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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:
  • £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
Janet ANDERSON 1875 (4)Order imagesRefused
Archibald JOHNSTON 1873 (6)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Archibald JOHNSTON 1879 (3)Order imagesRefused
Grace JOHNSTON 1874 (2)Order imagesRefused - informal
Archibald JOHNSTONE 1882 (2)Order imagesRefused
Gideon LAURENSON 1864-1865 (5)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Barbara LEISK 1864-1865 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Catherine Hunter POTTINGER 1857 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret SCOTT or NICOLSON 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Christina SUTHERLAND 1873 (2)Order imagesRefused
Tamar SUTHERLAND 1881 (2)Order imagesRefused on the understanding that she is provided with a free lodging
Widow Ursula WILLIAMSON 1874 (3)Order imagesGround 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 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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Christina BRUCE21 April 1872Margaret BRUCEFind the father
Alexander CLARK12 July 1873Helen CLARKFind the father
Robina CLARK21 December 1860Mary CLARKFind the father
Margaret GEORGESON3 December 1870Catherine GEORGESONFind the father
John GILBERTSON28 May 1859Elizabeth GILBERTSONFind the father
Magnus GILBERTSON12 April 1863Jean GILBERTSONFind the father
Johnina Mason HARKELSON26 April 1872Williamina HARKELSONFind the father
Ann Jean HUGHSON19 September 1869Catherine HUGHSONFind the father
Ellen HUGHSON31 August 1859Margaret HUGHSONFind the father
John HUGHSON30 July 1873Phillias HUGHSONFind the father
Mary HUGHSON21 March 1864Tamar HUGHSONFind the father
Gilbert HUNTER9 December 1865Grace HUNTERFind the father
Andrina IRVINE6 April 1869Jane IRVINEFind the father
William James JAMESON14 March 1868Grace JAMESONFind the father
Robert JARDINE19 July 1865Margaret JARDINEFind the father
Charlotte JOHNSON24 August 1872Bruce JOHNSONFind the father
John JOHNSON16 August 1860Mary JOHNSONFind the father
Laura JOHNSON26 June 1863Jean JOHNSONFind the father
Margaret JOHNSON27 April 1871Margaret JOHNSONFind the father
William JOHNSON12 March 1865Mary JOHNSONFind the father
James LEISK26 July 1860Margaret LEISKFind the father
Gilbert MANN6 November 1858Janet MANNFind the father
Robert NICOLSON1 August 1858Margaret NICOLSONFind the father
Thomas PEARSON7 June 1869Barbara PEARSONFind the father
Elizabeth Joan PETRIE14 November 1865Lilias PETRIEFind the father
William Rendal RENDAL15 October 1861Margaret RENDALFind the father
Robina Elizabeth RENDALL20 May 1858Andrina RENDALLFind the father
James John ROBERTSON5 September 1869Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet ROBERTSON4 August 1872Catherine ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet Sinclair ROBERTSON3 October 1864Christina ROBERTSONFind the father
Robina Jameson ROBERTSON12 May 1861Christina ROBERTSONFind the father
Thomas Magnus ROBERTSON14 February 1870Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Williamina Elizabeth ROBERTSON31 October 1874Robina ROBERTSONFind the father
Mary SANDISON5 October 1871Willa SANDISONFind the father
Andrina SIMPSON18 June 1867Joan SIMPSONFind the father
Jean SINCLAIR10 December 1865Catherine SINCLAIRFind the father
Andrew SUTHERLAND9 July 1865Catherine SUTHERLANDFind the father
Catherine SUTHERLAND9 March 1869Christina SUTHERLANDFind the father
Hugh SUTHERLAND16 May 1863Tamar SUTHERLANDFind the father
Laurence Bruce TULLOCH21 October 1871Robina TULLOCHFind the father
Mary TULLOCK13 October 1874Robina TULLOCKFind the father
Ann WILLIAMSON23 August 1868Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Arthur WILLIAMSON8 May 1859Grace WILLIAMSONFind the father
Arthur WILLIAMSON7 August 1870Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Charles WILLIAMSON7 March 1873Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Michael Tait WILLIAMSON6 June 1865Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Robert WILLIAMSON3 November 1866Catherine WILLIAMSONFind the father
Robert WILLIAMSON22 November 1866Catherine WILLIAMSONFind 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.


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  • Records
    • Board of Supervision
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      • AD8 index 1890 01
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    • Crown Counsel Procedure Books
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