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North Knapdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John BEATON | 1849 (3) | Order images | Again before Board - refused | |
| Catherine CAMPBELL | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Isabella CAMPBELL or MCLEAN | 1861-1862 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Agnes Mitchell LEITCH | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Christina MACFARLANE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow MCLEAN | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary MCLEAN | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann MCNIEL | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euphemia GRAHAM Keirlathan Farm, North Knapdale, Argyllshire | George KERR | 10 May 1862 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/18 |
| Mary MCPHAIL Kilmichael, Inverlussa, North Knapdale | Neil DEWAR | 30 Sep 1885 | Order now | Inveraray SC51/7/10 |
| Elizabeth SMITH Drimnagall, North Knapdale | Peter MCINTYRE | 30 Oct 1881 | Order now | Inveraray SC51/7/10 |
| Elizabeth SMITH Drimnagall, North Knapdale | Peter MCINTYRE | 30 Oct 1881 | Order now | Inveraray SC51/7/10 |
| Agnes STEWART Tayvallich, North Knapdale, Argyllshire | James SWEENIE | 30 Mar 1853 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles MCLEAN | 26 Aug 1893 | North Knapdale Tayvallich Public School | 1910 | Order now |
| Ina A POLLOCK | 8 Aug 1891 | North Knapdale Bellanoch Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Ina R POLLOCK | 8 Aug 1891 | North Knapdale Bellanoch Public School | 1908 | Order now |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander BAXTER | 24 February 1859 | Catherine BAXTER | Find the father |
| Ann BRODIE | 17 July 1857 | Mary BRODIE | Father found |
| Elizabeth BROWN | 13 March 1860 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Duncan CAMPBELL | 27 August 1865 | Janet CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Isabella CAMPBELL | 18 July 1859 | Janet CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Donald LAMONT | 25 July 1865 | Elizabeth LAMONT | Find the father |
| Angus LEITCH | 8 July 1857 | Betsy LEITCH | Find the father |
| Mary LEITCH | 24 August 1859 | Ann LEITCH | Find the father |
| Neil LEITCH | 1 July 1862 | Ann LEITCH | Find the father |
| Duncan MCCALLUM | 1 October 1874 | Sarah MCCALLUM | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCCULLOCH | 28 February 1857 | Catherine MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Jane MCDONALD | 28 February 1873 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Malcolm MCDONALD | 3 December 1870 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Catherine MCFARLANE | 3 January 1867 | Christina MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Donald MCFARLANE | 20 December 1863 | Christian MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| John MCGILP | 24 January 1864 | Mary MCGILP | Find the father |
| Angus MCGUGAN | 18 February 1863 | Sarah MCGUGAN | Find the father |
| Donald MCINTYRE | 1 June 1861 | Catherine MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Neil MCKELLAR | 10 January 1866 | Jane MCKELLAR | Find the father |
| Mary MCLACHLAN | 4 June 1859 | Christina MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Duncan MCVICAR | 10 October 1867 | Mary MCVICAR | 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.
