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Kilmacolm 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 LANG | 1846 (3) | Order images | Continued; allowance increased in the meantime | |
| Widow Margaret MACDOUGALL or HAIR | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MILLER | Barrachan Mill Houstoun | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused; case for Sheriff |
| James SINCLAIR | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary STIRRET | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 ANDERSON Low Carnegie, Kilmacolm | Donald MCPHERSON | 21 Jul 1891 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 |
| Margaret CRAIG Mains Farm, Kilmacolm | John CALDWELL | 2 May 1883 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/3 |
| Jessie CRAWFORD Powmillian, Kilmacolm | John BUNTAIN | 19 Nov 1884 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/4 |
| Euphemia MCHAY Auchentiber, Kilmacolm | John LEES | 1 Nov 1844 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
| Mary NESBIT Auchfoyle Farm, Kilmacolm | James Burnett WATT | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 | |
| Susan SCOTT Kilmacolm | Robert CALDWELL | 10 Jul 1849 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
| Jane Browning YUILE Overton, Kilmacolm | Alexander CROMBIE | 12 Mar 1897 Glencairn Place, Kilmacolm | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 |
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.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine W S ADAMS | 11 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Catherine W S ADAMS | 11 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Catherine W S ADAMS | 11 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Catherine W S ADAMS | 11 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Catherine W S ADAMS | 11 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Meta G ADAMS | 28 Mar 1896 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Meta G ADAMS | 28 Mar 1896 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Margaret J BARCLAY | 12 Sep 1889 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Wilda M BINNIE | 13 May 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Wilda M BINNIE | 15 May 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Ethelyn M BIRD | 4 Feb 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Ethelyn M BIRRELL | 2 Feb 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Margaret M M BROWN | 15 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Margery Graham BROWN | 1 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Margery Graham BROWN | 15 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Dorothy L BURNETT | 30 Mar 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Jane W CRAWFORD | 12 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Jane Winifred CRAWFORD | 12 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Janet M CRAWFORD | 1 May 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Jean R CUTHBERTSON | 29 Nov 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Jean R CUTHBERTSON | 29 Nov 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Agnes M DUNN | 19 Jun 1891 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Helen B DYKES | 1 Sep 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Agnes R FERGUSON | 3 Oct 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Agnes R FERGUSON | 3 Oct 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Helen FERGUSON | 2 Aug 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Olivia GILMOUR | 24 Feb 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Margaret Mary Margery GRAHAM-BROWN | 15 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Phyllis E HANDLEY | 9 Jan 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Phyllis E HANDLEY | 9 Jan 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Margaret G HARROWER | 14 Sep 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Margaret G HARROWER | 14 Sep 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Winifred M HARROWER | 10 Aug 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Agnes T HENDRY | 21 Mar 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Nancy T HENDRY | 21 Mar 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Doris M HUNTER | 11 Mar 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Doris M HUNTER | 13 May 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Doris M HUNTER | 13 May 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Doris M HUNTER | 13 May 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Gertrude L HUNTER | 5 Jan 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Dorothy JACKSON | 21 May 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Lena C MACARA | 7 Nov 1889 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Annie A MOWAT | 24 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Annie A MOWAT | 24 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Annie A MOWAT | 24 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Annie A MOWAT | 24 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Annie A MOWAT | 24 Oct 1893 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Mary S PARKER | 26 Jul 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Helen M RAE | 28 Nov 1894 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Helen McL RAE | 28 Nov 1894 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Mary B RAE | 7 Oct 1896 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Mary B RAE | 7 Oct 1896 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Apollomia E RISSIK | 30 Jan 1896 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Alexandrina STEWART | 20 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1910 | Order now |
| Ellen A STEWART | 28 Nov 1892 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Irene M STEWART | 13 Mar 1894 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Margaret R TAYLOR | 16 Oct 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Alison C TODD | 29 Dec 1897 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Margaret M WALKER | 23 May 1889 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order now |
| Jean M WINGATE | 8 Aug 1898 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Katharine G WOOD | 1 Mar 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Katharine G WOOD | 1 Mar 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1912 | Order now |
| Josephine C M WOODBURN | 11 Jun 1895 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1911 | Order now |
| Lilias M L WOODBURN | 17 Jun 1891 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1908 | Order now |
| Lilias M R WOODBURN | 17 Jun 1891 | Kilmacolm St Columba's School | 1909 | Order 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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Blair BLACK | 28 August 1868 | Janet Blair BLACK | Find the father |
| Donald BLACK | 28 August 1868 | Janet Blair BLACK | Find the father |
| Robert BLAIR | 29 April 1871 | Helen BLAIR | Find the father |
| John BUNTAIN | 5 May 1867 | Agnes BUNTAIN | Find the father |
| Jane CARLYLE | 12 February 1866 | Jane CARLYLE | Find the father |
| John CARLYLE | 28 December 1868 | Jane CARLYLE | Find the father |
| Ann CARMICHAEL | 25 August 1866 | Ann CARMICHAEL | Find the father |
| Ann CARSON | 18 June 1864 | Susan CARSON | Find the father |
| William CURRIE | 6 February 1873 | Jane CURRIE | Father found |
| Robert DUNCAN | 19 October 1874 | Maggie DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Margaret King FISHER | 22 November 1862 | Mary FISHER | Find the father |
| Jane Millar FLEMMING | 10 January 1855 | Margaret FLEMMING | Father found |
| Margaret Love GIBB | 14 April 1858 | Margaret GIBB | Find the father |
| Archibald GRAHAM | 7 December 1864 | Abigail GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Duncan HISLET | 6 October 1872 | Margaret HISLET | Find the father |
| James LAIRD | 16 February 1862 | Catherine LAIRD | Find the father |
| Jane Holmes LAIRD | 29 May 1865 | Margaret LAIRD | Find the father |
| John LAIRD | 26 February 1866 | Marion LAIRD | Find the father |
| Annabella LAUDER | 18 December 1861 | Mary LAUDER | Find the father |
| Margaret LEITCH | 27 March 1858 | Isabella LEITCH | Find the father |
| Agnes MACHOLM | 6 September 1858 | Catherine MACHOLM | Find the father |
| Hannah Mcque MCDONALD | 7 September 1869 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James Laurie MCDONALD | 20 July 1870 | Helen MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary MCDONALD | 23 January 1867 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald MCFADZEAN | 24 April 1873 | Jessie MCFADZEAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCINTYRE | 29 March 1867 | Marion MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Jane Loague MCKENDRICK | 15 August 1865 | Mary MCKENDRICK | Find the father |
| Mary Erskine MCKENDRICK | 5 July 1867 | Margaret MCKENDRICK | Find the father |
| Duncan Gentleman MCLAREN | 19 September 1865 | Catherine MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Helen MCLAREN | 31 July 1871 | Catherine MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Maggie Lawrie MCLAREN | 27 February 1873 | Catherine MCLAREN | Find the father |
| William Fraser MCLAREN | 19 September 1867 | Catherine MCLAREN | Father found |
| Mary Ann MCMILLAN | 25 August 1874 | Helen MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| James NESS | 26 October 1859 | Janet NESS | Find the father |
| William REID | 6 April 1869 | Rachel REID | Find the father |
| Ann SCOTT | 28 December 1868 | Ann SCOTT | Find the father |
| James Fleming SCOTT | 6 May 1866 | Ann SCOTT | Find the father |
| Mary SEMPLE | 21 October 1858 | Helen SEMPLE | Find the father |
| John SIMPSON | 14 July 1864 | Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Francis SPENCE | 22 December 1861 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| John SPENCE | 9 December 1863 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| James STEELE | 25 April 1864 | Margaret STEELE | Find the father |
| Margaret STEELE | 30 December 1871 | Margaret STEELE | Find the father |
| Ann Taylor WALKER | 15 November 1871 | Ann WALKER | Find the father |
| Marion WALKER | 30 September 1874 | Ann WALKER | Find the father |
| Mary Cochran WALKER | 16 March 1868 | Ann WALKER | Find the father |
| Bridget WALMSLEY | 10 February 1873 | Mary WALMSLEY | Find the father |
| Jane WEIR | 17 August 1866 | Jane WEIR | Find the father |
| Isabel YUILL | 1 October 1874 | Isabel YUILL | 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.
