Records -> Shetland
Nesting 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet ANDERSON | 1875 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Archibald JOHNSTON | 1873 (6) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Archibald JOHNSTON | 1879 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Grace JOHNSTON | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Archibald JOHNSTONE | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Gideon LAURENSON | 1864-1865 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Barbara LEISK | 1864-1865 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Catherine Hunter POTTINGER | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret SCOTT or NICOLSON | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christina SUTHERLAND | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Tamar SUTHERLAND | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused on the understanding that she is provided with a free lodging | |
| Widow Ursula WILLIAMSON | 1874 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christina BRUCE | 21 April 1872 | Margaret BRUCE | Find the father |
| Alexander CLARK | 12 July 1873 | Helen CLARK | Find the father |
| Robina CLARK | 21 December 1860 | Mary CLARK | Find the father |
| Margaret GEORGESON | 3 December 1870 | Catherine GEORGESON | Find the father |
| John GILBERTSON | 28 May 1859 | Elizabeth GILBERTSON | Find the father |
| Magnus GILBERTSON | 12 April 1863 | Jean GILBERTSON | Find the father |
| Johnina Mason HARKELSON | 26 April 1872 | Williamina HARKELSON | Find the father |
| Ann Jean HUGHSON | 19 September 1869 | Catherine HUGHSON | Find the father |
| Ellen HUGHSON | 31 August 1859 | Margaret HUGHSON | Find the father |
| John HUGHSON | 30 July 1873 | Phillias HUGHSON | Find the father |
| Mary HUGHSON | 21 March 1864 | Tamar HUGHSON | Find the father |
| Gilbert HUNTER | 9 December 1865 | Grace HUNTER | Find the father |
| Andrina IRVINE | 6 April 1869 | Jane IRVINE | Find the father |
| William James JAMESON | 14 March 1868 | Grace JAMESON | Find the father |
| Robert JARDINE | 19 July 1865 | Margaret JARDINE | Find the father |
| Charlotte JOHNSON | 24 August 1872 | Bruce JOHNSON | Find the father |
| John JOHNSON | 16 August 1860 | Mary JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Laura JOHNSON | 26 June 1863 | Jean JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Margaret JOHNSON | 27 April 1871 | Margaret JOHNSON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSON | 12 March 1865 | Mary JOHNSON | Find the father |
| James LEISK | 26 July 1860 | Margaret LEISK | Find the father |
| Gilbert MANN | 6 November 1858 | Janet MANN | Find the father |
| Robert NICOLSON | 1 August 1858 | Margaret NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Thomas PEARSON | 7 June 1869 | Barbara PEARSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Joan PETRIE | 14 November 1865 | Lilias PETRIE | Find the father |
| William Rendal RENDAL | 15 October 1861 | Margaret RENDAL | Find the father |
| Robina Elizabeth RENDALL | 20 May 1858 | Andrina RENDALL | Find the father |
| James John ROBERTSON | 5 September 1869 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Janet ROBERTSON | 4 August 1872 | Catherine ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Janet Sinclair ROBERTSON | 3 October 1864 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robina Jameson ROBERTSON | 12 May 1861 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Magnus ROBERTSON | 14 February 1870 | Jane ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Williamina Elizabeth ROBERTSON | 31 October 1874 | Robina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary SANDISON | 5 October 1871 | Willa SANDISON | Find the father |
| Andrina SIMPSON | 18 June 1867 | Joan SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Jean SINCLAIR | 10 December 1865 | Catherine SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Andrew SUTHERLAND | 9 July 1865 | Catherine SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Catherine SUTHERLAND | 9 March 1869 | Christina SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Hugh SUTHERLAND | 16 May 1863 | Tamar SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Laurence Bruce TULLOCH | 21 October 1871 | Robina TULLOCH | Find the father |
| Mary TULLOCK | 13 October 1874 | Robina TULLOCK | Find the father |
| Ann WILLIAMSON | 23 August 1868 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Arthur WILLIAMSON | 8 May 1859 | Grace WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Arthur WILLIAMSON | 7 August 1870 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Charles WILLIAMSON | 7 March 1873 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Michael Tait WILLIAMSON | 6 June 1865 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILLIAMSON | 3 November 1866 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILLIAMSON | 22 November 1866 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
