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Kirkoswald 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 Janet ABERNETHY | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John CROMBIE | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John CRUMMIE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John EAGLESHAM | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert ELLIOT | 1865 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert FERGUSON | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane FULTON | 1856 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jean FULTON | 1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Agnes JOHNSTON or MCDEAD | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jean KENNEDY | 1860 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William KENNEDY | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William KENNEDY | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MCBLAIN | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew MCCRINDLE | 1863 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| David MCLURE | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Myles MCNIFF | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Sarah WALKER or MUCKLEWRATH | 1861 (1) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison AIRD Dalzellowlie, by Maybole, Kirkoswald | Andrew MCDOWALL | 4 Feb 1882 Dalzellowlie, by Maybole, Kirkoswald | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/13 |
| Margaret CAIRNS Burnside, Kirkoswald | James STEVENSON | 21 Mar 1869 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/14 |
| Jessie CAMPBELL Turnberry Lodge, Kirkoswald | Thomas MCMATH | 25 Dec 1887 Drumshang, Maybole | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/18 |
| Janet COUPERTHWAIT Drumdow, Kirkoswald | William JAMIESON | 1 Jan 1857 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/11 |
| Janet ECCLES Kirklands, Damhouse, Kirkoswald | Thomas MCQUISTON | 10 Feb 1886 Kirklands, Damhouse, Kirkoswald | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/18 |
| Janet GALLOWAY Dalzellowlie, Kirkoswald | Quintin MACMORELAND | 6 Apr 1879 Dalzellowlie, Kirkoswald | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/16 |
| Agnes HANNAH Dalzellowlie, Kirkoswald | William TEMPLETON | 8 Feb 1883 Little Craigfin, near Maybole | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/18 |
| Jane PROVAN Pathhead, near Dalzielellolie, Kirkoswald | William WILSON | 13 Jan 1854 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/13 |
| Marion RAMSAY Blair, Kirkoswald | John GEORGE | 16 Apr 1875 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/15 |
| Mary WATSON Corrieston, Kirkoswald | John NEILL | 10 Jul 1862 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Hutchison ARLOW | 7 June 1860 | Mary ARLOW | Father found |
| James ARLOW | 21 December 1855 | Margaret ARLOW | Find the father |
| William ARLOW | 17 August 1859 | Sarah ARLOW | Find the father |
| Agnes Spiers BICKERSTAFF | 5 October 1869 | Agnes BICKERSTAFF | Find the father |
| Kennedy BICKERSTAFF | 9 July 1861 | Agnes BICKERSTAFF | Find the father |
| Mosina BICKERSTAFF | 1 June 1868 | Agnes BICKERSTAFF | Find the father |
| William BICKERSTAFF | 9 December 1863 | Agnes BICKERSTAFF | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BODEN | 24 April 1872 | Annie BODEN | Find the father |
| Hugh BRACKENRIDGE | 3 February 1856 | Agnes BRACKENRIDGE | Find the father |
| Margaret CRAWFORD | 18 May 1869 | Nicholas CRAWFORD | Father found |
| Isabella CROMBIE | 26 April 1874 | Martha CROMBIE | Find the father |
| Jane Burns CUMMING | 22 August 1872 | Jessie CUMMING | Find the father |
| Helen CURRIE | 15 November 1868 | Agnes CURRIE | Find the father |
| Jeanie CURRIE | 26 May 1874 | Agnes CURRIE | Find the father |
| Helen DAVIDSON | 5 July 1856 | Ann DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 1 May 1863 | Janet DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Jessie DAVIDSON | 26 July 1867 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 1 January 1862 | Margaret DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth DOUGLAS | 9 January 1867 | Susan DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Jane DUNN | 27 July 1861 | Agnes DUNN | Find the father |
| Ann FERGUSSON | 16 June 1859 | Jane FERGUSSON | Father found |
| Sarah FINDLAY | 6 August 1868 | Margaret FINDLAY | Find the father |
| William FINDLAY | 16 July 1868 | Mary FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Janet Kay GARY | 30 January 1855 | Jane GARY | Find the father |
| Annie GILLAN | 30 August 1866 | Margaret GILLAN | Find the father |
| Archibald GIRVAN | 22 June 1864 | Barbara GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Margaret GIRVAN | 31 May 1870 | Janet GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Mary GIRVAN | 21 April 1862 | Jane GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Thomas GIRVAN | 15 November 1866 | Barbara GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Isabella Alice GRAHAM | 29 August 1857 | Alice GRAHAM | Father found |
| Jane Douglas HAZLE | 21 April 1873 | Marion HAZLE | Find the father |
| Isabella HERRON | 14 March 1866 | Agnes HERRON | Find the father |
| James HEWITT | 26 August 1873 | Mary HEWITT | Find the father |
| William HEWITT | 22 June 1872 | Sarah HEWITT | Find the father |
| Margaret Campbell HODGEN | 19 April 1865 | Agnes HODGEN | Find the father |
| Thomas JAMIESON | 29 June 1858 | Jane JAMIESON | Find the father |
| William JAMIESON | 23 March 1866 | Helen JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Alexander JONES | 16 April 1870 | Agnes JONES | Find the father |
| George Gray JONES | 7 June 1874 | Agnes JONES | Father found |
| William JONES | 1 June 1866 | Janet JONES | Find the father |
| David KENNEDY | 24 July 1856 | Margaret KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Thomas KERR | 29 June 1857 | Mary KERR | Father found |
| Alice KILDAY | 14 January 1855 | Bridget KILDAY | Find the father |
| Agnes Reid KILPATRICK | 7 January 1860 | Agnes KILPATRICK | Find the father |
| John KILPATRICK | 9 March 1855 | Agnes KILPATRICK | Find the father |
| William KILPATRICK | 6 August 1857 | Agnes KILPATRICK | Find the father |
| Agnes LACHLAN | 22 May 1870 | Margaret LACHLAN | Find the father |
| Margaret LACHLAN | 22 December 1866 | Margaret LACHLAN | Find the father |
| David LOVE | 7 April 1862 | Marion LOVE | Find the father |
| David MCCAUGHTRIE | 10 October 1863 | Catherine MCCAUGHTRIE | Find the father |
| Andrew MCCLURE | 6 July 1855 | Jean MCCLURE | Father found |
| Walker MCCLURE | 3 July 1865 | Elizabeth MCCLURE | Father found |
| Janet MCCORMICK | 15 June 1874 | Janet MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| John MCCORMICK | 6 October 1872 | Ann MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Sarah MCCORMICK | 29 September 1868 | Jane MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Robert MCCRINDLE | 3 October 1862 | Jessie MCCRINDLE | Find the father |
| John MCCULLOCH | 13 February 1862 | Elisabeth MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Charles MCDAAD | 14 August 1856 | Janet MCDAAD | Find the father |
| Margaret MCGILL | 6 January 1859 | Margaret MCGILL | Find the father |
| Mary MCGRANE | 15 December 1857 | Ann MCGRANE | Find the father |
| James MCILWRAITH | 29 June 1856 | Ann MCILWRAITH | Find the father |
| Janet MCILWRICK | 31 July 1857 | Janet MCILWRICK | Find the father |
| Alexander MCJANET | 5 August 1861 | Janet MCJANET | Find the father |
| William MCJANNET | 24 June 1858 | Jannet MCJANNET | Find the father |
| John MCKENN | 1 June 1857 | Jane MCKENN | Find the father |
| John MCKENNA | 14 December 1860 | Sarah MCKENNA | Find the father |
| John MCKINNIES | 5 May 1862 | Janet MCKINNIES | Find the father |
| Andrew MCKINNON | 22 August 1873 | Marion MCKINNON | Find the father |
| Eliza Jamieson MCMATH | 14 March 1874 | Isabella MCMATH | Find the father |
| Andrew MCMURTRIE | 10 November 1862 | Ann MCMURTRIE | Find the father |
| William MCMURTRIE | 24 September 1860 | Jane MCMURTRIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCNISH | 5 April 1863 | Jane MCNISH | Find the father |
| Helen MCQUESTIN | 14 October 1858 | Margaret MCQUESTIN | Find the father |
| Jessie MCQUESTIN | 8 October 1862 | Margaret MCQUESTIN | Find the father |
| William MCQUESTION | 2 January 1869 | Mary MCQUESTION | Find the father |
| James MCSKIMMING | 18 January 1863 | Janet MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
| Janet MCSKIMMING | 26 August 1858 | Janet MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
| Janet MCSKIMMING | 8 November 1866 | Minie MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
| Robert MCSKIMMING | 10 October 1865 | Janet MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
| Thomas MCSKIMMING | 25 May 1858 | Robina MCSKIMMING | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MCWHINNEY | 23 July 1857 | Agnes MCWHINNEY | Find the father |
| Robert MITCHELL | 11 September 1859 | Mary Dalrymple MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MUIR | 24 June 1868 | Elisabeth MUIR | Find the father |
| Jane MUIR | 22 January 1868 | Susan MUIR | Find the father |
| Jamima MURRAY | 25 May 1856 | Jamima MURRAY | Find the father |
| Henry NEWBERRY | 30 July 1862 | Mary NEWBERRY | Find the father |
| Mary NEWBERRY | 12 September 1864 | Mary NEWBERRY | Find the father |
| Helen NISBET | 10 June 1873 | Agnes NISBET | Find the father |
| Mary Jane PARK | 22 September 1872 | Elizabeth PARK | Find the father |
| Alexander PATTON | 10 July 1862 | Mary PATTON | Find the father |
| Mary Semple PATTON | 14 December 1865 | Mary PATTON | Find the father |
| Robert PITT | 4 May 1859 | Susan PITT | Find the father |
| Alexander POLLOCK | 17 August 1864 | Catherine POLLOCK | Find the father |
| Elisabeth POLLOCK | 17 December 1860 | Elisabeth POLLOCK | Find the father |
| John POLLOCK | 15 August 1865 | Agnes POLLOCK | Find the father |
| William POLLOCK | 1 October 1868 | Catherine POLLOCK | Find the father |
| Mary PROVANCE | 1 March 1857 | Jane PROVANCE | Find the father |
| George Miller RAE | 26 October 1874 | Janet RAE | Find the father |
| James RAE | 15 July 1868 | Jessie RAE | Find the father |
| John RAE | 3 September 1873 | Margaret RAE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth RODY | 5 December 1862 | Jane RODY | Father found |
| Adam ROWAN | 24 October 1866 | Margaret ROWAN | Find the father |
| Janet Rewcastle Niven SHANKLAND | 1 November 1857 | Jane SHANKLAND | Find the father |
| Henrietta Elisabeth Davidson SLOAN | 11 January 1867 | Catherine SLOAN | Find the father |
| Matthew Robert SLOAN | 24 October 1869 | Catherine SLOAN | Father found |
| William SLOAN | 18 June 1874 | Elizabeth SLOAN | Find the father |
| Andrew Mccrindle SMITH | 23 February 1870 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Helen Couperthaite SMITH | 12 February 1874 | Mary SMITH | Father found |
| Hugh STEVENSON | 18 October 1867 | Agnes STEVENSON | Find the father |
| David Bell STEWART | 28 February 1865 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Annie TAYLOR | 28 June 1867 | Annie TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Henry TAYLOR | 30 July 1870 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Isabella TAYLOR | 9 March 1863 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Margaret TAYLOR | 1 May 1865 | Ann TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Mary TAYLOR | 23 May 1865 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth THOMPSON | 27 June 1861 | Jane THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Aurelia THOMSON | 4 May 1867 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jane THOMSON | 4 July 1860 | Sarah THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jean THOMSON | 16 May 1855 | Barbara THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jessie Annie Eleanor THOMSON | 6 August 1873 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina THOMSON | 26 November 1871 | Annie THOMSON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 15 October 1868 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WATT | 3 July 1863 | Margaret WATT | Find the father |
| Margaret Love WHITE | 2 December 1858 | Mary WHITE | Father found |
| David WILSON | 31 August 1871 | Rosanna WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 9 December 1865 | Rosannah WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 9 February 1870 | Jane 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.
