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Kirkcolm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Agnes BLACKSTOCK or ADAMS | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James BRYDEN | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John CAMPBELL | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Eliz COLLINS or WILLIAMSON | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1847 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed on understanding that he is to receive 1s 6d a week | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1851-1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary FRASER | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused - see 462 1849 | |
| Mary FRASER | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 277 1849 | |
| Mary FRASER | 1853 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary FRASER | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary HARVEY | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Ann HUTTON or FAGAN | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet KERR | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary NELSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander SMALL | Mayhall | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
| Alexander SMALL | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander SMALL | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane TREWSDALE | 1861 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane BIGGAM Cairnbrock, Kirkcolm | William KEENAN | 15 Oct 1884 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Mary CAIRNS Valleyfield, Kirkcolm | Thomas MCFADYEAN | 20 Nov 1890 Valleyfield, Kirkcolm | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Maggie COSTLY Douloch Mains, Kirkcolm | Samuel HAMILTON | 8 Sep 1888 Dalrymple Street, Stranraer | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Helen DOWNIE North Cairn, Kirkcolm | Alexander JOHNSTONE | 18 Feb 1887 | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Mary ESPIE Balgown, Kirkcolm | James MCINTYRE | 5 Oct 1887 Balgown, Kirkcolm | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Agnes GRAHAM Portencallie, Kirkcolm | William MURRAY | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 | |
| Christina HAMILTON Lossat, Kirkcolm | James MURPHY | 26 Apr 1883 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Margaret HERON or PATERSON Airies, Kirkcolm | Alexander CAMPBELL | 1 Jan 1883 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Mary KENNEDY Machaar, Kirkcolm | James MCCREDIE | 12 Jan 1903 Machaar, Kirkcolm | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Matilda KERR Kirronrae, Kirkcolm | James LOVE | 24 Dec 1888 | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Sarah Ann MCCONVILLE Salchrie, Kirkcolm | John TEMPLETON | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 | |
| Elizabeth SMITH or GRAY Clachan, Kirkcolm | William BAILLIE | 4 Jun 1881 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Grace SPENCE Low Portencallie, Kirkcolm | John KERR | 24 Nov 1880 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Sarah WATT Salchrie, Kirkcolm | William WILSON | 22 Nov 1849 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth ADAIR | 11 May 1872 | Jane ADAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret ADAIR | 10 December 1856 | Janet ADAIR | Find the father |
| Jessie Kerr AGNEW | 7 June 1863 | Maryann AGNEW | Find the father |
| James Bonar ALLISON | 22 August 1865 | Marion ALLISON | Find the father |
| Janet Gibson ALLISON | 23 December 1869 | Marion ALLISON | Find the father |
| Mary ALLISON | 21 September 1874 | Marion ALLISON | Find the father |
| George Andrews BAXTER | 20 December 1867 | Marianne BAXTER | Find the father |
| John Bone BAXTER | 17 February 1871 | Mary Ann BAXTER | Find the father |
| Grace BEGGAM | 10 April 1874 | Margaret BEGGAM | Find the father |
| James BIGGAM | 17 October 1871 | Margaret BIGGAM | Find the father |
| Margaret BOYDE | 13 February 1872 | Elizabeth BOYDE | Find the father |
| James Alexander BROWN | 26 August 1868 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane Isabella CAMPBELL | 5 August 1859 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann Drysdale CAMPBELL | 20 January 1861 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| John Campbell CARNOCHAN | 28 July 1861 | Agnes CARNOCHAN | Find the father |
| John CARSON | 5 April 1873 | Mary CARSON | Find the father |
| William John Campbell DALRYMPLE | 13 January 1865 | Janet DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Jessie DIAMOND | 29 April 1873 | Susan DIAMOND | Find the father |
| Jane DONALDSON | 18 December 1870 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DONALDSON | 11 February 1869 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Logan DORMAN | 21 June 1873 | Jessie DORMAN | Find the father |
| James DORMAN | 1 September 1869 | Ann DORMAN | Find the father |
| Maggie Ann DORMAN | 28 October 1871 | Annie DORMAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Howetson DOWNEY | 26 September 1869 | Martha DOWNEY | Find the father |
| Charles DRYSDALE | 28 December 1870 | Jane DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| David Smith DRYSDALE | 27 May 1873 | Jane DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DRYSDALE | 23 January 1872 | Jeanie DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| James DRYSDALE | 15 August 1868 | Jane DRYSDALE | Father found |
| Jane DRYSDALE | 27 April 1862 | Mary DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Jemima DRYSDALE | 20 February 1866 | Mary DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Margaret DRYSDALE | 19 April 1867 | Ann DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Matilda DRYSDALE | 3 March 1863 | Ann DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Robert DRYSDALE | 16 March 1870 | Mary DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| William DRYSDALE | 31 March 1865 | Jane DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Andrew ESPIE | 26 April 1865 | Susan ESPIE | Find the father |
| Margaret ESPIE | 6 February 1873 | Agnes ESPIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Kidsdale Fairy EVANS | 18 February 1866 | Agnes EVANS | Find the father |
| William EVANS | 23 November 1868 | Agnes EVANS | Find the father |
| Patrick FAIREY | 11 September 1858 | Agnes FAIREY | Find the father |
| Marianne FAIRY | 14 June 1861 | Agnes FAIRY | Find the father |
| Thomas Dorman FAIRY | 30 January 1869 | Bridget FAIRY | Find the father |
| Jemima Clerk FINDLATER | 16 January 1866 | Elizabeth FINDLATER | Find the father |
| Helen FINLAY | 23 May 1857 | Jean FINLAY | Find the father |
| James FINLAY | 25 July 1858 | Helen FINLAY | Find the father |
| Hugh FRAZER | 6 December 1871 | Jane FRAZER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GARRITT | 24 October 1864 | Helen GARRITT | Find the father |
| Alexina GIBBENY | 9 March 1860 | Susan GIBBENY | Find the father |
| Margaret GIBSON | 5 February 1871 | Marion GIBSON | Find the father |
| Peter GRACIE | 28 June 1869 | Rachel GRACIE | Find the father |
| Jane GRAY | 12 May 1872 | Mary GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 10 April 1865 | Elizabeth GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary Cunningham HALE | 3 March 1874 | Jane HALE | Find the father |
| Jessie HAMILTON | 6 June 1861 | Mary HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Robecca HAMILTON | 17 August 1857 | Marianne HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Robert Wither HAMILTON | 16 July 1864 | Jemima HAMILTON | Find the father |
| William HAMILTON | 12 September 1861 | Mary Ann HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Andrew HILL | 25 July 1859 | Susannah HILL | Find the father |
| Henry Drysdale JAMIESON | 15 June 1873 | Mary JAMIESON | Father found |
| Elizabeth JOHNSTON | 5 March 1872 | Martha JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Helen KELLY | 22 December 1874 | Jane KELLY | Find the father |
| Jane Bonar KELLY | 1 February 1863 | Margaret KELLY | Find the father |
| John Morrison KELLY | 12 December 1873 | Margaret KELLY | Find the father |
| Margaret Mckie KELLY | 14 February 1873 | Jane KELLY | Find the father |
| Thomas Henderson KELLY | 19 May 1869 | Margaret KELLY | Find the father |
| Annie KERR | 20 February 1861 | Margaret KERR | Find the father |
| William James Henry KILLOUGH | 12 September 1867 | Eliza Jane KILLOUGH | Find the father |
| Catherine LAURIE | 16 June 1869 | Agnes LAURIE | Father found |
| James William Laurie LAURIE | 8 February 1869 | Mary Ann LAURIE | Find the father |
| Samuel LOWRIE | 21 August 1866 | Agnes LOWRIE | Find the father |
| Ann Douglas MCADAM | 22 February 1859 | Jane MCADAM | Find the father |
| Williamina MCADAM | 23 September 1860 | Jane MCADAM | Find the father |
| James MCCAMON | 6 October 1864 | Grace MCCAMON | Find the father |
| Janet Osborne MCCAMON | 2 October 1874 | Grace MCCAMON | Find the father |
| John MCCAMON | 23 April 1860 | Grace MCCAMON | Father found |
| John MCCARTNEY | 11 August 1871 | Agnes MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Peter Henry MCCLYMONT | 11 December 1861 | Jane MCCLYMONT | Father found |
| James Watt MCCOY | 6 February 1864 | Jane MCCOY | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MCCRAE | 9 April 1865 | Mary Jane MCCRAE | Find the father |
| Minnianne Forbes MCCREA | 30 January 1868 | Helen MCCREA | Find the father |
| John MCCREADIE | 11 August 1874 | Isabella MCCREADIE | Find the father |
| John Carnochan Mccreadie MCCREADIE | 13 October 1874 | Grace MCCREADIE | Find the father |
| Mary Eaglesham Mitchel MCCREDIE | 24 February 1869 | Grace MCCREDIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCCULLOCH | 30 September 1864 | Jessie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MCCULLOCH | 7 February 1870 | Jessie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Thomas MCCULLOCH | 12 December 1862 | Jessie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Joseph MCCUNE | 24 February 1865 | Sarah MCCUNE | Find the father |
| Anne MCEWEN | 13 April 1862 | Mary MCEWEN | Find the father |
| Jane MCEWEN | 27 September 1856 | Mary MCEWEN | Find the father |
| Jemima Robertson MCEWEN | 7 November 1860 | Mary MCEWEN | Find the father |
| Martha Palmer MCEWEN | 19 July 1867 | Mary MCEWEN | Find the father |
| Mary MCEWING | 10 June 1866 | Jane MCEWING | Find the father |
| Margaret MCGARY | 21 June 1859 | Margaret MCGARY | Find the father |
| James MCGHEE | 6 February 1862 | Agnes MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Mary MCGHEE | 10 August 1867 | Mary MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Robert Gilmour MCGHEE | 29 September 1862 | Mary MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCGHEE | 22 June 1869 | Mary MCGHEE | Find the father |
| William John MCGHEE | 21 February 1865 | Mary MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Mary MCHARG | 23 September 1867 | Mary MCHARG | Find the father |
| Susan MCHARG | 16 May 1874 | Janet MCHARG | Find the father |
| John MCKENDRIE | 16 February 1869 | Margaret MCKENDRIE | Find the father |
| Jemima MCKENDRY | 28 May 1869 | Mary MCKENDRY | Find the father |
| Susannah MCKENDRY | 26 December 1865 | Mary MCKENDRY | Find the father |
| William MCKENDRY | 28 May 1869 | Mary MCKENDRY | Find the father |
| Susan MCKILLIPS | 19 March 1867 | Margaret MCKILLIPS | Find the father |
| Jane MCKILLOP | 23 January 1864 | Agnes MCKILLOP | Find the father |
| Alexander Mckillops MCKILLOPS | 15 February 1867 | Agnes MCKILLOPS | Find the father |
| Alexander MCLELLAND | 30 October 1874 | Agnes MCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Ann Osborne MCLELLAND | 25 August 1862 | Jane MCLELLAND | Find the father |
| James Drysdale MCLELLAND | 14 March 1874 | Mary MCLELLAND | Find the father |
| William MCMURRAY | 17 November 1864 | Mary MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Hamilton MCMURTRIE | 23 April 1871 | Maggy MCMURTRIE | Father found |
| Jane MCMURTRIE | 15 December 1874 | Margaret MCMURTRIE | Find the father |
| Susan Grace MCROBERT | 21 July 1874 | Grace MCROBERT | Father found |
| Andrew MCWHIRTER | 7 July 1872 | Mary MCWHIRTER | Father found |
| Jamima MONTGOMERY | 6 August 1855 | Mary MONTGOMERY | Father found |
| James Hamilton MURPHY | 12 March 1871 | Isabella MURPHY | Find the father |
| Janet Martin MURPHY | 23 January 1870 | Jane MURPHY | Find the father |
| Barbara MURRAY | 9 September 1865 | Helen MURRAY | Find the father |
| Isabella MURRAY | 22 January 1871 | Margaret MURRAY | Find the father |
| John NEILSON | 26 December 1872 | Janet NEILSON | Find the father |
| William QUARREL | 21 January 1873 | Elizabeth QUARREL | Find the father |
| William Henderson QUARREL | 8 July 1867 | Jane QUARREL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Caghie REID | 23 January 1869 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Jane RENNIE | 11 December 1863 | Agnes Jane RENNIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane ROGERS | 10 January 1861 | Hannah ROGERS | Find the father |
| Jane Euphemia ROSS | 15 March 1866 | Mary Anne ROSS | Find the father |
| James Mccredie SERVICE | 9 July 1868 | Mary Ann SERVICE | Find the father |
| Jemima SKIMMING | 8 April 1866 | Mary SKIMMING | Find the father |
| William SMALL | 15 November 1863 | Margaret SMALL | Find the father |
| Isabella STEWART | 31 October 1857 | Isabella STEWART | Find the father |
| Maggie Jane STEWART | 13 May 1872 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| James SWEETEN | 27 July 1865 | Catherine SWEETEN | Find the father |
| William TEMPLETON | 13 June 1857 | Margaret TEMPLETON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Hamilton WALLACE | 3 November 1871 | Mary WALLACE | Find the father |
| James WALLACE | 12 August 1873 | Jane WALLACE | Find the father |
| David WATSON | 18 August 1863 | Margaret WATSON | Find the father |
| John WATSON | 19 March 1856 | Grace WATSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WATSON | 16 February 1862 | Mary WATSON | Find the father |
| James WITHER | 21 November 1869 | Margaret WITHER | Find the father |
| John WITHER | 15 November 1861 | Agnes WITHER | Find the father |
| John WITHER | 17 March 1862 | Margaret WITHER | Find the father |
| William WITHER | 27 February 1864 | Agnes WITHER | Find the father |
| William WITHER | 21 November 1869 | Margaret WITHER | Find the father |
| Margaret Osborne WRIGHT | 25 June 1863 | Jane WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Mary Forsyth WRIGHT | 13 February 1865 | Agnes WRIGHT | 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.
