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Kirkpatrick Durham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet ALLAN | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet ARMSTRONG | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary ARMSTRONG | 1858 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary BAIN | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Grace CLARK or MCMINN | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused, on understanding that allowance is to be increased when other resources fail | |
| Widow Grace CLARK or MCMINN | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see 226 1850 | |
| Widow Grace CLARK or MCMINN | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Grace CLARK or MCMINN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Nanny COATES | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John CRAIG | 1863-1864 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow DALGLEISH or COWAN | 1878 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane DAVIDSON | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane DONALDSON or MAXWELL | 1858 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jean DUNABIE | 1866 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mrs GILLESPIE | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John HUNTER | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Grace KENNEDY | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet LOCH | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet LOCK | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane MAXWELL or DONALDSON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Jean MCARTHUR | 1871 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Susan MCCARTNEY | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann MCCAW | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MCCULLOCH | 1870-1871 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Lawrence MCENTIE | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Nicholas MCGIRR | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; party for whom application is made died in February last | |
| Jane MCROBERT | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret MCROBERT | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jean MCROBERTS | 1861-1862 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William MCTURK | 1853 (4) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| William MCTURK | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused, too old a date, may be renewed | |
| William MCTURK | 1854 (3) | Order images | Withdrawn | |
| Widow Margaret MIDDLETON | 1863 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Edward MILLIGAN | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MILLIGAN | 1866 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Michael MURPHY | 1867 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret PATERSON | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret SPEY | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret STEWART | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann TENNANT | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane WATERSTON | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary WRIGHT | 1866 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet AITKEN Kirkpatrick Durham | Samuel MORINE OR MORRINE | 22 Jun 1872 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/14 |
| Margaret Jane DAVIDSON Kirkpatrick Durham | Alexander JOHNSTONE | 16 Sep 1892 Edinburgh | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Katie FERGUSON Drumhumphrey Cottage, Kirkpatrick Durham | Peter R MARSHALL | 17 Jan 1905 Townhead of Grange, Urr | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
| Mary KELLY Corsegate, Kirkpatrick Durham | John WELSH | 28 Jan 1885 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Elizabeth KIRK Whitecairn, Kirkpatrick Durham formerly Cargenbridge, Troqueer | Robert THOMSON | 16 Mar 1860 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/33 |
| Margaret KIRK Craigsdam, Kirkpatrick Durham | Robert JOHNSTONE | 8 Mar 1892 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Agnes MCKEVERS Drumhumphrey, Kirkpatrick Durham formerly Glaisters, Kirkgunzeon | James PARKER | 9 Sep 1861 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/14 |
| Jane MOWBRAY Glaisters, Kirkpatrick Durham | James KILLOCK | 14 Jul 1884 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Jessie NICHOL Meadowhead of Crocketford, Kirkpatrick Durham | Robert HYSLOP | 3 Jan 1894 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Christine PAPPLE Knowetop, Corsock, Kirkpatrick Durham | John CORMON | 10 Feb 1883 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Jane RUSSELL Kirkpatrick Durham | William STEWART | 18 Jul 1879 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Mary THOMSON Culshand, Kirkpatrick Durham | Robert CALDOW OR CAUDIE | 15 Aug 1856 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Jane AIKEN | 3 May 1865 | Janet AIKEN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | 22 June 1862 | Janet ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | 10 June 1871 | Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| Jessie ARMSTRONG | 15 July 1864 | Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | Find the father |
| John ARMSTRONG | 20 April 1862 | Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | Father found |
| Elizabeth BARR | 28 September 1862 | Rebecca BARR | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes BARRET | 31 March 1859 | Catharine BARRET | Find the father |
| Alexander BAXTER | 8 September 1867 | Janet BAXTER | Find the father |
| Alexander BAXTER | 8 June 1870 | Janet BAXTER | Find the father |
| David BAXTER | 12 August 1867 | Jane BAXTER | Find the father |
| Helen BAXTER | 9 August 1864 | Janet BAXTER | Find the father |
| John BAXTER | 26 May 1865 | Jane BAXTER | Find the father |
| Thomas BAXTER | 26 April 1874 | Janet BAXTER | Find the father |
| James Houston BELL | 20 December 1866 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jane BENNET | 10 April 1866 | Mary BENNET | Find the father |
| Margaret BURGESS | 6 January 1863 | Mary BURGESS | Find the father |
| Robert BURNS | 25 December 1868 | Elizabeth BURNS | Find the father |
| John CARLYLE | 30 November 1859 | Jane CARLYLE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CARRUTHERS | 31 October 1869 | Elizabeth CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| James CHARTERS | 5 May 1859 | Agnes CHARTERS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CLEMENT | 4 November 1864 | Jane CLEMENT | Father found |
| John CLINGAN | 29 March 1859 | Agnes CLINGAN | Find the father |
| Mary CLINGAN | 30 May 1857 | Agnes CLINGAN | Find the father |
| William CLINGAN | 3 July 1859 | Agnes CLINGAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth COUTTS | 31 December 1870 | Mary COUTTS | Find the father |
| Annie CROSBIE | 9 October 1870 | Isabella CROSBIE | Find the father |
| David William CROSBIE | 28 September 1870 | Elizabeth CROSBIE | Find the father |
| Jane Johnston CROSBIE | 19 November 1857 | Isabella CROSBIE | Find the father |
| Robert CROSSAN | 11 April 1873 | Elizabeth CROSSAN | Find the father |
| William CUTHBERTSON | 15 March 1857 | Mary CUTHBERTSON | Find the father |
| Maggie Jane DAVIDSON | 16 December 1870 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Robert Lennox DAVIDSON | 13 August 1867 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DAVIDSON | 5 March 1870 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 4 May 1861 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret DOUGAN | 7 March 1869 | Elizabeth DOUGAN | Find the father |
| Jane EDGAR | 7 October 1865 | Jane EDGAR | Find the father |
| Sarah FERGUSON | 4 March 1862 | Anne FERGUSON | Father found |
| Helen FLINN | 21 August 1864 | Mary FLINN | Find the father |
| Mary FLINT | 9 November 1867 | Margaret FLINT | Find the father |
| John Liddle FRASER | 21 October 1866 | Jane FRASER | Find the father |
| James GEDDES | 30 September 1869 | Mary GEDDES | Find the father |
| Robert GEDDES | 26 June 1867 | Mary GEDDES | Find the father |
| Susan GIBSON | 20 August 1865 | Jane GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mary GORDON | 29 May 1871 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Mary GORDON | 10 November 1874 | Elizabeth GORDON | Find the father |
| Alexander HALLIDAY | 30 April 1855 | Margaret HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Isabella HANNAH | 26 September 1861 | Janet HANNAH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Wilson HYSLOP | 3 September 1872 | Hellen Wilson HYSLOP | Find the father |
| Henry JAMIESON | 20 July 1861 | Sarah JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Jane JOHNSTONE | 25 May 1873 | Annie JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Robert JOHNSTONE | 29 September 1855 | Jane JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Mary KENNEDY | 13 January 1855 | Jean KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Simon Rae KENNEDY | 4 May 1865 | Jane KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Agnes KIM | 15 November 1864 | Margaret KIM | Find the father |
| Alexander KIM | 16 August 1867 | Elizabeth KIM | Find the father |
| John KIM | 14 February 1862 | Janet KIM | Find the father |
| Margaret KIM | 30 December 1869 | Helen KIM | Find the father |
| Margaret KIM | 29 November 1871 | Helen KIM | Find the father |
| Robert KIM | 18 July 1861 | Agnes KIM | Find the father |
| Robert KIM | 4 December 1873 | Elizabeth KIM | Find the father |
| Samuel KIM | 24 February 1864 | Elizabeth KIM | Find the father |
| William KIM | 8 January 1865 | Janet KIM | Find the father |
| Robert KIRK | 26 June 1866 | Agnes KIRK | Find the father |
| James LEITH | 4 November 1873 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| James LEITH | 5 December 1874 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| Mary LEITH | 8 July 1869 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| Mary Jane LEITH | 19 September 1867 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| Samuel LEITH | 3 September 1871 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| William MALCOLM | 6 May 1861 | Sarah MALCOLM | Father found |
| James MAXWELL | 15 December 1857 | Jane MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Jessie Ellen MAXWELL | 2 December 1861 | Jane MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Margery MAXWELL | 15 January 1855 | Jane MAXWELL | Father found |
| Alexander Geddes MCADAM | 16 January 1873 | Maggie MCADAM | Find the father |
| Edward MCCRAITH | 6 November 1870 | Janet MCCRAITH | Father found |
| Elizabeth MCCREEDIE | 6 December 1867 | Mary MCCREEDIE | Find the father |
| Catharine MCDONALD | 3 May 1859 | Elizabeth MCDONALD | Find the father |
| William MCDONALD | 28 April 1855 | Agnes MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John MCGEORGE | 18 March 1858 | Ellen MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCGEORGE | 18 January 1859 | Grace MCGEORGE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCKNAIGHT | 1 May 1862 | Margaret MCKNAIGHT | Find the father |
| William MCKNAIGHT | 24 September 1864 | Mary MCKNAIGHT | Father found |
| Alexander MCKNIGHT | 14 July 1860 | Janet MCKNIGHT | Find the father |
| Agnes MCLEAN | 2 May 1873 | Margaret MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Isabella MCLELLAN | 13 June 1871 | Catharine MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Mary MCMILLAN | 7 October 1859 | Marion MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Agness Mcrobert MCMINN | 23 December 1873 | Mary MCMINN | Find the father |
| John Thomas Boot MCMINN | 16 August 1868 | Mary MCMINN | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane MCMINN | 23 December 1873 | Mary MCMINN | Find the father |
| John MCMINNIES | 18 September 1872 | Janet MCMINNIES | Find the father |
| John MCMORRIN | 13 July 1855 | Elizabeth MCMORRIN | Find the father |
| Robert MCNAUGHT | 18 February 1857 | Agnes MCNAUGHT | Find the father |
| Agnes MCROBERT | 3 October 1859 | Jane MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Isabella MCROBERT | 20 April 1862 | Jane MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Jessie MCROBERT | 24 July 1866 | Jane MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Robina Mcadam MCROBERT | 22 May 1861 | Margaret MCROBERT | Find the father |
| Jemima MIDDLETON | 21 January 1859 | Isabella MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Isabella Maxwell MURPHY | 26 July 1866 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Janet Morrison MURPHY | 27 July 1864 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| John MURPHY | 5 March 1858 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| John MURPHY | 16 December 1867 | Susan MURPHY | Find the father |
| Mary PATERSON | 25 October 1865 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret PEACOCK | 10 May 1862 | Mary PEACOCK | Father found |
| Jane REID | 15 November 1870 | Janet REID | Find the father |
| Margaret RICHARDSON | 18 October 1870 | Elizabeth RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Bryce ROBB | 6 November 1860 | Elizabeth ROBB | Find the father |
| James Hyslop ROBB | 2 May 1864 | Margaret ROBB | Father found |
| Francis Roger ROBISON | 26 November 1868 | Agnes ROBISON | Find the father |
| Marion ROBISON | 16 May 1867 | Agnes ROBISON | Find the father |
| Isabella ROXBURGH | 19 May 1869 | Elizabeth ROXBURGH | Find the father |
| John ROXBURGH | 14 June 1871 | Elizabeth ROXBURGH | Find the father |
| Margaret ROXBURGH | 27 December 1867 | Elizabeth ROXBURGH | Find the father |
| Margaret Gillespie ROXBURGH | 8 July 1865 | Isabella ROXBURGH | Find the father |
| James SHEVELLING | 24 September 1865 | Mary SHEVELLING | Find the father |
| Margaret SHEVELLING | 10 November 1861 | Mary SHEVELLING | Find the father |
| John SHINNAN | 12 July 1866 | Helen SHINNAN | Find the father |
| Isabella SLOAN | 1 January 1863 | Janet SLOAN | Find the father |
| James SLOAN | 11 September 1863 | Mary SLOAN | Father found |
| John SLOAN | 7 August 1859 | Janet SLOAN | Find the father |
| William SLOAN | 24 November 1870 | Grace SLOAN | Find the father |
| Janet STITT | 12 January 1863 | Rebecca STITT | Find the father |
| Janet STITT | 8 June 1867 | Jane STITT | Father found |
| James THOMSON | 17 October 1865 | Margaret THOMSON | Father found |
| James William THOMSON | 9 May 1863 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 10 March 1870 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Richard Adam THOMSON | 12 November 1865 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 23 February 1860 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Susan THOMSON | 18 April 1872 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jane Ann WAUGH | 5 May 1868 | Mary WAUGH | Find the father |
| Mary WHITEWRIGHT | 1 March 1855 | Janet WHITEWRIGHT | Find the father |
| Margaret WILLIAMSON | 4 September 1866 | Margaret WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| David WRIGHT | 30 January 1865 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Lizzie Catharine Mcmorrin WRIGHT | 5 September 1874 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| William WRIGHT | 1 April 1863 | Mary 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.
