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Records -> Fife

Monimail 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
Widow Jane BLACK 1876 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
David BRAID 1849 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow DENHAM Perth1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
John MITCHELL 1876 (2)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief


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
Jane BROWN
Letham, Monimail
John BLACK22 Jul 1875Order nowCupar
SC20/4/31
Janet HENDERSON
Rankeilour, Makgill Lodge, Monimail
Robert MACKAY10 Aug 1876Order nowCupar
SC20/4/31


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
George ALLISON24 May 1866Jane ALLISONFind the father
David BELL12 March 1868Janet BELLFind the father
Jessie BELL11 July 1865Janet BELLFind the father
Mary BELL14 November 1870Janet Balfour BELLFind the father
David BRAND8 July 1861Helen BRANDFind the father
Helen Kidd BRAND13 June 1864Jane BRANDFind the father
Janet GRIEVE6 August 1861Ann GRIEVEFind the father
Margaret Blyth GRIEVE18 April 1862Elizabeth GRIEVEFind the father
Margaret HARRIS2 June 1865Margaret HARRISFind the father
Isabella HARROW3 March 1869Elisabeth HARROWFind the father
Euphemia Mitchell HEGGIE6 November 1869Isabella HEGGIEFind the father
Isabella Jane HEGGIE6 November 1869Jane HEGGIEFind the father
James KIDD5 July 1864Jane KIDDFind the father
Christina KIRK12 June 1874Mary KIRKFind the father
Peter LOW28 January 1855Janet LOWFather found
Jane MCKAY17 July 1868Jane MCKAYFather found
George MCRABBIE17 February 1857Margaret MCRABBIEFind the father
Agnes NESS29 July 1864Barbara NESSFind the father
Andrew PEATTIE14 January 1866Janet PEATTIEFind the father
John SEATH15 December 1871Margaret SEATHFather found
John SETH28 March 1873Jane SETHFind the father
William SIMPSON24 January 1865Anne SIMPSONFind the father
David URQUHART27 September 1861Margaret URQUHARTFind the father
Robina WALKER22 October 1859Susan WALKERFather found
Christina WILLIAMSON3 July 1868Christina WILLIAMSONFind the father
George WILLIAMSON1 April 1867Jane WILLIAMSONFind the father
James WILLIAMSON26 April 1865Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Janet WILLIAMSON23 February 1862Mary Ann WILLIAMSONFind the father
Margaret YOUNG1 June 1867Margaret YOUNGFather found


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
ALLAN, Janet
outworker on faarm
Born about 1860
Single
Previous residence: Bow of Fife
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1908
BAIN or BAYNE, Margaret
farm servant and milker
Born about 1844
Single
Previous residence: Wester Balgarvie, Monimail
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1907
BAYNE or BAIN, Margaret
farm servant and milker
Born about 1844
Single
Previous residence: Wester Balgarvie, Monimail
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1907
BONTHRONE or MALCOLM, Janet
tailor's wife
Born about 1832
Married
Previous residence: Letham, Monimail
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife1885
BRAND, William
quarryman and labourer
Born about 1877
Single
Previous residence: Baldastard, Largo
Chargeable parish: Largo
10 Jan 1947Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1910
BROWN or CLARK, Jean
domestic servant
Born about 1819
Married
Previous residence: Springfield
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1866
CHALMERS, Jane
weaver
Born about 1834
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
10 Jun 1882Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1873
CHAPMAN or WALKER, Betsy
housewife
Born about 1844
Married
Previous residence: Back Lebanon, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Cupar
30 Oct 1903Order image (1)Fife1876
CHAPMAN, Thomas
agricultural labourer
Born about 1810
Married
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
24 Sep 1883Order image (1)Fife1883
CLARK or BROWN, Jean
domestic servant
Born about 1819
Married
Previous residence: Springfield
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1866
CLARKSON or HEGGIE, Isabella
charwoman
Born about 1844
Widowed
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1897-1898
CROY, David
gardener
Born about 1805
Widowed
Previous residence: Dysart Poorhouse
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife1880
CROY, Margaret
outworker
Born about 1835
Single
Previous residence: Monimail village
Chargeable parish: Monimail
1 Jul 1913Order images (3)Fife
Fife District Asylum
1886-1911
DAWSON, Simpson
mechanical draughtsman
Born about 1840
Single
Previous residence: Wester Balgarvie
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife1883
GRAY, Mary Ann Hay
sewing teacher
Born about 1850
Single
Previous residence: Verdala, Letham, Collessie
Chargeable parish: Monimail
15 Feb 1916Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1908
HEGGIE or CLARKSON, Isabella
charwoman
Born about 1844
Widowed
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1897-1898
HEGGIE, Samuel
carter
Born about 1861
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Monimail
17 Jul 1942Order images (4)Dumfries
Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife
1885-1888
KIDD, James
ploughman
Born about 1882
Single
Previous residence: 36 South Union Street, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Dairsie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1903
LUMSDEN, Jessie
sick nurse
Born about 1841
Single
Previous residence: Barony Asylum, Lenzie, Glasgow
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order images (2)Barony
Fife
1883
MACLAREN or RANKIN, Margaret
housewife
Born about 1833
Married
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1908
MALCOLM or BONTHRONE, Janet
tailor's wife
Born about 1832
Married
Previous residence: Letham, Monimail
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife1885
MELVILLE, Barbara
outworker
Born about 1849
Single
Previous residence: Easthall
Chargeable parish: Monimail
30 Nov 1885Order images (2)Fife1872-1885
MILLER or RODGER, Agnes
ploughman's wife
Born about 1830
Married
Previous residence: Bullions, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1875
MITCHELL, Catherine
domestic servant
Born about 1841
Single
Previous residence: Broughty Ferry
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife1879
RANKIN or MACLAREN, Margaret
housewife
Born about 1833
Married
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1908
RODGER or MILLER, Agnes
ploughman's wife
Born about 1830
Married
Previous residence: Bullions, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1875
RYAN, Michael
labourer
Married
Previous residence: Dundee
Chargeable parish: Monimail
5 Jun 1911Order images (4)Dundee
Dundee East Poorhouse
Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife
1878-1887
SANDERSON, Jane
shopkeeper
Born about 1824
Single
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Also known as
Johan Sanderson
24 Oct 1883Order images (2)Fife And Kinross
Roxburgh
1869-1871
SANDERSON, Johan
shopkeeper
Born about 1824
Single
Previous residence: Letham
Chargeable parish: Monimail
Also known as
Jane Sanderson
24 Oct 1883Order images (2)Fife And Kinross
Roxburgh
1869-1871
TODD, David
ploughman
Born about 1872
Single
Previous residence: Carslogie Cottage, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Cupar
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1905
WALKER or CHAPMAN, Betsy
housewife
Born about 1844
Married
Previous residence: Back Lebanon, Cupar
Chargeable parish: Cupar
30 Oct 1903Order image (1)Fife1876
WILLIAMSON, Ann
housework
Born about 1838
Married
Previous residence: Bankhead of Pitteuchar, Kinglassie
Chargeable parish: Kinglassie
Order image (1)Fife1873


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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