Mochrum parish records
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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 Mary BARRETT | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Agnes BOYD or KINNEL | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Helen BURNS or CUMMING | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret CAIRNS | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jessie CAMPBELL | 1865 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Grace DICKSON | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Grace DICKSON | 1864-1865 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Grace DICKSON | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James FLYNN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Patrick HERON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James JAMIESON | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James KENNEDY | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James KENNEDY | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Robert LAUDERDALE | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Ann MACKIE | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| William MCKEAND | 1859 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCLELLAND | 1856 (3) | Order images | Dead | |
| William MCLELLAND | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes MURRAY or THOMSON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret PATERSON or BICKETTS | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William ROBINSON | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth THOMSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth THOMSON | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| George THOMSON | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George THOMSON | 1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George THOMSON | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George THOMSON | 1863 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George THOMSON | 1863 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| George THOMSON | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Barbara TURNER | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Daniel WALKER | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane WOOD or MCALLISTER | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ADAIR | 13 May 1870 | Susan ADAIR | Find the father |
| Sarah ADAIR | 16 January 1869 | Susan ADAIR | Find the father |
| Sarah ANDERSON | 15 December 1864 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Robertson BARCLAY | 10 October 1873 | Jane BARCLAY | Find the father |
| Alexander BARRET | 14 October 1869 | Mary BARRET | Find the father |
| Jane BARRET | 3 February 1874 | Mary BARRET | Find the father |
| William BELL | 7 December 1858 | Agnes BELL | Find the father |
| Georgina BLACK | 13 November 1865 | Margaret BLACK | Find the father |
| James BLACK | 22 December 1862 | Elisabeth BLACK | Find the father |
| Sarah BLACK | 23 April 1872 | Elisabeth BLACK | Find the father |
| Andrew BRADSHAW | 6 April 1874 | Maria BRADSHAW | Find the father |
| Jemina BROADFOOT | 30 September 1865 | Sarah BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Mary BROADFOOT | 8 November 1863 | Janet BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Mckie Thomson BROWN | 8 August 1865 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| Hannah BROWN | 30 November 1861 | Charlotte BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 4 November 1865 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 28 July 1867 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 12 January 1874 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| Janet BROWN | 21 June 1867 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 28 March 1870 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 25 February 1871 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| James BURNS | 18 November 1865 | Elisabeth BURNS | Find the father |
| Thomas CAIRNS | 11 February 1864 | Margaret CAIRNS | Find the father |
| James CANNON | 31 December 1866 | Helen CANNON | Find the father |
| John CANNON | 29 June 1868 | Helen CANNON | Find the father |
| William John CANNON | 9 June 1871 | Helen CANNON | Find the father |
| John CARRELAN | 19 May 1870 | Catherine CARRELAN | Find the father |
| Alexander CLARK | 3 June 1870 | Barbara CLARK | Find the father |
| James CLARK | 10 February 1868 | Sarah CLARK | Find the father |
| Robert CLARK | 9 December 1861 | Agnes CLARK | Find the father |
| Agnes CLARKE | 5 July 1867 | Agnes CLARKE | Find the father |
| Ann Jane CLARKE | 14 June 1864 | Agnes CLARKE | Find the father |
| Mary CLUNNIE | 26 April 1857 | Susan CLUNNIE | Find the father |
| James COID | 6 October 1864 | Jane COID | Find the father |
| Agnes COLVIN | 17 September 1866 | Agnes COLVIN | Find the father |
| James COLVIN | 22 May 1864 | Agnes COLVIN | Find the father |
| Jane COURT | 22 July 1860 | Mary Ann COURT | Find the father |
| Mary Elisabeth COYD | 29 January 1871 | Elisabeth Ann COYD | Find the father |
| James CRAWLEY | 6 April 1863 | Catherine CRAWLEY | Find the father |
| John Douglas CRONNIE | 13 May 1862 | Helen CRONNIE | Find the father |
| Alexander CUMMING | 1 July 1863 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann CUMMING | 5 November 1856 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| William CUMMING | 10 September 1866 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| James Jamieson CURLETT | 26 October 1864 | Christina CURLETT | Find the father |
| Elisabeth CURRAN | 6 January 1869 | Elisabeth CURRAN | Find the father |
| Jane Findlay CUTCHEON | 5 September 1858 | Ann CUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Janet CUTCHION | 12 August 1868 | Ann CUTCHION | Find the father |
| Margaret CUTCHION | 30 October 1863 | Ann CUTCHION | Find the father |
| James DALRYMPLE | 17 October 1863 | Janet DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Janet Wallace Hannah DALRYMPLE | 31 October 1863 | Magdalena DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Margaret DALRYMPLE | 17 October 1863 | Janet DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Matilda Wallace DALRYMPLE | 2 December 1858 | Magdalena DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Robert DAVIDSON | 18 June 1866 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Templeton DICKSON | 25 July 1869 | Grace DICKSON | Find the father |
| Annie DICKSON | 7 September 1871 | Annie DICKSON | Find the father |
| Jane Forsyth DICKSON | 30 December 1866 | Grace DICKSON | Find the father |
| John Mcclure DICKSON | 17 April 1861 | Grace DICKSON | Find the father |
| Mary Templeton DICKSON | 11 June 1864 | Grace DICKSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DICKSON | 28 January 1871 | Helen DICKSON | Find the father |
| Thomas DICKSON | 31 March 1873 | Mary DICKSON | Find the father |
| Peter DIVIN | 10 October 1856 | Margaret DIVIN | Find the father |
| Annie DIXON | 8 March 1867 | Jane DIXON | Find the father |
| Helen DODDS | 6 November 1857 | Jessie DODDS | Find the father |
| Esther Sarah Marshall DONNAN | 20 September 1868 | Elisabeth DONNAN | Find the father |
| James DONNAN | 6 January 1865 | Elisabeth DONNAN | Find the father |
| Margaret DONNAN | 2 April 1873 | Elisabeth DONNAN | Find the father |
| John FARMER | 6 May 1858 | Mary FARMER | Find the father |
| Jessie Anderson FERGUSSON | 17 May 1872 | Mary FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| Alexander FINDLAY | 20 August 1868 | Agnes FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Jane FINDLAY | 1 October 1864 | Mary FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Janet FRASER | 11 August 1859 | Eliza FRASER | Find the father |
| Hugh Mctear GIBSON | 25 June 1864 | Helen GIBSON | Find the father |
| Alexander Mcgill GILLESPIE | 30 March 1859 | Janet GILLESPIE | Find the father |
| Jane Fisher GORDON | 13 June 1862 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth GOUDIE | 7 June 1860 | Nicholas GOUDIE | Find the father |
| James Alexander GOUDIE | 21 January 1863 | Mary GOUDIE | Find the father |
| David Ewing GRAHAM | 10 May 1871 | Mary GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Anthony GRIFFIN | 11 July 1860 | Janet GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| Jane Boyle GRIFFIN | 27 February 1874 | Annie GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| Thomas GRIFFIN | 23 February 1867 | Janet GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| James GULLEN | 29 August 1858 | Janet GULLEN | Find the father |
| Margaret GULLINE | 28 April 1861 | Janet GULLINE | Find the father |
| Albert HANNAH | 20 September 1868 | Jane HANNAH | Find the father |
| Jane Mccubbin HANNAH | 6 December 1856 | Grace HANNAH | Find the father |
| Mary Love HANNAH | 19 August 1857 | Janet HANNAH | Find the father |
| Janet HARKNESS | 25 July 1856 | Jean HARKNESS | Find the father |
| James HAWTHORN | 15 May 1871 | Mary HAWTHORN | Find the father |
| Robert Mcjannet HAWTHORN | 29 December 1855 | Jane HAWTHORN | Find the father |
| William Roney HAWTHORN | 15 February 1857 | Isabella HAWTHORN | Find the father |
| Andrew IRVINE | 26 September 1858 | Agnes IRVINE | Find the father |
| John IRVINE | 20 November 1863 | Helen IRVINE | Find the father |
| John Hunter IRVINE | 25 April 1863 | Agnes IRVINE | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane IRVINE | 28 September 1863 | Agnes IRVINE | Find the father |
| Annie JOHNSTON | 7 January 1870 | Mary Catherine JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Hugh Love KELLY | 19 March 1874 | Annie KELLY | Find the father |
| Agnes Mcjanet KENNEDY | 12 May 1864 | Mary Anne KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Elisabeth KERR | 7 June 1870 | Elisabeth KERR | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Hawthorn KERR | 1 August 1870 | Mary KERR | Find the father |
| Margaret KERR | 5 December 1866 | Elisabeth KERR | Find the father |
| John KEVAN | 4 October 1871 | Janet KEVAN | Find the father |
| Mary Mcmaster KIRBY | 19 October 1857 | Sarah KIRBY | Find the father |
| James LAMOND | 8 October 1874 | Jane LAMOND | Find the father |
| Richard LINDSAY | 15 April 1868 | Ellen LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Alexander Black LITTERICK | 21 August 1857 | Jane LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Jane LITTERICK | 1 June 1860 | Agnes LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Jessie Helen Mccormick LITTERICK | 5 April 1874 | Jessie LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Mary Brown LITTERICK | 21 February 1866 | Margaret LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Mary Isabella LITTERICK | 12 April 1864 | Jessie LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Thomas Dalrymple LITTERICK | 31 August 1868 | Jessie LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Mary Helen LIVINGSTON | 11 March 1859 | Margaret LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| Adelaine LONDIE | 4 October 1862 | Jane LONDIE | Find the father |
| Agnes LOVE | 4 June 1859 | Ann LOVE | Find the father |
| Isabella Campbell LOVE | 28 July 1863 | Margaret LOVE | Find the father |
| Rossannah LOVE | 1 February 1855 | Catherine LOVE | Find the father |
| Margaret Jessie LUNDY | 7 August 1857 | Elisabeth LUNDY | Find the father |
| Francis MARK | 24 January 1873 | Jane MARK | Find the father |
| John Mcmillan MARK | 6 April 1865 | Jane MARK | Find the father |
| John Walker MARK | 10 December 1873 | Helen MARK | Find the father |
| Thomas MARK | 27 January 1868 | Mary MARK | Find the father |
| Catherine Thomson MARSHALL | 15 October 1873 | Margaret MARSHALL | Find the father |
| James Montgomery MARSHALL | 3 March 1860 | Elisabeth MARSHALL | Find the father |
| John MARTIN | 17 February 1857 | Mary MARTIN | Find the father |
| John James MARTIN | 24 July 1874 | Rossanna MARTIN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCADAM | 26 January 1869 | Margaret MCADAM | Find the father |
| John MCCARTNEY | 25 June 1855 | Mary Jane MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| James Mcgarvan MCCLELLAND | 13 February 1872 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Jane MCCLELLAND | 23 December 1858 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Janet Douglas MCCLELLAND | 3 March 1861 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Maggie MCCLELLAND | 3 October 1873 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| John MCCLYMONT | 16 August 1869 | Elisabeth MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCLYMONT | 11 June 1866 | Mary Ann MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Alexander MCCORMICK | 13 September 1856 | Martha MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Georgina MCCREADIE | 11 May 1859 | Jessie MCCREADIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Henderson MCCREADIE | 4 July 1862 | Jessie MCCREADIE | Find the father |
| James MCCULLOCH | 27 June 1873 | Mary MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Mary Brown MCCULLOCH | 20 November 1871 | Agnes MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| George MCCUTCHEON | 22 December 1864 | Margaret MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Peter Mccartney MCCUTCHEON | 16 November 1867 | Helen MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Sarah Jenkins MCCUTCHEON | 20 February 1870 | Margaret MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| William MCCUTCHEON | 14 November 1864 | Helen MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| William MCCUTCHEON | 12 October 1872 | Margaret MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| John MCDONALL | 6 August 1859 | Jean MCDONALL | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDOWALL | 24 October 1863 | Barbara MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Jane Susan MCDOWALL | 30 January 1868 | Mary MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Jane MCGIRRIGAN | 12 April 1855 | Jane MCGIRRIGAN | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Gownlock MCGUFFIE | 24 November 1868 | Elisabeth MCGUFFIE | Find the father |
| John MCHAFFIE | 2 June 1861 | Mary Ann MCHAFFIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCKIE | 31 August 1873 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| Annie MCKIE | 28 September 1871 | Mary MCKIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Hall MCKIE | 2 June 1874 | Mary MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary Elisabeth MCKIE | 12 September 1872 | Elisabeth MCKIE | Find the father |
| James MCMASTER | 3 October 1867 | Helen MCMASTER | Find the father |
| William MCMASTER | 7 April 1873 | Helen MCMASTER | Find the father |
| James MCQUAKER | 8 December 1862 | Janet MCQUAKER | Find the father |
| Agnes Milroy MILLIGAN | 4 February 1860 | Margaret MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Cousins MILLS | 26 February 1864 | Margaret MILLS | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Graham MURRAY | 7 July 1861 | Margaret MURRAY | Find the father |
| Agnes NEILSON | 30 January 1866 | Janet NEILSON | Find the father |
| David NEILSON | 8 October 1860 | Janet NEILSON | Find the father |
| Annie NICHOLSON | 4 November 1874 | Mary NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| David NICHOLSON | 21 April 1861 | Elizabeth NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| James Caig NICHOLSON | 13 March 1869 | Jane NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Sloan NICHOLSON | 15 November 1864 | Elisabeth NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Mary NICHOLSON | 16 June 1872 | Janet NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Robert Mclean NICHOLSON | 2 November 1873 | Jane NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Henry NIEL | 27 April 1857 | Susan NIEL | Find the father |
| Agnes PATERSON | 17 July 1863 | Grace PATERSON | Find the father |
| David PATERSON | 4 December 1857 | Jessie PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 29 April 1860 | Grace PATERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth POLLOCK | 27 February 1856 | Rossannah POLLOCK | Find the father |
| William POLLOCK | 24 September 1871 | Jane POLLOCK | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Hallam RAFFERTY | 11 October 1862 | Mary RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| David REID | 19 August 1871 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Mary Ann REID | 12 March 1865 | Jessie REID | Find the father |
| John ROBB | 23 February 1869 | Mary Ann ROBB | Find the father |
| Lititia ROBB | 12 March 1861 | Janet ROBB | Find the father |
| Edmund ROBERTSON | 6 August 1868 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Jane Mcintosh ROBERTSON | 7 May 1860 | Elisabeth ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Alexander RODGER | 12 October 1867 | Margaret RODGER | Find the father |
| James RODGER | 20 January 1864 | Margaret RODGER | Find the father |
| Joseph RODGERS | 18 December 1872 | Agnes RODGERS | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Ross RODGERS | 6 March 1873 | Jane RODGERS | Find the father |
| William James Kirk ROY | 24 April 1864 | Mary ROY | Find the father |
| James Kelly SHENNAN | 15 February 1872 | Bridget SHENNAN | Find the father |
| John SHENNAN | 1 August 1870 | Margaret SHENNAN | Find the father |
| Janet SHENNEN | 9 August 1867 | Margaret SHENNEN | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Janet Mcdowall SHIELDS | 12 January 1864 | Hannah SHIELDS | Find the father |
| Mary Brush SHIELDS | 11 December 1863 | Catherine SHIELDS | Find the father |
| William SLEITH | 24 February 1871 | Ann SLEITH | Find the father |
| Andrew SMITH | 6 January 1857 | Fanny SMITH | Find the father |
| Peter SMITH | 10 February 1864 | Martha SMITH | Find the father |
| Sarah Watson SMITH | 25 August 1862 | Agnes SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert Goodwin SMYLLIE | 24 May 1861 | Mary SMYLLIE | Find the father |
| James STANHOPE | 9 February 1867 | Agnes STANHOPE | Find the father |
| Jessie Agnes Loan STANHOPE | 1 February 1873 | Margaret STANHOPE | Find the father |
| Grace STEWART | 20 April 1862 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary STEWART | 9 February 1858 | Eliza STEWART | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 8 September 1864 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Agnes THOMPSON | 31 March 1868 | Mary THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth THOMPSON | 31 March 1868 | Mary THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Mary THOMSON | 22 April 1871 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Sarah Mcclure THOMSON | 18 May 1859 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Andrew TURNER | 14 May 1873 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Andrew Copeland TURNER | 14 November 1867 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Rodgers TURNER | 13 April 1870 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Helen Gordon TURNER | 2 July 1864 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Jane Christie TURNER | 5 June 1860 | Jessie TURNER | Find the father |
| Jane Mcginn TURNER | 30 April 1865 | Helen TURNER | Find the father |
| William Stewart TURNER | 1 April 1862 | Jane TURNER | Find the father |
| John VANCE | 5 June 1871 | Janet VANCE | Find the father |
| Alexander WALKER | 9 September 1859 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| Janet WEBSTER | 16 February 1871 | Mary WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Nathaniel WEBSTER | 1 April 1874 | Mary WEBSTER | Find the father |
| David Gourlay Mckie WILSON | 17 January 1868 | Ellen WILSON | Find the father |
| Jane Livingstone WILSON | 30 January 1866 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 16 April 1859 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Jane WOOD | 16 May 1864 | Sarah WOOD | Find the father |
| William Maxwell WOOD | 9 December 1861 | Sarah WOOD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Edgar WYLLIE | 5 December 1871 | Annie WYLLIE | 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
