Kinnell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Ann FIFE or LONGLANDS | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane LYALL | 1862 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BEATTIE | 13 April 1861 | Margaret BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Robert BLYTH | 1 December 1863 | Isabella BLYTH | Find the father |
| Andrew COUTTS | 4 August 1865 | Jean COUTTS | Find the father |
| Helen COUTTS | 6 November 1867 | Mary COUTTS | Find the father |
| James COUTTS | 25 April 1859 | Jean COUTTS | Find the father |
| Annie CUTHILL | 31 October 1869 | Elizabeth CUTHILL | Find the father |
| George CUTHILL | 14 June 1873 | Elizabeth CUTHILL | Find the father |
| Jane CUTHILL | 31 October 1869 | Elizabeth CUTHILL | Find the father |
| James DONALD | 29 July 1861 | Helen DONALD | Find the father |
| William DONALD | 3 August 1872 | Jane DONALD | Find the father |
| William ELLIS | 30 November 1856 | Margaret ELLIS | Find the father |
| Jane FARQUHAR | 2 September 1874 | Elizabeth FARQUHAR | Find the father |
| Margaret FORD | 29 August 1855 | Helen FORD | Find the father |
| James Nicol GIBSON | 24 November 1859 | Elizabeth GIBSON | Find the father |
| Andrew Ogilvy GRANT | 17 May 1857 | Jessy GRANT | Find the father |
| Grace HARDY | 7 September 1855 | Ann HARDY | Find the father |
| John HOUSTIN | 3 July 1868 | Isabella HOUSTIN | Find the father |
| Peter KEAY | 8 August 1855 | Ann KEAY | Find the father |
| James Longmuir LOW | 25 January 1866 | Mary LOW | Find the father |
| James MALCOLM | 3 December 1858 | Mary MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Robina MARSHALL | 5 August 1865 | Georgina MARSHALL | Find the father |
| William MARSHALL | 24 February 1870 | Georgina MARSHALL | Find the father |
| William Mc Gregor MATHERS | 28 April 1867 | Ann MATHERS | Find the father |
| Jane Ann MCKENZIE | 21 November 1871 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James Strachan MILNE | 21 June 1867 | Betsy MILNE | Find the father |
| Margaret Isabella Calder MILNE | 23 May 1873 | Isabella MILNE | Find the father |
| Jean Harris NEAVES | 17 April 1873 | Agness Ellis NEAVES | Find the father |
| George NICOLL | 25 November 1870 | Catherine NICOLL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann NICOLL | 22 October 1864 | Ann NICOLL | Find the father |
| George PATTERSON | 25 December 1873 | Helen PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Helen Thomson PATTERSON | 2 May 1870 | Margaret PATTERSON | Find the father |
| William SCOTT | 30 June 1867 | Susan SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jean Smith SMART | 8 July 1865 | Ann SMART | Find the father |
| Margaret TODD | 8 November 1873 | Jane TODD | 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
