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Insch 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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/189/1Insch Kirk Session - Minutes1683-1705Request lookup
CH2/189/2Insch Kirk Session - Minutes1720-1732Request lookup
CH2/189/3Insch Kirk Session - Minutes1732-1771Request lookup
CH2/189/4Insch Kirk Session - Minutes
(Inc. 2 leaves 1814-1815)		1771-1792Request lookup
CH2/189/5Insch Kirk Session - Minutes1844-1855Request lookup
CH2/189/6Insch Kirk Session - Minutes1856-1877Request lookup

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
Charles MARTIN 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
George SCOTT 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused
George SCOTT 1864 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret TAYLOR or DUNCAN 1850 (2)Order imagesRefused - no longer in receipt of parochial relief

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
Helen MACPHERSON
Roys Buildings, Insch, Aberdeenshire		William PIRIE4 Sep 1880Order nowInverness
SC29/7/38

School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
School leaving certificate examinations
NameDate of birthSchoolYearOrder record
Mary A BEATTIE29 May 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Mary A BEATTIE29 May 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Alexander BOOTH13 Jun 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Annie BROWN21 Jun 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Margaret CHALMERS30 Jul 1890Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Margaret CHALMERS30 Jul 1890Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Charlotte L CLARK8 Aug 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Mary Elizabeth CLARK17 Dec 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
George COWIE22 Oct 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Jane A CRUICKSHANK12 Mar 1899Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Margaret CRUICKSHANK12 May 1891Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Margaret CRUICKSHANK12 May 1891Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Elizabeth DANIEL16 May 1893Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Agnes DIACK25 Jun 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Edith N ELVE13 Apr 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Edith N ELVE13 Apr 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Jane A FARQUHARSON27 Jun 1897Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Isabella FOWLIE19 Jul 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Elizabeth GLENNIE26 Jul 1898Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Jane GORDON13 Feb 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Jeannie GORDON13 Feb 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Robert P GORDON5 Aug 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Elsie S GRANT15 Jul 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Jane C GRANT1 Dec 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Jane C GRANT1 Dec 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Mary HENDERSON5 May 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Barbara HOWIE3 Mar 1897Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Catherine MATHESON13 Feb 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Peter C MELVIN24 Jul 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Annie MORRISON15 Jul 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Bathia MURISON13 Nov 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Agnes G NICOL11 Aug 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Agnes G NICOL11 Aug 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Agnes REID1 Sep 1893Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Agnes REID1 Sep 1893Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Jane M REID27 Nov 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Mungo REID3 Mar 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Joan RIDDOCH12 Aug 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Isabella L ROBERTSON19 Jan 1897Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Jessie T ROSS26 Jan 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Jaen RUSSELL30 Sep 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
John RUSSELL28 Oct 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Annie D SCOTT25 Dec 1889Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Isabella SIMPSON15 Apr 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Albert W SMART8 Jul 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Annie R SMART12 Sep 1893Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Charlotte G SMITH31 Oct 1898Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Margaret SMITH4 Jul 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Margaret SMITH4 Jul 1892Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Jane B STEWART11 Sep 1895Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Annie R STUART12 Sep 1893Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Mary SUTHERLAND19 Mar 1889Insch Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Annie THOM26 Mar 1897Insch Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
James E THOMSON7 Nov 1896Insch Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Annie M TOUGH23 Jan 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Eleanor WOOD13 Feb 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Eleanor WOOD13 Feb 1894Insch Higher Grade Public School1910Order now

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
Alexander ALLAN27 February 1872Mary ALLANFind the father
Elsie Dow ALLAN7 October 1866Elsie ALLANFind the father
Charles Mutch ARGO24 January 1874Elspet ARGOFind the father
Elizabeth ARGO12 February 1870Elspet ARGOFind the father
Jane ARGO21 April 1866Elspet ARGOFind the father
John ARGO12 February 1870Elspet ARGOFind the father
William BAIN9 August 1858Isobella BAINFind the father
Alexander BEATTIE2 January 1860Christina BEATTIEFind the father
Ann BEATTIE4 June 1870Helen BEATTIEFind the father
George BEATTIE16 February 1858Jane BEATTIEFind the father
George BEATTIE13 July 1873Jane BEATTIEFind the father
Jane BEATTIE2 August 1856Christian BEATTIEFind the father
Robert BEATTIE13 July 1862Susan BEATTIEFind the father
William BEATTIE22 October 1862Barbara BEATTIEFind the father
Elsie Cruickshank Lindsay BENZIE7 September 1872Elsie BENZIEFind the father
John BIDDEL15 June 1857Jane BIDDELFind the father
Jessie BLACK16 November 1855Elizabeth BLACKFind the father
Walter Esson BOOTH21 January 1870Hellen BOOTHFind the father
William BRICHEN18 July 1868Jemima BRICHENFind the father
Janet Mc Kenzie BURR3 September 1869Catherine BURRFind the father
John CHRISTIE13 September 1860Elspet CHRISTIEFind the father
John Gray COBBAN14 May 1861Elspat COBBANFind the father
James Tough COUTTS17 September 1872Margaret COUTTSFind the father
Alexander CRAIG26 May 1867Elizabeth CRAIGFind the father
Ann Livingstone CRAIG8 November 1872Christina CRAIGFind the father
Jane CRAIG21 July 1856Ann CRAIGFind the father
Margaret CRAIG15 April 1864Elsie CRAIGFind the father
Alexander DAVIDSON5 February 1863Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
George DAVIDSON8 October 1868Ann DAVIDSONFind the father
Helen DAVIDSON19 June 1870Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
James DAVIDSON3 March 1861Ann DAVIDSONFind the father
James DAVIDSON13 July 1866Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
Margaret Anderson DAVIDSON10 December 1871Ann DAVIDSONFind the father
William DAVIDSON20 December 1869Helen DAVIDSONFind the father
Catherine Jessie Robertson DIACK29 October 1874Elizabeth DIACKFind the father
William DIACK24 September 1870Ann DIACKFind the father
Arthur DUGUID20 August 1868Helen DUGUIDFind the father
Agnes DUNCAN31 March 1869Jane DUNCANFind the father
William DUNCAN24 January 1865Jane DUNCANFind the father
George DYKER18 July 1874Mary DYKERFind the father
John EWEN11 December 1856Margaret EWENFind the father
James EWING20 June 1868Margaret EWINGFind the father
Robert FARQUHAR16 September 1866Ann FARQUHARFind the father
George FINDLAY2 March 1868Elizabeth FINDLAYFind the father
Robert Raitt FINDLAY11 July 1867Ann FINDLAYFind the father
Alexandrina FORBES15 November 1868Elizabeth Forbes Or IMRYFind the father
William Adams FORBES9 July 1869Margaret FORBESFind the father
John GALLOW18 January 1865Elsie GALLOWFind the father
Jane Ann Findlay GERRARD3 September 1870Ann GERRARDFind the father
William Gerrard GERRARD15 May 1866Ann GERRARDFind the father
Isobella GERRY22 December 1855Helen GERRYFind the father
George GIBB19 January 1862Mary GIBBFind the father
George GIBB16 June 1869Ann GIBBFind the father
Jane GIBB5 December 1874Jane GIBBFind the father
John GIBB12 April 1859Mary GIBBFind the father
George GORDON9 August 1873Margaret GORDONFind the father
Isobella GORDON21 September 1856Barbara GORDONFind the father
Agnes GRANT2 March 1874Elizabeth GRANTFind the father
Elspet HARPER1 February 1859Martha HARPERFind the father
John HARPER11 October 1856Martha HARPERFind the father
Jane HOWIE20 April 1858Jane HOWIEFind the father
James INGRAM18 April 1872Emily INGRAMFind the father
Jean INNES16 August 1859Jean INNESFind the father
Margaret INNES2 October 1856Jane INNESFind the father
Alexander JOHNSTONE29 March 1872Isabella JOHNSTONEFind the father
Mary Ann KENNEDY7 October 1871Elizabeth KENNEDYFind the father
Elizabeth Ann KNIGHT16 February 1866Helen KNIGHTFind the father
Jane LESLIE13 June 1869Mary LESLIEFind the father
George Gordon LOGIE14 February 1873Ann LOGIEFind the father
Donald MCINTOSH26 August 1868Margaret MCINTOSHFind the father
Robert Nicol MCINTOSH21 November 1872Margaret MCINTOSHFind the father
John MCINTYRE2 October 1869Catherine MCINTYREFind the father
Margaret MCLEOD24 July 1874Margaret MCLEODFind the father
Adam Rhind MELDRUM29 July 1872Elizabeth MELDRUMFind the father
Catherine MELDRUM13 July 1869Margaret MELDRUMFind the father
James Law MELDRUM16 March 1862Margaret MELDRUMFind the father
Jane MELDRUM24 October 1866Margaret MELDRUMFind the father
Barbara MELLIS17 January 1869Barbara MELLISFind the father
John Thomson MELLIS9 December 1871Elizabeth MELLISFind the father
George Mc Intosh MILNE3 June 1872Elspet MILNEFind the father
Jane Elizabeth MILNE4 October 1865Elspet MILNEFind the father
William Mackie MILNE11 June 1857Elspet MILNEFind the father
George Symon MITCHELL18 January 1866Isabella MITCHELLFind the father
James Mc Intosh MITCHELL29 January 1862Isabella MITCHELLFind the father
James Walker MOIR16 May 1866Jane MOIRFind the father
Jessie MORRISON26 November 1872Elizabeth MORRISONFind the father
Janet MORTIMER11 October 1859Mary MORTIMERFind the father
William OLIVER3 January 1863Elizabeth OLIVERFind the father
Alexander PETER2 June 1865Jane PETERFind the father
Elspet PETER14 January 1869Jane PETERFind the father
Elizabeth Robertson PHILIP28 December 1868Margaret Philip Or COOPERFind the father
George Martin PHILIP23 June 1873Margaret Philip Or COOPERFind the father
William PHILIP17 December 1864Margaret Philip Or COOPERFind the father
Alexander PIRIE11 July 1867Catherine PIRIEFind the father
Amelia PRATT21 August 1870Mary PRATTFind the father
Mary REATTIE17 July 1862Hellen REATTIEFind the father
George Burr REID9 May 1866Helen REIDFind the father
William REID13 July 1867Mary REIDFind the father
Ann ROBB1 December 1863Jane ROBBFind the father
Jessie ROBB23 January 1867Jane ROBBFind the father
James ROBERTSON15 October 1856Isobella ROBERTSONFind the father
Helen SHAND21 August 1871Jane SHANDFind the father
Alexander Wiseman SIMPSON26 May 1864Isabella SIMPSONFind the father
Ann Morrison SIMPSON11 August 1866Isabella SIMPSONFind the father
John SIMPSON2 August 1862Janet SIMPSONFind the father
Elspet SMITH31 July 1864Elspet SMITHFind the father
Jane Troup STEPHEN19 January 1864Jane STEPHENFind the father
Janet Morrice STEPHEN21 October 1862Mary STEPHENFind the father
John STEVEN18 May 1871Jessie STEVENFind the father
Helen THOM26 June 1860Elizabeth THOMFind the father
Alexander THOMSON8 March 1867Johanna THOMSONFind the father
Mary Ann THOMSON10 August 1866Margaret THOMSONFind the father
George WALKER28 December 1870Jessie WALKERFind the father
Jessie Davidson WATSON11 October 1861Mary WATSONFind the father
Mary Ann WIGHT3 May 1874Mary WIGHTFind the father
William WISELY17 November 1874Ann WISELYFind 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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