Laurencekirk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Helen ALLISON or WRIGHT | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Sarah BELFORD | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen BLACKIE or GRIEVE | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary BLACKLAW | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Helen DAWSON or FIFE | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Helen DAWSON or FYFE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John DIXON | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Jane FERRIER or LAW | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret MACINTOSH | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCCONACHIE | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean MCINTOSH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charlotte MILNE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MOIR | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John SMITH | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanny Edward ADAM | 1 April 1865 | Mary Jane ADAM | Find the father |
| James ADDISON | 27 September 1867 | Jean ADDISON | Find the father |
| John ADDISON | 9 January 1874 | Jane ADDISON | Find the father |
| Andrew Morris ALLISON | 5 April 1863 | Barbara ALLISON | Find the father |
| Agnes Mitchell ANDERSON | 27 February 1862 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James ANGUS | 22 September 1855 | Jane ANGUS | Find the father |
| Jemima ANGUS | 10 February 1860 | Jean ANGUS | Find the father |
| James BAIN | 20 October 1858 | Barbara BAIN | Find the father |
| Henry Alfred BARNETT | 10 April 1864 | Elisabeth BARNETT | Find the father |
| Robert BEATTIE | 30 October 1856 | Jane BEATTIE | Find the father |
| James BISSET | 5 August 1870 | Mary BISSET | Find the father |
| Marianne BRAND | 12 September 1867 | Elisabeth BRAND | Find the father |
| James BRIDGEFORD | 28 June 1859 | Helen BRIDGEFORD | Find the father |
| William BURN | 2 May 1855 | Mary BURN | Find the father |
| Charles Gibson BURNS | 4 February 1869 | Mary BURNS | Find the father |
| Charles CALDER | 8 July 1871 | Annie CALDER | Find the father |
| William CAMPBELL | 13 July 1855 | Ann CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| James CARNEGIE | 1 March 1861 | Susan CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| John CARNEGIE | 5 October 1861 | Jane CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| James CARROL | 30 September 1873 | Jane CARROL | Find the father |
| David COBB | 26 April 1863 | Elisabeth Cobb Or MARR | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Mary COLLIE | 27 October 1868 | Mary COLLIE | Find the father |
| Isabella Glennie COSANS | 27 June 1858 | Elisabeth COSANS | Find the father |
| Mary Jane CRABB | 20 July 1869 | Jane CRABB | Find the father |
| Jonathan CRABBE | 4 February 1855 | Isobel CRABBE | Find the father |
| Jane Ann CRAMOND | 1 September 1857 | Margaret CRAMOND | Find the father |
| Ann DUFFUS | 5 December 1868 | Janet DUFFUS | Find the father |
| Charlotte EDDIE | 10 November 1868 | Eliza EDDIE | Find the father |
| Jane EDWARD | 27 March 1871 | Elizabeth EDWARD | Find the father |
| Alexander ERSKINE | 3 July 1872 | Jane ERSKINE | Find the father |
| James Willocks FAWNS | 9 July 1868 | Elisabeth FAWNS | Find the father |
| Thomas Willocks FAWNS | 25 December 1869 | Elizabeth FAWNS | Find the father |
| Jane FETTES | 10 February 1862 | Jane FETTES | Find the father |
| John FINDLAY | 20 April 1864 | Jean FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Margaret FINDLAY | 4 December 1868 | Mary FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Mary Ann FINDLAY | 16 September 1872 | Margaret FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Helen Wallace FORD | 12 February 1872 | Isabella FORD | Find the father |
| Archibald Inglis FYFE | 29 May 1871 | Janet Barron FYFE | Find the father |
| Jessie Barron FYFE | 16 January 1870 | Janet Barron FYFE | Find the father |
| John GAVIN | 8 June 1862 | Ann GAVIN | Find the father |
| James GLEN | 25 October 1871 | Margaret GLEN | Find the father |
| Catharine GOIVE | 9 March 1855 | Sarah GOIVE | Find the father |
| John GORDON | 29 December 1868 | Elisabeth GORDON | Find the father |
| Joseph GOVE | 11 March 1862 | Isabella GOVE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Tulloch GOVE | 27 December 1862 | Sarah GOVE | Find the father |
| Alexander Wallace GREIG | 21 November 1859 | Catharine GREIG | Find the father |
| Ann GREIG | 25 June 1855 | Catharine GREIG | Find the father |
| Lavinia GREIG | 4 July 1862 | Catharine GREIG | Find the father |
| Alexander HAMPTON | 27 April 1855 | Susan Hampton Or GERRARD | Find the father |
| John HAMPTON | 7 February 1855 | Elizabeth HAMPTON | Find the father |
| Mary HARRISON | 17 December 1858 | Ann HARRISON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann HERALD | 2 August 1872 | Mary HERALD | Find the father |
| James HOWIE | 5 July 1856 | Jean HOWIE | Find the father |
| William IMRIE | 15 July 1871 | Jane IMRIE | Find the father |
| Robert JAFFRAY | 2 August 1864 | Margaret JAFFRAY | Find the father |
| William JAFFREY | 27 September 1856 | Margaret JAFFREY | Find the father |
| Adam Cameron JOLLY | 17 September 1865 | Jean JOLLY | Find the father |
| Elspet KENN | 16 February 1862 | Isabella KENN | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann LAKIE | 2 April 1859 | Elizabeth LAKIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth LAURENCE | 12 February 1866 | Isabella LAURENCE | Find the father |
| Ann Forbes LAURIE | 31 January 1855 | Mary LAURIE | Find the father |
| Isabel LAURIE | 9 July 1868 | Georgina LAURIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane LAURIE | 17 November 1862 | Georgina LAURIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jean Mitchell LAURIE | 11 October 1861 | Mary LAURIE | Find the father |
| Alexander LAWRENCE | 26 March 1866 | Margaret LAWRENCE | Find the father |
| Helen Eddie LAWRENCE | 13 January 1870 | Margaret LAWRENCE | Find the father |
| Helen Ross LONGMUIR | 25 June 1859 | Mary LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| Jane Ann LONGMUIR | 13 March 1860 | Ann LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| David LYALL | 21 January 1858 | Elisabeth LYALL | Find the father |
| George MACGREGOR | 1 December 1871 | Mary Ann MACGREGOR | Find the father |
| Marianne MCANDREW | 10 January 1867 | Elisabeth MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Beattie MCGREGOR | 22 September 1865 | Mary Ann MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Emily MCHARDY | 2 February 1867 | Christina MCHARDY | Find the father |
| Alexander MILLNE | 29 June 1855 | Margaret MILLNE | Find the father |
| David MILNE | 11 January 1860 | Ann MILNE | Find the father |
| George MILNE | 13 June 1859 | Jean MILNE | Find the father |
| George MILNE | 6 October 1870 | Helen MILNE | Find the father |
| Isabel MILNE | 12 October 1857 | Jean MILNE | Find the father |
| Jean Young MILNE | 18 May 1862 | Ann Milne Or BAIRD | Find the father |
| Margaret MILNE | 3 September 1865 | Christina MILNE | Find the father |
| James MITCHELL | 11 December 1873 | Elizabeth MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Mary MITCHELL | 25 September 1874 | Mary Jane MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Williamina MITCHELL | 28 August 1864 | Mary MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Betsy MOIR | 4 April 1869 | Betsy MOIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MOIR | 15 December 1855 | Jean MOIR | Find the father |
| Henry MONTEITH | 7 September 1859 | Mary MONTEITH | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MONTEITH | 20 July 1855 | Mary MONTEITH | Find the father |
| Mary MORRISON | 22 September 1872 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Betsy MOUAT | 27 January 1863 | Helen MOUAT | Find the father |
| James MOUAT | 29 September 1862 | Mary Ann MOUAT | Find the father |
| Maria Ann Thomson MURRAY | 28 June 1874 | Helen MURRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander NICOLSON | 23 May 1859 | Isabella NICOLSON | Find the father |
| John NICOLSON | 13 November 1866 | Flora NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Jessie Croll OFFICER | 7 August 1869 | Isabella OFFICER | Find the father |
| Robert OFFICER | 14 January 1874 | Isabella OFFICER | Find the father |
| William OFFICER | 13 November 1867 | Isabella OFFICER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth REITH | 23 January 1860 | Mary REITH | Find the father |
| James REITH | 1 May 1865 | Elsie REITH | Find the father |
| Margaret REITH | 7 August 1868 | Margaret REITH | Find the father |
| Isabella RITCHIE | 20 November 1867 | Jane RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Ann ROBB | 19 December 1863 | Margt. ROBB | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Wood ROBERTSON | 22 December 1856 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Rebeckah Prophet RODGER | 12 June 1860 | Ann RODGER | Find the father |
| Mary Warran ROSS | 1 April 1873 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| James Addison SCORGIE | 29 November 1861 | Elisabeth SCORGIE | Find the father |
| Helen SCOTT | 20 February 1858 | Charlotte SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 3 March 1856 | Bremner Farquhar SCOTT | Find the father |
| Margaret SCOTT | 23 May 1855 | Jean SCOTT | Find the father |
| John Grieve SIM | 27 September 1874 | Eliza SIM | Find the father |
| James SINCLAIR | 19 August 1864 | Jane SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Jane SOUTAR | 2 March 1857 | Mary SOUTAR | Find the father |
| Charles STEWART | 3 September 1868 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Jane Young STEWART | 2 May 1872 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary Ann STEWART | 5 October 1865 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Ailsa Gordon TEVENDALE | 4 December 1864 | Margaret TEVENDALE | Find the father |
| George TEVENDALE | 9 March 1869 | Isabella TEVENDALE | Find the father |
| Jean TEVENDALE | 22 December 1867 | Isabella TEVENDALE | Find the father |
| John Adams THOMSON | 5 August 1862 | Mary Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann THOW | 5 February 1857 | Helen THOW | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Beverly THOW | 16 November 1874 | Elizabeth THOW | Find the father |
| Francis TOLIMY | 1 October 1870 | Margaret TOLIMY | Find the father |
| Helen TOLIMY | 11 October 1868 | Margaret TOLIMY | Find the father |
| Alexander WALKER | 22 December 1867 | Helen WALKER | Find the father |
| Helen WALKER | 23 October 1858 | Jean WALKER | Find the father |
| Jessie WALKER | 28 January 1869 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| Mary Jane WALKER | 15 June 1861 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| Jessie WEBSTER | 10 August 1856 | Mary WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Mary WILLIAMSON | 18 January 1871 | Mary WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Helen Bain WILSON | 16 December 1872 | Jessie WILSON | Find the father |
| Jane WISHART | 15 January 1864 | Margaret WISHART | Find the father |
| Isabella Jessie WYLLIE | 29 November 1869 | Mary Jane WYLLIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ferguson WYLLIE | 24 March 1872 | Mary Jane WYLLIE | 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
