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Kennethmont 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
CH2/1057/1Minutes
(Pp.259-94)		1768-1779Request lookup
CH2/1057/2Minutes
(Pp.295 onwards)		1779-1793Request lookup
CH2/1057/3Minutes1792-1871Request lookup
CH2/1057/4Cash book
Includes penalties and poor payments		1762-1816Request lookup
CH2/1057/5Cash book
Includes penalties and poor payments		1816-1841Request lookup
CH2/1057/6Cash book
Includes poor payments		1841-1873Request 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
John ANDERSON 1882 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jessie LAW 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow MACKIE 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Elspet MACKIE 1862 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Elspet MACKIE 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elspet MILNE or MACKIE 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elspet MILNE or MACKIE 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
George PATTERSON 1860 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
George PATTERSON 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused

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
Margaret COOPER
Cults, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire		Murdoch CAMERON22 Aug 1854Order nowTain
SC34/3/4

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William Forbes ANGUS18 December 1874Mary ANGUSFind the father
Jane Ann BAIN14 March 1874Jessie BAINFind the father
John BAIN10 June 1859Jane BAINFind the father
John BEATTIE21 September 1856Elizabeth BEATTIEFind the father
John BEATTIE30 September 1858Ann BEATTIEFind the father
Leslie Nicholas BEATTIE8 March 1863Elizabeth BEATTIEFind the father
George BROWN5 July 1856Isabella BROWNFind the father
James BROWN30 April 1867Jane BROWNFind the father
William BROWN30 May 1872Mary BROWNFind the father
Isabella Procter CARNEGIE24 December 1872Isabella CARNEGIEFind the father
James CARNEGIE19 September 1867Isobella CARNEGIEFind the father
Alexander COUTTS27 November 1870Martha COUTTSFind the father
George Souter COUTTS12 September 1873Martha COUTTSFind the father
James COWIE29 December 1873Jane COWIEFind the father
Jane DEMPSTER22 August 1857Mary DEMPSTERFind the father
Robert Gordon Mathieson DEMPSTER3 April 1860Mary DEMPSTERFind the father
Alexander DINGWALL1 June 1856Ann DINGWALLFind the father
Margaret DINGWALL16 January 1864Anne DINGWALLFind the father
George DUNCAN18 December 1856Jane DUNCANFind the father
Helen DUNCAN19 January 1864Elizabeth DUNCANFind the father
Isabella DUNCAN20 July 1858Jane DUNCANFind the father
Robert Grant DUNCAN9 June 1871Margaret DUNCANFind the father
Georgina Isabella FERGUSON28 February 1863Mary Anne FERGUSONFind the father
Helen Georgina Ewing FRASER4 July 1865Anne FRASERFind the father
James Anderson FRASER16 August 1863Anne FRASERFind the father
William Thain FRASER23 December 1868Ann FRASERFind the father
Alexander GEORGE3 August 1860Helen GEORGEFind the father
Robert GEORGE12 January 1856Helen GEORGEFind the father
William GEORGE11 January 1857Ann GEORGEFind the father
Robert Alexander Smith HOWIE22 July 1865Elizabeth HOWIEFind the father
James Walker LAW11 March 1866Jessie LAWFind the father
William Thain LAW8 June 1868Jessie LAWFind the father
William LOBBAN31 January 1874Margaret LOBBANFind the father
Jane Morrison MACKIE16 December 1873Jane MACKIEFind the father
Robert Gordon MACKIE1 October 1872Margaret MACKIEFind the father
Adam MAIR30 July 1856Margaret MAIRFind the father
Mary MATHIESON17 May 1857Fanny MATHIESONFind the father
Annabella Knox MAVOR12 November 1872Margaret MAVORFind the father
Helen MCDONALD25 September 1869Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Isabella MCDONALD14 May 1864Margaret MCDONALDFind the father
Isabella MCDONALD1 October 1874Mary MCDONALDFind the father
John MCDONALD28 February 1857Helen MCDONALDFind the father
John Robertson MCDONALD19 March 1870Margaret MCDONALDFind the father
Peter MCDONALD23 July 1859Helen MCDONALDFind the father
Ann Ingram MCGILLIVRAY15 December 1866Ann MCGILLIVRAYFind the father
Ann Pirie MCROBB20 May 1874Jessie MCROBBFind the father
Elspet MCTAVISH17 January 1869Jane MCTAVISHFind the father
Flora MCTAVISH17 June 1862Isobella MCTAVISHFind the father
James MCTAVISH13 May 1872Jane MCTAVISHFind the father
William MELDRUM21 September 1855Mary MELDRUMFind the father
Alexander MILNE12 April 1862Jessie MILNEFind the father
Mary MILNE28 July 1866Agnes MILNEFind the father
Barbara MITCHELL19 November 1865Barbara MITCHELLFind the father
Jessie MITCHELL25 January 1857Jessie MITCHELLFind the father
James Christie MURKER8 October 1873Jane MURKERFind the father
James NAUGHTON1 November 1861Mary NAUGHTONFind the father
Maria Wilson ORD5 January 1874Frances ORDFind the father
Andrew PETRIE5 September 1874Mary PETRIEFind the father
Mary Charles PETRIE14 April 1869Isabella PETRIEFind the father
Robert Alexander Henderson PETRIE2 August 1866Christian Davidson PETRIEFind the father
William PIRIE25 June 1856Mary PIRIEFind the father
Margaret Ann REID27 April 1867Harriet REIDFind the father
Jessie ROGER27 August 1866Mary ROGERFind the father
James ROSS1 July 1870Jessie ROSSFind the father
James Stewart ROSS28 February 1867Isabella ROSSFind the father
Jessie ROSS6 June 1869Margaret ROSSFind the father
Jessie Davidson ROSS22 March 1873Jessie ROSSFind the father
Andrew SELLAR30 January 1863Margaret SELLARFind the father
Jane Ewing SHAND30 September 1867Jane SHANDFind the father
Mary SHAND2 November 1864Margaret SHANDFind the father
William SHAND6 January 1856Ann SHANDFind the father
William Wilson SHAND28 December 1873Jane SHANDFind the father
Jane SIMPSON14 March 1863Anne SIMPSONFind the father
George SLORACH13 July 1868Jane SLORACHFind the father
James Hay SLORACH31 May 1871Agnes SLORACHFind the father
Jane Ann SLORACH26 April 1862Jane SLORACHFind the father
Agnes Donald SLORACK29 October 1867Agnes SLORACKFind the father
Alexander SMITH9 May 1860Mary SMITHFind the father
Alexander SMITH2 August 1866Jane SMITHFind the father
Helen SMITH2 April 1857Jane SMITHFind the father
Jane SMITH2 December 1864Mary SMITHFind the father
Mary Cheyne SMITH29 December 1861Margaret SMITHFind the father
Robert SMITH2 December 1864Mary SMITHFind the father
Robert Scott SMITH10 December 1861Margaret SMITHFind the father
Mary STUART27 September 1870Mary STUARTFind the father
Agnes THOM30 March 1862Elspet THOMFind the father
James THOM18 June 1865Elspet THOMFind the father
John THOM6 October 1868Elspet THOMFind the father
Mary Jane THOM21 May 1870Jane THOMFind the father
Jessie Niven THOMSON19 December 1863Helen THOMSONFind 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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