Records -> Dumfriesshire
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Hutton 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 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 BLAIR | 1870-1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William COCKBURN | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet COUPLAND | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David DARLING | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet DAVIDSON or BYRES | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane DICKSON | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert DUNN | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John FORD | 1858 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John FORD | 1859 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John FORD | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Joseph GIBSON | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew HAY | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MURRAY | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary PATTERSON | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John PHILIP or PHILIPS | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John PHILLIPS | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes STUART | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew STUART | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander WOOD | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Anne ANDERSON | 13 July 1861 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet ANDERSON | 7 March 1868 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Sarah ANDERSON | 10 September 1858 | Sarah ANDERSON | Find the father |
| William BEATTIE | 12 July 1859 | Janet BEATTIE | Find the father |
| George BELL | 1 October 1872 | Ann BELL | Find the father |
| Thomas BELL | 16 August 1856 | Agnes BELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BLACK | 19 March 1862 | Isabella BLACK | Find the father |
| Jane BLACKSTOCK | 6 May 1874 | Agnes BLACKSTOCK | Find the father |
| Joseph BLACKSTOCK | 8 May 1864 | Mary BLACKSTOCK | Find the father |
| Joseph BYERS | 28 January 1861 | Sarah BYERS | Find the father |
| Marianne CARRUTHERS | 13 April 1860 | Ann CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Agnes Carlyle COUPLAND | 29 March 1860 | Janet COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Jane COUPLAND | 7 February 1865 | Mary COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Jane COUPLAND | 15 November 1869 | Sarah COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Jessie COUPLAND | 29 August 1862 | Janet COUPLAND | Find the father |
| John COUPLAND | 21 July 1871 | Sarah COUPLAND | Father found |
| Robert COUPLAND | 16 June 1866 | Sarah COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Jane CRAIG | 18 January 1858 | Helen CRAIG | Find the father |
| Anne CRON | 1 April 1865 | Anne CRON | Find the father |
| Helen CRON | 19 September 1857 | Margaret CRON | Find the father |
| Mathew CRON | 2 May 1860 | Margaret CRON | Find the father |
| Ritchie CURRIE | 20 November 1873 | Maggie CURRIE | Father found |
| Halbert Gray DECHAN | 13 January 1874 | Catherine DECHAN | Find the father |
| James DODDS | 20 December 1863 | Agnes DODDS | Find the father |
| William David GIBSON | 1 March 1874 | Jane GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mathew HALLIDAY | 5 March 1856 | Elisabeth HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Jemima HARKNESS | 21 January 1872 | Jessie HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Mary HARKNESS | 23 April 1869 | Jessie HARKNESS | Find the father |
| William HARKNESS | 30 January 1867 | Margaret HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Mary HAY | 12 July 1856 | Jessie HAY | Find the father |
| James HENDERSON | 11 September 1856 | Mary HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Jane JACKSON | 14 January 1871 | Margaret JACKSON | Find the father |
| Jessie Jane JARDINE | 13 August 1859 | Janet JARDINE | Find the father |
| Janet JOHNSTONE | 14 July 1867 | Jane JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| James LAIDLAW | 23 August 1869 | Mary LAIDLAW | Find the father |
| Jane LAIDLAW | 3 August 1870 | Margaret LAIDLAW | Father found |
| David LITTLE | 22 July 1868 | Marion LITTLE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LITTLE | 17 July 1873 | Mary LITTLE | Find the father |
| James LITTLE | 9 January 1871 | Margaret LITTLE | Find the father |
| Jane LITTLE | 10 August 1861 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| John LITTLE | 12 January 1874 | Mary LITTLE | Find the father |
| Margaret LITTLE | 7 April 1873 | Margaret LITTLE | Find the father |
| Thomas LITTLE | 1 July 1859 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| William LITTLE | 18 January 1866 | Jane LITTLE | Find the father |
| William LITTLE | 13 July 1873 | Margaret LITTLE | Find the father |
| William LITTLE | 5 August 1874 | Jessie LITTLE | Find the father |
| James MOFFAT | 16 July 1874 | Jane MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Margaret MOFFAT | 16 July 1874 | Jane MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Margaret Cunningham MOFFAT | 21 May 1867 | Jane MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Mary MOFFAT | 31 January 1863 | Margaret MOFFAT | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 15 January 1855 | Elisabeth MURRAY | Father found |
| John MURRAY | 28 October 1857 | Elisabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| Gideon PALMER | 16 August 1866 | Mary PALMER | Find the father |
| Jane PALMER | 10 May 1868 | Jane PALMER | Find the father |
| Janet PALMER | 8 January 1862 | Jane PALMER | Find the father |
| John PALMER | 11 September 1864 | Jane PALMER | Find the father |
| John RAE | 13 July 1868 | Agnes RAE | Find the father |
| Davidina Margaret RITCHIE | 16 August 1860 | Jane M. RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Jane RITCHIE | 10 November 1856 | Jane M. RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Anne SMITH | 20 September 1870 | Margaret SMITH | Father found |
| James SMITH | 17 December 1861 | Christina SMITH | Find the father |
| David Beattie WATSON | 10 June 1872 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| Jessie YOUNG | 6 February 1860 | Jessie 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.
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.
