Mid and South Yell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Betty ANDERSON | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Eliz ANDERSON or COULTER | 1870 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann BLANCE | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| David CHARLESON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John CHARLESON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Magnus CLERK | 1866-1867 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David COUTTS | 1870 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew GRAY | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Catherine GREEN or SUTHERLAND | 1875 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Gilbert HOSEASON | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew IRVINE | 1881 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret LAURENSON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret NISBET | 1865-1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret SHARP | 1857 (2) | Order images | Ascertain amount of allowance by week | |
| Widow Andrina SINCLAIR or MUNRO | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Henerina SMITH | 1870 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Charlotte WILLIAMSON | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| David WILLIAMSON | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David WILLIAMSON | 1872 (2) | Order images | Medical certificate | |
| James WILLIAMSON | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Williamina WILLIAMSON | 1878 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Jane ANDERSON | 18 October 1865 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Charlotte BLANCE | 21 November 1864 | Janet BLANCE | Find the father |
| Christina GRAY | 24 September 1866 | Andrina Christina GRAY | Find the father |
| John Gilbert GUTHRIE | 21 December 1866 | Margaret GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| Catharine INKSTER | 12 July 1862 | Ann INKSTER | Find the father |
| Catharine IRVINE | 31 May 1859 | Catharine IRVINE | Find the father |
| Joan IRVINE | 10 July 1873 | Joan IRVINE | Find the father |
| Robert John IRVINE | 2 April 1871 | Robina IRVINE | Find the father |
| Basil Pole JAMESON | 24 April 1865 | Catharine JAMESON | Find the father |
| James Robert JAMESON | 24 November 1857 | Catharine JAMESON | Find the father |
| David JOHNSON | 9 October 1856 | Robina JOHNSON | Find the father |
| William John JOHNSON | 6 June 1874 | Robina JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth Henderson LEISK | 7 October 1864 | Mary LEISK | Find the father |
| John Bruce MANSON | 10 June 1872 | Barbara MANSON | Find the father |
| Grace MATTHEWSON | 21 July 1864 | Christena MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Samuel Henry OMAN | 24 June 1873 | Jane OMAN | Find the father |
| John Thomas OMOND | 8 June 1856 | Sibella OMOND | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 5 May 1870 | Elizabeth ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robina ROBERTSON | 26 August 1861 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Catharine Jane SMITH | 22 August 1873 | Mergery Mackintosh SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary Jane SMITH | 10 June 1866 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth THOMASON | 16 September 1869 | Janet THOMASON | Find the father |
| Joan THOMASON | 13 August 1874 | Margaret THOMASON | Find the father |
| Daniel TULLOCH | 22 September 1872 | Mary Ann TULLOCH | Find the father |
| Johannah WILLIAMSON | 23 May 1869 | Williamina WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Johannah Christina WILLIAMSON | 12 August 1857 | Catharine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Magnus William WILLIAMSON | 21 December 1874 | Mary Ann WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Robina Charlotte WILLIAMSON | 3 July 1871 | Elizabeth WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Magnus WOOD | 28 February 1864 | Agnes 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
