Kilmartin 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.
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.
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
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/793/1 | Minutes | 1691-1706 | Request lookup |
| CH2/793/2 | Minutes | 1724-1751 | Request lookup |
| CH2/793/3 | Minutes | 1751-1895 | Request lookup |
| CH2/793/4 | Minutes | 1895-1942 | Request lookup |
| CH2/793/5 | Baptismal register | 1874-1976 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine GILLIES or SINCLAIR | Lochgilphead | 1846 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed. House to be provided in Kilmartin |
| Janet HENDERSON or MCPHERSON | 1847 (4) | Order images | Refused, in respect that applicant's children have 15s per quarter, besides mother's allowance of 15s per quarter | |
| Widow Sarah LEITCH | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Jane Boyd MACINTYRE | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter MACIVER | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MAKELLAR | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander MCDOUGALD | Torran Beg | 1846-1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Sarah MCDOUGALL | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary Ann MCFARLANE | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCKELLAR | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCKELLAR | 1853-1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCKELLAR | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MCTURK or MACINTYRE | 1857 (4) | Order images | ||
| Widow Catherine RANKINE or GILLIES | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine SINCLAIR | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John CAMERON | 13 November 1868 | Catherine CAMERON | Find the father |
| Christina FERGUSON | 12 November 1861 | Margaret FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Christina FERGUSON | 2 May 1872 | Christina FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Janet FERGUSON | 12 November 1861 | Margaret FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Margaret FERGUSON | 11 July 1858 | Janet FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Mary MACDOUGALL | 26 July 1864 | Isabel MACDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Margaret MCARTHUR | 14 April 1874 | Catherine MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Neil MCCALLUM | 19 December 1865 | Margaret MCCALLUM | Find the father |
| John MCINTYRE | 10 March 1863 | Janet MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| John MCLELLAN | 10 September 1865 | Mary MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MCLELLAN | 14 January 1871 | Margaret MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCNAUGHTON | 16 July 1872 | Jane MCNAUGHTON | Find the father |
| Isabella SINCLAIR | 5 February 1857 | Euphemia SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret SINCLAIR | 29 January 1865 | Sarah SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Catharine SMITH | 2 August 1863 | Catharine SMITH | Find the father |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
Name:
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Poor Accounts
Details: This being a week day the Session met in order to examine to the state of their funds as there was no regular Distribution from the seventeenth January Eighteen hundred and twenty six. The treasurer having accordingly produced his accounts to their inspection which were minutely examined and approved off [sic] and having considered the various sums given for charitable purposes since the last Distribution they divided the sum of Three pounds Stirling among the various applicants leaving a balance of Four Shillings in the hands of the Treasurer'
Other names:
Name:
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sacrament
Details: 'This being the Fast day prior to the celebration of the Lords Supper in this Parish, the Mod[erator] enquired of the Elders if the[y] observed any thing blameable in the life and conversation of the former communicants and if they had any objections against those who gave in their names in order to be admitted for the first time they having answered in the negative, The Mod[erator] proceeded to Distribute the Tokens and the Elders were appointed their different stations in attending the tables and watching the collections'
Other names:
Name:
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Poor Accounts
Details: 'This being a week day the Session met in order to examine the state of their Funds since last Distribution [.] The Treasurer having accordingly produced his accounts to their inspection which were minutely examined and approved off [sic] [.] They find that the Treasurer by order of the Session since last distribution paid out the sum of Four pounds Nine Shillings upon occasional charities and this day distributed the sum of Three pounds four [shillings] among the poor of the Parish, the Kirk Session embrace this opportunity to express their high satisfaction with the fidelity and attention which their Treasurer uniformly pays to the interest of the committed to his charge'
Other names:
Name: Rev Hugh Dewar
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Hugh Dewar
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Hugh Dewar
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Angus Kennedy
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Craigintirve Beg [Creagantairbh Beag]
Role: Sederunt
Name: Angus Kennedy
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Craigintirve Beg [Creagantairbh Beag]
Role: Sederunt
Name: Angus Kennedy
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Craigintive Beg [ Creagantairbh Beag]
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alex Mccallum
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Slockuvullin [poss. Slockavullin]
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alex Mccallum
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Slockvulling [poss. Slockavullin]
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alexander Mccallum
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Slockvulling [poss. Slockavullin]
Role: Sederunt
Name: James Mckechnie
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Arineckan
Role: Sederunt
Name: Arch Mcphail
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Eunoch
Role: Sederunt
Name: Archd Mcphail
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Eunoch
Role: Sederunt
Name: Archd Mcphail
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Eunoch
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alex Mctavish
Date: 04/12/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Auchamish
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alexander Mctavish
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Auchamis
Role: Sederunt
Name: Alexander Mctavish
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Auchamish
Role: Sederunt
Name: Don Smith
Date: 20/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Raslie
Role: Sederunt
Name: Donald Smith
Date: 23/08/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address: Raslie
Role: Sederunt
