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Menmuir 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.
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/264/3 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes | 1762-1779 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/4 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes | 1779-1794 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/5 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes | 1795-1816 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/6 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes (Mainly cash) | 1816-1829 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/7 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts Minutes 1825-1848, and accounts 1830-1844 (cash) | 1825-1848 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/8 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Minutes | 1848-1902 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/11 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Communion roll | 1863-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/13 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Copy register of baptisms and marriages Copy register of baptisms 1710-1855, marriages 1767-1779 | 1710-1855 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/14 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Proclamation register | 1880-1948 | Request lookup |
| CH2/264/16 | Menmuir Kirk Session - Baptismal register | 1875-1968 | Request 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.
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
- £9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Mary KNOWLES | Greens Strickathrow | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy GRAHAM Ledmore, Menmuir formerly Farmerton, Fearn | Keith WEBSTER | 18 Oct 1875 Menmuir | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/17 |
| Jane MIDDLETON or SMITH Chapelton, Menmuir | George CATHRO | 28 Nov 1878 Balfield, Lethnot, Angus | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/18 |
| Mary NICOLL Milton of Balhall, Menmuir | James MCNAUGHTON OR NAUGHTON | 16 Jul 1854 | Order now | Dundee SC45/6/12 |
| Margaret ROBB Balconnell, Menmuir | James VALENTINE | 12 Dec 1863 Laurencekirk | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/15 |
| Helen SMITH Lochtie, Menmuir | Alexander MCGREGOR | 5 Dec 1878 Lochtie, Menmuir | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/17 |
| Mary Ann TINDAL Tigerton, Menmuir | Peter COBB | 1 Dec 1852 | Order now | Forfar 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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen ANDERSON | 9 August 1864 | Christina ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann ANDERSON | 12 October 1862 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Dixon BIRSE | 13 May 1868 | Margaret BIRSE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BLACKLAWS | 10 June 1864 | Elizabeth BLACKLAWS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CROLL | 20 November 1860 | Mary CROLL | Find the father |
| Hannah DALGETY | 20 May 1870 | Anne DALGETY | Find the father |
| Mary Jane DALGETY | 23 April 1867 | Hannah DALGETY | Father found |
| Ann Machar DUNCAN | 28 May 1861 | Elizabeth DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Agnes Davidson EGGO | 20 April 1867 | Ann EGGO | Find the father |
| John Birse GORDON | 18 December 1866 | Helen GORDON | Find the father |
| Eliza GRAY | 12 May 1867 | Jean GRAY | Find the father |
| Robert Middleton KEILLOR | 23 January 1868 | Elizabeth KEILLOR | Find the father |
| William KEILLOR | 30 April 1865 | Marjory KEILLOR | Find the father |
| Robert Davidson KEITH | 11 January 1861 | Jane KEITH | Find the father |
| David LAW | 1 September 1865 | Mary Ann LAW | Find the father |
| James LAW | 13 September 1863 | Mary Ann LAW | Find the father |
| Mary LAW | 25 December 1860 | Mary LAW | Find the father |
| Alexander LONGMUIR | 1 December 1865 | Isabella LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| James MCGREGOR | 31 May 1867 | Margaret Ann MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Catherine Baxter MITCHELL | 26 December 1870 | Jane MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Mary Thomson REID | 24 September 1868 | Elspit REID | Find the father |
| William SCOTT | 4 October 1864 | Christina SCOTT | Father found |
| Jane Ann Brown SKINNER | 8 February 1867 | Mary SKINNER | Find the father |
| John Alexander STOTT | 31 August 1857 | Margaret STOTT | Find the father |
| Mary Helen Glen STOTT | 4 October 1862 | Mary Ann STOTT | Find the father |
| John VALENTINE | 20 August 1864 | Agnes Mill VALENTINE | Find the father |
| Leith Andrew WYLLIE | 12 February 1865 | Betsy WYLLIE | Find 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Anderson | blacksmith | Balrownie | |
| William | Anderson | labourer | Balyordie | |
| John | Aiken | tenant | Burnfoot | |
| John | Allan | labourer | Birkhill | |
| James | Blues | farm servant | Balhall | |
| James | Beattie | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| William | Brand | miller | Blackhall | |
| David | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| John | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| David | Bean | tenant | Piperton | |
| David | Byres | tenant | Bankhead | |
| Alexander | Carnegie | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| Robert | Carnegie | tenant | Mill Of Cruick | |
| James | Cooper | tenant | Arns | |
| John | Carnegie | tenant | Tullo | |
| David | Christison | tenant | Muirside | |
| William | Christie | mill wright | Teigerton | |
| John | Cromar | farm servant | Pitmudie | |
| Charles | Colville | wright | Balhall | |
| David | Cobb | labourer | Cowfauld | |
| John | Clyne | labourer | Balfour | |
| James | Clyne | farm servant | Balfour | |
| Alexander | Callendar | farmer | Knowhead | |
| Charles | Dunbar | blacksmith | Balhall | |
| James | Dakers | labourer | Williemillsburn | |
| John | Dunbar | farm servant | Balfour | |
| Patrick | Dunbar | farm servant | Balrownie | |
| James | Davidson | tenant | Teigerton | |
| Alexander | Davidson | tenant | Knowhead | |
| John | Dalgety | tenant | Muirton | |
| James | Duncan | labourer | Knowhead | |
| James | Davidson | labourer | Balyordie | |
| James | Duncan | labourer | Ledmore | |
| Andrew | Finlay | farm servant | Ledmore | |
| John | Finlay | farm servant | Balhall | |
| George | Fairweather | tenant | Brathins | |
| John | Forbes | pensioner | Muirside | |
| Alexander | Guthrie | proprietor | Burnside | |
| David | Guthrie | grocer | Burnside | |
| Robert | Gold | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| Alexander | Gold | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| Robert | Gordon | tenant | Teigerton | |
| William | Gray | tenant | Muirside | |
| John | Herald | labourer | Ledmore | |
| James | Hendry | farm servant | Balconnel | |
| John | Irvine | wright | Meadowburn | |
| Robert | Irvine | tenant | Teigerton | |
| Andrew | Irvine | shoemaker | Teigerton | |
| Alexander | Joe | farm servant | Chapelton | |
| John | Keir | tenant | Cottown | |
| Andrew | Langlands | residenter | Balhall | |
| James | Lyall | tenant | Cowford | |
| John | Langlands | labourer | Buckethill | |
| John | Low | tenant | Gungeon | |
| Joseph | Low | tenant | Balyordie | |
| James | Laurence | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| James | Leighton | tenant | Teigerton | |
| David | Low | labourer | Ledmore | |
| David | Laing | schoolmaster | Kirkton | |
| James | Low | tenant | Ireland | |
| John | Lawson | farm servant | Mill Of Balrownie | |
| David | Laing | tenant | Lumington | |
| Alexander | Law | tenant | Muirside | |
| Robert | Mill | weaver | Muirside | |
| John | Mitchell | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| James | Millar | farm servant | Balhall | |
| John | Mitchell | farm servant | Balhall | |
| John | Milne | farm servant | Balfour | |
| John | Mollison | tenant | Chapelton | |
| Alexander | Moag | farm servant | Chapelton | |
| David | Molison | farm servant | Chapelton | |
| Malcolm | Macdonald | farm servant | Chapelton | |
| John | Nichol | tenant | Teigerton | |
| William | Pearson | farm servant | Balnamoon | |
| David | Peter | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| Alexander | Rickart | tenant | Lochtie | |
| James | Roberts | proprietor | Williemillsburn | |
| John | Stott | blacksmith | Teigerton | |
| David | Smart | pedlar | Teigerton | |
| Andrew | Smith | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| John | Stott | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| James | Stewart | tenant | Balhall | |
| David | Saddler | miller | Balhall | |
| David | Smart | farm servant | Balrownie | |
| James | Smart | farm servant | Brathins | |
| John | Stewart | auctioneer | Balconnel | |
| George | Simpson | farm servant | Knowhead | |
| James | Smart | tenant | Cottown | |
| William | Steel | labourer | Williemillsburn | |
| David | Sime | tenant | Cottown | |
| Andrew | Thomson | farm servant | Balhall | |
| David | Thomson | farm servant | Waukmill | |
| Robert | Thomson | Forrester | Waukmill | |
| James | Tindal | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| Robert | Thomson | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| James | Trail | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| James | Tindal | tailor | Teigerton | |
| James | Watson | tenant | Balrownie | |
| David | Webster | tenant | Mill Of Balrownie | |
| David | Webster | weaver | Muirside | |
| David | Warden | labourer | Balhall | |
| David | Willocks | labourer | Balhall | |
| Thomas | Webster | tenant | Balfour | |
| James | Wilkie | farm servant | Knowhead | |
| John | Walker | farm servant | Balconnel | |
| John | Watson | tenant | Ledmore | |
| James | Watson | residenter | Ledmore | |
| James | Webster | farm servant | Ledmore | |
| John | Watt | farm servant | Achpersie | |
| James | Young | labourer | Mill Of Balrownie | |
| John | Young | tenant | Gungeon | |
| David | Young | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| James | Young | labourer | Teigerton | |
| James | Young | farm servant | Balhall | |
| John | Young | labourer | Williemillsburn | |
| John | Young | tenant | Cottown | |
| Alexr | Young | tenant | Muirside | |
| John | Allan | farm servant | Balconnel | |
| William | Anderson | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| Robert | Anderson | blacksmith | Balrownie | |
| David | Bean | tenant | Piperton | |
| David | Byres | tenant | Bankhead | |
| John | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| David | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| James | Beattie | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| James | Blues | farm servant | Balhall | |
| William | Brand | miller | Blackhall | |
| W | Cron | Minister | Menmuir | |
| John | Carnegie | farmer | Tullo | |
| William | Christie | wright | Teigerton | |
| Robert | Carnegie | farmer | Mill Of Cruick | |
| David | Christison | farmer | Muirside | |
| Alexander | Carnegie | farmer | Bellyhill | |
| Alexander | Callender | farm servant | Knowhead | |
| James | Clyne | farm servant | Balfour | |
| John | Clyne | labourer | Balfour | |
| David | Cobb | labourer | Balfour | |
| Charles | Colville | wright | Balhall | |
| James | Cooper | tenant | Arns |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Allan | farm servant | Balconnel | |
| William | Anderson | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| Robert | Anderson | blacksmith | Balrownie | |
| David | Bean | tenant | Piperton | |
| David | Byres | tenant | Bankhead | |
| John | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| David | Baxter | tenant | Teigerton | |
| James | Beattie | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| James | Blues | farm servant | Balhall | |
| William | Brand | miller | Blackhall | |
| W | Cron | Minister | Menmuir | |
| John | Carnegie | farmer | Tullo | |
| William | Christie | wright | Teigerton | |
| Robert | Carnegie | farmer | Mill Of Cruick | |
| David | Christison | farmer | Muirside | |
| Alexander | Carnegie | farmer | Bellyhill | |
| Alexander | Callender | farm servant | Knowhead | |
| James | Clyne | farm servant | Balfour | |
| John | Clyne | labourer | Balfour | |
| David | Cobb | labourer | Balfour | |
| Charles | Colville | wright | Balhall | |
| James | Cooper | tenant | Arns | |
| Alexander | Davidson | farmer | Knowhead | |
| John | Dalgety | tenant | Muirton | |
| David | Dalgety | tenant | Muirton | |
| James | Davidson | tenant | Caterthun | |
| Peter | Dunbar | farm servant | Balrownie | |
| John | Duncan | labourer | Ledmore | |
| James | Davidson | tenant | Teigerton | |
| James | Duncan | labourer | Knowhead | |
| Charles | Dunbar | smith | Balhall | |
| John | Dunbar | farm servant | Balfour | |
| Andrew | Findlay | farm servant | Ledmore | |
| John | Fairweather | labourer | Ledmore | |
| George | Fairweather | farmer | Brathins | |
| James | Glen | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| Robert | Gold | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| Alexander | Gold | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| John | Gray | farm servant | Balfour | |
| Alexander | Guthrie | proprietor | Burnside | |
| Robert | Grant | residenter | Teigerton | |
| Robert | Gordon | tenant | Teigerton | |
| Charles | Gall | labourer | Cruick Bridge | |
| Thomas | Gold | labourer | Muirside | |
| William | Gray | tenant | Muirside | |
| John | Herald | residenter | Ledmore | |
| James | Hendry | farm servant | Balconnel | |
| Alexander | Joe | farm servant | Chapelton | |
| Andrew | Irvine | shoemaker | Teigerton | |
| Robert | Irvine | tenant | Teigerton | |
| John | Irvine | wright | Meadowburn | |
| John | Keir | tenant | Cotton | |
| John | Langlands | labourer | Buckethill | |
| James | Lyall | tenant | Cowford | |
| James | Laurence | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| David | Low | labourer | Kirktown | |
| James | Low | tenant | Ireland | |
| Joseph | Low | tenant | Balyordie | |
| James | Leighton | tenant | Teigerton | |
| John | Low | tenant | Gungeon | |
| David | Laing | tenant | Lumington | |
| Alexander | Lawson | tenant | Muirside | |
| David | Laing | schoolmaster | Menmuir | |
| John | Mitchell | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| John | Molison | tenant | Chapelton | |
| James | Millar | farm servant | Balhall | |
| John | Mitchell | farm servant | Balhall | |
| William | Pearson | farm servant | Balnamoon | |
| David | Peter | farm servant | Balyordie | |
| Alexander | Richard | farmer | Lochtie | |
| James | Roberts | proprietor | Williemillsburn | |
| Joseph | Roberts | farmer | Pitmudie | |
| David | Saddler | miller | Balhall Mill | |
| David | Sime | tenant | Cotton | |
| George | Simpson | farm servant | Knowhead | |
| James | Stewart | farmer | Balhall | |
| John | Stewart | auctioneer | Birkhill | |
| David | Smart | farm servant | Balrownie | |
| James | Smart | farm servant | Brathins | |
| William | Steel | farm servant | Balrownie Mill | |
| John | Stott | blacksmith | Teigerton | |
| David | Smart | pedlar | Teigerton | |
| Andrew | Smith | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| John | Stott | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| James | Smart | tenant | Cotton | |
| Andrew | Thomson | farm servant | Balhall | |
| Robert | Thomson | farm servant | Blackhall | |
| David | Thomson | farm servant | Waulkmill | |
| Robert | Thomson | labourer | Waulkmill | |
| James | Tindal | farm servant | Lochtie | |
| James | Tindal | tailor | Teigerton | |
| James | Trail | weaver | Bellyhill | |
| John | Watson | farmer | Ledmore | |
| James | Watson | farmer | Balrownie | |
| Thomas | Webster | farmer | Balfour | |
| David | Webster | farmer | Balrownie Mill | |
| James | Webster | farm servant | Ledmore | |
| William | Warden | farm servant | Balfour | |
| David | Webster | weaver | Balfour | |
| George | Wilkie | residenter | Milton Balhall | |
| John | Walker | farm servant | Milton Balhall | |
| John | Watt | farm servant | Achpersie | |
| Alexander | Young | tenant | Muirside | |
| James | Young | labourer | Teigerton | |
| John | Young | tenant | Gungeon | |
| Francis | Young | gamekeeper | Balnamoon | |
| David | Young | tenant | Bellyhill | |
| John | Young | tenant | Cotton | |
| James | Young | farm servant | Balhall | |
| John | Young | labourer | Williemillsburn |
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.
