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Records -> Renfrewshire

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:
  • £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 LANG 1846 (3)Order imagesContinued; allowance increased in the meantime
Widow Margaret MACDOUGALL or HAIR 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary MILLER Barrachan Mill Houstoun1846 (1)Order imagesRefused; case for Sheriff
James SINCLAIR 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary STIRRET 1849 (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
Annie ANDERSON
Low Carnegie, Kilmacolm
Donald MCPHERSON21 Jul 1891Order nowGreenock
SC53/7/5
Margaret CRAIG
Mains Farm, Kilmacolm
John CALDWELL2 May 1883Order nowGreenock
SC53/7/3
Jessie CRAWFORD
Powmillian, Kilmacolm
John BUNTAIN19 Nov 1884Order nowGreenock
SC53/7/4
Euphemia MCHAY
Auchentiber, Kilmacolm
John LEES1 Nov 1844Order nowPaisley
SC58/7/12
Mary NESBIT
Auchfoyle Farm, Kilmacolm
James Burnett WATTOrder nowGreenock
SC53/7/5
Susan SCOTT
Kilmacolm
Robert CALDWELL10 Jul 1849Order nowPaisley
SC58/7/12
Jane Browning YUILE
Overton, Kilmacolm
Alexander CROMBIE12 Mar 1897
Glencairn Place, Kilmacolm
Order nowGreenock
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.
School leaving certificate examinations
NameDate of birthSchoolYearOrder record
Catherine W S ADAMS11 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Catherine W S ADAMS11 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Catherine W S ADAMS11 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Catherine W S ADAMS11 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Catherine W S ADAMS11 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Meta G ADAMS28 Mar 1896Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Meta G ADAMS28 Mar 1896Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Margaret J BARCLAY12 Sep 1889Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Wilda M BINNIE13 May 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Wilda M BINNIE15 May 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Ethelyn M BIRD4 Feb 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Ethelyn M BIRRELL2 Feb 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Margaret M M BROWN15 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Margery Graham BROWN1 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Margery Graham BROWN15 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Dorothy L BURNETT30 Mar 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Jane W CRAWFORD12 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Jane Winifred CRAWFORD12 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Janet M CRAWFORD1 May 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Jean R CUTHBERTSON29 Nov 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Jean R CUTHBERTSON29 Nov 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Agnes M DUNN19 Jun 1891Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Helen B DYKES1 Sep 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Agnes R FERGUSON3 Oct 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Agnes R FERGUSON3 Oct 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Helen FERGUSON2 Aug 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Olivia GILMOUR24 Feb 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Margaret Mary Margery GRAHAM-BROWN15 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Phyllis E HANDLEY9 Jan 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Phyllis E HANDLEY9 Jan 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Margaret G HARROWER14 Sep 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Margaret G HARROWER14 Sep 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Winifred M HARROWER10 Aug 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Agnes T HENDRY21 Mar 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Nancy T HENDRY21 Mar 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Doris M HUNTER11 Mar 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Doris M HUNTER13 May 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Doris M HUNTER13 May 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Doris M HUNTER13 May 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Gertrude L HUNTER5 Jan 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Dorothy JACKSON21 May 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Lena C MACARA7 Nov 1889Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Annie A MOWAT24 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Annie A MOWAT24 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Annie A MOWAT24 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Annie A MOWAT24 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Annie A MOWAT24 Oct 1893Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Mary S PARKER26 Jul 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Helen M RAE28 Nov 1894Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Helen McL RAE28 Nov 1894Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Mary B RAE7 Oct 1896Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Mary B RAE7 Oct 1896Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Apollomia E RISSIK30 Jan 1896Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Alexandrina STEWART20 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1910Order now
Ellen A STEWART28 Nov 1892Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Irene M STEWART13 Mar 1894Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Margaret R TAYLOR16 Oct 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Alison C TODD29 Dec 1897Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Margaret M WALKER23 May 1889Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order now
Jean M WINGATE8 Aug 1898Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Katharine G WOOD1 Mar 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Katharine G WOOD1 Mar 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1912Order now
Josephine C M WOODBURN11 Jun 1895Kilmacolm St Columba's School1911Order now
Lilias M L WOODBURN17 Jun 1891Kilmacolm St Columba's School1908Order now
Lilias M R WOODBURN17 Jun 1891Kilmacolm St Columba's School1909Order 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
Annie Blair BLACK28 August 1868Janet Blair BLACKFind the father
Donald BLACK28 August 1868Janet Blair BLACKFind the father
Robert BLAIR29 April 1871Helen BLAIRFind the father
John BUNTAIN5 May 1867Agnes BUNTAINFind the father
Jane CARLYLE12 February 1866Jane CARLYLEFind the father
John CARLYLE28 December 1868Jane CARLYLEFind the father
Ann CARMICHAEL25 August 1866Ann CARMICHAELFind the father
Ann CARSON18 June 1864Susan CARSONFind the father
William CURRIE6 February 1873Jane CURRIEFather found
Robert DUNCAN19 October 1874Maggie DUNCANFind the father
Margaret King FISHER22 November 1862Mary FISHERFind the father
Jane Millar FLEMMING10 January 1855Margaret FLEMMINGFather found
Margaret Love GIBB14 April 1858Margaret GIBBFind the father
Archibald GRAHAM7 December 1864Abigail GRAHAMFind the father
Duncan HISLET6 October 1872Margaret HISLETFind the father
James LAIRD16 February 1862Catherine LAIRDFind the father
Jane Holmes LAIRD29 May 1865Margaret LAIRDFind the father
John LAIRD26 February 1866Marion LAIRDFind the father
Annabella LAUDER18 December 1861Mary LAUDERFind the father
Margaret LEITCH27 March 1858Isabella LEITCHFind the father
Agnes MACHOLM6 September 1858Catherine MACHOLMFind the father
Hannah Mcque MCDONALD7 September 1869Ann MCDONALDFind the father
James Laurie MCDONALD20 July 1870Helen MCDONALDFind the father
Mary MCDONALD23 January 1867Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Donald MCFADZEAN24 April 1873Jessie MCFADZEANFind the father
Alexander MCINTYRE29 March 1867Marion MCINTYREFind the father
Jane Loague MCKENDRICK15 August 1865Mary MCKENDRICKFind the father
Mary Erskine MCKENDRICK5 July 1867Margaret MCKENDRICKFind the father
Duncan Gentleman MCLAREN19 September 1865Catherine MCLARENFind the father
Helen MCLAREN31 July 1871Catherine MCLARENFind the father
Maggie Lawrie MCLAREN27 February 1873Catherine MCLARENFind the father
William Fraser MCLAREN19 September 1867Catherine MCLARENFather found
Mary Ann MCMILLAN25 August 1874Helen MCMILLANFind the father
James NESS26 October 1859Janet NESSFind the father
William REID6 April 1869Rachel REIDFind the father
Ann SCOTT28 December 1868Ann SCOTTFind the father
James Fleming SCOTT6 May 1866Ann SCOTTFind the father
Mary SEMPLE21 October 1858Helen SEMPLEFind the father
John SIMPSON14 July 1864Ann SIMPSONFind the father
Francis SPENCE22 December 1861Margaret SPENCEFind the father
John SPENCE9 December 1863Margaret SPENCEFind the father
James STEELE25 April 1864Margaret STEELEFind the father
Margaret STEELE30 December 1871Margaret STEELEFind the father
Ann Taylor WALKER15 November 1871Ann WALKERFind the father
Marion WALKER30 September 1874Ann WALKERFind the father
Mary Cochran WALKER16 March 1868Ann WALKERFind the father
Bridget WALMSLEY10 February 1873Mary WALMSLEYFind the father
Jane WEIR17 August 1866Jane WEIRFind the father
Isabel YUILL1 October 1874Isabel YUILLFind 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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