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Menmuir 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

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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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/264/3Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes1762-1779Request lookup
CH2/264/4Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes1779-1794Request lookup
CH2/264/5Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes1795-1816Request lookup
CH2/264/6Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes
(Mainly cash)		1816-1829Request lookup
CH2/264/7Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts
Minutes 1825-1848, and accounts 1830-1844 (cash)		1825-1848Request lookup
CH2/264/8Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes1848-1902Request lookup
CH2/264/11Menmuir Kirk Session - Communion roll1863-1880Request lookup
CH2/264/13Menmuir Kirk Session - Copy register of baptisms and marriages
Copy register of baptisms 1710-1855, marriages 1767-1779		1710-1855Request lookup
CH2/264/14Menmuir Kirk Session - Proclamation register1880-1948Request lookup
CH2/264/16Menmuir Kirk Session - Baptismal register1875-1968Request 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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Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Mary KNOWLES Greens Strickathrow1846 (1)Order imagesRefused

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
Betsy GRAHAM
Ledmore, Menmuir
formerly Farmerton, Fearn		Keith WEBSTER18 Oct 1875
Menmuir		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/17
Jane MIDDLETON or SMITH
Chapelton, Menmuir		George CATHRO28 Nov 1878
Balfield, Lethnot, Angus		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Mary NICOLL
Milton of Balhall, Menmuir		James MCNAUGHTON OR NAUGHTON16 Jul 1854Order nowDundee
SC45/6/12
Margaret ROBB
Balconnell, Menmuir		James VALENTINE12 Dec 1863
Laurencekirk		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/15
Helen SMITH
Lochtie, Menmuir		Alexander MCGREGOR5 Dec 1878
Lochtie, Menmuir		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/17
Mary Ann TINDAL
Tigerton, Menmuir		Peter COBB1 Dec 1852Order nowForfar
SC47/7/12

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Helen ANDERSON9 August 1864Christina ANDERSONFind the father
Margaret Ann ANDERSON12 October 1862Helen ANDERSONFind the father
Isabella Dixon BIRSE13 May 1868Margaret BIRSEFind the father
Elizabeth BLACKLAWS10 June 1864Elizabeth BLACKLAWSFind the father
Elizabeth CROLL20 November 1860Mary CROLLFind the father
Hannah DALGETY20 May 1870Anne DALGETYFind the father
Mary Jane DALGETY23 April 1867Hannah DALGETYFather found
Ann Machar DUNCAN28 May 1861Elizabeth DUNCANFind the father
Agnes Davidson EGGO20 April 1867Ann EGGOFind the father
John Birse GORDON18 December 1866Helen GORDONFind the father
Eliza GRAY12 May 1867Jean GRAYFind the father
Robert Middleton KEILLOR23 January 1868Elizabeth KEILLORFind the father
William KEILLOR30 April 1865Marjory KEILLORFind the father
Robert Davidson KEITH11 January 1861Jane KEITHFind the father
David LAW1 September 1865Mary Ann LAWFind the father
James LAW13 September 1863Mary Ann LAWFind the father
Mary LAW25 December 1860Mary LAWFind the father
Alexander LONGMUIR1 December 1865Isabella LONGMUIRFind the father
James MCGREGOR31 May 1867Margaret Ann MCGREGORFind the father
Catherine Baxter MITCHELL26 December 1870Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Mary Thomson REID24 September 1868Elspit REIDFind the father
William SCOTT4 October 1864Christina SCOTTFather found
Jane Ann Brown SKINNER8 February 1867Mary SKINNERFind the father
John Alexander STOTT31 August 1857Margaret STOTTFind the father
Mary Helen Glen STOTT4 October 1862Mary Ann STOTTFind the father
John VALENTINE20 August 1864Agnes Mill VALENTINEFind the father
Leith Andrew WYLLIE12 February 1865Betsy 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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/264/7 pp. 21-30)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertAndersonblacksmithBalrownie
WilliamAndersonlabourerBalyordie
JohnAikentenantBurnfoot
JohnAllanlabourerBirkhill
JamesBluesfarm servantBalhall
JamesBeattiefarm servantLochtie
WilliamBrandmillerBlackhall
DavidBaxtertenantTeigerton
JohnBaxtertenantTeigerton
DavidBeantenantPiperton
DavidByrestenantBankhead
AlexanderCarnegietenantBellyhill
RobertCarnegietenantMill Of Cruick
JamesCoopertenantArns
JohnCarnegietenantTullo
DavidChristisontenantMuirside
WilliamChristiemill wrightTeigerton
JohnCromarfarm servantPitmudie
CharlesColvillewrightBalhall
DavidCobblabourerCowfauld
JohnClynelabourerBalfour
JamesClynefarm servantBalfour
AlexanderCallendarfarmerKnowhead
CharlesDunbarblacksmithBalhall
JamesDakerslabourerWilliemillsburn
JohnDunbarfarm servantBalfour
PatrickDunbarfarm servantBalrownie
JamesDavidsontenantTeigerton
AlexanderDavidsontenantKnowhead
JohnDalgetytenantMuirton
JamesDuncanlabourerKnowhead
JamesDavidsonlabourerBalyordie
JamesDuncanlabourerLedmore
AndrewFinlayfarm servantLedmore
JohnFinlayfarm servantBalhall
GeorgeFairweathertenantBrathins
JohnForbespensionerMuirside
AlexanderGuthrieproprietorBurnside
DavidGuthriegrocerBurnside
RobertGoldfarm servantBlackhall
AlexanderGoldfarm servantBlackhall
RobertGordontenantTeigerton
WilliamGraytenantMuirside
JohnHeraldlabourerLedmore
JamesHendryfarm servantBalconnel
JohnIrvinewrightMeadowburn
RobertIrvinetenantTeigerton
AndrewIrvineshoemakerTeigerton
AlexanderJoefarm servantChapelton
JohnKeirtenantCottown
AndrewLanglandsresidenterBalhall
JamesLyalltenantCowford
JohnLanglandslabourerBuckethill
JohnLowtenantGungeon
JosephLowtenantBalyordie
JamesLaurencefarm servantBalyordie
JamesLeightontenantTeigerton
DavidLowlabourerLedmore
DavidLaingschoolmasterKirkton
JamesLowtenantIreland
JohnLawsonfarm servantMill Of Balrownie
DavidLaingtenantLumington
AlexanderLawtenantMuirside
RobertMillweaverMuirside
JohnMitchelltenantBellyhill
JamesMillarfarm servantBalhall
JohnMitchellfarm servantBalhall
JohnMilnefarm servantBalfour
JohnMollisontenantChapelton
AlexanderMoagfarm servantChapelton
DavidMolisonfarm servantChapelton
MalcolmMacdonaldfarm servantChapelton
JohnNicholtenantTeigerton
WilliamPearsonfarm servantBalnamoon
DavidPeterfarm servantBalyordie
AlexanderRickarttenantLochtie
JamesRobertsproprietorWilliemillsburn
JohnStottblacksmithTeigerton
DavidSmartpedlarTeigerton
AndrewSmithtenantBellyhill
JohnStotttenantBellyhill
JamesStewarttenantBalhall
DavidSaddlermillerBalhall
DavidSmartfarm servantBalrownie
JamesSmartfarm servantBrathins
JohnStewartauctioneerBalconnel
GeorgeSimpsonfarm servantKnowhead
JamesSmarttenantCottown
WilliamSteellabourerWilliemillsburn
DavidSimetenantCottown
AndrewThomsonfarm servantBalhall
DavidThomsonfarm servantWaukmill
RobertThomsonForresterWaukmill
JamesTindalfarm servantLochtie
RobertThomsonfarm servantBlackhall
JamesTrailtenantBellyhill
JamesTindaltailorTeigerton
JamesWatsontenantBalrownie
DavidWebstertenantMill Of Balrownie
DavidWebsterweaverMuirside
DavidWardenlabourerBalhall
DavidWillockslabourerBalhall
ThomasWebstertenantBalfour
JamesWilkiefarm servantKnowhead
JohnWalkerfarm servantBalconnel
JohnWatsontenantLedmore
JamesWatsonresidenterLedmore
JamesWebsterfarm servantLedmore
JohnWattfarm servantAchpersie
JamesYounglabourerMill Of Balrownie
JohnYoungtenantGungeon
DavidYoungtenantBellyhill
JamesYounglabourerTeigerton
JamesYoungfarm servantBalhall
JohnYounglabourerWilliemillsburn
JohnYoungtenantCottown
AlexrYoungtenantMuirside
JohnAllanfarm servantBalconnel
WilliamAndersonfarm servantBalyordie
RobertAndersonblacksmithBalrownie
DavidBeantenantPiperton
DavidByrestenantBankhead
JohnBaxtertenantTeigerton
DavidBaxtertenantTeigerton
JamesBeattiefarm servantLochtie
JamesBluesfarm servantBalhall
WilliamBrandmillerBlackhall
WCronMinisterMenmuir
JohnCarnegiefarmerTullo
WilliamChristiewrightTeigerton
RobertCarnegiefarmerMill Of Cruick
DavidChristisonfarmerMuirside
AlexanderCarnegiefarmerBellyhill
AlexanderCallenderfarm servantKnowhead
JamesClynefarm servantBalfour
JohnClynelabourerBalfour
DavidCobblabourerBalfour
CharlesColvillewrightBalhall
JamesCoopertenantArns

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/264/7 pp. 30-34)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnAllanfarm servantBalconnel
WilliamAndersonfarm servantBalyordie
RobertAndersonblacksmithBalrownie
DavidBeantenantPiperton
DavidByrestenantBankhead
JohnBaxtertenantTeigerton
DavidBaxtertenantTeigerton
JamesBeattiefarm servantLochtie
JamesBluesfarm servantBalhall
WilliamBrandmillerBlackhall
WCronMinisterMenmuir
JohnCarnegiefarmerTullo
WilliamChristiewrightTeigerton
RobertCarnegiefarmerMill Of Cruick
DavidChristisonfarmerMuirside
AlexanderCarnegiefarmerBellyhill
AlexanderCallenderfarm servantKnowhead
JamesClynefarm servantBalfour
JohnClynelabourerBalfour
DavidCobblabourerBalfour
CharlesColvillewrightBalhall
JamesCoopertenantArns
AlexanderDavidsonfarmerKnowhead
JohnDalgetytenantMuirton
DavidDalgetytenantMuirton
JamesDavidsontenantCaterthun
PeterDunbarfarm servantBalrownie
JohnDuncanlabourerLedmore
JamesDavidsontenantTeigerton
JamesDuncanlabourerKnowhead
CharlesDunbarsmithBalhall
JohnDunbarfarm servantBalfour
AndrewFindlayfarm servantLedmore
JohnFairweatherlabourerLedmore
GeorgeFairweatherfarmerBrathins
JamesGlenfarm servantLochtie
RobertGoldfarm servantBlackhall
AlexanderGoldfarm servantBlackhall
JohnGrayfarm servantBalfour
AlexanderGuthrieproprietorBurnside
RobertGrantresidenterTeigerton
RobertGordontenantTeigerton
CharlesGalllabourerCruick Bridge
ThomasGoldlabourerMuirside
WilliamGraytenantMuirside
JohnHeraldresidenterLedmore
JamesHendryfarm servantBalconnel
AlexanderJoefarm servantChapelton
AndrewIrvineshoemakerTeigerton
RobertIrvinetenantTeigerton
JohnIrvinewrightMeadowburn
JohnKeirtenantCotton
JohnLanglandslabourerBuckethill
JamesLyalltenantCowford
JamesLaurencefarm servantBalyordie
DavidLowlabourerKirktown
JamesLowtenantIreland
JosephLowtenantBalyordie
JamesLeightontenantTeigerton
JohnLowtenantGungeon
DavidLaingtenantLumington
AlexanderLawsontenantMuirside
DavidLaingschoolmasterMenmuir
JohnMitchelltenantBellyhill
JohnMolisontenantChapelton
JamesMillarfarm servantBalhall
JohnMitchellfarm servantBalhall
WilliamPearsonfarm servantBalnamoon
DavidPeterfarm servantBalyordie
AlexanderRichardfarmerLochtie
JamesRobertsproprietorWilliemillsburn
JosephRobertsfarmerPitmudie
DavidSaddlermillerBalhall Mill
DavidSimetenantCotton
GeorgeSimpsonfarm servantKnowhead
JamesStewartfarmerBalhall
JohnStewartauctioneerBirkhill
DavidSmartfarm servantBalrownie
JamesSmartfarm servantBrathins
WilliamSteelfarm servantBalrownie Mill
JohnStottblacksmithTeigerton
DavidSmartpedlarTeigerton
AndrewSmithtenantBellyhill
JohnStotttenantBellyhill
JamesSmarttenantCotton
AndrewThomsonfarm servantBalhall
RobertThomsonfarm servantBlackhall
DavidThomsonfarm servantWaulkmill
RobertThomsonlabourerWaulkmill
JamesTindalfarm servantLochtie
JamesTindaltailorTeigerton
JamesTrailweaverBellyhill
JohnWatsonfarmerLedmore
JamesWatsonfarmerBalrownie
ThomasWebsterfarmerBalfour
DavidWebsterfarmerBalrownie Mill
JamesWebsterfarm servantLedmore
WilliamWardenfarm servantBalfour
DavidWebsterweaverBalfour
GeorgeWilkieresidenterMilton Balhall
JohnWalkerfarm servantMilton Balhall
JohnWattfarm servantAchpersie
AlexanderYoungtenantMuirside
JamesYounglabourerTeigerton
JohnYoungtenantGungeon
FrancisYounggamekeeperBalnamoon
DavidYoungtenantBellyhill
JohnYoungtenantCotton
JamesYoungfarm servantBalhall
JohnYounglabourerWilliemillsburn

Kirk Session Records Index

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