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Killearn 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 FAIRLIE | 1872 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann GALBRAITH | 1851 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MCFARLANE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MCINDOE | 1861 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Christian MCLEAN or KEMP | 1863 (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 DOYLE Baptiztan, Killearn, Stirlingshire | Hugh MCLACHLAN | 12 Apr 1883 8 Bridge Street, Maryhill | Order now | Dumbarton SC65/5/2 |
| Mary MCFARLANE Mains, near Killearn | James SIMPSON | 15 Dec 1880 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Forrester ADAMS | 14 August 1869 | Janet ADAMS | Find the father |
| James ADAMS | 9 December 1873 | Ann ADAMS | Find the father |
| John ADAMS | 17 May 1874 | Janet ADAMS | Find the father |
| Thomas ADAMS | 22 March 1871 | Anne ADAMS | Find the father |
| Jean AITKEN | 21 August 1871 | Helen AITKEN | Find the father |
| John AITKEN | 7 April 1872 | Janet AITKEN | Find the father |
| Thomas BAUCHOP | 14 June 1874 | Margaret BAUCHOP | Find the father |
| George Wilson BLAIR | 27 September 1871 | Elizabeth BLAIR | Find the father |
| Hugh BLAIR | 15 June 1858 | Christian BLAIR | Father found |
| Robert BLAIR | 31 January 1859 | Agnes BLAIR | Find the father |
| Archibald BRYCE | 7 October 1864 | Janet BRYCE | Find the father |
| George DUNN | 20 May 1865 | Catherine DUNN | Find the father |
| James DUNN | 18 July 1866 | Agnes DUNN | Find the father |
| Mary DUNN | 25 March 1870 | Janet DUNN | Find the father |
| Helen FAIRBAIRN | 9 October 1871 | Isabella FAIRBAIRN | Father found |
| Robert FAIRBAIRN | 6 February 1868 | Margaret FAIRBAIRN | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane HARPER | 24 October 1867 | Margaret HARPER | Find the father |
| Margaret Mcdonald HARPER | 6 August 1871 | Maggie HARPER | Find the father |
| Alexander HOUSTON | 25 September 1874 | Janet HOUSTON | Find the father |
| James HOUSTON | 13 January 1862 | Mary HOUSTON | Find the father |
| Janet HOUSTON | 14 December 1857 | Mary HOUSTON | Find the father |
| Jean HOUSTON | 22 November 1856 | Elisabeth HOUSTON | Find the father |
| William HOUSTON | 27 April 1860 | Elizabeth HOUSTON | Find the father |
| James KEIR | 5 December 1856 | Christian KEIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Stewart KERR | 1 September 1867 | Margaret KERR | Find the father |
| Alexander MALCOLM | 30 January 1863 | Christina MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Alexander MCADAM | 9 August 1866 | Ann MCADAM | Find the father |
| Jean MCAULAY | 26 September 1857 | Margaret MCAULAY | Find the father |
| Thomas MCCOLL | 2 October 1856 | Janet MCCOLL | Find the father |
| Ann MCDONALD | 11 February 1864 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jean Glen MCDONALD | 17 April 1865 | Susanna MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCDONALD | 5 July 1857 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Agnes MCFEAT | 5 January 1868 | Agnes MCFEAT | Find the father |
| William MCGREGOR | 29 January 1855 | Helen MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Alexander MCKEAN | 29 October 1870 | Jean MCKEAN | Find the father |
| James MCLAREN | 7 June 1858 | Margaret MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Jean MCLELLAN | 31 March 1865 | Janet MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| John MCNICOL | 2 October 1866 | Agnes MCNICOL | Father found |
| Mary MCNICOL | 1 January 1870 | Mary MCNICOL | Find the father |
| Agnes MOLISON | 11 April 1868 | Betsy MOLISON | Find the father |
| Marjory RISK | 7 July 1869 | Janet RISK | Find the father |
| Elisabeth STIRLING | 15 August 1856 | Mary STIRLING | Find the father |
| Mary WATERS | 4 May 1873 | Agnes WATERS | 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.
