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Kirkmabreck 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 CANDLISH | Fleet Street Gatehouse | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Daniel COSKRIE | 1845-1846 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes GARRAWAY or MCCANDLISH | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MCGHEE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MCGHIE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 29 1848 | |
| Widow Margaret MCGHIE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 29 1848 and 235 1850 | |
| Catherine MCKENNA | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCKIE | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Barnard MCKIRKDALE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane MCLACHLAN | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Martha MCNAMER | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth MURRAY | Palmore | 1845-1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Mary RAFFERTY | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret TAIT | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth HART Begbie, Kirkmabreck | Hugh KENYON | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/15 | |
| Margaret KELLY Carsewilloch, Kirkmabreck | David LITTERICK | 10 Jan 1893 Carsewilloch, Kirkmabreck | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Grace MCIVOR Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire | John DONNAN | 29 Apr 1877 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
| Mary MURPHY Spittal, Kirkmabreck | Thomas MCEWEN | 14 Jun 1883 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Marion O'HARA Creetown, Kirkmabreck | William MCNISH | 3 Feb 1881 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Mary SCOTT Carsluith Bridge, Kirkmabreck | Alexander LITTLE | 21 Jul 1892 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Elizabeth Euphemia SHAW Linnies, near Creetown, Kirkmabreck | William MCCONCHIE | 16 Aug 1873 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/15 |
| Jane SHERIDAN or FRASER Creetown, Kirkmabreck | Alexander WALKER | 30 Aug 1884 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James AITKEN | 24 March 1858 | Mary AITKEN | Find the father |
| John ARCHER | 23 September 1860 | Margaret ARCHER | Find the father |
| Susan ARCHER | 17 July 1860 | Rachel ARCHER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | 16 February 1871 | Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 15 December 1868 | Janet BEATTIE | Find the father |
| John BONE | 23 June 1868 | Jane BONE | Find the father |
| George BOWMAN | 26 June 1860 | Mary BOWMAN | Father found |
| David John BROADFOOT | 30 June 1867 | Jane BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Jessie BROADFOOT | 10 July 1872 | Jane BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Isabella BROWN | 28 September 1859 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane BROWN | 27 August 1855 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 26 November 1871 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane BURNIE | 26 November 1870 | Elizabeth WHITE | Find the father |
| Jane Mckenzie BURNS | 25 January 1868 | Agnes BURNS | Find the father |
| Robert BURNS | 3 August 1873 | Agnes BURNS | Find the father |
| William BURNS | 4 May 1860 | Mary BURNS | Find the father |
| Janet BYERS | 15 September 1864 | Margaret BYERS | Find the father |
| John CAINE | 4 July 1865 | Elizabeth CAINE | Find the father |
| Robert CAMERON | 8 January 1869 | Barbara CAMERON | Find the father |
| James CARSON | 30 October 1872 | Jane CARSON | Find the father |
| Ann Hughan CLOSS | 28 December 1866 | Agnes CLOSS | Find the father |
| Maggie CLOSS | 23 January 1870 | Margaret CLOSS | Find the father |
| James COCHRAN | 27 April 1861 | Margaret COCHRAN | Find the father |
| Margaret COLLINS | 13 August 1868 | Isabella COLLINS | Find the father |
| Edwin COOPER | 21 August 1869 | Mary COOPER | Find the father |
| James CORANS | 26 August 1866 | Isabella CORANS | Find the father |
| Margaret CORSON | 1 November 1866 | Isabella CORSON | Father found |
| John CRAWFORD | 24 August 1873 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| John CURRIE | 3 August 1867 | Jane CURRIE | Find the father |
| Margaret CURRIE | 15 November 1869 | Jane CURRIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DAVIES | 22 April 1871 | Euphemia DAVIES | Find the father |
| Peter DAVIES | 7 January 1860 | Euphemia DAVIES | Find the father |
| Agnes Jane DIAMOND | 20 August 1867 | Isabella DIAMOND | Find the father |
| John DIAMOND | 22 May 1872 | Isabella DIAMOND | Find the father |
| Robert Dickson DIAMOND | 12 December 1865 | Isabella DIAMOND | Find the father |
| James EDGAR | 6 July 1859 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| Jane EDGAR | 12 May 1868 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| John EDGAR | 27 April 1858 | Joan EDGAR | Find the father |
| John EDGAR | 8 August 1874 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| Thomas John EDGAR | 27 March 1867 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| George ELLIOT | 25 February 1859 | Jane ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Mary ELLIOTT | 8 January 1873 | Hellen ELLIOTT | Find the father |
| Sarah ELLIOTT | 31 December 1868 | Helen ELLIOTT | Find the father |
| Annie Stroyan FEGANS | 12 August 1865 | Jane FEGANS | Find the father |
| Robert FERGUSSON | 28 March 1860 | Agness FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| David GEMMEL | 7 January 1870 | Jessie GEMMEL | Find the father |
| Helen GEMMEL | 7 November 1873 | Jessie GEMMEL | Find the father |
| Helen GRIERSON | 23 January 1860 | Marion GRIERSON | Find the father |
| Edward HALL | 26 March 1865 | Margaret HALL | Find the father |
| James HALL | 12 January 1872 | Margaret HALL | Find the father |
| Samuel HALL | 27 June 1861 | Margaret HALL | Find the father |
| Thomas HALL | 12 August 1867 | Margaret HALL | Find the father |
| Nicholas Grierson HILL | 5 February 1860 | Jane HILL | Find the father |
| William Mcmillan HILL | 11 September 1858 | Jane HILL | Find the father |
| James HORNELL | 6 February 1863 | Elizabeth HORNELL | Find the father |
| Margaret IRVINE | 15 November 1864 | Margaret IRVINE | Find the father |
| James KELLY | 10 December 1865 | Margaret KELLY | Find the father |
| Mary KELLY | 21 July 1873 | Maggie KELLY | Find the father |
| Robert KELLY | 1 October 1872 | Lillias Mclellan KELLY | Find the father |
| Margaret KENNEN | 10 December 1874 | Janet KENNEN | Find the father |
| Mary KENNYON | 31 May 1869 | Mary Ann KENNYON | Find the father |
| Henry LEAD | 5 November 1862 | Jane LEAD | Find the father |
| Jane Halliday LINGUS | 6 February 1869 | Margaret Jane LINGUS | Find the father |
| Francis MACKIE | 26 July 1867 | Margaret MACKIE | Find the father |
| John Mcconchie MAXWELL | 29 June 1857 | Isabella MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Margaret MAXWELL | 7 November 1860 | Isabella MAXWELL | Find the father |
| James MCADAM | 27 March 1859 | Sarah MCADAM | Find the father |
| Agnes MCCANDLISH | 16 April 1869 | Mary MCCANDLISH | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCLELLAND | 24 February 1865 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Mary MCDILL | 26 May 1868 | Jane MCDILL | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MCDILL | 30 October 1861 | Mary MCDILL | Find the father |
| Agnes MCGARVA | 18 February 1870 | Joan MCGARVA | Find the father |
| Robert MCGARVA | 25 October 1873 | Joan MCGARVA | Find the father |
| William MCGARVA | 16 January 1862 | Mary MCGARVA | Find the father |
| James MCGEORGE | 13 January 1868 | Elizabeth MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| Margaret Campbell MCGEORGE | 20 November 1872 | Agnes MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| William MCGEORGE | 28 December 1869 | Elizabeth MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| James MCGHEE | 28 May 1858 | Catherine MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Patrick MCGHEE | 16 March 1855 | Catherine MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Robina Oliphant MCGILL | 29 September 1859 | Margaret MCGILL | Find the father |
| James MCGINNIS | 16 July 1872 | Janet MCGINNIS | Find the father |
| John Boyd MCGUFFIE | 4 December 1872 | Agnes MCGUFFIE | Find the father |
| Robert MCGUFFOG | 6 March 1859 | Mary MCGUFFOG | Find the father |
| William MCINTYRE | 5 May 1861 | Agness MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| William MCINTYRE | 25 December 1863 | Rosanna MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Jane MCKAY | 23 August 1862 | Jane MCKAY | Find the father |
| Robert MCKIRDELE | 27 March 1857 | Bridget MCKIRDELE | Find the father |
| Helen MCKNIGHT | 14 September 1864 | Mary MCKNIGHT | Find the father |
| Hugh MCKNIGHT | 14 June 1860 | Mary MCKNIGHT | Find the father |
| Isabella MCKNIGHT | 14 June 1860 | Mary MCKNIGHT | Find the father |
| Robert MCKNIGHT | 19 December 1856 | Mary MCKNIGHT | Find the father |
| James MCLACHLAN | 20 June 1861 | Joan MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Peter MCLEAN | 23 March 1872 | Janet Mckay MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Richard MCLEAN | 19 May 1873 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| James MCMASTER | 18 December 1867 | Jane MCMASTER | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann MCMEEKAN | 16 October 1869 | Joan MCMEEKAN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCMEEKING | 13 November 1862 | Mary Ann MCMEEKING | Find the father |
| Mary MCMEEKING | 22 May 1866 | Mary Ann BLACKLEY | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCMEKAN | 27 January 1867 | Janet MCMEKAN | Find the father |
| James MCMICHAEL | 29 May 1870 | Margaret MCMICHAEL | Find the father |
| Thomas MCMICHAEL | 7 January 1865 | Janet MCMICHAEL | Find the father |
| Samuel MCMICKEN | 13 January 1858 | Mary Ann MCMICKEN | Find the father |
| Maxwell MCNISH | 22 January 1859 | Margaret MCNISH | Father found |
| Alexander MCROBERT | 2 July 1860 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Mary MCROBERT | 20 February 1855 | Mary MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Robert MCROBERT | 8 June 1867 | Grace MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Robert Mcgarva MCROBERT | 14 February 1872 | Grace MCROBERT | Find the father |
| William Mccall MCWILLIAM | 15 July 1871 | Janet MCWILLIAM | Find the father |
| Lydia Gordon MILROY | 30 April 1866 | Jessie MILROY | Find the father |
| Margaret MILROY | 6 January 1870 | Helen MILROY | Find the father |
| Eleanor MORELAND | 30 January 1873 | Mary MORELAND | Find the father |
| Agnes MORGAN | 13 June 1867 | Agnes MORGAN | Find the father |
| James NELSON | 9 July 1858 | Elizabeth NELSON | Find the father |
| William NIVEN | 6 January 1860 | Margaret NIVEN | Find the father |
| Christina NIXON | 26 September 1865 | Mary NIXON | Find the father |
| John NIXON | 19 December 1868 | Mary NIXON | Find the father |
| Robert NIXON | 19 February 1860 | Isabella NIXON | Find the father |
| Robert NIXON | 21 June 1874 | Mary NIXON | Find the father |
| Alexander O'HARA | 24 September 1874 | Margaret O'HARA | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann O'HARA | 15 July 1871 | Mary O'HARA | Find the father |
| John O'HARROW | 1 October 1869 | Mary O'HARROW | Find the father |
| Jane PORTER | 12 March 1862 | Mary PORTER | Find the father |
| James RATCHFORD | 11 January 1861 | Mary RATCHFORD | Find the father |
| William ROSS | 5 February 1873 | Jane ROSS | Father found |
| Alice SCOTT | 6 September 1862 | Alice SCOTT | Find the father |
| Agnes Osmotherly SHAW | 11 February 1864 | Sarah SHAW | Find the father |
| Alexander SHAW | 16 August 1870 | Elizabeth Euphemia SHAW | Find the father |
| David Milwain SHAW | 13 June 1866 | Sarah SHAW | Find the father |
| Mary Cord SHAW | 5 May 1864 | Elizabeth Euphemia SHAW | Find the father |
| John SHELLIDAY | 19 July 1868 | Margaret SHELLIDAY | Find the father |
| Agnes SLOANE | 18 July 1867 | Jane SLOANE | Find the father |
| Mary Mcdowall STEVENSON | 12 September 1862 | Jane STEVENSON | Find the father |
| William STEVENSON | 6 March 1869 | Elizabeth STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STROYAN | 19 May 1865 | Mary STROYAN | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 4 December 1870 | Mary Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Ellen THOMSON | 15 August 1863 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Grace TOPPING | 28 February 1864 | Phoebe TOPPING | Find the father |
| George WILSON | 28 February 1865 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane WILSON | 20 March 1859 | Mary WILSON | 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.
