Mertoun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella WOOD | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John ANDERSON | 6 May 1859 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Ralph ARCHIBALD | 25 January 1870 | Margaret ARCHIBALD | Find the father |
| George BAILLIE | 29 May 1862 | Herriot BAILLIE | Find the father |
| John BOYD | 7 September 1860 | Janet BOYD | Find the father |
| Isabella CAVERS | 11 January 1858 | Isabella CAVERS | Find the father |
| Margaret CHAMBERS | 22 October 1867 | Margaret CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 9 July 1869 | Isabella DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Helen ECKFORD | 21 October 1858 | Helen ECKFORD | Find the father |
| Isabella Trotter FOX | 4 April 1860 | Euphemia FOX | Find the father |
| Isabella GIBSON | 11 May 1872 | Alison GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jessie GOODFELLOW | 29 September 1863 | Jane GOODFELLOW | Find the father |
| Janet GRANT | 21 August 1866 | Janet GRANT | Find the father |
| John HENDRY | 5 October 1873 | Agnes HENDRY | Find the father |
| James HOGARTH | 5 May 1856 | Agnes HOGARTH | Find the father |
| Margaret HOGARTH | 12 November 1866 | Alison HOGARTH | Find the father |
| Andrew LAING | 28 October 1867 | Janet LAING | Find the father |
| John LAING | 5 September 1869 | Elizabeth LAING | Find the father |
| Helen LAWRIE | 7 March 1872 | Elizabeth LAWRIE | Find the father |
| Alexander LINDORES | 6 October 1870 | Ann LINDORES | Find the father |
| Robert MILLAR | 5 February 1858 | Elisabeth MILLAR | Find the father |
| Mary Anne MILLS | 22 August 1869 | Anne MILLS | Find the father |
| Jane Laurie MONTGOMERY | 8 February 1860 | Janet MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| William MONTGOMERY | 11 March 1863 | Janet MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| James NOBLE | 13 September 1870 | Mary NOBLE | Find the father |
| Hugh PATERSON | 28 October 1873 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PROUDFOOT | 21 June 1867 | Sophia PROUDFOOT | Find the father |
| John RAMSAY | 7 April 1869 | Janet RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Mary RAMSAY | 5 April 1873 | Janet RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Helen REDPATH | 18 July 1857 | Mary REDPATH | Find the father |
| Ann Wyness SCOTT | 14 April 1859 | Isabell Margret SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 25 October 1872 | Janet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Alexander STENHOUSE | 8 July 1872 | Mary STENHOUSE | Find the father |
| George Gray STENHOUSE | 2 October 1872 | Harriet STENHOUSE | Find the father |
| Agnes STEWART | 3 April 1869 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander STEWART | 6 November 1867 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 8 January 1869 | Helen STEWART | Find the father |
| Agnes WHITELAW | 27 January 1860 | Elizabeth WHITELAW | Find the father |
| Margaret Alice WHITLAW | 10 May 1859 | Helen WHITLAW | Find the father |
| Agnes WILSON | 22 June 1859 | Agnes WILSON | Find the father |
| Agnes WOOD | 26 September 1865 | Alison WOOD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WOOD | 13 April 1868 | Mary WOOD | Find the father |
| John WOOD | 27 October 1867 | Alison WOOD | Find the father |
| William WOOD | 5 November 1865 | Isabella WOOD | 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
