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Records -> Kirkcudbrightshire

Minnigaff 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.
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:
  • £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
Robert COCHRANE 1863 (2)Order imagesRefused
Agnes FINDLAY 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary FINDLAY 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Agnes HERON Old Village Minnigaff1845 (1)Order imagesRefused
Joan HUGHES 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Martin JAMESON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary MCGILL 1863 (2)Order imagesRefused
John MILLIGAN 1846 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
David PEACOCK 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow POLAND 1851 (3)Order imagesGround 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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Agnes GILLESPIE or THOMSON
Minnigaff
William HANNAY19 Nov 1853Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/6
Marion KERR
Machermore, Minnigaff
James MCMASTER11 Mar 1882Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Marion KERR
Carsenaw, Minnigaff
James MCMASTER11 Apr 1883Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Janet MCCAA
Drumyan$, Minigaff
James RANKINE19 Jan 1856Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Georgina MCCRONE
Blackcraig, Minnigaff
Gavin MOFFAT20 Oct 1892
Palnure, Minnigaff
Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Joan MCCULLOCH
Minnigaff
John MCDOWALL16 Jun 1878Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Grace MURRAY or DRYSDALE
Carsnow, Minnigaff
Isaac JACKSON14 Sep 1867Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/34
Margaret PEACOCK or KELLY
Blackcraig, Minnigaff
Terence TOUL4 Oct 1840Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/12
Jane Paxton REID
Creebridge, Minnigaff
John H MCCULLOCH1 Oct 1877Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Mary Ann RODGERS
Caldons, Minnigaff
James GILLESPIE1 Jun 1884Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Mary Ann SHAW or MCCULLOCH
Minnigaff
William MCKIE1 Mar 1865Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/33


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James ALLAN8 October 1873Isabella ALLANFind the father
Robert ALLISON5 November 1865Mina ALLISONFind the father
Elizabeth ANDERSON18 April 1863Mary ANDERSONFather found
Elizabeth Shennan ANDERSON6 April 1861Maria ANDERSONFind the father
William ANDERSON25 December 1873Mary ANDERSONFind the father
John BRYANT16 October 1866Mary BRYANTFind the father
Jane BRYDONE28 May 1861Margaret BRYDONEFind the father
Ebenezer CANT17 June 1863Jane CANTFind the father
James CARRUTHERS28 August 1859Sophia CARRUTHERSFind the father
Janet CARRUTHERS27 September 1866Barbara CARRUTHERSFind the father
Jessie CARRUTHERS14 September 1869Barbara CARRUTHERSFind the father
Robina CARRUTHERS15 October 1873Barbara CARRUTHERSFind the father
Jessie CLARK27 March 1855Catherine CLARKFind the father
Isabella CLEMENT12 September 1860Jane CLEMENTFind the father
Sarah Anne CLUGSTON9 June 1863Elizabeth CLUGSTONFind the father
Elizabeth CRAWFORD2 August 1859Jane CRAWFORDFind the father
Ellen CRAWFORD21 January 1861Elizabeth CRAWFORDFind the father
James CRAWFORD22 September 1864Elizabeth MCCREADIEFind the father
William CRAWFORD14 March 1861Jane CRAWFORDFind the father
David CROTHERS6 December 1859Barbara CROTHERSFind the father
Maxwell Alexander CROTHERS22 August 1863Barbara CROTHERSFind the father
William CROTHERS9 May 1862Sophia CROTHERSFind the father
Agnes CUMMING28 August 1866Agnes CUMMINGFind the father
Elizabeth Irvine CUMMINGS4 September 1863Margaret CUMMINGSFind the father
Mary DONALDSON15 May 1868Elizabeth DONALDSONFind the father
Agnes FERGUSON14 September 1873Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Jessie Agnes FERGUSON26 December 1873Jane FERGUSONFind the father
William GAMMELL3 October 1868Margaret GAMMELLFind the father
William GRAHAM14 July 1865Margaret GRAHAMFind the father
George HAMILTON19 June 1864Margaret HAMILTONFind the father
William Hastie HARVEY1 October 1866Jane HARVEYFind the father
Jeanie HOUSTON27 October 1873Janet HOUSTONFind the father
Agnes JOHNSTONE5 April 1873Margaret RICEFind the father
Henry KELLY11 August 1870Margaret KELLYFind the father
James KELLY24 November 1862Margaret KELLYFind the father
John KINNA3 December 1872Jane KINNAFind the father
Elizabeth KNOX16 December 1864Isabella KNOXFind the father
John KNOX18 October 1868Isabella KNOXFind the father
William KNOX22 November 1872Isabella KNOXFind the father
James LAMONT9 April 1867Elizabeth LAMONTFind the father
Margaret LAMONT15 June 1871Letitia LAMONTFind the father
Peter LAMONT3 July 1869Letitia LAMONTFind the father
Robert LAMONT20 February 1866Letitia LAMONTFind the father
Thomas LAMONT5 September 1870Elizabeth LAMONTFind the father
William LAMONT2 November 1863Elizabeth LAMONTFind the father
Mary MACJANNET2 February 1857Mary MACJANNETFind the father
John MARTIN14 March 1865Elizabeth MARTINFind the father
Niven MCCALLUM2 September 1862Helen MCCALLUMFind the father
Sarah MCCALLUM9 October 1870Helen MCCALLUMFind the father
John MCCAULL19 July 1874Maggie MCCAULLFind the father
Robina MCCLEARIE21 November 1859Jessie MCCLEARIEFind the father
Jessie MCCLEARY20 June 1863Jessie MCCLEARYFind the father
Angus Walker MCCLYMONT13 August 1866Agnes Walker MCCLYMONTFind the father
David MCCORMICK13 December 1870Sarah MCCORMICKFind the father
Elizabeth MCCUTCHEON3 December 1873Elizabeth MCCUTCHEONFind the father
Susan MCDOWALL16 April 1866Helen MCDOWALLFind the father
William MCFARLANE12 July 1868Annie MCFARLANEFind the father
Janet MCHALLUM29 October 1867Mary MCHALLUMFind the father
Jane MCILWRAITH21 August 1865Christina MCILWRAITHFind the father
Mary Crawford MCILWRAITH24 June 1874Agnes MCILWRAITHFind the father
William MCILWRAITH9 November 1868Christina MCILWRAITHFind the father
Isabella MCJANET24 October 1870Jessie MCJANETFind the father
Janet MCJANET11 November 1871Mary MCJANETFind the father
John MCJANNET9 December 1861Mary MCJANNETFind the father
Mary MCKANDERY11 January 1870Elizabeth MCKANDERYFind the father
Elizabeth MCKENDRY27 March 1869Mary MCKENDRYFind the father
John MCKIE18 August 1863Agnes MCKIEFind the father
Mary Jane MCKIE3 June 1858Mary MCKIEFind the father
James MCMILLAN25 December 1863Jessie MCMILLANFather found
Jane MCMILLAN15 June 1868Jessie MCMILLANFind the father
Jessie MCMILLAN26 November 1873Jessie MCMILLANFind the father
George MCNELLIE10 July 1859Janet Elder MCNELLIEFind the father
Robert MCQUAKER12 May 1872Margaret MCQUAKERFind the father
Alexander MCTEIR15 January 1865Agnes MCTEIRFind the father
Annie MOFFAT28 October 1866Margaret MOFFATFind the father
Annie MOFFAT25 December 1873Margaret MOFFATFind the father
James MOFFAT11 March 1863Mary MOFFATFind the father
John MOFFAT13 January 1863Margaret MOFFATFind the father
Mary Wright MOFFAT12 November 1869Margaret MOFFATFind the father
William MOFFAT30 June 1860Mary MOFFATFind the father
John MONTEATH4 March 1874Mary MONTEATHFind the father
James MURCHIE9 December 1868Agnes MURCHIEFind the father
Archibald Smith NEWBIGGING31 December 1857Jane NEWBIGGINGFind the father
John PATERSON1 March 1867Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Sarah Douglas PATERSON12 September 1863Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Andrew POLLOCK3 May 1872Elizabeth POLLOCKFind the father
Mary POLLOCK1 June 1874Elizabeth POLLOCKFind the father
Mary REID28 December 1873Jeanie REIDFind the father
Eleanor RICE26 December 1861Catherine RICEFind the father
John RICE1 November 1865Agnes RICEFind the father
Mina RICE1 November 1865Agnes RICEFind the father
Mary ROY2 June 1861Ann ROYFind the father
Emily Jessie Mair SILLARS23 August 1874Frances Mary SILLARSFind the father
William SKIMMING30 August 1862Agnes SKIMMINGFind the father
Jane SMITH15 March 1870Margaret SMITHFind the father
Jane SMITH13 June 1874Susan SMITHFind the father
John SMITH10 November 1859Grace SMITHFind the father
Margaret SMITH16 February 1868Grace SMITHFind the father
Peter SMITH1 June 1862Grace SMITHFind the father
Mary Fallar SYMINGTON18 August 1861Jessie SYMINGTONFind the father
Ellen TAIT22 May 1865Annie TAITFind the father
Jane TAIT27 January 1868Annie TAITFind the father
John Rae TAIT3 January 1858Annie TAITFind the father
Thomas THORNTON20 June 1861Agnes THORNTONFind the father
Francis Oniell TOAL28 July 1855Sarah TOALFind the father
John TONGUE2 April 1861Charlotte TONGUEFind the father
John TONGUE25 July 1874Margaret TONGUEFind the father
Mary TONGUE22 October 1872Margaret TONGUEFind the father
Isaac TOPPING18 December 1873Mary TOPPINGFind the father
James TOPPING15 September 1866Phebe TOPPINGFind the father
William WILSON30 June 1866Jane WILSONFind the father
Thomasine WROE30 April 1858Mary Anne WROEFind 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.


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