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Kilmany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth GREIG | 1862-1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John HARDY | 1850 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maggie HAMILTON Star, Kilmany | Robert LAING | 12 Jul 1896 North Callange, Ceres | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
| Margaret KIRK Hazelton Walls, Kilmany | George GRAY | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/28 | |
| Isabella METHVEN Rathillet, Kilmany, Fife | James PATERSON | 20 May 1875 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/46 |
| Christina SINCLAIR Kilmany formerly Barrhead | Samuel MENEELY | 14 Oct 1883 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/23 |
| Euphemia TAYLOR Muircraigs, Kilmany | William SCOTT | 2 Nov 1894 | Order now | Cupar SC20/4/32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy BISSET | 18 May 1864 | Betsy BISSET | Find the father |
| Margaret BISSET | 5 March 1855 | Margaret BISSET | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mary Jane GREIG | 24 June 1859 | Elizabeth GREIG | Find the father |
| David LITSTER | 23 June 1873 | Helen Bell Walker LITSTER | Find the father |
| Agnes LUMSDEN | 27 April 1857 | Margaret LUMSDEN | Find the father |
| John MACKAY | 5 May 1857 | Mary MACKAY | Find the father |
| Catherine Margaret MARR | 31 March 1867 | Elizabeth MARR | Find the father |
| Isabella MARR | 17 June 1869 | Margaret MARR | Father found |
| Margaret MARR | 17 June 1869 | Margaret MARR | Father found |
| William MARR | 24 November 1869 | Janet MARR | Find the father |
| Janet PATTON | 4 August 1864 | Margaret PATTON | Find the father |
| James SHEPHERD | 8 January 1859 | Betsy SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| John SHEPHERD | 3 December 1859 | Mary SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| John SIMPSON | 10 May 1863 | Elizabeth SIMPSON | Find the father |
| George Slarence SWINTON | 16 June 1866 | Camilla SWINTON | Father found |
| Mary SWINTON | 26 June 1871 | Carmilla SWINTON | Find the father |
| Alison WATSON | 3 December 1859 | Margaret WATSON | Father found |
| Catharine WATSON | 18 April 1866 | Janet WATSON | Father found |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD or FAIRBAIRN, Margaret out door field worker Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Margt Fairbairn Boyd Margaret Fairbairn or Boyd Margt Fairbairn or Boyd | 2 Oct 1876 | Order images (3) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1861-1866 |
| BOYD or FAIRBAIRN, Margt out door field worker Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Margt Fairbairn Boyd Margaret Fairbairn or Boyd Margt Fairbairn or Boyd | 2 Oct 1876 | Order images (3) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1861-1866 |
| BOYD, Margt Fairbairn out door field worker Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Margaret Fairbairn or Boyd Margt Fairbairn or Boyd | 2 Oct 1876 | Order images (3) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1861-1866 |
| BROWN, James Greig ploughman Born about 1855 Single Previous residence: Mountrave Farm Cottar Houses, Leven Chargeable parish: Scoonie | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1897 | |
| CLARK or WALKER, Janet road keeper's wife and domestic servant Born about 1804 Married Previous residence: Hawkhill, Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1868 | |
| CONDIE or NEILSON, Helen housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Devonside, Tillicoultry Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Helen Condy or Neilson | Order images (2) | Fife Gartnavel | 1876-1885 | |
| CONDY or NEILSON, Helen housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Devonside, Tillicoultry Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Helen Condie or Neilson | Order images (2) | Fife Gartnavel | 1876-1885 | |
| FAIRBAIRN or BOYD, Margaret out door field worker Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Margt Fairbairn Boyd Margt Fairbairn or Boyd | 2 Oct 1876 | Order images (3) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1861-1866 |
| FAIRBAIRN or BOYD, Margt out door field worker Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Margt Fairbairn Boyd Margaret Fairbairn or Boyd | 2 Oct 1876 | Order images (3) | Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum | 1861-1866 |
| HARRIS or THOMSON, Elizabeth not given, wife of shepherd Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Milton, by Leuchars Chargeable parish: Leuchars | 7 Aug 1892 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1891 |
| HEARD or LOW, Margaret Pryde shepherd's wife Born about 1878 Married Previous residence: Hillcairnie Cothouse, Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | 21 May 1913 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1903 |
| HENDERSON or KAY, Mary farm labourer's wife Born about 1821 Married Previous residence: West Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | 7 Mar 1887 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1886 |
| KAY or HENDERSON, Mary farm labourer's wife Born about 1821 Married Previous residence: West Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | 7 Mar 1887 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1886 |
| LOW or HEARD, Margaret Pryde shepherd's wife Born about 1878 Married Previous residence: Hillcairnie Cothouse, Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | 21 May 1913 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1903 |
| NEILSON or CONDIE, Helen housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Devonside, Tillicoultry Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Helen Condie or Neilson Helen Condy or Neilson | Order images (2) | Fife Gartnavel | 1876-1885 | |
| NEILSON or CONDY, Helen housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Devonside, Tillicoultry Chargeable parish: Kilmany Also known as Helen Condie or Neilson Helen Condy or Neilson | Order images (2) | Fife Gartnavel | 1876-1885 | |
| PETRIE, Maggie domestic servant and outdoor worker Born about 1885 Single Previous residence: Rathillet village Chargeable parish: Kilmany | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1907 | |
| THOMSON or HARRIS, Elizabeth not given, wife of shepherd Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Milton, by Leuchars Chargeable parish: Leuchars | 7 Aug 1892 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1891 |
| WALKER or CLARK, Janet road keeper's wife and domestic servant Born about 1804 Married Previous residence: Hawkhill, Kilmany Chargeable parish: Kilmany | Order image (1) | Fife And Kinross | 1868 |
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.
