Kirkhill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William CALLAN | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CALLUM | 1847 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Isabella CAMERON | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann FRASER | 1865-1866 (7) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Barbara FRASER | 1854 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Barbara FRASER | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John FRASER | 1855 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Rebecca FRASER | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; not in receipt of parochial relief; case for Sheriff | |
| Ann MACKAY or MACKENZIE | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; not in receipt of parochial relief; case for Sheriff | |
| Widow Margaret MCBAIN | 1860 (6) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Magdalene MCCRAE or CALLUM | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCKENZIE | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen CAMERON | 16 March 1860 | Isabella CAMERON | Find the father |
| John CAMERON | 31 January 1870 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| Donald CHISHOLM | 30 August 1870 | Catherine CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| James Rhind Or CHISHOLM | 23 October 1855 | Ann Rhind Or CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| John CHISHOLM | 9 June 1855 | Janet CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| Mary Bell CHISHOLM | 13 March 1867 | Catherine Chisholm Or MCKAY | Find the father |
| William CUMMING | 18 March 1873 | Catherine CUMMING | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 20 May 1863 | Christina FRASER | Find the father |
| Donald FRASER | 20 March 1865 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| Hugh FRASER | 3 November 1863 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| Janet FRASER | 18 December 1860 | Christy FRASER | Find the father |
| Jean FRASER | 10 July 1856 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| Jessie FRASER | 12 January 1864 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| John FRASER | 1 October 1863 | Isabella FRASER | Find the father |
| Margaret FRASER | 11 December 1868 | Isabella FRASER | Find the father |
| Peterina FRASER | 14 March 1865 | Janet FRASER | Find the father |
| Robert FRASER | 21 January 1869 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| Thomas FRASER | 16 July 1855 | Janet FRASER | Find the father |
| Sarah GRANT | 13 June 1866 | Ann GRANT | Find the father |
| Christy GRIEVE | 7 October 1859 | Isabella GRIEVE | Find the father |
| John MACKENZIE | 2 October 1871 | Hannah MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 13 January 1874 | Mary MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 3 March 1874 | Mary MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald John MCDONALD | 5 September 1872 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jessie MCDONALD | 14 April 1874 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Johann MCDONALD | 4 September 1873 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| William Mc Donald MCDONALD | 30 October 1866 | Jessie MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Ann MCINTOSH | 9 November 1870 | Barbra MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Peter MCINTOSH | 23 May 1872 | Christina MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Barbra Ann MCKENZIE | 18 October 1874 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 15 February 1871 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Willimina MCLENNAN | 17 July 1868 | Jean MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCPHERSON | 29 January 1872 | Ann MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Helen Jane NOBLE | 12 January 1873 | Sarah NOBLE | Find the father |
| James NOBLE | 7 March 1864 | Catherine NOBLE | Find the father |
| David ROSS | 3 March 1865 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| Janet ROSS | 30 December 1861 | Mary ROSS | 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
