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Laurencekirk records

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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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Mrs Helen ALLISON or WRIGHT 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Sarah BELFORD 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen BLACKIE or GRIEVE 1847 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Mary BLACKLAW 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Helen DAWSON or FIFE 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Helen DAWSON or FYFE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
John DIXON 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Jane FERRIER or LAW 1880 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Margaret MACINTOSH 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary MCCONACHIE 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jean MCINTOSH 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Charlotte MILNE 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
William MOIR 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
John SMITH 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Christina CARR
Blakiemuir Avenue, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire		Robert MCGREGOR22 Aug 1880Order nowPerth
SC49/4/49
Margaret GREIG
Laurencekirk		Andrew ERSKINE16 Mar 1848Order nowStonehaven
SC5/7/4
Margaret ROSS
Blackiemuir Road, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire		James PETRIE7 Jan 1882Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Helen SMEATON
Kinnear Square, Lawrencekirk
formerly Southmains, Forfar		James DOIG10 Nov 1885
Lawrencekirk, Kincardineshire		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/19
Elizabeth THOMSON
Laurencekirk		Alexander FRASER1 Jan 1853Order nowStonehaven
SC5/7/4
Margaret WALKER
Laurencekirk		Alexander WILL21 Nov 1854Order nowStonehaven
SC5/7/5
Annie WISHART
Caldhame Feus, Laurencekirk		Joseph HOGG26 Mar 1884Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18

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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Fanny Edward ADAM1 April 1865Mary Jane ADAMFind the father
James ADDISON27 September 1867Jean ADDISONFind the father
John ADDISON9 January 1874Jane ADDISONFather found
Andrew Morris ALLISON5 April 1863Barbara ALLISONFind the father
Agnes Mitchell ANDERSON27 February 1862Mary ANDERSONFind the father
James ANGUS22 September 1855Jane ANGUSFind the father
Jemima ANGUS10 February 1860Jean ANGUSFind the father
James BAIN20 October 1858Barbara BAINFind the father
Henry Alfred BARNETT10 April 1864Elisabeth BARNETTFind the father
Robert BEATTIE30 October 1856Jane BEATTIEFind the father
James BISSET5 August 1870Mary BISSETFind the father
Marianne BRAND12 September 1867Elisabeth BRANDFind the father
James BRIDGEFORD28 June 1859Helen BRIDGEFORDFind the father
William BURN2 May 1855Mary BURNFind the father
Charles Gibson BURNS4 February 1869Mary BURNSFind the father
Charles CALDER8 July 1871Annie CALDERFind the father
William CAMPBELL13 July 1855Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
James CARNEGIE1 March 1861Susan CARNEGIEFind the father
John CARNEGIE5 October 1861Jane CARNEGIEFind the father
James CARROL30 September 1873Jane CARROLFind the father
David COBB26 April 1863Elisabeth Cobb Or MARRFind the father
Elisabeth Mary COLLIE27 October 1868Mary COLLIEFind the father
Isabella Glennie COSANS27 June 1858Elisabeth COSANSFind the father
Mary Jane CRABB20 July 1869Jane CRABBFind the father
Jonathan CRABBE4 February 1855Isobel CRABBEFind the father
Jane Ann CRAMOND1 September 1857Margaret CRAMONDFind the father
Ann DUFFUS5 December 1868Janet DUFFUSFind the father
Charlotte EDDIE10 November 1868Eliza EDDIEFind the father
Jane EDWARD27 March 1871Elizabeth EDWARDFind the father
Alexander ERSKINE3 July 1872Jane ERSKINEFind the father
James Willocks FAWNS9 July 1868Elisabeth FAWNSFind the father
Thomas Willocks FAWNS25 December 1869Elizabeth FAWNSFind the father
Jane FETTES10 February 1862Jane FETTESFind the father
John FINDLAY20 April 1864Jean FINDLAYFind the father
Margaret FINDLAY4 December 1868Mary FINDLAYFind the father
Mary Ann FINDLAY16 September 1872Margaret FINDLAYFind the father
Helen Wallace FORD12 February 1872Isabella FORDFind the father
Archibald Inglis FYFE29 May 1871Janet Barron FYFEFind the father
Jessie Barron FYFE16 January 1870Janet Barron FYFEFind the father
John GAVIN8 June 1862Ann GAVINFather found
James GLEN25 October 1871Margaret GLENFind the father
Catharine GOIVE9 March 1855Sarah GOIVEFather found
John GORDON29 December 1868Elisabeth GORDONFind the father
Joseph GOVE11 March 1862Isabella GOVEFind the father
Mary Ann Tulloch GOVE27 December 1862Sarah GOVEFind the father
Alexander Wallace GREIG21 November 1859Catharine GREIGFind the father
Ann GREIG25 June 1855Catharine GREIGFind the father
Lavinia GREIG4 July 1862Catharine GREIGFind the father
Alexander HAMPTON27 April 1855Susan Hampton Or GERRARDFind the father
John HAMPTON7 February 1855Elizabeth HAMPTONFind the father
Mary HARRISON17 December 1858Ann HARRISONFind the father
Mary Ann HERALD2 August 1872Mary HERALDFind the father
James HOWIE5 July 1856Jean HOWIEFind the father
William IMRIE15 July 1871Jane IMRIEFind the father
Robert JAFFRAY2 August 1864Margaret JAFFRAYFind the father
William JAFFREY27 September 1856Margaret JAFFREYFind the father
Adam Cameron JOLLY17 September 1865Jean JOLLYFind the father
Elspet KENN16 February 1862Isabella KENNFind the father
Margaret Ann LAKIE2 April 1859Elizabeth LAKIEFind the father
Elisabeth LAURENCE12 February 1866Isabella LAURENCEFind the father
Ann Forbes LAURIE31 January 1855Mary LAURIEFind the father
Isabel LAURIE9 July 1868Georgina LAURIEFind the father
Mary Jane LAURIE17 November 1862Georgina LAURIEFind the father
Mary Jean Mitchell LAURIE11 October 1861Mary LAURIEFind the father
Alexander LAWRENCE26 March 1866Margaret LAWRENCEFind the father
Helen Eddie LAWRENCE13 January 1870Margaret LAWRENCEFind the father
Helen Ross LONGMUIR25 June 1859Mary LONGMUIRFind the father
Jane Ann LONGMUIR13 March 1860Ann LONGMUIRFind the father
David LYALL21 January 1858Elisabeth LYALLFind the father
George MACGREGOR1 December 1871Mary Ann MACGREGORFind the father
Marianne MCANDREW10 January 1867Elisabeth MCANDREWFind the father
Mary Ann Beattie MCGREGOR22 September 1865Mary Ann MCGREGORFather found
Emily MCHARDY2 February 1867Christina MCHARDYFind the father
Alexander MILLNE29 June 1855Margaret MILLNEFind the father
David MILNE11 January 1860Ann MILNEFind the father
George MILNE13 June 1859Jean MILNEFind the father
George MILNE6 October 1870Helen MILNEFind the father
Isabel MILNE12 October 1857Jean MILNEFind the father
Jean Young MILNE18 May 1862Ann Milne Or BAIRDFather found
Margaret MILNE3 September 1865Christina MILNEFind the father
James MITCHELL11 December 1873Elizabeth MITCHELLFind the father
Mary MITCHELL25 September 1874Mary Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Williamina MITCHELL28 August 1864Mary MITCHELLFather found
Betsy MOIR4 April 1869Betsy MOIRFind the father
Elizabeth MOIR15 December 1855Jean MOIRFind the father
Henry MONTEITH7 September 1859Mary MONTEITHFind the father
Mary Ann MONTEITH20 July 1855Mary MONTEITHFind the father
Mary MORRISON22 September 1872Mary MORRISONFind the father
Betsy MOUAT27 January 1863Helen MOUATFind the father
James MOUAT29 September 1862Mary Ann MOUATFind the father
Maria Ann Thomson MURRAY28 June 1874Helen MURRAYFind the father
Alexander NICOLSON23 May 1859Isabella NICOLSONFind the father
John NICOLSON13 November 1866Flora NICOLSONFind the father
Jessie Croll OFFICER7 August 1869Isabella OFFICERFind the father
Robert OFFICER14 January 1874Isabella OFFICERFind the father
William OFFICER13 November 1867Isabella OFFICERFind the father
Elisabeth REITH23 January 1860Mary REITHFind the father
James REITH1 May 1865Elsie REITHFind the father
Margaret REITH7 August 1868Margaret REITHFind the father
Isabella RITCHIE20 November 1867Jane RITCHIEFind the father
Ann ROBB19 December 1863Margt. ROBBFind the father
Elisabeth Wood ROBERTSON22 December 1856Isabella ROBERTSONFind the father
Rebeckah Prophet RODGER12 June 1860Ann RODGERFind the father
Mary Warran ROSS1 April 1873Mary ROSSFind the father
James Addison SCORGIE29 November 1861Elisabeth SCORGIEFind the father
Helen SCOTT20 February 1858Charlotte SCOTTFind the father
James SCOTT3 March 1856Bremner Farquhar SCOTTFind the father
Margaret SCOTT23 May 1855Jean SCOTTFind the father
John Grieve SIM27 September 1874Eliza SIMFind the father
James SINCLAIR19 August 1864Jane SINCLAIRFind the father
Jane SOUTAR2 March 1857Mary SOUTARFind the father
Charles STEWART3 September 1868Margaret STEWARTFind the father
Jane Young STEWART2 May 1872Jane STEWARTFind the father
Mary Ann STEWART5 October 1865Margaret STEWARTFind the father
Ailsa Gordon TEVENDALE4 December 1864Margaret TEVENDALEFind the father
George TEVENDALE9 March 1869Isabella TEVENDALEFind the father
Jean TEVENDALE22 December 1867Isabella TEVENDALEFather found
John Adams THOMSON5 August 1862Mary Ann THOMSONFind the father
Mary Ann THOW5 February 1857Helen THOWFind the father
Mary Ann Beverly THOW16 November 1874Elizabeth THOWFind the father
Francis TOLIMY1 October 1870Margaret TOLIMYFind the father
Helen TOLIMY11 October 1868Margaret TOLIMYFind the father
Alexander WALKER22 December 1867Helen WALKERFind the father
Helen WALKER23 October 1858Jean WALKERFind the father
Jessie WALKER28 January 1869Margaret WALKERFind the father
Mary Jane WALKER15 June 1861Jane WALKERFind the father
Jessie WEBSTER10 August 1856Mary WEBSTERFind the father
Mary WILLIAMSON18 January 1871Mary WILLIAMSONFind the father
Helen Bain WILSON16 December 1872Jessie WILSONFind the father
Jane WISHART15 January 1864Margaret WISHARTFind the father
Isabella Jessie WYLLIE29 November 1869Mary Jane WYLLIEFind the father
Mary Ferguson WYLLIE24 March 1872Mary Jane WYLLIEFind 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

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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.