Kingsbarns parish 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 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph AMOS | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Sophia BROWN or SPEID | 1861 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John GRAY | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Violet KAY | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James LYALL | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David MILNE | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MILNE | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James THOMSON | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet THOMSON or BEAT | 1879 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Joseph WALKER | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John YOUNG | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth ANDERSON | 10 December 1866 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| David BROWN | 26 May 1874 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| Robert BROWN | 27 March 1859 | Euphemia BROWN | Find the father |
| Euphemia BRUNTON | 3 June 1872 | Euphemia BRUNTON | Find the father |
| Thomas CALLEY | 30 June 1860 | Marjory CALLEY | Find the father |
| Andrew DRUMMOND | 4 April 1869 | Agness DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| William GORDON | 8 March 1874 | Isabella GORDON | Find the father |
| Alexander HARLEY | 1 August 1861 | Mary HARLEY | Find the father |
| Christian JACK | 8 July 1857 | Ann JACK | Find the father |
| Alexander KIDD | 22 May 1864 | Christina KIDD | Find the father |
| Janet Duff KINNEAR | 12 March 1857 | Janet KINNEAR | Find the father |
| David LYALL | 11 July 1866 | Euphemia LYALL | Find the father |
| Mary MACKIE | 31 July 1873 | Mary MACKIE | Find the father |
| Helen MARTIN | 29 December 1863 | Maria MARTIN | Find the father |
| Margaret Garland MCKENZIE | 31 January 1860 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MILNE | 7 January 1871 | Elizabeth MILNE | Find the father |
| Margaret MILNE | 19 May 1866 | Margaret MILNE | Find the father |
| James MITCHELL | 8 March 1861 | Christian MITCHELL | Find the father |
| George OLIPHANT | 5 August 1870 | Elizabeth OLIPHANT | Find the father |
| Catherine PEATTIE | 15 August 1866 | Cathrine PEATTIE | Find the father |
| Catherine PEATTIE | 24 August 1869 | Cathrine PEATTIE | Find the father |
| Catherine Anderson PETTIE | 3 November 1863 | Catherine PETTIE | Find the father |
| Cecilia REID | 17 November 1868 | Cecilia REID | Find the father |
| James REID | 25 March 1870 | Euphemia REID | Find the father |
| Robert REID | 31 January 1866 | Euphemia REID | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 2 March 1870 | Helen ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Catherine SCOTT | 31 March 1874 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Find the father |
| Eliza SCOTT | 17 October 1873 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jane Eliza SCOTT | 8 June 1870 | Elizabeth SCOTT | Find the father |
| James STARK | 3 June 1865 | Jessie STARK | Find the father |
| James THOMPSON | 30 June 1874 | Eliza THOMPSON | Find the father |
| James WALKER | 16 April 1873 | Euphemia WALKER | Find the father |
| Jamima WALKER | 22 August 1869 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Euphemia WALLACE | 1 May 1862 | Margaret WALLACE | Find the father |
| Janet WHITE | 12 June 1863 | Janet WHITE | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina YOUNGER | 16 April 1863 | Ann YOUNGER | 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
