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Records -> Wigtonshire

New Luce 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
Agnes BAIRD 1853 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Elizabeth CAMPBELL or SMALL 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow DEWAR or LAWRIE 1881 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Agnes MCKIE or ALEXANDER Glenivon1846 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow MCMEEKING 1845-1846 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John QUEEN 1846-1847 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Thomas WILSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused


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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Margaret BAIRD
New Luce
David ROSS14 Dec 1851Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/6
Mary Ann BRATTON
Mains of Larg, New Luce
Robert MAIN9 Jun 1887
Glebe Street, Stranraer
Order nowStranraer
SC18/7/1
Maggie FENION
The Manse, New Luce
formerly Barnshangan, near New Luce
James MCCREDIE21 Feb 1896
New Luce
Order nowStranraer
SC18/7/1
Elizabeth GRAHAM
Quarter, New Luce
Hugh MCEWEN15 Jun 1893
High Kirkland, Leswalt
Order nowStranraer
SC18/7/1
Maggie MCGUIRE
New Luce
Blain MCCULLOCH17 Aug 1891Order nowStranraer
SC18/7/1
Maggie MCGUIRE
New Luce
David MCHAFFIE14 Dec 1899
New Luce
Order nowStranraer
SC18/7/1
Grace WRIGHT
New Luce
Alexander MCLAUCHLAN13 Sep 1881Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9


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
Ellen Marion AGNEW11 July 1862Elisabeth AGNEWFind the father
Grace Drynan BLACK1 June 1867Margaret BLACKFind the father
John BLACK8 April 1871Mary Ann BLACKFind the father
Williamina BLACK30 December 1870Maggie BLACKFind the father
David BLAIR10 February 1868Janet BLAIRFind the father
Alexander BOYD30 March 1860Christina BOYDFind the father
Alexander BOYD29 November 1869Jane BOYDFind the father
Annabella BOYD22 August 1869Jane BOYDFind the father
Annie BOYD16 April 1868Jane BOYDFind the father
Elisabeth BOYD19 September 1862Jane BOYDFind the father
Jane BOYD24 March 1874Jane BOYDFind the father
Margaret BOYD22 September 1874Ann BOYDFind the father
Robert BOYD29 April 1871Jane BOYDFind the father
Thomas BOYD24 June 1871Marion BOYDFind the father
William BOYD18 April 1873Jane BOYDFind the father
Robert CRAIG30 August 1873Mary CRAIGFind the father
Thomas Nelson CRAIG22 November 1871Mary CRAIGFind the father
John DOUGAN20 March 1856Jess DOUGANFind the father
John DOWNIE8 November 1863Elisabeth DOWNIEFind the father
Agnes FENION7 January 1868Annie FENIONFind the father
Mary Ann GORDON25 January 1870Janet GORDONFind the father
Alexander GOWN20 February 1862Janet GOWNFind the father
Elisabeth GOWN28 October 1870Margaret GOWNFind the father
Jane HANNAH4 December 1859Hellen HANNAHFind the father
Charles HARDIE16 January 1866Hellen HARDIEFind the father
Elisabeth Jane HARDIE24 November 1868Hellen HARDIEFind the father
Ellen HARDIE21 April 1873Ellen HARDIEFind the father
James HARDIE2 November 1870Hellen HARDIEFind the father
Margaret HARDIE16 October 1860Hellen HARDIEFind the father
John HARRISON22 August 1856Agnes HARRISONFind the father
Samuel JAMIESON8 December 1864Mary JAMIESONFind the father
Agnes Jane KELLY5 September 1870Elisabeth KELLYFind the father
Margaret KENNEDY21 February 1862Sarah KENNEDYFind the father
Susan KIRK17 February 1855Agnes KIRKFind the father
William KIRK9 May 1858Agnes KIRKFind the father
Jessie LAIDLAW22 July 1864Margaret LAIDLAWFind the father
George MCCAIG13 October 1866Margaret MCCAIGFind the father
Grace Crichton MCCAIG26 June 1864Margaret MCCAIGFind the father
Annie MCCALLUM16 March 1874Jane MCCALLUMFind the father
Jane Agnew MCCUBBIN26 January 1857Grace MCCUBBINFind the father
Joann MCCUBBIN23 June 1868Isabella MCCUBBINFind the father
Mary MCCULLOCH27 August 1871Jane MCCULLOCHFind the father
Elisabeth MCEWEN7 April 1863Mary MCEWENFind the father
James MCEWEN15 November 1870Mary MCEWENFind the father
John MCEWEN31 January 1868Mary MCEWENFind the father
Thomas MCGINN17 February 1863Mary MCGINNFather found
William MCLAUCHLAN20 June 1865Jane MCLAUCHLANFind the father
Sarah MCLELLAND27 December 1863Maria MCLELLANDFind the father
Jane MCMILLAN9 January 1870Jessie MCMILLANFind the father
Elisabeth MCNEILLIE25 April 1874Jane MCNEILLIEFind the father
Margaret MCNILLIE7 December 1863Isabella MCNILLIEFind the father
Alexander MCWILLIAM24 January 1868Mary MCWILLIAMFind the father
Thomas MILROY16 October 1873Fanny MILROYFind the father
Archibald Alexander Campbell MITCHELL14 June 1874May Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Margaret MONTGOMERY21 March 1869Jane MONTGOMERYFind the father
Robert MORRISON18 January 1866Alice MORRISONFind the father
Agnes NELSON30 June 1868Jess NELSONFind the father
Elisabeth NELSON14 September 1874Jess NELSONFind the father
Jane NELSON8 November 1871Jess NELSONFind the father
William NELSON20 June 1855Isabella NELSONFind the father
William NELSON11 August 1857Catherine NELSONFind the father
Catherine SWEETEIN11 February 1874Catherine SWEETEINFind the father
Janet TURLEY13 March 1872Elisabeth TURLEYFind the father
Elisabeth WATSON12 January 1872Mary WATSONFind the father
Thomas WELSH19 April 1859Maryann WELSHFind the father
Alexander WRIGHT28 October 1873Alexina WRIGHTFind the father
Eliza Jane WRIGHT20 June 1869Catherine WRIGHTFind the father
James WRIGHT2 October 1867Margaret WRIGHTFind the father
Jane WRIGHT4 January 1871Margaret WRIGHTFind the father
Janet WRIGHT9 May 1859Mary WRIGHTFind the father
Mary Ann WRIGHT7 August 1867Annie WRIGHTFind 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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