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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Kilmory 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BLACK | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet CRAUFURD | 1851 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary DUN | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary DUNN | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter HAMILTON | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that he is to receive two bolls of meal and 18s in the half year, and that it is to be continued | |
| William HAMILTON | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused - application must be made by mother in her own name | |
| Widow Isabel HENDRY or MCMILLAN | 1857 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margt MCKINNON or KENNEDY | 1866 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margt MCKINNON or KENNEDY | 1867 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary MCKINNON or DUN | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see no 547 1847 | |
| Archibald MCMILLAN | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Archibald MCMILLAN | 1855-1856 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Archibald MCMILLAN | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella MCMILLAN | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Anabella MCNEILL | 1847 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCNEISH | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MCNISH | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary NICOL | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Archibald SINCLAIR | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary ALEXANDER | 2 April 1874 | Martha ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Margaret BOA | 1 February 1864 | Catherine BOA | Find the father |
| John CAMPBELL | 17 February 1872 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Alexander COOK | 3 August 1867 | Mary COOK | Father found |
| Catherine COOK | 30 July 1856 | Margaret COOK | Find the father |
| Christina Mcconnell COOK | 2 March 1874 | Margaret COOK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth COOK | 26 December 1863 | Barbara COOK | Find the father |
| Jean COOK | 14 July 1861 | Mary COOK | Father found |
| Margaret COOK | 28 August 1870 | Margaret COOK | Find the father |
| Mary COOK | 30 August 1859 | Margaret COOK | Find the father |
| Ronald COOK | 14 July 1861 | Mary COOK | Father found |
| Marion CRAIG | 27 October 1862 | Janet CRAIG | Find the father |
| Mary CRAIG | 4 April 1874 | Anne CRAIG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CRAWFORD | 27 July 1857 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| John CRAWFORD | 7 August 1870 | Issabella CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Ann CURRIE | 10 August 1868 | Janet CURRIE | Find the father |
| Charles CURRIE | 22 November 1858 | Mary CURRIE | Father found |
| Duncan CURRIE | 25 March 1866 | Janet CURRIE | Father found |
| Margaret CURRIE | 21 March 1874 | Janet CURRIE | Find the father |
| Mary DOWNIE | 16 March 1857 | Mary DOWNIE | Find the father |
| Mary DOWNIE | 21 June 1869 | Catherine DOWNIE | Find the father |
| Archibald HAMILTON | 13 May 1855 | Mary HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HAMILTON | 20 July 1859 | Elizabeth HAMILTON | Find the father |
| James Mcmillan HAMILTON | 21 September 1870 | Ann HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Janet Nicol HAMILTON | 12 December 1864 | Ann HAMILTON | Find the father |
| William HAMILTON | 12 July 1856 | Jean HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Ann HENDERSON | 24 April 1859 | Ann HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella MACKILLOP | 8 November 1857 | Mary MACKILLOP | Find the father |
| Archibald MCALISTER | 1 April 1858 | Margaret MCALISTER | Find the father |
| John MCALISTER | 26 February 1865 | Catherine MCALISTER | Find the father |
| Archibald MCALLISTER | 21 December 1857 | Catherine MCALLISTER | Find the father |
| Margaret MCALLISTER | 27 May 1873 | Margaret MCALLISTER | Find the father |
| Janet MCKELVIE | 13 December 1866 | Flora MCKELVIE | Find the father |
| Janet MCKILLAR | 3 December 1868 | Janet MCKILLAR | Find the father |
| Donald MCKINNON | 28 March 1863 | Margaret MCKINNON | Father found |
| John MCKINNON | 30 November 1866 | Maron MCKINNON | Father found |
| William James MCLARTY | 28 March 1866 | Margaret MCLARTY | Find the father |
| John MCMASTER | 6 February 1874 | Mary MCMASTER | Find the father |
| John MCMILLAN | 19 January 1863 | Agness MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Dugald MCNEISH | 6 February 1864 | Margaret MCNEISH | Find the father |
| John MCNEISH | 30 November 1856 | Mary MCNEISH | Find the father |
| Catherine Mckerdie MILLER | 23 April 1874 | Catherine MILLER | Find the father |
| Archibald Crawford NORRIS | 4 March 1867 | Mary NORRIS | Find the father |
| Robert Robertson OLIVER | 8 May 1874 | Agnes OLIVER | Find the father |
| Neil ROBERTSON | 27 February 1865 | Jessie ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SHAW | 31 March 1873 | Margaret SHAW | Find the father |
| Mary SHAW | 14 July 1871 | Mary SHAW | Find the father |
| Mary Ruthven SILLARS | 12 February 1867 | Ann SILLARS | Find the father |
| Mary SIM | 6 December 1872 | Mary SIM | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 30 December 1870 | Christina STEWART | Find the father |
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.
