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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
John ETTLES Star Moss1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
James FINDLAY 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
James FINLAY 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Leslie GRANT 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Ann INNES 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Jane KEITH 1874 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow MACPHERSON or RHIND 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Donald MCLENNAN 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary PETRIE or MUNRO 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary PETRIE or MUNRO 1871-1872 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow RHIND or MACPHERSON 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Cath RHIND or MACPHERSON 1872-1873 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James ROBB 1848 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Betsy RUSSELL 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jessie RUSSELL or MCDONALD 1871-1872 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Eliza SMITH or BAIN 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William SUTHERLAND 1856 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William SUTHERLAND 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused
William YOUNG 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Isabella ASHER1 April 1873Mary ASHERFind the father
Elizabeth BAIN3 February 1873Elizabeth BAINFind the father
James BAIN18 November 1865Betsy BAINFind the father
Jane Ann BALFOUR21 April 1874Jane BALFOURFind the father
William BARBER22 March 1868Elizabeth BARBERFather found
John BARRON2 January 1871Isabella BARRONFind the father
John Fraser BARRON19 December 1867Jessie BARRONFind the father
Kenneth BEATON11 July 1856Annabella BEATONFind the father
John CAMERON13 April 1859Jane CAMERONFind the father
Mary Ann CAMERON19 November 1872Jane CAMERONFind the father
Alexander Robertson CAMPBELL20 October 1870Jessie CAMPBELLFind the father
Jessie CHISHOLM21 February 1859Jessie CHISHOLMFather found
Christina CUMMING2 June 1856Jane CUMMINGFind the father
Margaret CUMMING11 December 1856Mary Ann CUMMINGFind the father
James DUMBAR23 February 1864Jane DUMBARFind the father
Catherine DUNCAN6 July 1859Margaret DUNCANFind the father
Jane DUNCAN30 March 1859Margaret DUNCANFather found
Gordon Pirie DUNN22 June 1872Maggie Jane DUNNFind the father
Alexander Ogilvie ELLIES7 May 1870Ann ELLIESFind the father
George ELLIES12 January 1865Ann ELLIESFind the father
Elisa Jane Webster FRASER29 June 1872Elisa FRASERFind the father
Elizabeth FRASER12 January 1859Mary FRASERFind the father
James Smith FRASER24 July 1872Ann FRASERFind the father
Robert Duff FRASER7 October 1874Ann FRASERFind the father
Patrick Henderson GORDON27 May 1871Margaret GORDONFind the father
Mary Ann HARROLD26 November 1858Mary HARROLDFind the father
Alexander HUMPHREY11 April 1859Jane HUMPHREYFind the father
Alexander Mcewan JAMES1 July 1872Jane JAMESFind the father
Margaret MCARTHUR5 July 1857Margaret MCARTHURFind the father
James MCCOMBIE5 April 1857Jane MCCOMBIEFind the father
Lily MCDONALD23 November 1867Lily MCDONALDFind the father
Thomas MCDONALD26 May 1871Cathrine MCDONALDFind the father
Margaret MCGILLIVRAY9 November 1863Margaret MCGILLIVRAYFind the father
John MCINTYRE17 May 1858Catherine MCINTYREFind the father
Abigail MCKAY2 November 1856Christina MCKAYFind the father
Isabella MCKENZIE2 November 1859Christina MCKENZIEFind the father
Jessie MCKENZIE25 September 1858Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
Mary MCKENZIE24 March 1858Elizabeth MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCLEAN18 January 1855Mary MCLEANFind the father
Annabella MCLEOD5 December 1865Annabella MCLEODFind the father
Ann MCMILLAN1 December 1866Ann MCMILLANFind the father
David MCRAE23 January 1861Margaret MCRAEFind the father
Jane Ann MUNRO11 February 1873Helen MUNROFind the father
John MUNRO10 May 1862Jane MUNROFind the father
John Grant MURDOCH15 November 1873Isabella MURDOCHFind the father
Jemima NICOL20 May 1873Margaret NICOLFind the father
Joan Shand NICOL6 February 1872Margaret NICOLFind the father
John NICOLSON21 July 1869Mary NICOLSONFind the father
Jessie Fraser PANTON2 February 1874Helen PANTONFind the father
Maria Grant RHIND16 September 1862Marjory RHINDFind the father
Jessie Ann ROBB8 May 1874Mary ROBBFind the father
Annabella Grant ROBERTSON12 May 1870Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Alexander ROSS21 May 1867Catherine ROSSFind the father
Alexander James Stronach ROSS28 November 1867Margaret ROSSFind the father
Isabella ROSS13 January 1855Isabella ROSSFind the father
Isabella ROSS2 July 1868Margaret ROSSFind the father
James ROSS22 December 1874Janet ROSSFind the father
Jessie Campbell ROSS6 August 1865Christian ROSSFind the father
William ROSS30 June 1856Elspeth ROSSFind the father
Henry SCOTT10 May 1873Jessie SCOTTFind the father
Isabella SCOTT5 August 1859Mary SCOTTFind the father
John SHAW24 October 1858Elizabeth SHAWFind the father
Elspeth SIM22 June 1856Jessie SIMFind the father
Andrew SIMPSON4 October 1862Elspet SIMPSONFind the father
Alexander STEPHEN1 March 1864Jane STEPHENFather found
Jessie Isabella STEPHEN11 April 1861Isabella STEPHENFind the father
Margaret Ann STRONACH26 April 1867Ann STRONACHFind the father
Robert Logie SUTHERLAND28 November 1871Mary Ann SUTHERLANDFather found
Alexander TAYLOR9 July 1856Helen TAYLORFind the father
James TULLOCH13 March 1868Margaret TULLOCHFind the father
Jessie TULLOCH31 January 1861Ann TULLOCHFind the father
Margaret TULLOCH25 October 1858Margaret TULLOCHFind the father
Arthur Mcmillan WALKER7 February 1874Christina WALKERFind the father
Jane WHITE12 August 1862Isabella WHITEFind the father
Margaret WILSON8 January 1859Isabella WILSONFind 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.

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.