MCNAUGHT | 17 September 1871 | Sarah MCNAUGHT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MENZIES | 11 June 1859 | Marion MENZIES | Find the father |
| John MINZIES | 26 December 1855 | Marrion MINZIES | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane MINZIES | 20 December 1857 | Agnes MINZIES | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MORRIN | 2 May 1874 | Elizabeth MORRIN | Find the father |
| James MORRIN | 10 August 1870 | Elizabeth MORRIN | Find the father |
| Margaret MORRIN | 23 May 1860 | Margaret MORRIN | Find the father |
| Mary MORRIN | 20 April 1865 | Elizabeth MORRIN | Find the father |
| Samuel MORRIN | 25 February 1862 | Agnes MORRIN | Find the father |
| William Alexander MORRIN | 14 September 1867 | Elizabeth MORRIN | Find the father |
| John MORRINE | 27 November 1859 | Elizabeth MORRINE | Find the father |
| James MORRISON | 30 December 1871 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Christina PORTEOUS | 28 October 1870 | Marion PORTEOUS | Find the father |
| Isabella Irving RAE | 24 January 1869 | Jane RAE | Find the father |
| Robert RICHARDSON | 11 July 1863 | Helen RICHARDSON | Father found |
| William RITCHIE | 1 April 1868 | Helen RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Agnes Grierson SHARP | 13 August 1872 | Jane SHARP | Find the father |
| Janet SMITH | 3 August 1870 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Harris STENTON | 30 July 1861 | Thamar STENTON | Find the father |
| Margaret Scott TAYLOR | 28 April 1857 | Agnes TAYLOR | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 10 May 1855 | Agness THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jane Agnes THORBURN | 16 August 1863 | Agnes THORBURN | Find the father |
| Mary Cowan WALKER | 13 November 1858 | Lucy WALKER | Find the father |
| Catherine WATSON | 8 August 1856 | Catherine WATSON | Find the father |
| Catherine WATSON | 25 November 1863 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WATSON | 20 March 1873 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Helen WATSON | 27 March 1868 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Wateret WATSON | 5 March 1870 | Heneretta Bilby WATSON | Find the father |
| James WATSON | 27 July 1855 | Jane WATSON | Find the father |
| John WATSON | 5 March 1859 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Mary WATSON | 23 August 1855 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Mary Waugh Mitchell WAUGH | 24 October 1857 | Agnes WAUGH | Find the father |
| William WAUGH | 16 February 1855 | Janet WAUGH | Find the father |
| Jane Coltart WELSH | 25 August 1869 | Agnes WELSH | Find the father |
| Mary Beck WILSON | 12 July 1858 | Jessie WILSON | Find the father |
| David Alexander WRIGHT | 8 June 1863 | Mary WRIGHT | Find 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.
