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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

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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1570/1/7Methlick Kirk Session: Minute book
Including register of weekly collectionsand distributions etc at back of volume		1804-1821Request lookup
CH2/1570/1/8Methlick Kirk Session: Minute book
Including register of weekly collectionsand distributions etc at back of volume		1821-1833Request lookup
CH2/1570/1/9Methlick Kirk Session: Minute book
Including register of management of money at back of volume		1833-1853Request lookup
CH2/1570/1/11Methlick Kirk Session: Minute book1868-1907Request lookup
CH2/1570/2/1Methlick Kirk Session: Parochial Board minutes and accounts
Includes regular poor rolls and visitations of paupers		1845-1874Request lookup
CH2/1570/3/1Methlick Kirk Session: Cash book1853-1880Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/1Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1862-1865Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/2Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1862-1872Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/3Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1873-1879Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/4Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1880-1887Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/5Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1888-1894Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/6Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1895-1898Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/7Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1899-1902Request lookup
CH2/1570/4/8Methlick Kirk Session: Communion roll1903-1906Request lookup
CH2/1570/5/1Methlick Kirk Session: Baptismal register1876-1884Request lookup
CH2/1570/5/2Methlick Kirk Session: Baptismal register1884-1920Request 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:
  • £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)
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.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Jane AITKEN 1862-1863 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Elspet ELRICK 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow GIBB or MILNE 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Barbara MANN 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused
Bathia REID 1851 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Catherine TAYLOR 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Helen ANNAND21 October 1872Helen Jane ANNANDFind the father
Alexander BARNETT22 August 1860Jessie BARNETTFind the father
George Milne BARRON28 July 1864Bathia Milne BARRONFind the father
Gordon BEATTIE13 December 1864Jane BEATTIEFind the father
William BEATTIE31 July 1868Jane BEATTIEFind the father
David BOWMAN25 September 1857Elizabeth BOWMANFind the father
Jessie BOWMAN6 June 1874Jessie BOWMANFind the father
Mary Ann BOWMAN14 April 1872Jessie BOWMANFind the father
Alexander CAMERON10 August 1861Barbara CAMERONFind the father
Barbara CAMERON6 May 1858Margaret CAMERONFind the father
Andrew CHEYNE22 August 1860Barbara CHEYNEFind the father
John CHEYNE9 July 1869Jane CHEYNEFind the father
Mary CHEYNE25 July 1868Barbara CHEYNEFind the father
Mary Jane COUPER20 July 1868Ellis Or Alice Couper Or COOPERFind the father
Jane COUTTS10 March 1867Susan COUTTSFind the father
Mary COUTTS18 October 1863Susan COUTTSFind the father
Ann DAVIDSON30 July 1866Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Ann Robertson DAVIDSON29 June 1872Isabella DAVIDSONFind the father
Bathia Milne DAVIDSON3 November 1874Jane DAVIDSONFind the father
Francis DAVIDSON29 June 1860Barbara DAVIDSONFind the father
James DAVIDSON24 January 1862Elizabeth DAVIDSONFind the father
John Maitland DAVIDSON4 October 1869Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Peter DAVIDSON13 January 1869Barbara DAVIDSONFind the father
William Ironside DAVIDSON1 March 1859Eliza DAVIDSONFind the father
James DUGUID6 February 1865Margaret DUGUIDFind the father
Eliza Ann DUNCAN7 December 1874Ann DUNCANFind the father
George DUNCAN31 December 1863Charlotte DUNCANFind the father
James DUNCAN12 December 1859Ann DUNCANFind the father
James Minty DUNCAN22 January 1874Barbara DUNCANFind the father
Jane DUNCAN23 February 1857Ann DUNCANFind the father
Jane Gray DUNCAN11 February 1872Ann DUNCANFind the father
Francis Knox ELRICK21 January 1857Christian ELRICKFind the father
John ELRICK24 June 1856Jane ELRICKFather found
Alexander FINDLATER26 February 1860Bathia FINDLATERFind the father
Ann FINDLAY10 February 1871Mary Philip FINDLAYFind the father
John FORREST14 May 1869Isabella FORRESTFind the father
James Scott FYFE16 January 1863Isabella FYFEFind the father
Bathia Milne GIBB12 February 1858Bathia GIBBFind the father
Christina GRANT17 December 1859Jane GRANTFind the father
James GRANT5 July 1855Ann GRANTFind the father
John GRANT13 April 1860Ann GRANTFind the father
John Sharp GRANT5 December 1863Ann GRANTFind the father
William GRANT6 March 1866Ann GRANTFind the father
George Smith GRASSIE24 April 1873Elspet GRASSIEFind the father
Peter James Cruickshank GRASSIE17 January 1869Elspet GRASSIEFind the father
John James GRAY3 May 1868Susan GRAYFind the father
John Mackie GRAY3 December 1867Elspet GRAYFind the father
William HARDIE29 May 1873Margaret HARDIEFind the father
Ann Shepherd HENDERSON27 November 1866Barbara HENDERSONFind the father
Ann Shepherd HENDERSON26 June 1870Barbara HENDERSONFind the father
Charlotte HUNTER8 November 1864Jean HUNTERFind the father
James HUNTER6 April 1858Christian HUNTERFind the father
Elizabeth Walker INNES11 October 1865Elizabeth INNESFind the father
James Thomas KEMP1 August 1865Barbara KEMPFind the father
John Fowlie KEMP25 January 1869Ann KEMPFind the father
William Chivas KEMP19 November 1872Barbara KEMPFind the father
William Stewart Peters KEMP12 April 1868Agnes KEMPFind the father
George KENNEDY30 June 1866Elizabeth KENNEDYFind the father
George Dickson LAMB30 July 1872Mary LAMBFind the father
Jane LAMB11 April 1867Elizabeth LAMBFind the father
John Irvine LEASK28 April 1871Janet LEASKFind the father
Margaret Jane LEASK18 August 1866Janet LEASKFind the father
William LEWIS7 January 1874Helen LEWISFind the father
William LOW7 January 1874Elizabeth LOWFind the father
Alexander LUIAS2 November 1856Elizabeth LUIASFind the father
Ann LYON20 February 1864Margaret LYONFind the father
James MARNOCH9 December 1858Margaret MARNOCHFind the father
George Stephen Abel MARSHALL7 March 1873Margaret MARSHALLFind the father
Isabella MATHEWSON16 December 1861Isabella MATHEWSONFind the father
Margaret MATTHEW5 January 1858Helen MATTHEWFind the father
Jane MCINTOSH24 December 1866Jane MCINTOSHFind the father
Margaret MCINTOSH25 January 1859Jane MCINTOSHFind the father
Catherine MENNIE10 March 1863Helen MENNIEFind the father
Alexander MIDDLETON2 January 1869Isabella MIDDLETONFind the father
Christina MILNE21 October 1860Jane MILNEFind the father
Elizabeth MILNE26 September 1873Ann MILNEFind the father
Helen MILNE18 December 1870Catherine MILNEFind the father
James MITCHELL29 May 1862Ann MITCHELLFind the father
Ann Anderson NICOL11 January 1870Mary NICOLFind the father
John PIRIE1 February 1869Margaret PIRIEFind the father
William PIRIE18 March 1856Jessie PIRIEFind the father
Thomas RAE30 January 1860Elizabeth RAEFind the father
Jane Allan RENNIE25 November 1868Ann RENNIEFind the father
Alexander ROBB30 July 1867Jane ROBBFind the father
Alexander Massie ROBERTSON1 December 1857Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Alexander ROTHNIE23 July 1865Ann ROTHNIEFind the father
Jane ROTHNIE17 March 1860Ann ROTHNIEFind the father
James Reid SALTER5 April 1865Christian SALTERFind the father
Elizabeth SHAND21 January 1871Janet SHANDFind the father
John SHAND17 November 1867Janet SHANDFind the father
Ann Duguid SHARP22 October 1869Isabella SHARPFind the father
Isabella Spence SHARP21 November 1872Isabella SHARPFind the father
Jane Milne SHARP12 January 1869Margaret SHARPFind the father
Maggie Ann Mc Craw SHARP31 August 1874Mary SHARPFind the father
Georgina Jane Rutherford SHERRIFFS11 December 1868Jane SHERRIFFSFind the father
Jane SIMMERS2 June 1863Margaret SIMMERSFind the father
Isabella Duncan SMITH30 April 1870Isabella SMITHFind the father
Thomas Milne SMITH16 January 1867Isabella SMITHFind the father
William SMITH26 April 1867Mary SMITHFind the father
Elizabeth Walker STEPHEN11 February 1865Margaret STEPHENFind the father
Thomas Beaton STEPHEN21 November 1863Mary STEPHENFind the father
John STOTT26 January 1858Margaret STOTTFind the father
Mary SYMMERS5 October 1855Elspet SYMMERSFind the father
James TAYLOR9 November 1871Helen TAYLORFind the father
Alexander THOMSON25 December 1862Margaret THOMSONFind the father
Margaret THOMSON13 September 1858Margaret THOMSONFind the father
William THOMSON17 January 1856Ann THOMSONFind the father
Catherine WALKER5 April 1870Jessie WALKERFind the father
Mary Sophia WALKER12 February 1860Barbara WALKERFind the father
James Henry Johnston WEBSTER17 April 1874Christina WEBSTERFind the father
Jane Ann WEDDERBURN28 August 1869Eliza WEDDERBURNFind the father
Alexander WILSON20 July 1868Mary WILSONFind the father
Alexander WILSON3 June 1873Barbara WILSONFind the father
Charles WILSON15 February 1868Isabella WILSONFind the father
John WILSON15 February 1868Ann WILSONFind 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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

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.