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Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/229/3Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes1713-1723Request lookup
CH2/229/5Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes1818-1846Request lookup
CH2/229/6Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes1846-1902Request lookup
CH2/229/7Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book
(Accounts)		1731-1752Request lookup
CH2/229/8Kirkliston Kirk Session - Baptismal register1862-1945Request lookup
CH2/229/9Kirkliston Kirk Session - Proclamation register1883-1904Request lookup
CH2/229/12Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book [accounts]1751-1781Request lookup
CH2/229/13Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book [accounts]1781-1821Request lookup
CH2/229/14Kirkliston Kirk Session - Cash book
1853-64
1920-24		1853-1924Request lookup

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.

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Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Elizabeth COOK or GIBB 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Janet DUNCAN or DAWSON 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Jean GRANT 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Jean GRANT 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Eliza ANDERSON17 December 1874Eliza ANDERSONFind the father
Elizabeth Pate ANDERSON12 November 1861Agnes ANDERSONFind the father
Margaret ANDERSON14 May 1857Mary ANDERSONFind the father
Peter ANDERSON12 July 1862Janet ANDERSONFind the father
Robert ANDERSON25 June 1861Helen ANDERSONFind the father
Robert ANDERSON12 November 1870Agnes ANDERSONFind the father
David ANTHONY5 September 1862Isabella ANTHONYFind the father
Sarah Jane ARBUCKLE21 February 1867Margaret ARBUCKLEFind the father
Charles AULD15 August 1855Mary AULDFind the father
James BAILLIE10 August 1863Helen BAILLIEFind the father
Annabella BEATON9 October 1871Annabella BEATONFind the father
John BELL28 September 1873Ann BELLFind the father
Catherine BIRD5 January 1862Agnes BIRDFind the father
Elizabeth BIRD27 July 1872Marion BIRDFind the father
Marion BIRD30 December 1855Marion BIRDFind the father
Thomas Wood BIRD3 September 1856Elizabeth BIRDFind the father
Thomas BLACK23 November 1856Janet BLACKFind the father
Helen BLAIR14 August 1867Helen BLAIRFind the father
Alexander BORTHWICK10 November 1862Mary BORTHWICKFind the father
James BROWN12 April 1874Margaret BROWNFind the father
Robert BROWN4 March 1862Jane BROWNFind the father
William BROWN15 January 1855Janet BROWNFind the father
William BROWN19 October 1871Margaret BROWNFind the father
William Duncan BROWN26 June 1872Jane BROWNFind the father
Meikle Strachan Jenkinson BRUCE3 January 1868Margaret BRUCEFind the father
Duncan CAMERON17 February 1855Sarah CAMERONFind the father
Mitchell CAMERON29 July 1859Sarah CAMERONFind the father
Thomas CARMICHAEL4 May 1872Mary CARMICHAELFather found
Margaret CASSIE3 March 1863Euphemia CASSIEFind the father
Agnes CHALMERS24 February 1860Agnes CHALMERSFind the father
Mary CHAPMAN8 July 1871Christian CHAPMANFind the father
Peter Russell CHARLSTON8 April 1857Elizabeth CHARLSTONFind the father
Elizabeth CHORLESTON25 August 1867Elizabeth CHORLESTONFind the father
Barbara Brown CONQUER13 June 1866Elizabeth CONQUERFind the father
Mary CRAWFORD26 April 1873Mary CRAWFORDFind the father
James DICKSON16 February 1867Isabella DICKSONFind the father
Jessie DUNCAN16 February 1872Catherine DUNCANFind the father
David DUTHIE25 November 1874Margaret DUTHIEFind the father
Catherine ELDER1 October 1856Catherine ELDERFind the father
Helen ELDER30 March 1866Catherine ELDERFind the father
William Menzies ELLIOT2 September 1863Agnes ELLIOTFind the father
Helen FAIRLEY22 March 1858Janet FAIRLEYFind the father
Elizabeth FARRIE19 August 1862Janet FARRIEFather found
Janet Lawson FARRIE24 January 1861Martha FARRIEFind the father
Jane Mary Agnes FINLAYSON20 January 1866Jane FINLAYSONFind the father
Douglas FOLEY13 August 1868Agnes FOLEYFind the father
Margaret Lawrie FORREST4 May 1868Caroline FORRESTFather found
Margaret GARLAND30 December 1856Grace GARLANDFind the father
James GIBSON4 February 1859Alison GIBSONFind the father
John GIBSON1 September 1857Alison GIBSONFind the father
Robert Dowie GIBSON17 June 1857Janet GIBSONFind the father
John GOURLAY11 July 1863Agnes GOURLAYFind the father
George GRADY25 December 1870Margaret GRADYFind the father
James GRAY14 July 1864Julian GRAYFind the father
John GRAY5 June 1874Jane GRAYFind the father
Helen GREIG11 November 1863Helen GREIGFind the father
James HAMILTON19 February 1871Margaret HAMILTONFind the father
James Steel HARDY29 April 1867Alison HARDYFind the father
Agnes Lockie HARRISON15 September 1866Margaret HARRISONFind the father
Isabella HASTON29 January 1862Isabella HASTONFind the father
Marion HASTON18 November 1858Margaret HASTONFind the father
Marion HAY20 January 1862Jane HAYFind the father
David HENDERSON16 November 1866Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
Walter Thomas HENDERSON10 April 1862Margaret HENDERSONFind the father
Prudence HOOK23 January 1856Helen HOOKFind the father
Agnes HUNTER6 November 1860Agnes HUNTERFind the father
Alexander HUNTER18 February 1872Mary HUNTERFind the father
Barbara HUNTER21 December 1868Barbara HUNTERFind the father
Margaret HUNTER29 June 1865Catherine HUNTERFind the father
Margaret HUTCHISON11 September 1874Margaret HUTCHISONFind the father
Adam JOHNSTON22 August 1864Jemima JOHNSTONFind the father
James JOHNSTON10 February 1869Isabella JOHNSTONFind the father
William JOHNSTON3 February 1855Janet JOHNSTONFind the father
Isabella KIDD20 May 1855Jane KIDDFind the father
James LAWRIE23 October 1871Helen LAWRIEFind the father
John LEE30 November 1872Catherine LEEFind the father
Peter MACABE19 September 1874Janet MACABEFind the father
Anne Macnab MACGREGOR17 June 1873Mary MACGREGORFind the father
Mary MAGINNES26 April 1872Mary MAGINNESFind the father
William MARSHALL5 May 1869Isabella MARSHALLFind the father
Alexander MASTERTON19 December 1871Mary MASTERTONFind the father
George Storie MASTERTON27 August 1871Eliza MASTERTONFind the father
John MASTERTON10 July 1865Eliza MASTERTONFind the father
Joseph MCCABE14 November 1867Helen MCCABEFind the father
John MCCANNAH23 July 1858Bridget MCCANNAHFind the father
Margaret MCFARLINE19 October 1872Catherine MCFARLINEFind the father
Mary Ann MCGIVREN5 May 1872Mary Ann MCGIVRENFind the father
Jane MCLACHLAN9 April 1855Jane MCLACHLANFind the father
John MCLACHLAN9 April 1855Jane MCLACHLANFind the father
John MCLEAN27 January 1870Elizabeth MCLEANFind the father
Jane MCNAB31 January 1863Jane MCNABFind the father
Ann MIDDLEMAS8 April 1864Isabella MIDDLEMASFather found
Robert MILLS13 April 1861Janet MILLSFind the father
Margaret MORRISON1 May 1869Mary MORRISONFind the father
Mary MORRISON1 May 1869Mary MORRISONFind the father
Robert MORRISON28 May 1864Mary MORRISONFind the father
Robert MUIR23 May 1870Charlotte MUIRFind the father
Mary NEILSON20 December 1867Agnes NEILSONFather found
Alexander PATERSON21 December 1863Jessie PATERSONFind the father
Alexander PATERSON3 June 1865Jessie PATERSONFind the father
James PATERSON14 February 1857Elizabeth PATERSONFind the father
Christina Gardner PAUL3 February 1872Christina PAULFind the father
Jane PENDER25 December 1861Janet PENDERFind the father
George POTTER27 January 1863Janet POTTERFind the father
James POTTER30 June 1870Margaret POTTERFind the father
John Kerr POTTER7 October 1861Christina POTTERFind the father
George POUTHERER4 September 1859Christina POUTHERERFind the father
Marion PRESTON9 May 1870Jessie PRESTONFind the father
Margaret REID25 June 1872Elizabeth REIDFather found
James RITCHIE20 October 1867Janet RITCHIEFind the father
Janet Wood RITCHIE15 October 1859Janet RITCHIEFind the father
Mary Wight RITCHIE6 December 1869Anne RITCHIEFind the father
Peter RITCHIE21 February 1866Janet RITCHIEFind the father
Barbara SHANKS17 September 1855Barbara SHANKSFind the father
Thomas SHANKS25 December 1861Barbara SHANKSFind the father
Janet SHAW19 August 1860Janet SHAWFather found
Henry SHORE3 March 1874Elizabeth SHOREFind the father
Margaret Carwells SMELLIE12 March 1866Jane SMELLIEFind the father
Robert SMELLIE18 July 1866Christina SMELLIEFind the father
John Alexander SMITH1 June 1869Isabella SMITHFather found
John SPEIRS25 August 1869Elizabeth SPEIRSFind the father
Ann STEWART7 September 1864Jane STEWARTFind the father
Janet STEWART5 October 1867Jane STEWARTFind the father
John STORK3 June 1872Janet STORKFind the father
William STUART26 April 1867Margaret STUARTFind the father
James THOMSON25 February 1855Barbara THOMSONFind the father
Robert THOMSON13 February 1856Ann THOMSONFind the father
William THOMSON1 June 1866Margaret THOMSONFind the father
John WEBSTER5 January 1863Jane WEBSTERFind the father
Ann WHITE29 November 1860Christina WHITEFind the father
Christina WHITE3 May 1869Annie WHITEFind the father
David WHITE17 August 1863Christina WHITEFind the father
James WHITE13 May 1865Anne WHITEFind the father
William WHITE4 February 1868Margaret WHITEFind the father
Peter WHYTE17 April 1864Margaret WHYTEFind the father
Agnes WILSON22 December 1868Janet WILSONFather found
Andrew WILSON23 October 1866Janet WILSONFind the father
Christina WILSON12 June 1862Janet WILSONFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/229/5 pp. 116-122)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DavidFortuneelderBirdsmill
JohnBairdelderKirkliston
AlexanderHillelderNiddry Castle
JohnAdamsSwineburn
JohnAitkenNiddryForename changed to George
RobertAllanMuirend
JohnAllanOldliston
AlexrAndersonBirdsmill
JohnAnthonyBirdsmill
WilliamAuldBraehill
JohnBinnieBlackhill
AlexrBarronKirkliston
GeorgeBaxterBurnside
AlexanderBellCarmelhill
HughBellClifton Mains
JohnBinnieAlmondhill
GeorgeBinnieMuiryhall
JamesBishopLook About Ye
RobertBishopDundas Lodge
WilliamBishopOvertown
AlexrBissetKirkliston
JamesBlackKirkliston
JamesBlackWinchburgh
PeterBlackKirkliston
RobertBlairWinchburgh
RobertBowsieSlatebarns
JohnBrockOvertown
JamesBrodieGlendeven
JamesBoswelKilpunt
RobertBrotherstonBoathouse
RobertBorthwickBraekiln
GeorgeBorthwickNiddry Mains
JohnBrownHaugh
WilliamBrownMuiryhall
WilliamBrownKirkliston
DavidBrownClifton Mains
JohnBrashKirkliston
RobertBruceNiddry
JeremiahBurnetKirkliston
GeorgeBurnetKirkliston
RobertBurnsKirkliston
D CCameronFoxhall
DuncanCameronKirkliston
GeorgeCassyWinchburgh
GeorgeCassyWinchburgh
WilliamCampbellWinchburgh
DavidChalmersCarmelhill
CharlesClarksonBoathouse
GeorgeCombKirkliston
AndrewCunninghamLoupolees
ThomasDavidsonWinchburgh
ThomasDickKirkliston
JohnDicksonWheatlands
JohnDicksonMillrig
GeorgeDouglasCliftonhall
ArchibaldDowieSlatebarns
ArchibaldDowieClifton
JohnDowieKirkliston
AlexrDrysdaleKirkliston
AlexanderDuncanGlendeven
JohnDudgeonAlmondhill
GeorgeDudgeonHumbie
AlexanderErskine
DavidFalconarCarlaurie
WilliamFergusonKirkliston
RobertFerrierKirkliston
WilliamFinlaysonNiddry
AlexrForresterCarlaurie
ThomasForrestHumbie
ThomasForresterKirkliston
CharlesFrazerKirkliston
JohnFairleyHaugh
JamesGardenerBrankin
DavidGibbNewbridge
JamesGlenKirkliston
JohnGordonFoxhall
WilliamGrantWester Ingliston
JamesGrayGlendeven
ThomasGrayKirkliston
ThomasGrayNiddry
WalterGibsonWheatlands
AlexrHamiltonCarmelhill
ArchdHamiltonKirkliston
JohnHayGlendeven
JamesHeadrickIngliston
JohnHendersonKirkliston
ThomasHendersonKirkliston
JohnHethertonSlatebarns
AlexanderHillWinchburgh
James MaitlandHogNewliston
AndrewHunterHumbie
GeorgeHunterWinchburgh
JamesHunterHaugh
PeterHutchieNiddry Mains
RobertHutchieWinchburgh
AndrewHutchisonKirkliston
DavidIrvingMillrig
GavinJohnstoneBraekiln
JohnJohnstoneKirkliston
JohnJohnstoneClifton Mains
AlexanderKerrBroomhouse
JohnKerrNiddry
JohnKerrHumbie Quarry
RobertKerrSlatebarns
JohnKinnairdWest Farm
JamesLaingPriestmill
ThomasLaingPriestmill
JamesLauriesurgeonKirkliston
AlexanderLaurieKirkliston
RobertLaurieAlmondhill
RobertLaurieNewbridge
ArchdLauriestonNewbridge
RobertLawsonKirkliston
JamesLinnNewbridge
MatthewLinnKirkliston
FrancisManlyKirkliston
JohnMarshallIngliston
ThomasMarshallBirdsmill
WilliamMarshallKirkliston
GeorgeMasonAlmondhill
JamesMastertonBoathouse
WilliamMatherCliftonhall
JohnMillWinchburgh
JamesMillarBriggs
ThomasMillarClifton Mains
AndrewMorrisMillcraig
JamesMuirKirkliston
JohnMuirWinchburgh
JohnMunroKirkliston
RobertNelsonEastfield
WalterOmitSwineburn
JohnOrrockMuiryhall
AnthonyPalmerNewbridge
WilliamParisHaugh
JamesPatersonHaugh
JamesPatersonEastfield
RobertPenderWinchburgh
RobertPenderBraekiln
AndrewPhilpKirkliston
ThomasPotterHumbie
GeorgeProvanLoanhead
JohnProvanHaugh
JosephPurdieClifton
RobertRedfordKirkliston
AlexanderReidSlatebarns
DavidRitchieBrankin
WilliamRichieNewmains
WalterRitchieKirkliston
WilliamRitchieBrankin
AlexrRobertsonOldliston
DavidRobertsonHumbie
JamesRobertsonKirkliston
RobertRobertsonWinchburgh
HenryRonaldBurnside
JohnRonaldKirkliston
WilliamRussellNewhouses
JamesSadlerNewliston
JamesSamuelBroomhouse
DundasSamuelKirkliston
WalterSamuelKirkliston
JohnShanksKirkliston
WilliamSharpKirkliston
JamesSimpsonKirkliston
ArchdSinclairCarmelhill
JohnSpaldieMuiryhall
JohnSpenceHumbie Quarry
AndrewSteinNewliston
JamesStevensonCliftonhall
JohnStevensonCliftonhall
AlexanderStewartKirkliston
JamesStewartKirkliston
JohnStewartOvertown
PeterStewartKirkliston
JohnSwanWheatlands
AlexrStevensonGlendeven
JamesStevensonEaster Ingliston
JamesTaylorBurnhall
WilliamTodClifton Mains
JamesTodClifton Mains
AndrewThomsonNiddry
JamesWhiteKirkliston
JohnWalkerHiddlefolds
DavidWestEastfield
GeorgeWestWinchburgh
RobertWhiteIngliston
JamesYoungLoanhead
JamesYoungKirkliston
GeorgeYoungKirkliston
RobertYoungNiddry
ThomasYoungKirkliston

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.

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