Kells 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
Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
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CH2/202/1 | Kells Parish Church - Minutes 1693-1703 1703-1730 (Cash, mortcloth, etc.) | 1693-1730 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/2 | Kells Parish Church - Minutes | 1731-1773 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/3 | Kells Parish Church - Accounts | 1773-1812 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/4 | Kells Parish Church - Minutes and accounts Minutes 1826-1828; accounts1813-1835 (includes Poor's Funds, 1813-1817 and 1826-1835) | 1813-1835 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/5 | Kells Parish Church - Minutes | 1855-1872 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/6 | Kells Parish Church - Minutes | 1873-1911 | Request lookup |
CH2/202/13 | Kells Parish Church - Proclamation register | 1876-1958 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
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Gordon BROWN | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
Widow Mary BROWN | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow Helen FERGUSON | 1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
Janet HASTINGS | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Walter HUNTER | Rowantree Balmaclellan | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
Margaret MACWHIRTER | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
Margaret MCWHIRTER | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
Janet MILLAR | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
Teresa MULLEN or GALLACHER | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
Agnes PATERSON | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
Widow Jane ROBERTSON | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow Mary TAIT | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Robert TAIT | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Francis TINNEY | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
David TUDHOPE | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Mary Ann MCGINNIES Kenmure, Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire | James GRAHAM | 3 Feb 1887 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
Isabella STEEL Glenlee Mains, Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire | James MCALLISTER | 14 Sep 1874 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/34 |
Agnes STEWART Meadow View, New Galloway, Kells | William MCGARVA | 20 Sep 1885 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
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Grace BELL | 6 January 1864 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
Jessie BENNETT | 2 October 1871 | Maryanne Logan BENNETT | Find the father |
John BURGESS | 18 February 1868 | Sarah BURGESS | Find the father |
Isabella BYERS | 17 July 1859 | Jannet BYERS | Find the father |
John BYERS | 30 April 1860 | Margaret BYERS | Find the father |
Mary BYERS | 15 February 1855 | Janet BYERS | Find the father |
William BYERS | 8 May 1856 | Margaret BYERS | Find the father |
Annie CARTER | 16 July 1871 | Margaret CARTER | Father found |
Jane CLACHERTY | 14 October 1861 | Elizabeth CLACHERTY | Find the father |
Agnes CLEMENT | 25 February 1855 | Grace CLEMENT | Find the father |
Mary CLONEY | 15 February 1867 | Agnes CLONEY | Find the father |
Thomas John CLONEY | 23 October 1870 | Agnes CLONEY | Find the father |
William COATES | 19 November 1863 | Lillias COATES | Find the father |
Margaret Hamilton CORSON | 19 October 1863 | Elisabeth CORSON | Find the father |
William CORSON | 25 April 1866 | Elizabeth CORSON | Find the father |
Mary COUPLAND | 11 September 1861 | Mary COUPLAND | Find the father |
John DARGAVEL | 5 August 1869 | Catherine DARGAVEL | Find the father |
Joseph DICKSON | 12 December 1859 | Mary DICKSON | Father found |
Mary DOUGLAS | 24 December 1859 | Agnes DOUGLAS | Find the father |
Robert DUNN | 20 June 1858 | Margaret DUNN | Find the father |
Xaveria DUNN | 2 November 1861 | Margaret DUNN | Find the father |
Robert FERGUSON | 26 May 1870 | Jane FERGUSON | Find the father |
John FERGUSSON | 19 July 1871 | Annie FERGUSSON | Find the father |
William GALLACHAR | 5 September 1859 | Jane GALLACHAR | Find the father |
James GALLACHER | 4 May 1867 | Isabella GALLACHER | Find the father |
Hugh GALLOCHAR | 10 May 1865 | Isabella GALLOCHAR | Find the father |
John GALLOCHAR | 29 March 1862 | Isabella GALLOCHAR | Find the father |
Joseph GALLOCHER | 24 August 1857 | Isabella GALLOCHER | Find the father |
Margret GEDDES | 7 November 1865 | Mary GEDDES | Find the father |
William GILFILLAN | 10 August 1857 | Jesse GILFILLAN | Find the father |
Robina GLENDINNING | 13 April 1865 | Jane GLENDINNING | Find the father |
William GOOD | 6 March 1857 | Catherine GOOD | Find the father |
Agnes Elizabeth GORDON | 21 August 1871 | Mary GORDON | Find the father |
Helen GORDON | 23 May 1871 | Annie GORDON | Find the father |
Jessie GRIERSON | 25 December 1857 | Agnes GRIERSON | Find the father |
Jessie HANING | 13 October 1869 | Jessie HANING | Find the father |
Jane Haining HARLEY | 19 August 1873 | Catherine HARLEY | Find the father |
Christina HOPE | 23 August 1860 | Margaret HOPE | Find the father |
Alexander HOUSTOUN | 21 March 1859 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Catherine HOUSTOUN | 15 September 1867 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Elizabeth HOUSTOUN | 15 September 1867 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Mary Mundell HOUSTOUN | 16 May 1865 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Robert HOUSTOUN | 21 March 1859 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Robert HOUSTOUN | 3 June 1863 | Jane HOUSTOUN | Find the father |
Robert JOHNSTONE | 23 December 1860 | Victoria JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
John MCCORMICK | 16 August 1862 | Jesse MCCORMICK | Find the father |
Thomas MCGILL | 1 August 1861 | Elizabeth MCGILL | Find the father |
Janet MCMICHAEL | 19 May 1863 | Janet MCMICHAEL | Father found |
Sarah MCMILLAN | 13 December 1862 | Jane MCMILLAN | Find the father |
James MCMINN | 4 June 1868 | Mary MCMINN | Find the father |
Sarah MCMORRINE | 8 November 1868 | Elisabeth MCMORRINE | Find the father |
Alexander MCNAIRN | 23 February 1866 | Sarah MCNAIRN | Find the father |
James MCSKIMMING | 23 June 1856 | Susan MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
Catherine MCTAGART | 16 October 1855 | Hellen MCTAGART | Find the father |
David MCTAGGART | 4 April 1858 | Ellen MCTAGGART | Find the father |
Jane MCTAGGART | 7 February 1867 | Sarah MCTAGGART | Find the father |
Jesse MCVITIE | 22 June 1862 | Jesse MCVITIE | Find the father |
Mary MCVITIE | 4 January 1865 | Jessie MCVITIE | Find the father |
Alexander James Hamilton Mcmillan MCWHIRTER | 20 April 1860 | Margaret MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
Georgina MITCHELL | 6 March 1872 | Grace MITCHELL | Find the father |
Agnes MURRAY | 20 June 1857 | Anne MURRAY | Find the father |
John MURRAY | 9 January 1855 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
Mary MURRAY | 29 November 1863 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
William Milligan MURRAY | 17 August 1873 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
Barbara NAIRN | 16 February 1861 | Sarah NAIRN | Find the father |
John NEISH | 4 January 1868 | Ann NEISH | Find the father |
Jane ONEALE | 11 November 1868 | Sarah ONEALE | Find the father |
Alfred PATTERSON | 10 June 1862 | Jane Watson PATTERSON | Find the father |
Agnes ROXBURGH | 23 November 1865 | Elizabeth ROXBURGH | Find the father |
Grace SEATON | 18 January 1867 | Margaret SEATON | Find the father |
John SOLEY | 22 July 1858 | Maria SOLEY | Find the father |
Walter SOLEY | 20 December 1861 | Maria SOLEY | Find the father |
Farquhar Sinclair SOLLEY | 3 November 1863 | Maria SOLLEY | Find the father |
John STEEL | 2 October 1874 | Isabella STEEL | Find the father |
Jane STEVENSON | 19 February 1860 | Jane STEVENSON | Find the father |
Elizabeth WHIGHAM | 11 October 1861 | Mary WHIGHAM | Find the father |
Frances WHIGHAM | 22 October 1872 | Margaret WHIGHAM | Find the father |
James WHIGHAM | 15 December 1867 | Fanny WHIGHAM | Find the father |
John WHIGHAM | 11 January 1861 | Margaret WHIGHAM | Find the father |
John WHIGHAM | 16 November 1863 | Margaret WHIGHAM | Find the father |
Susanna WHIGHAM | 19 October 1867 | Margaret WHIGHAM | Find the father |
Elizabeth WHIGHUM | 4 February 1859 | Mary WHIGHUM | Find the father |
James WHIGHUM | 31 January 1858 | Margaret WHIGHUM | Find the father |
Catherine WRIGHT | 7 February 1866 | Mary Ann WRIGHT | Find the father |
Isabella WRIGHT | 2 August 1862 | Mary Ann WRIGHT | Find the father |
Margaret WRIGHT | 22 January 1856 | Marion WRIGHT | Find the father |
Mary Walmesly WRIGHT | 8 April 1864 | Marion WRIGHT | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
Name: William Boan
Date: 22/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Details: 2/6 per week, to William Boan since July'
Other names: William Boan
Name: John Byres
Date: 24/01/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £6 15s
Details: 'a Donation to John Byres'
Other names: John Byres
Name: Bailie Candlish
Date: 14/05/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 16s 6
Details: 'paid to Baillie Candlish for putting communion Tables &c'
Other names: Bailie Candlish
Name: Mary Dalziel
Date: 22/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Other names: Mary Dalziel
Name: 'old' Mccartney
Date: 14/05/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: board; Account Paid by Session
Details: 'old McCartney's board'
Other names: 'old' Mccartney
Name: old Mccartney
Date: 22/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: board; Account Paid by Session
Details: 'old McCartney's board 3/6 per week since last division'
Other names: old Mccartney
Name: Stevenson
Date: 22/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: board; Account Paid by Session
Details: 'Stevenson's board two quarters 1/6 per week for 27 weeks'
Other names: Stevenson
Name: Wylie
Date: 14/05/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Details: 'Laid out since last Division including Wylie in full'
Other names: Wylie