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Newmachar 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/281/3 | Minutes Includes poor payments | 1717-1753 | Request lookup |
| CH2/281/4 | Minutes Includes poor payments | 1753-1778 | Request lookup |
| CH2/281/5 | Minutes Includes poor payments | 1782-1811 | Request lookup |
| CH2/281/6 | Minutes | 1811-1846 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald BROUN | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Archibald BROWN | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret PHEMISTER Cothal Mills, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire | William FROST | 15 Aug 1880 Skene Street, Aberdeen | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/18 |
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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter CATTANACH | 82 | Kingseat Asylum | 3 Sep 1919 | Order record |
| James COCHRANE | 80 | Kingseat Mental Hospital | 6 Dec 1927 | Order record |
| George DAVIDSON | 59 | Kingseat Asylum | 4 Jul 1906 | Order record |
| Margaret FINDLAY | 70 | Kingseat Asylum | 4 Apr 1911 | Order record |
| Alexander GILLIVRAY | 55 | Kingseat Asylum | 11 Dec 1904 | Order record |
| Margaretta GLOVER | 39 | Kingseat Asylum | 12 Apr 1915 | Order record |
| Margaret GUYAN or JOSS | 49 | Kingseat Asylum | 21 Jan 1905 | Order record |
| Isaac HAY | 52 | Kingseat Asylum | 26 Mar 1905 | Order record |
| Michael HUBBARD | 65 | Lived: Kingseat Asylum Died: Kingseat Mental Hospital Newmachar | 15 Jan 1912 | Order record |
| George HUNTER | 47 | Kingseat Asylum | 15 Jan 1905 | Order record |
| Mary JOHNSTONE | 33 | Kingseat Mental Hospital, Newmachar | 26 Sep 1949 | Order record |
| William LINDSAY | 72 | Kingseat Asylum | 16 May 1907 | Order record |
| Elizabeth MARR | 63 | Kingseat Asylum | 11 Jul 1913 | Order record |
| James MARR | 81 | Kingseat Asylum | 7 Oct 1913 | Order record |
| William MCCORMACK | 71 | Kingseat Mental Hospital | 17 Feb 1918 | Order record |
| Hugh MCDAVITT | 63 | Kingseat Asylum | 6 Jun 1905 | Order record |
| Catherine MCDONALD | 56 | Lived: Kingseat Mental Hospital Died: Kingseat Asylum | 22 Nov 1916 | Order record |
| George F MCKENZIE | 40 | Kingseat Asylum | 22 Apr 1914 | Order record |
| Catherine MCROBBIE | 67 | Lived: Kingseat Mental Hospital Died: Kingseat Asylum | 18 Jun 1916 | Order record |
| George MURRAY | 57 | Lived: Kingseat Mental Hospital Died: Kingseat Asylum | 14 Feb 1917 | Order record |
| Walter PHILLIPS | 72 | Kingseat Asylum | 30 Apr 1920 | Order record |
| Jessie REITH or CUNNINGHAM | 78 | Kingseat Asylum | 26 Mar 1912 | Order record |
| John ROSS | 72 | Lived: Kingseat Mental Hospital Died: Kingseat Asylum | 22 Sep 1916 | Order record |
| Alexander ROTHNIE | 87 | Kingseat Mental Hospital, Newmachar | 19 Mar 1949 | Order record |
| Ann SHIRRAS | 78 | Kingseat Asylum | 14 Jan 1908 | Order record |
| Angelica STEPHEN or CAMPBELL | 75 | Kingseat Mental Hospital | 24 Dec 1916 | Order record |
| Thomas STEWART | 73 | Kingseat Mental Hospital | 25 Nov 1917 | Order record |
| John TAYLOR | 65 | Kingseat Mental Hospital | 1 Jan 1917 | Order record |
| Helen THOMSON | 77 | Lived: Kingseat Asylum Died: Kingseat Mental Hospital Newmachar | 2 Mar 1911 | Order record |
| William WEBSTER | 43 | Kingseat Asylum | 21 May 1904 | Order record |
| William D WEBSTER | 61 | Kingseat Asylum | 3 Feb 1912 | Order record |
| Margaret YEATS or CHRISTISON | 79 | Kingseat Asylum | 15 Nov 1907 | Order record |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander AIKEN | 15 November 1862 | Isabella AIKEN | Find the father |
| Jane AIKEN | 25 November 1863 | Isabella AIKEN | Find the father |
| Alexander ALLAN | 15 September 1857 | Isabella ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary Robb BROWN | 17 December 1863 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Peter BROWN | 23 May 1865 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| William James BROWN | 11 August 1870 | Barbara BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane CAMERON | 7 October 1855 | Jane CAMERON | Find the father |
| Elspet CANTLAY | 18 October 1867 | Jane CANTLAY | Find the father |
| James CANTLY | 27 January 1864 | Jane CANTLY | Find the father |
| James CHARELS | 6 February 1866 | Hannah CHARELS | Find the father |
| Ann CHARLES | 18 January 1863 | Hannah CHARLES | Find the father |
| Henry CHARLES | 12 February 1871 | Hannah Robertson CHARLES | Find the father |
| William CHARLES | 29 October 1864 | Margaret CHARLES | Find the father |
| John CHEYNE | 28 April 1857 | Fackner CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Alexander Kelman CLARK | 15 March 1873 | Jane CLARK | Find the father |
| William Gordon CLARK | 18 July 1869 | Jane CLARK | Find the father |
| John COLLIE | 11 May 1856 | Barbara COLLIE | Find the father |
| George COURAGE | 6 May 1856 | Sophia COURAGE | Find the father |
| Alexander COWIE | 5 November 1868 | Christina COWIE | Find the father |
| Robina COWIE | 9 February 1861 | Christina COWIE | Find the father |
| James CRANE | 6 January 1866 | Elizabeth CRANE | Find the father |
| Eliza Rae CUMMING | 13 November 1860 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| Anne Wood DAVIDSON | 25 May 1873 | Hellen Crombie DAVIDSON | Father found |
| Hugh DAVIDSON | 12 December 1856 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DONALD | 1 September 1873 | Ann DONALD | Find the father |
| William DONALD | 11 August 1870 | Ann DONALD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mackie DUNCAN | 17 May 1863 | Elizabeth DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jane DUNCAN | 29 December 1872 | Elizabeth DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John DUNCAN | 25 July 1862 | Barbara Jiels DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Hellen Christina ELRICK | 9 October 1856 | Ann ELRICK | Find the father |
| Eliza Margaret FENTON | 3 May 1859 | Elizabeth FENTON | Find the father |
| Jane FERRES | 18 November 1865 | Jane FERRES | Find the father |
| Jane Allan GLASHAN | 16 February 1865 | Williamina Harvey GLASHAN | Find the father |
| Robert Reid GRUBB | 8 September 1869 | Elizabeth GRUBB | Find the father |
| Ann Watt HARDIE | 23 March 1874 | Joanna Margaret Allan HARDIE | Find the father |
| William HARDIE | 23 December 1865 | Mary HARDIE | Find the father |
| George Legat HENDERSON | 29 September 1872 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary HUTCHEON | 20 January 1863 | Mary HUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Alexander Bruce INGRAM | 28 June 1860 | Helen INGRAM | Find the father |
| Catherine Duncan JOSS | 21 December 1856 | Ann JOSS | Find the father |
| George KIRTON | 27 April 1857 | Barbara Kirton Or WATT | Find the father |
| Mary LAING | 12 September 1859 | Elizabeth LAING | Find the father |
| Agnes LITTLEJOHN | 23 September 1857 | Margaret LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| Isabella LITTLEJOHN | 20 February 1857 | Barbara LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| William Mackie LITTLEJOHN | 29 July 1856 | Hellen LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| Jessie Mary LOCKHART | 2 August 1865 | Agnes LOCKHART | Find the father |
| William LYON | 30 August 1873 | Margaret LYON | Find the father |
| Jessie Lamb MAIN | 17 September 1862 | Isabella MAIN | Find the father |
| James Chapman MAITLAND | 1 May 1865 | Margaret MAITLAND | Find the father |
| Alexander Bruce MARNOCH | 14 April 1872 | Jane MARNOCH | Find the father |
| George Moir MASSON | 1 March 1859 | Elizabeth MASSON | Find the father |
| John Topp MCINTOSH | 19 October 1856 | Sarah MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Mary Milne MCINTOSH | 24 July 1856 | Margaret MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ledingham MITCHELL | 28 August 1864 | Margaret Thomson MITCHELL | Find the father |
| John MITCHELL | 8 June 1859 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Peter MITCHELL | 26 December 1856 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Margaret MUTCH | 21 January 1867 | Jane MUTCH | Find the father |
| Jane NORRIE | 22 November 1865 | Jane NORRIE | Find the father |
| Jessie Brichen RAE | 29 December 1862 | Ann RAE | Find the father |
| William Findlay RAE | 23 October 1860 | Ann Leslie RAE | Find the father |
| John Barnett RAEBURN | 15 February 1858 | Jane RAEBURN | Find the father |
| John ROBB | 1 July 1865 | Mary ROBB | Find the father |
| Milina Margaret ROBB | 20 July 1867 | Mary ROBB | Find the father |
| Robert Forrest ROBERTSON | 6 September 1867 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William Senter SHARP | 16 October 1865 | Jessie SHARP | Find the father |
| William SIMPSON | 7 August 1861 | May SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 18 January 1865 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Eliza Mutch SMITH | 25 October 1871 | Agnes SMITH | Find the father |
| James England SMITH | 31 December 1869 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane SMITH | 11 August 1870 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Peter Garden SMITH | 17 August 1865 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| George Donald STEWART | 21 October 1863 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| George Forbes THOMSON | 8 February 1871 | Christian THOMSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Moir THOMSON | 28 January 1868 | Christina THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Ledingham THOMSON | 28 July 1868 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| John TOPP | 22 June 1874 | Mary TOPP | Find the father |
| Catherine WALKER | 5 April 1870 | Jessie WALKER | Find the father |
| Barbara Patterson WATSON | 24 April 1858 | Elspet WATSON | Find the father |
| George WATSON | 20 December 1873 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| George Cow WATSON | 9 November 1874 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| William Aitken WATSON | 17 April 1867 | Helen WATSON | Find the father |
| Ann WILKIE | 20 November 1859 | Elizabeth WILKIE | 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.
