Lairg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John MACDONALD | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MACDONALD | 1858-1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MACDONALD | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MACKAY | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ellen MACKAY or LESLIE | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Margaret MACKAY | 1859 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MATHIESON | 1871 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCDONALD | 1866-1867 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann MCKAY | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCKAY | 1881 (2) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johanna BEATTIE | 20 May 1871 | Christina BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Johanna BROWN | 22 May 1863 | Jessie BROWN | Find the father |
| James CALDER | 3 May 1871 | Margaret CALDER | Find the father |
| Catherine CAMERON | 2 September 1870 | Elizabeth CAMERON | Find the father |
| Davidina CAMPBELL | 27 August 1874 | Catherine CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Dolina CAMPBELL | 21 December 1871 | Catherine CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Ann GRAHAM | 23 April 1864 | Elizabeth GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Martha GUNN | 19 October 1867 | Dolina GUNN | Find the father |
| Mary Macdonald MACDONALD | 24 October 1865 | Jessie MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald MACKAY | 18 December 1867 | Ann MACKAY | Find the father |
| George MACKAY | 13 December 1861 | Lillias MACKAY | Find the father |
| Georgina MACKAY | 4 January 1869 | Phebie MACKAY | Find the father |
| Georgina MACKAY | 7 May 1870 | Christina MACKAY | Find the father |
| John MACKAY | 10 February 1868 | Christina MACKAY | Find the father |
| Williamina MACKAY | 24 May 1857 | Marion MACKAY | Find the father |
| Barbara MCKAY | 8 October 1871 | Alexandrina MCKAY | Find the father |
| Davidina MCKAY | 23 April 1869 | Ann MCKAY | Find the father |
| John MCKAY | 6 May 1869 | Lillias MCKAY | Find the father |
| Harre Minten MCLEOD | 31 December 1872 | Helen MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Alexander MERCHANT | 15 May 1874 | Agnes MERCHANT | Find the father |
| Alexander ROSS | 3 March 1871 | Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Ann ROSS | 2 July 1874 | Johanna ROSS | Find the father |
| Davidina ROSS | 17 January 1867 | Christina ROSS | Find the father |
| Isabella ROSS | 2 July 1869 | Johana ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 25 September 1864 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Margaret SUTHERLAND | 28 August 1868 | Ann SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SUTHERLAND | 9 October 1861 | Euphemia SUTHERLAND | 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
