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Midmar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/268/1 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes Includes poor rolls | 1768-1801 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/2 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes | 1837-1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/3 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Accounts Includes poor payments | 1797-1832 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/4 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Accounts Includes poor payments | 1813-1833 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/5 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Accounts Includes poor payments | 1833-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/6 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Accounts Includes poor payments | 1847-1856 | Request lookup |
| CH2/268/8 | Midmar Church of Scotland - Baptisms | 1875-1961 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander CHAPMAN | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow FARQUHARSON or CHAPMAN | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary FRASER | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret LOUDEN | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane MCCALLUM | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann MORGAN | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander SCOTT | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine SCOTT or STEWART | 1871 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander STEWART | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John THOMSON | 1868 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret WATT or GORDON | 1869 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary FARQUHARSON Auchmore, Midmar | Alexander WATSON | 26 Feb 1835 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/4 |
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 Ann Brown ALLAN | 5 August 1856 | Agnes ALLAN | Find the father |
| Joan ANDERSON | 17 October 1859 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James BIRSS | 24 March 1858 | May BIRSS | Find the father |
| Alexander COOPER | 19 July 1856 | Janet COOPER | Find the father |
| Isabella COUPER | 4 November 1857 | Margaret COUPER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Reid CRAIGMYLE | 22 August 1869 | Elizabeth CRAIGMYLE | Find the father |
| Margaret Feres CRAIGMYLE | 3 December 1867 | Ann CRAIGMYLE | Find the father |
| Ann CRAWFORD | 21 December 1858 | Isabella CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Ann DAVIDSON | 25 January 1860 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Isabella DAVIDSON | 15 June 1856 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 9 August 1867 | Christina DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Jane DAVIDSON | 20 September 1860 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Williamina DAVIDSON | 15 March 1862 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary DAVIDSON | 12 June 1869 | Christina DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DONALD | 6 November 1874 | Ann DONALD | Find the father |
| Agnes FOWLER | 28 June 1855 | Elizabeth FOWLER | Find the father |
| William FRASER | 30 April 1865 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| Elsie HOSIE | 21 June 1870 | Mary HOSIE | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTONE | 29 August 1858 | Mary JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Alexander James Begrie KERR | 26 June 1862 | Agnes KERR | Find the father |
| Christian LAWSON | 2 January 1856 | Christian LAWSON | Find the father |
| George Gammie LAWSON | 27 August 1862 | Forbes LAWSON | Find the father |
| Mary LAWSON | 19 January 1861 | Forbes LAWSON | Find the father |
| Jane LIVINGSTON | 14 December 1860 | Ann LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| John Christie LUMSDEN | 6 July 1873 | Helen LUMSDEN | Find the father |
| James MACALLAN | 24 January 1868 | Mary MACALLAN | Find the father |
| Jane MACALLAN | 4 November 1870 | Christina MACALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary MACALLAN | 11 June 1872 | Christina MACALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Shepherd MACALLAN | 29 June 1874 | Jane MACALLAN | Find the father |
| William Yeoman MACDONALD | 22 August 1869 | Mary Ann MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Alexander MACKIE | 10 June 1859 | Ann MACKIE | Find the father |
| James MACKIE | 25 May 1871 | Mary Ann MACKIE | Find the father |
| Jane Alexander MACKIE | 9 January 1869 | Mary Ann MACKIE | Find the father |
| Ann Farquhar MATHIESON | 13 June 1860 | Janet MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Margaret MATHIESON | 1 June 1863 | Jane MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MATHIESON | 15 October 1860 | Elisabeth MATHIESON | Find the father |
| William Davidson MATHIESON | 6 December 1856 | Elisabeth MATHIESON | Find the father |
| George Shepherd MERCHANT | 21 January 1873 | Margaret MERCHANT | Find the father |
| John Stewart MILNE | 31 October 1869 | Ann MILNE | Find the father |
| Johnanna Adams NEWLANDS | 29 January 1873 | Mary Anne NEWLANDS | Find the father |
| Anne REID | 18 September 1864 | Catherine REID | Find the father |
| Isabella Johan REID | 14 June 1867 | Catharine REID | Find the father |
| James REID | 1 January 1865 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Christie REID | 23 October 1863 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Mary RITCHIE | 10 July 1856 | Margaret RITCHIE | Find the father |
| George Dickie ROBERTSON | 31 December 1874 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary Mc Pherson ROSE | 22 February 1855 | Ann ROSE | Find the father |
| Lilias Grant ROSS | 4 March 1872 | Louisa ROSS | Find the father |
| John SNOWIE | 3 June 1869 | Margaret SNOWIE | Find the father |
| Elspet Ross STEPHEN | 11 May 1864 | Jane STEPHEN | Find the father |
| Alexander Walker STEWART | 6 June 1868 | Ann Stewart Or EWEN | Find the father |
| John Alexander STEWART | 27 June 1872 | Ann Stewart Or EWEN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Watson STEWART | 22 October 1855 | Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| Robert Alexander STEWART | 13 March 1868 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 27 January 1866 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Ann Mc Kinnon STOTT | 12 May 1856 | Betty STOTT | Find the father |
| Mary STOTT | 5 December 1856 | Mary STOTT | Find the father |
| Robert Adam STOTT | 24 November 1860 | Betty STOTT | Find the father |
| Jane Donald TRAIN | 28 January 1867 | Ann TRAIN | Find the father |
| John Troup Middleton TROUP | 6 January 1858 | Ann TROUP | 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.
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.
