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Kingsbarns 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
Joseph AMOS 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
Sophia BROWN or SPEID 1861 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John GRAY 1876 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Violet KAY 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James LYALL 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
David MILNE 1874 (1)Order imagesRefused
James MILNE 1874 (1)Order imagesRefused
James THOMSON 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet THOMSON or BEAT 1879 (1)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief
Joseph WALKER 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
John YOUNG 1872 (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
Alison CRAWFORD
Hillarye, Kingsbarns
William NICOL2 Oct 1896
Hillarye, Kingsbarns
Order nowCupar
SC20/4/32
Helen HERD
Hillary, near Kingsbarns
Thomas ELDER3 Mar 1889Order nowCupar
SC20/4/32
Helen MARTIN
Kingsbarns
Robert KAY30 Oct 1887Order nowCupar
SC20/4/32
Margaret RUTHERFORD
Kippo, Kingsbarns
John PATON6 Apr 1896
Kippo, Kingsbarns
Order nowKirkcaldy
SC23/7/1
Agnes WALKER
Kingsbarns, Fife
David SCOTT10 Sep 1877Order nowPerth
SC49/4/47


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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
Anatomy Registers
NameAgeLast residence and place of deathDate of deathOrder record
Jes Horne LOTHIAN6 weeksTorrie Wynd, Kingsbarns15 Oct 1920Order record


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
Elizabeth ANDERSON10 December 1866Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
David BROWN26 May 1874Isabella BROWNFind the father
Robert BROWN27 March 1859Euphemia BROWNFind the father
Euphemia BRUNTON3 June 1872Euphemia BRUNTONFind the father
Thomas CALLEY30 June 1860Marjory CALLEYFind the father
Andrew DRUMMOND4 April 1869Agness DRUMMONDFather found
William GORDON8 March 1874Isabella GORDONFind the father
Alexander HARLEY1 August 1861Mary HARLEYFind the father
Christian JACK8 July 1857Ann JACKFind the father
Alexander KIDD22 May 1864Christina KIDDFather found
Janet Duff KINNEAR12 March 1857Janet KINNEARFind the father
David LYALL11 July 1866Euphemia LYALLFather found
Mary MACKIE31 July 1873Mary MACKIEFind the father
Helen MARTIN29 December 1863Maria MARTINFind the father
Margaret Garland MCKENZIE31 January 1860Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
James MILNE7 January 1871Elizabeth MILNEFather found
Margaret MILNE19 May 1866Margaret MILNEFind the father
James MITCHELL8 March 1861Christian MITCHELLFind the father
George OLIPHANT5 August 1870Elizabeth OLIPHANTFind the father
Catherine PEATTIE15 August 1866Cathrine PEATTIEFind the father
Catherine PEATTIE24 August 1869Cathrine PEATTIEFind the father
Catherine Anderson PETTIE3 November 1863Catherine PETTIEFind the father
Cecilia REID17 November 1868Cecilia REIDFind the father
James REID25 March 1870Euphemia REIDFind the father
Robert REID31 January 1866Euphemia REIDFind the father
James ROBERTSON2 March 1870Helen ROBERTSONFather found
Catherine SCOTT31 March 1874Elizabeth SCOTTFind the father
Eliza SCOTT17 October 1873Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Jane Eliza SCOTT8 June 1870Elizabeth SCOTTFind the father
James STARK3 June 1865Jessie STARKFather found
James THOMPSON30 June 1874Eliza THOMPSONFind the father
James WALKER16 April 1873Euphemia WALKERFind the father
Jamima WALKER22 August 1869Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
Euphemia WALLACE1 May 1862Margaret WALLACEFind the father
Janet WHITE12 June 1863Janet WHITEFather found
Wilhelmina YOUNGER16 April 1863Ann YOUNGERFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
AIMES or INNES, Margaret
outworker previously
Born about 1818
Widowed
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
13 Nov 1901Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1900
BOUSIE or DUFF, Janet Ross
housewife, formerly domestic
Born about 1879
Married
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1907-1909
CARSTAIRS, Alexander Steel
ploughman
Born about 1864
Married
Previous residence: Cults
Chargeable parish: Carnbee
16 Mar 1931Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1907
COTTON, Henry
coachman
Born about 1838
Married
Previous residence: Crail
Chargeable parish: Crail
Order image (1)Fife District1896
DUFF or BOUSIE, Janet Ross
housewife, formerly domestic
Born about 1879
Married
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1907-1909
DUNCAN, Donald
nil
Born about 1886
Single
Previous residence: Govan District Asylum, Hawkhead
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
19 Mar 1901Order images (2)Fife District Asylum
Govan District
1899-1900
FINDLAY, George
farm labourer
Born about 1864
Married
Previous residence: Craighead, Crail
Chargeable parish: Crail
Order image (1)Fife1886
HARVEY or PRINGLE, Jessie
Born about 1827
Married
Previous residence: Dysart Poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
15 Aug 1868Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1868
INGRAM, David
common labourer, formerly ship carpenter
Born about 1811
Married
Previous residence: Baldinnie
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order image (1)Fife1872
INNES or AIMES, Margaret
outworker previously
Born about 1818
Widowed
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
13 Nov 1901Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1900
KEY, Jessie
nurse
Born about 1850
Single
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
27 Mar 1921Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1891
LOW, Alexander
farm servant
Born about 1868
Single
Previous residence: Perth District Asylum
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (2)Fife
Perth District Asylum
1888-1889
LYALL, Euphemia
domestic
Born about 1841
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1903
MACKIE, James
ploughman
Born about 1898
Single
Previous residence: Craighead, Crail
Chargeable parish: Crail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1915
PRINGLE or HARVEY, Jessie
Born about 1827
Married
Previous residence: Dysart Poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
15 Aug 1868Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1868
SMITH, David
ploughman
Born about 1832
Married
Previous residence: Perth District Asylum
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
6 Nov 1906Order images (2)Fife
Perth District Asylum
1897
SPENCE or YOUNG, Isaba
outdoor worker
Born about 1819
Widowed
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (3)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife
1881-1882
YOUNG or SPENCE, Isaba
outdoor worker
Born about 1819
Widowed
Previous residence: Kingsbarns
Chargeable parish: Kingsbarns
Order images (3)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife
1881-1882


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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