Morvern 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 Archibald CAMERON | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine CAMERON | 1849 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine CAMERON | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Dugald CAMERON | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Hugh CAMERON | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret CAMERON | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Marion CAMERON | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary CAMERON | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peggy CAMERON | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Cath CAMPBELL or MCLACHLAN | 1871-1872 (7) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary CAMPBELL | 1859 (3) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Marian COOPER or CAMERON | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Marion COOPER or CAMERON | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann GRAHAM | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Ann Mcleod LIVINGSTON | 1855-1856 (1) | Order images | Refused - too old a date | |
| Margaret LIVINGSTON | 1855-1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Donald LIVINGSTONE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Effy LIVINGSTONE | 1849 (4) | Order images | If allowance not made adequate, minute will be issued | |
| Mary LIVINGSTONE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Colin MACDONALD | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Flora MACDONALD | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine MACGREGOR | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MACINNES | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Archibald MACINTYRE | 1850 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine MACMASTER | 1874 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Flora MACPHERSON | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Flora MACPHERSON | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MACQUARRIE or MACINTYRE | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MACQUARRIE or MACINTYRE | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MCCALLUM | 1849 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Catherine MCDOUGALD | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Kate MCDOUGALD | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Angus MCDOUGALL | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margery MCEACHERN or CAMERON | 1851 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine MCGREGOR | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Donald MCINNES | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary MCINNES | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MCLACHLAN | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Lachlan MCLEAN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Lachlan MCLEAN | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused - too old a date | |
| Widow Ann MCLEOD or LIVINGSTON | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Christy MCMASTER | 1851 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Donald MCMASTER | 1864-1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella MCMILLAN | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Marjory MCNIVEN | 1849 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed, in respect that the parochial board have offered needful sustenation by boarding her | |
| Marjory MCNIVEN | 1851 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see 450 1849 | |
| Mary MCPHEE | 1853 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Flora MCPHERSON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Flora MCPHERSON | 1855 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander CAMERON | 6 February 1866 | Ann CAMERON | Find the father |
| John CAMERON | 16 August 1871 | Jessie CAMERON | Find the father |
| Catherine COWAN | 8 December 1874 | Catherine COWAN | Find the father |
| Robert DOUGLAS | 30 July 1871 | Georgina DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Janet HENDERSON | 13 October 1870 | Janet HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes HICKMAN | 27 July 1862 | Betty HICKMAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LIVINGSTON | 10 July 1865 | Jessie LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| Sarah LIVINGSTON | 10 July 1865 | Jessie LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| Donald Mackenzie MACDOUGALL | 27 April 1871 | Mary MACDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Isabella MACEACHERN | 27 January 1864 | Flora MACEACHERN | Find the father |
| Jean MACEACHERN | 8 September 1860 | Flory MACEACHERN | Find the father |
| Mary Stewart Young MACFIEE | 11 April 1872 | Sarah MACFIEE | Find the father |
| Peggy MACINTYRE | 1 March 1859 | Flory MACINTYRE | Find the father |
| Peggy MACKAY | 23 February 1862 | Ann MACKAY | Find the father |
| Ann MACLACHLAN | 11 July 1863 | Mary MACLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Donald MACLACHLAN | 10 March 1861 | Sarah MACLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Archibald MACLEAN | 5 July 1858 | Peggy MACLEAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MACLEAN | 4 June 1865 | Flora MACLEAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MACLEOD | 16 February 1864 | Catherine MACLEOD | Find the father |
| Donald MACLEOD | 27 June 1871 | Christina MACLEOD | Find the father |
| Mary MACLEOD | 1 September 1869 | Catherine MACLEOD | Find the father |
| Ann MACPHERSON | 13 October 1857 | Ann MACPHERSON | Find the father |
| Donald MACVARRAISH | 14 March 1862 | Mary MACVARRAISH | Find the father |
| James Kirk RIDDELL | 29 April 1856 | Isabella RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Mary RIGG | 26 December 1872 | Eliza RIGG | 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
