Records -> Ross and Cromarty
Kincardine Ross-shire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William BARCLAY | 1853 (6) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Christina CALDER or ROSS | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet FRASER | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Helen MACGREGOR | 1846 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet MACKAY | 1870 (6) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Isabella MACLEOD | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Isabella ROSE or MCLEOD | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Annabella ROSS | 1869-1870 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Annabella ROSS | 1870 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Annabella ROSS | 1873 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine ROSS | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Johan ROSS | 1869 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John ROSS | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary ROSS | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen DOUGLAS Upper Gledfield, Kincardine, Ross | Hugh MACANDIE | 8 Nov 1902 Upper Gledfield, Kincardine, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Catherine ROSS Kincardine, Ross | George GILMOUR | 13 Apr 1910 | Order now | Cromarty SC24/3/4 |
| Jessie ROSS Kincardine, Ross | William ROSS | 29 Jan 1877 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie BETHUNE | 11 June 1873 | Margaret BETHUNE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BETHUNE | 21 August 1867 | Margaret BETHUNE | Find the father |
| Williamina BOYD | 30 May 1870 | Catherine BOYD | Find the father |
| Alexander Mckay CAMPBELL | 18 July 1873 | Isabella CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| John CAMPBELL | 11 April 1856 | Helen CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Hector Cameron FRASER | 11 December 1867 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| Robert GRAHAM | 24 May 1860 | Catherine GRAHAM | Find the father |
| George HENDERSON | 10 August 1867 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Hugh HERBERT | 21 February 1864 | Hughina HERBERT | Father found |
| Janet KERR | 8 March 1869 | Jane KERR | Find the father |
| Georgina MATHESON | 31 January 1865 | Margaret MATHESON | Find the father |
| John Mackay MATHESON | 14 December 1874 | Johanna MATHESON | Find the father |
| Davidina MCGREGOR | 25 March 1865 | Mary MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Hugh MCGREGOR | 8 March 1867 | Helen MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Johanna MCGREGOR | 23 June 1859 | Georgina MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| William MCGREGOR | 16 November 1865 | Williamina MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Donald MCKAY | 23 May 1871 | Barbra MCKAY | Find the father |
| Donaldina MCKAY | 17 May 1864 | Ann MCKAY | Find the father |
| William MCKAY | 28 August 1864 | Phobae MCKAY | Find the father |
| Janet MCLEAN | 3 June 1867 | Christina MCLEAN | Father found |
| Donald MCLEOD | 12 October 1862 | Mary MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Henry MCLEOD | 12 June 1860 | Henny MCLEOD | Father found |
| James MCLEOD | 30 May 1868 | Catherine MCLEOD | Find the father |
| John Brown MCLEOD | 11 July 1856 | Margaret MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Rodrick MCLEOD | 1 June 1865 | Ann MCLEOD | Find the father |
| William MCLEOD | 8 January 1863 | Janet MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Barbra MUNRO | 29 January 1867 | Mary MUNRO | Find the father |
| Isabella MUNRO | 16 April 1870 | Martha MUNRO | Find the father |
| Williamina MUNRO | 14 April 1867 | Catherine MUNRO | Find the father |
| Grace ROSE | 15 September 1872 | Hellen ROSE | Find the father |
| Alexander ROSS | 7 December 1861 | Catherine ROSS | Find the father |
| Alexanderina ROSS | 6 December 1868 | Alexanderina ROSS | Find the father |
| Donald ROSS | 15 June 1874 | Williamina ROSS | Find the father |
| Donaldina ROSS | 14 August 1872 | Janet ROSS | Find the father |
| Dorathy Alexanderina ROSS | 3 January 1864 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ROSS | 29 October 1865 | Naomi ROSS | Find the father |
| Hugh Donald ROSS | 9 April 1870 | Janet ROSS | Father found |
| Jamima ROSS | 1 March 1871 | Williamina ROSS | Find the father |
| Jane ROSS | 25 August 1868 | Williamina ROSS | Find the father |
| Jessie ROSS | 19 June 1865 | Catherine ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 18 June 1861 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 5 July 1864 | Johanna ROSS | Find the father |
| John Alexander ROSS | 13 June 1871 | Helen ROSS | Find the father |
| Malcolm ROSS | 18 October 1869 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Neil ROSS | 20 July 1859 | Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Robert William Munro ROSS | 12 February 1869 | Johanna ROSS | Find the father |
| Williamina Young ROSS | 20 September 1867 | Jessie ROSS | Find the father |
| David Ross URQUHART | 14 March 1872 | Christina URQUHART | Find the father |
| John Tolmie URQUHART | 15 May 1868 | Christina URQUHART | Father found |
| Elizabeth Isabella WATSON | 18 May 1868 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Hugh WATSON | 22 March 1872 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Jessie WATSON | 3 December 1865 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Johanna WATSON | 22 March 1872 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Thomasina WATSON | 3 December 1865 | Isabella WATSON | Find the father |
| Catherine WILSON | 4 April 1865 | Catherine WILSON | 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.
