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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

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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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1241/1Baptismal register1855-1948Request lookup
CH2/1241/2Minutes and accounts 1766-95
Accounts 1795-1809		1766-1809Request lookup

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.

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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.

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James ADAM22 February 1857Ann ADAMFind the father
Betsy AITKEN25 June 1860Isabella AITKENFind the father
John ANDERSON7 June 1872Ann ANDERSONFind the father
William ANDERSON4 July 1865Ann ANDERSONFather found
Euphemia Taylor BISSET8 March 1871Euphemia BISSETFind the father
Betsy Wise BROWN29 May 1860Helen BROWNFind the father
James BROWN6 July 1866Helen BROWNFind the father
Joan BROWN24 April 1863Helen BROWNFind the father
David Leighton CATHRO13 December 1872Mary Ann CATHROFind the father
Elizabeth CLARK3 March 1863Catharine CLARKFather found
Elizabeth COUTTS7 January 1858Mary COUTTSFind the father
Ann DALE17 June 1861Ann DALEFind the father
John DARGIE3 February 1860Agnes DARGIEFind the father
James DOWLING7 June 1861Mary DOWLINGFind the father
Elizabeth DUNCAN22 April 1857Elizabeth DUNCANFind the father
Emily DUNCAN25 January 1868Elizabeth DUNCANFather found
William EDWARDS19 April 1873Jane EDWARDSFind the father
James GRAHAM1 February 1872Georgina GRAHAMFind the father
Margaret GRAY16 March 1856Isabella GRAYFind the father
Isabella Robertson GUILD3 March 1859Margaret GUILDFind the father
James Thomson HOOD20 December 1867Jemima HOODFind the father
Catharine HORN6 September 1858Margaret HORNFind the father
Robert LEONARD25 April 1870Margaret LEONARDFind the father
Andrew MARTIN2 August 1870Mary Ann MARTINFind the father
Elizabeth MARTIN7 November 1872Mary Ann MARTINFind the father
John Crow MCDOUGAL16 August 1869Isabella MCDOUGALFind the father
Alexander MCLAREN3 October 1856Charlotte MCLARENFind the father
Charles MCLAREN10 July 1861Charlotte MCLARENFind the father
David MCLAREN18 October 1861Janet MCLARENFind the father
David MCLAREN2 September 1862Betsy MCLARENFind the father
James MCLAREN21 April 1858Ann MCLARENFind the father
Margaret MCLAREN24 April 1866Betsy MCLARENFind the father
Jane MILIN10 June 1866Margaret MILINFind the father
David Mitchell MILNE15 December 1867Betsy MILNEFind the father
James MILNE7 June 1873Mary Ann MILNEFind the father
Henry MITCHELL28 July 1866Elizabeth MITCHELLFind the father
Georgina MORRISON3 March 1868Jessie MORRISONFind the father
Joan Jane PATON25 September 1866Mary PATONFind the father
Jane REID1 September 1870Janet REIDFind the father
Stewart REID2 March 1864Janet REIDFind the father
Isabella SMALL15 February 1861Helen SMALLFind the father
John SMALL30 September 1858Margaret SMALLFind the father
John Stewart SMITH26 March 1869Jessie SMITHFind the father
David TURNBULL8 June 1874Margaret TURNBULLFind the father
George WALKER3 February 1870Isabella WALKERFather found
Magdaline Taylor Grimmond WHILLIS17 January 1866Catherine Elizabeth WHILLISFind the father
Maria Emily WHILLIS14 July 1855Margaret WHILLISFind the father
William Alexander WHILLIS1 January 1864Emily Murray WHILLISFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/1241/4 pp. 27-29)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeDoigDrumkilbo
JohnStormonthDrumkilbo
AlexrWatsonDrumkilbo
JohnInchesDrumkilbo
DavidWalkerDrumkilbo
DavidChalmersDrumkilbo
RobtKennedyDrumkilbo
WmKeayDrumkilboBachelor
DavidWhyteDrumkilbo
WmCrightonDrumkilbo
AlexrThomsonDrumkilbo
AndwKeayFullerton and Potento
JnoBaxterFullerton and Potento
AndwEdwardFullerton and Potento
DonaldFergusonFullerton and Potento
AlexrMclarenFullerton and Potento
AlexrAndersonFullerton and Potento
RobtDuncanFullerton and Potento
DavidDuncanFullerton and Potento
WmShepherdFullerton and Potento
RobtAndersonFullerton and Potento
GeoSaundersFullerton and Potento
PeterCrockatFullerton and Potento
WmPorterFullerton and Potento
AlexrGellatlyFullerton and Potento
JohnCouparelderFullerton And Potento
ThosKeayFullerton and Potento
JamesLindsayFullerton and Potento
WmAitkenFullerton and Potento
GeoWillisFullerton and Potento
JamesHillFullerton and Potento
JnoStirtonFullerton and Potento
AlexrClarkFullerton and Potento
RobertRobertsonFullerton and Potento
DavidGibFullerton and Potento
CharlesTaylorFullerton and Potento
DavidWishartFullerton and Potento
CharlesCoutsFullerton and Potento
SamuelMurrayFullerton and PotentoBachelor
AlexrMurrayFullerton and Potento
JamesStirtonFullerton and Potento
ThosIslesFullerton and Potento
JosephSmallFullerton and Potento
JamesMartinFullerton and Potento
JamesSmallFullerton and Potento
JamesWinterFullerton and Potento
PatrickMurrayFullerton and Potento
JasFlemingFullerton and Potento
ArchibaldButlerFullerton and Potento
DdFlemingFullerton and Potento
WmBrowFullerton and Potento
DdRichardsonFullerton and Potento
AlexrCrichtonFullerton and Potento
JamesMannFullerton and Potento
WmLeslieFullerton and Potento
JamesDonaldFullerton and Potento
GStephenschoolmasterFullerton And Potento
AlexrMcRobieFullerton and Potento
AdamStoryFullerton and Potento
JamesDonaldsonFullerton and Potento
JnoDouglasFullerton and PotentoBachelor
JnoMartinFullerton and Potento
GeorgeTaiteFullerton and Potento
JnoClarkFullerton and Potento
AlexrBrownFullerton and Potento
AlexrMustardFullerton and Potento
WmTaylorelderFullerton And Potento
WmEdwardFullerton and Potento
DdMurrayFullerton and Potento
WmGellatlyelderFullerton And Potento
JamesShepherdFullerton and Potento
WmPatersonFullerton and Potento
GeoGuildFullerton and Potento
JnoRichardsonFullerton and Potento
JnoTaylorFullerton and PotentoBachelor
JnoTaylorFullerton and Potento
JnoIslesFullerton and Potento
JnoIslesFullerton and Potento
JohnCoutsFullerton and Potento
JnoHoodFullerton and Potento
RobtWalkerFullerton and Potento
JnoCameronFullerton and Potento
ThosFentonFullerton and Potento"B"
JamesAndersonFullerton and Potento
StuartMillerBelmont
WmShawBelmont
AndMcintoshBelmont
JnoRamsayBelmont
JnoRamsayelderBelmont
RobtWedderburnBelmont
JohnMclachlanBelmont
JasHendersonelderBelmont
DanielHendersonBelmont
JasDonBelmont
JamesMitchellBelmont
WmTorbetBelmontBachelor
WmMcgregorKinloch
AlexrRobertsonKinloch
WmDargieKinloch
JamesLowKinloch
JnoCarverKinloch
DavidIrelandKinloch
JasCameronKinloch
JnoKennedyKinloch
DdClarkKinloch
JnoIronsKinloch
JasMillamKinloch
JnoSteelKinloch
ThosDuncanKinloch
JnoCrerarKinloch
JnoRobertsonKinloch
JasDavidsonKinloch
JasStewartKinloch
DdMclarenKinloch
JnoCathlesKinloch
DavidFentonKinloch
JnoRobertsonKinloch
JasMclarenKinloch
AlexrFraserCamno

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.