Lochcarron 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 BEATON | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Emelia CAMPBELL | 1871 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Ann FRASER | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane MACDONALD | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Isabella MACKENZIE | 1871 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane MACKENZIE | 1871 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann MACLENNAN | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Ann MACRAE | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused, in respect that the inspector offers to provide for applicant adequately in her own parish | |
| Hector MCDONALD | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MCLENNAN | 1876 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Kenneth MCNAIR | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander MCNEIR | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MURCHISON | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MURCHISON | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Allan STEWART | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused in respect that applicant and his dependants can be removed to his own parish and provided for there |
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. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald CAMERON | 14 March 1873 | May CAMERON | Find the father |
| Peggy CAMERON | 12 February 1864 | Mary CAMERON | Find the father |
| Donald FINLAYSON | 8 January 1872 | Mary FINLAYSON | Find the father |
| Anabella GILLIES | 22 September 1871 | Kate GILLIES | Find the father |
| Kenneth GILLIES | 4 September 1862 | Mary GILLIES | Find the father |
| Mary GILLIES | 2 January 1867 | Ann GILLIES | Find the father |
| Donald MACKENZIE | 31 December 1863 | Mary MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MACKENZIE | 13 January 1866 | Janet MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Rodk. MACKENZIE | 22 May 1866 | Rebecca MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| John MACLENNAN | 19 March 1864 | Catherine MACLENNAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCKAY | 1 April 1871 | Mary MCKAY | Find the father |
| Abigail MCKENZIE | 20 November 1870 | Mary MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Ann MCKENZIE | 12 August 1873 | Kate MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Kenneth MCKENZIE | 15 August 1864 | Christy MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| John MCLENNAN | 5 May 1870 | Ann MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Ann MURCHESON | 1 July 1864 | Christy MURCHESON | Find the father |
| Christy MURCHISON | 18 October 1870 | Christy MURCHISON | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 26 December 1873 | Isabella STEWART | 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
