Nairn 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 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1413/1 | Minutes 1829-86; Communion roll 1854. [From other end:] Minutes 1812 one page; Minutes 1815 one page; Collections and distributions [poors' roll] 1815-36 | 1812-1886 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1413/2 | Minutes | 1886-1934 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1413/4 | Building committee minutes | 1897-1902 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1413/5 | Baptismal register | 1893-1942 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1413/6 | Proclamation register | 1875-1891 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1413/7 | Proclamation register | 1891-1907 | Request lookup |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann BRODIE | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary Ann BURR or MCBEAN | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Bell CAMPBELL | 1852 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elspet CLARK | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret CLARK or BRODIE | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Donald CORBET | 1868 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John ELLIS | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James FERGUSON | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine FORBES or DAVIDSON | 1868 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow FRASER | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow FRASER | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mrs FRASER | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander FRASER | 1865 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Catherine FRASER | 1859 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Isabella FRASER | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Janet GOWANS or MACKIE | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Margaret JAMIESON | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret JAMIESON | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth LAMB | Post Office Close | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Christina LYNCH | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mrs Christina LYNCH | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jane MACDONALD or HAY | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Isabella MACKENZIE | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Helen MCANDREW or SMITH | 1880 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Ann MCINTOSH | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary MCKILLIGHAN or MCLEOD | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MCLELLAN | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William MCLENNAN | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary MCPHERSON | 1850 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander MORRISON | 1883 (2) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Helen ORR | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Ann ROBERTSON | 1875 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine ROBERTSON | 1875 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Barbara ROSE or FRASER | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James ROSS | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Jane ROSS | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Donald SHAW | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret SIM | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane SINCLAIR | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet SKINNER or MAINS | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine SMEATON or FRASER | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elspet STORM | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James WILSON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean WILSON or FRASER | 1856 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John ADAMS | 25 March 1872 | Margaret ADAMS | Find the father |
| Betsy BALFOUR | 6 July 1872 | Davina BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Anne BARRON | 13 September 1857 | Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| Anne BARRON | 5 March 1869 | Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| Isaac BARRON | 6 March 1869 | Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| James BARRON | 19 July 1866 | Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| John BARRON | 6 March 1869 | Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| John BARRON | 23 October 1874 | Jane BARRON | Find the father |
| Catherine BEATON | 16 June 1855 | Christina BEATON | Find the father |
| James BEATON | 30 March 1859 | Christina BEATON | Find the father |
| John BEATON | 14 May 1872 | Sarah Anne BEATON | Find the father |
| George James BOYNE | 23 February 1861 | Isabella BOYNE | Find the father |
| James Mc Kenzie BUCHANAN | 31 July 1866 | Mary BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Angus BUCHANNAN | 6 June 1863 | Mary BUCHANNAN | Find the father |
| Fanny CAMERON | 28 July 1874 | Bella CAMERON | Find the father |
| James CAMERON | 19 August 1861 | Katherine Cameron Or CROSS | Find the father |
| James CAMERON | 15 July 1864 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| Jane CAMERON | 9 May 1861 | Roderina CAMERON | Find the father |
| Jessie Anne CAMERON | 30 December 1872 | Helen CAMERON | Find the father |
| Peter CAMERON | 18 November 1871 | Margaret CAMERON | Find the father |
| Anne CAMPBELL | 8 December 1866 | Rachel CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Betsy CAMPBELL | 26 January 1866 | Sophia CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Rachel CAMPBELL | 31 August 1859 | Rachel CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Lilly Ann CARTHY | 4 July 1865 | Margaret Carthy Or ELDER | Find the father |
| Donald CHISHOLM | 6 July 1859 | Mary Anne CHISHOLM | Find the father |
| Donald CLARK | 1 February 1857 | Elspet CLARK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CLARK | 7 March 1864 | Elspeth CLARK | Find the father |
| William CLARK | 25 March 1860 | Jessie CLARK | Find the father |
| Charles CLUNAS | 28 December 1869 | Jane CLUNAS | Find the father |
| James CROSS | 26 June 1856 | Isabella CROSS | Find the father |
| Duncan DALLAS | 10 May 1869 | Anne DALLAS | Find the father |
| Edward DALLAS | 15 May 1874 | Jane DALLAS | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane EDGAR | 26 November 1865 | Barbara EDGAR | Find the father |
| John ELDER | 15 September 1860 | Anne ELDER | Find the father |
| Thomas ELLIS | 28 October 1874 | Christina ELLIS | Find the father |
| Barnett FALCONAR | 11 February 1865 | Elizabeth FALCONAR | Find the father |
| Jane FALCONAR | 15 March 1855 | Jane FALCONAR | Find the father |
| Christina FALCONER | 24 July 1868 | Elizabeth FALCONER | Find the father |
| Isabella FALCONER | 21 August 1857 | Jane FALCONER | Find the father |
| Margaret FALCONER | 25 September 1859 | Elspeth FALCONER | Find the father |
| Mary Anne FALCONER | 7 April 1867 | Elizabeth FALCONER | Find the father |
| Robert FALCONER | 8 September 1870 | Elizabeth FALCONER | Find the father |
| Sally FEARNS | 27 May 1867 | Margaret FEARNS | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 24 March 1867 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Catherine FRASER | 28 November 1872 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Hugh FRASER | 6 July 1865 | Isabella FRASER | Find the father |
| Isabella FRASER | 6 August 1869 | Janet FRASER | Find the father |
| Thomas FRASER | 18 April 1867 | Catherine FRASER | Find the father |
| David GAIR | 30 November 1872 | Anne GAIR | Find the father |
| James GLASS | 11 July 1858 | Catherine GLASS | Find the father |
| Peter GORDON | 6 January 1871 | Christina GORDON | Find the father |
| Margaret GRANT | 19 June 1860 | Jessie GRANT | Find the father |
| Margaret Catherine GRANT | 23 September 1856 | Jane GRANT | Find the father |
| George HENDERSON | 18 October 1868 | Jessie HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HINDS | 12 September 1873 | Elizabeth HINDS | Find the father |
| Alexander LAING | 13 June 1855 | Margaret LAING | Find the father |
| John LAING | 18 July 1862 | Margaret LAING | Find the father |
| Catherine LAUDER | 12 March 1855 | Jane LAUDER | Find the father |
| Robert LITTLE | 7 October 1859 | Jane Little Or FRASER | Find the father |
| Christina MAIN | 24 October 1874 | Anne MAIN | Find the father |
| Donald MAIN | 7 June 1859 | Janet MAIN | Find the father |
| George MAIN | 12 September 1867 | Jessie MAIN | Find the father |
| Isabella MAIN | 13 July 1866 | Christina Main Or COGS | Find the father |
| James MAIN | 15 January 1860 | Isabella MAIN | Find the father |
| Janet MAIN | 9 March 1865 | Anne Main Or ELLEN | Find the father |
| Jessie MAIN | 25 July 1865 | Helen Main Or WALLACE | Find the father |
| John MAIN | 25 May 1860 | Margaret MAIN | Find the father |
| John MAIN | 10 April 1861 | Anne MAIN | Find the father |
| Margaret MAIN | 24 February 1868 | Elspet MAIN | Find the father |
| Mary Anne MAIN | 25 June 1873 | Isabella MAIN | Find the father |
| Alexander John Shaw MARTIN | 7 July 1866 | Margaret MARTIN | Find the father |
| Catherine MARTIN | 21 May 1860 | Christina MARTIN | Find the father |
| Margaret MARTIN | 19 June 1857 | Mary MARTIN | Find the father |
| Anne MCANDREW | 23 January 1874 | Jessie MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Catherine MCANDREW | 12 July 1857 | Helen MCANDREW | Find the father |
| Alexander MCARTHUR | 19 October 1855 | Anne MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| James MCBAIN | 30 September 1863 | Margaret MCBAIN | Find the father |
| John Innes Robertson MCCULLOCH | 12 June 1870 | Dorothea MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Annabella MCDONALD | 24 September 1866 | Anne MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Anne MCDONALD | 24 September 1856 | Christina MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Georgina MCDONALD | 29 September 1859 | Christian MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Isabella MCDONALD | 8 January 1863 | Anne MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James Anderson MCDONALD | 16 March 1863 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane MCDONALD | 24 September 1866 | Anne MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane Anne MCDONALD | 14 March 1870 | Jessie MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary Anne MCDONALD | 26 May 1857 | Mary Storm MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Catherine Kirkwood MCDOUGAL | 17 May 1874 | Catherine MCDOUGAL | Find the father |
| Isabella MCGILLIVRAY | 6 November 1862 | Margaret MCGILLIVRAY | Find the father |
| Mary MCGILLIVRAY | 14 April 1872 | Margaret MCGILLIVRAY | Find the father |
| John MCGREGOR | 14 November 1870 | Anne MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| James MCINTOCH | 16 December 1860 | Jessie MCINTOCH | Find the father |
| Alexander MCINTOSH | 22 September 1856 | Catherine MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Alexander MCINTOSH | 1 October 1871 | Jane MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Catherine Menzies MCINTOSH | 20 April 1870 | Elspet Main MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Donald MCINTOSH | 16 April 1859 | Jane MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Jamesina MCINTOSH | 18 December 1872 | Jane MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| John MCINTOSH | 24 January 1858 | Janet MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| John MCINTOSH | 7 April 1866 | Elizabeth MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| John Alexander MCINTOSH | 30 March 1872 | Anne MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Margaret MCINTOSH | 22 June 1864 | Margaret MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Thomas MCINTOSH | 5 April 1864 | Henrietta MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Thomas MCINTOSH | 29 July 1869 | Anne MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| John Or Robert John MCINTYRE | 18 August 1860 | Janet MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| William MCINTYRE | 22 March 1857 | Jessie MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| James MCIVER | 5 February 1865 | Eliza MCIVER | Find the father |
| Georgina Jessie Anne MCKAY | 26 September 1870 | Mary MCKAY | Find the father |
| Robert Smith MCKECHIN | 2 November 1874 | Margaret MCKECHIN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCKENZIE | 5 June 1864 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Catherine Jane Hamilton MCKENZIE | 20 November 1869 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Christina MCKENZIE | 15 December 1868 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Christina MCKENZIE | 26 April 1869 | Christina MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| David MCKENZIE | 29 June 1861 | Catherine MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Gordonina MCKENZIE | 2 February 1874 | Isabella MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Isabella MCKENZIE | 9 April 1863 | Catherine Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Isabella MCKENZIE | 10 May 1867 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Isabella MCKENZIE | 9 December 1870 | Eliza MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| John MCKENZIE | 9 November 1860 | Elizabeth MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| John MCKENZIE | 29 March 1864 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCKENZIE | 9 April 1863 | Catherine Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCKENZIE | 14 January 1869 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Mary Anne MCKENZIE | 13 May 1867 | Mary Anne MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Rose MCKENZIE | 26 September 1873 | Jessie MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKENZIE | 14 December 1874 | Catherine MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William MCKENZIE | 5 January 1858 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William MCKENZIE | 18 March 1861 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William Ross MCKICHAN | 17 April 1872 | Jane MCKICHAN | Find the father |
| Anne MCKINNON | 16 December 1865 | Sarah MCKINNON | Find the father |
| James Anderson MCKINNON | 16 July 1868 | Mary MCKINNON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Donaldina MCLAREN | 4 May 1873 | Eliza MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Hannah MCLEAN | 22 January 1858 | Elspeth MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 5 April 1868 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| William MCLEAN | 4 May 1864 | Margaret MCLEAN | Find the father |
| George MCLENNAN | 3 February 1863 | Mary MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Jessie MCLENNAN | 23 December 1868 | Margaret MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCLENNAN | 9 February 1855 | Mary MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| William MCLENNAN | 8 January 1856 | Catherine MCLENNAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCLEOD | 3 November 1870 | Mary Anne MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Anne MCLEOD | 19 January 1857 | Anne MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Charles MCLEOD | 20 November 1858 | Mary Anne MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Robert MCLEOD | 20 August 1862 | Mary Anne MCLEOD | Find the father |
| William MCLEOD | 1 June 1869 | Mary Anne MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Simon MCLUCAS | 6 July 1863 | Jess MCLUCAS | Find the father |
| Andrew MCMILLAN | 1 April 1869 | Mary MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Roderick MCPHEE | 25 September 1868 | Rodrack Anne MCPHEE | Find the father |
| Margaret Helen MCPHERSON | 6 June 1857 | Margaret MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| William Jordan MCPHERSON | 7 December 1874 | Christina MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Sarah North MCPHIE | 15 February 1866 | Rodrack Ann MCPHIE | Find the father |
| Benjamin MCRAE | 3 February 1862 | Anne MCRAE | Find the father |
| Charles MCRAE | 13 February 1869 | Christina MCRAE | Find the father |
| James MILNE | 8 March 1868 | Janet MILNE | Find the father |
| Mary Anne Westwood MILNE | 26 April 1871 | Marjory MILNE | Find the father |
| Eliza MUNRO | 17 November 1863 | Isabella MUNRO | Find the father |
| Jane MUNRO | 27 February 1862 | Jane MUNRO | Find the father |
| Jemima MUNRO | 31 December 1856 | Helen MUNRO | Find the father |
| Robert MUNRO | 23 March 1872 | Jane MUNRO | Find the father |
| John Dallas PARIS | 2 September 1855 | Janet PARIS | Find the father |
| John Alexander PATERSON | 4 August 1870 | Jemima Louisa PATERSON | Find the father |
| Crawford RAFFERTY | 9 April 1866 | Jane RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| James RAFFERTY | 6 October 1868 | Jane RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| George REID | 27 September 1861 | Isabella REID | Find the father |
| James REID | 28 November 1866 | Robina REID | Find the father |
| Jamesina ROBERTSON | 2 February 1871 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 23 March 1869 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne ROBERTSON | 23 June 1864 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Jane Marshall ROSE | 12 May 1867 | Jane ROSE | Find the father |
| Alexander ROSS | 3 March 1871 | Anne ROSS | Find the father |
| Anne ROSS | 22 November 1865 | Jessie ROSS | Find the father |
| David Rintoul ROSS | 31 January 1860 | Isabella ROSS | Find the father |
| George ROSS | 22 February 1871 | Jessie ROSS | Find the father |
| Jane ROSS | 18 July 1867 | Mary Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Jessie ROSS | 23 April 1866 | Alexandrina ROSS | Find the father |
| John ROSS | 31 October 1870 | Catherine ROSS | Find the father |
| William ROSS | 13 June 1859 | Betsy ROSS | Find the father |
| Mary Anne ROY | 8 June 1855 | Anne ROY | Find the father |
| Georgina RUSSELL | 5 December 1858 | Elizabeth RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Mary SHAW | 2 November 1868 | Isabella SHAW | Find the father |
| Jane SHEPPHARD | 8 November 1869 | Margaret SHEPPHARD | Find the father |
| Duncan Cameron SINCLAIR | 15 September 1865 | Jane SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 27 March 1862 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Andrew SMITH | 11 November 1869 | Jamesina SMITH | Find the father |
| Isabella SMITH | 11 December 1872 | Euphemia SMITH | Find the father |
| Janet SMITH | 14 October 1871 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Kenneth SMITH | 17 September 1863 | Anne SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 9 February 1868 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Thomas SMITH | 12 March 1866 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 27 March 1862 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Isabella STEINSON | 27 November 1872 | Isabella STEINSON | Find the father |
| Isabella STEPHEN | 1 March 1858 | Margaret STEPHEN | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 3 January 1866 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| James STORM | 1 January 1869 | Jessie STORM | Find the father |
| James STORM | 3 January 1874 | Sophia STORM | Find the father |
| Jane STORM | 14 January 1873 | Jessie STORM | Find the father |
| John STORM | 3 November 1865 | Sophia STORM | Find the father |
| Mary STORM | 8 May 1857 | Betsy STORM | Find the father |
| Mary Ann TOLMIE | 27 July 1861 | Janet TOLMIE | Find the father |
| Helen TULLOCH | 13 October 1874 | Helen TULLOCH | Find the father |
| Jane TULLOCH | 27 April 1872 | Hellen TULLOCH | Find the father |
| Helen Mc Kenzie WEBSTER | 19 October 1865 | Helen WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Helen Margaret WEDDELL | 27 August 1863 | Anna Bella WEDDELL | Find the father |
| Jemima Dick WHYTE | 27 April 1874 | Davina WHYTE | Find the father |
| Christina WILSON | 17 June 1864 | Christina WILSON | Find the father |
| Jane WILSON | 18 July 1860 | Christina WILSON | Find the father |
| Jessie WILSON | 11 June 1868 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 30 October 1872 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WILSON | 15 July 1862 | Robina WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WILSON | 9 March 1863 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 19 May 1856 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 29 July 1864 | Margaret 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
