Mouswald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David HALL | 1855 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary HANLIN | 1853-1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella HOPE | St Michael Street Dumfries | 1845 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Isabella HOPE | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed by additional temporary relief and child's convalescence | |
| Widow Margt JOHNSTON or WILLIAMSON | 1851 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margt JOHNSTON or WILLIAMSON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella KERR | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary KIRK or IRVING | 1849 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine LAING | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MACKAY or SMITH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MCKAY or SMITH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 189 1850 | |
| Widow Janet MCKAY or SMITH | 1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCMILLAN | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Nicholas MITCHELL or RIDDICH | 1856-1857 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Nicholas RIDDOCK | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James BROWN | 13 June 1862 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| Isabella BRYDONE | 5 July 1873 | Georgina BRYDONE | Find the father |
| Peter BRYSON | 11 February 1857 | Margaret BRYSON | Find the father |
| James CORRIE | 16 November 1871 | Jean CORRIE | Find the father |
| Jane COUPLAND | 18 June 1864 | Catherine COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Joseph COWAN | 7 September 1857 | Ann COWAN | Find the father |
| Robert COWAN | 20 December 1868 | Margaret COWAN | Find the father |
| William CREIGHTON | 19 September 1855 | Mary CREIGHTON | Find the father |
| Margaret CUMMING | 8 November 1857 | Elspeth CUMMING | Find the father |
| Agnes DICKSON | 7 March 1860 | Elizabeth DICKSON | Find the father |
| Jacob DICKSON | 12 November 1868 | Elisabeth DICKSON | Find the father |
| Jane Nichol DICKSON | 19 August 1863 | Catherine DICKSON | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes FERGUSSON | 2 February 1872 | Jane FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| Annie Scott FRASER | 22 March 1864 | Elizabeth FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary FRASER | 27 August 1860 | Elizabeth FRASER | Find the father |
| Peter FRASER | 5 September 1857 | Elisabeth FRASER | Find the father |
| Robert FRASER | 30 July 1866 | Elizabeth FRASER | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 20 February 1867 | Margaret GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mary GLENDINNING | 31 August 1867 | Agnes GLENDINNING | Find the father |
| Agnes GOLDIE | 12 July 1872 | Margaret GOLDIE | Find the father |
| Helen Hutton GOLDIE | 27 July 1863 | Margaret GOLDIE | Find the father |
| Janet GOLDIE | 29 January 1867 | Margaret GOLDIE | Find the father |
| John GOLDIE | 24 June 1873 | Elisabeth GOLDIE | Find the father |
| Janet HALL | 18 April 1861 | Ann HALL | Find the father |
| Mary Johnstone HALL | 21 June 1873 | Elisabeth HALL | Find the father |
| John HALLIDAY | 3 April 1874 | Margaret HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Martha HALLIDAY | 17 May 1868 | Catherine HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Isabella HILL | 22 August 1871 | Jane HILL | Find the father |
| Jessie Jane Palmer HUTTON | 9 June 1862 | Mary HUTTON | Find the father |
| Margaret HUTTON | 23 March 1859 | Mary HUTTON | Find the father |
| Marion Reid HUTTON | 21 December 1855 | Mary HUTTON | Find the father |
| Mary HUTTON | 27 December 1870 | Mary HUTTON | Find the father |
| James IRVING | 16 December 1865 | Sarah IRVING | Find the father |
| John IRVING | 24 November 1871 | Amelia IRVING | Find the father |
| Joseph IRVING | 9 January 1866 | Helen IRVING | Find the father |
| Robina IRVING | 15 October 1869 | Sarah IRVING | Find the father |
| Margaret Scott JARDINE | 10 September 1855 | Jane JARDINE | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 23 January 1867 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Isabella KERR | 16 July 1871 | Agnes KERR | Find the father |
| Mary Ann KIRK | 2 December 1866 | Elizabeth KIRK | Find the father |
| William MCCALL | 30 July 1869 | Jane MCCALL | Find the father |
| John Carruthers MITCHELL | 10 April 1870 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Robert Crosbie MUNDELL | 26 December 1873 | Elisabeth MUNDELL | Find the father |
| Margaret Mckee OSBORNE | 22 October 1864 | Jessie OSBORNE | Find the father |
| Isabella RAFFERTY | 31 August 1866 | Mary RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| James RAFFERTY | 18 August 1860 | Isabella RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Robert RAFFERTY | 11 January 1866 | Catherine RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Robert ROBESON | 8 July 1857 | Mary ROBESON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 31 July 1860 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| James TWEEDIE | 20 January 1871 | Margaret TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| Jane TWEEDIE | 29 March 1866 | Elizabeth TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| Margaret TWEEDIE | 13 July 1872 | Janet TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| Walter TWEEDIE | 16 December 1867 | Elisabeth TWEEDIE | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 23 May 1874 | Agnes WILSON | 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
