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Oathlaw 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/287/2 | Minutes 1741-1751 Proclamation 1841 (Mostly cash) | 1741-1841 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/5 | Minutes and accounts | 1780-1795 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/6 | Minutes (With accounts) | 1796-1840 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/7 | Book of Discipline (Inc. communion roll, 1849-1859) | 1808-1860 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/8 | Minutes 1860-1910 Communion rolls 1860-80 | 1860-1910 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/9 | Cash book 1840-1906 Minutes 1844-1869 | 1840-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/11 | Proclamation register | 1880-1934 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/13 | Communion roll | 1897-1937 | Request lookup |
| CH2/287/14 | Interment register | 1675-1921 | 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.
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We do not currently have any records for this parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary CAMPBELL Lodge, Tannadice House, Oathlaw | James MATHERS | 2 Jul 1887 Lodge, Tannadice House, Oathlaw | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/19 |
| Helen HOWIE Finavon Cottage, Oathlaw formerly West Mains of Finavon, Oathlaw | Thomas ROBERTSON | 16 Nov 1881 | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/18 |
| Jessie RATTRAY Meadows, Oathlaw | James ROBB | 3 Jan 1876 Kirriemuir | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/17 |
| Jessie SHARP Birkenbush, Oathlaw | Alexander IMRIE | 8 May 1886 Whitehills, Forfar | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/19 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes BURNESS | 15 April 1863 | Mary Jane BURNESS | Father found |
| James DAVIDSON | 1 March 1855 | Jessie DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| David EDGAR | 8 April 1860 | Elizabeth EDGAR | Find the father |
| Isabella GRAY | 23 December 1870 | Isabella GRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander HAY | 9 August 1859 | Lillias HAY | Father found |
| Alexina LINDSAY | 27 July 1863 | Jane LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Grace LUNDIE | 29 March 1860 | Catherine LUNDIE | Find the father |
| Charles MCDONALD | 19 June 1871 | Janet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| William MITCHELL | 28 December 1860 | Isabella MITCHELL | Find the father |
| David NICOLL | 13 January 1859 | Margaret NICOLL | Find the father |
| Jannet NICOLL | 24 May 1857 | Jannet NICOLL | Find the father |
| John NICOLL | 13 January 1859 | Margaret NICOLL | Find the father |
| Lavina ORAM | 11 June 1872 | Cathrine ORAM | Find the father |
| John Guthrie WALKER | 23 August 1870 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| Williamina WALKER | 3 February 1866 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| Jane Ann WHYTE | 30 November 1867 | Charlote WHYTE | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Gellatly | grieve | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| Robert | Wilson | mill wright | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| Robert | Kerr | farm servant | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| William | Hendry | cottager | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| Joseph | Gall | cottager | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| William | Whyte | cottager | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| John | Callender | crofter | Old Tollhouse | |
| William | Thomson | flax spinner | Finhaven Inn | |
| David | Hill | labourer | Finhaven Inn | |
| William | Higgins | cottager | Tannadice Lodge | |
| Peter | Ogilvy | farm servant | Bogardo | |
| David | Hillocks | farmer | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| William | Caution | grieve | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| William | Walker | farm servant | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| James | Meldrum | miller | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| Charles | Gordon | flax spinner | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| William | Dinny | flax spinner | Mill Of Finhaven | |
| Alexr | Young | farm servant | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| John | Stormont | cottager | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| Walter | Simpson | cottager | Old Castle | |
| George | Crighton | farmer and elder | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| William | Menzies | farm servant | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| James | Ogilvy | farm servant | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| Alexander | Williamson | cottager | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| David | Robb | farmer | Hillside | |
| William | Stewart | wright | Clatterhall | |
| Alexr | Adam | blacksmith | Clatterhall | |
| Moses | Kydd | farmer | East Oathlaw | |
| William | Mill | farm servant | East Oathlaw | |
| William | Simpson | parochial teacher | Oathlaw | |
| James | Miller | farmer | Oathlaw | |
| Charles | Milne | ground officer | Oathlaw | |
| Charles | Mill | shoemaker | Oathlaw | |
| Charles | Robb | crofter | Oathlaw | |
| James | Jack | crofter | Oathlaw | |
| David | Craik | crofter | Oathlaw | |
| William | Bremner | cottager | Oathlaw | |
| David | Ramsay | Kirk Officer | Oathlaw | |
| David | Ritchie | farmer | Ordie | |
| James | Wilson | crofter | Ordie | |
| David | Kydd | farmer | Bogindollo | |
| John | Smith | farm servant | Bogindollo | |
| George | Pyott | weaver | Bogindollo | |
| Alexr | Hendry | weaver | Bogindollo | |
| John | Wilkie | tailor | Bogindollo | |
| James | Webster | farmer | Parkford | |
| James | Hendry | farm servant | Parkford | |
| William | Mcfarlane | grieve | Birkenbush | |
| George | Smith | farm servant | Birkenbush | |
| David | Hendry | farm servant | Birkenbush | |
| John | Steven | farm servant | Birkenbush | Surname recorded as Seven in error |
| Charles | Carnegie | farmer and elder | Battledykes | |
| William | Hendry | cottager | Battledykes | |
| Robert | Smith | grieve | Wolflaw | |
| John | Webster | farmer | Meadows | |
| Andrew | Cook | farmer and elder | Blairyfeddon | |
| Alexr | Wilkie | farm servant | Blairyfeddon | |
| William | Langlands | cottager | Blairyfeddon | |
| James | Coutts | proprietor | Horndammer | |
| David | Robb | farmer | Bognes |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Wilson | mill wright | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| Robert | Kerr | farm servant | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| William | Whyte | cottager | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| Joseph | Gall | cottager | Haughs Of Finhaven | |
| John | Callender | crofter | Tollmuir Of Finhaven | |
| William | Thomson | flax spinner | Tollmuir Of Finhaven | |
| David | Hill | mason | Tollmuir Of Finhaven | |
| William | Higgins | cottager | Tannadice Lodge | |
| David | Hillocks | farmer | Mills Of Finhaven | |
| William | Caution | grieve | Mills Of Finhaven | |
| William | Walker | farm servant | Mills Of Finhaven | |
| James | Meldrum | miller | Mills Of Finhaven | |
| Charles | Gordon | flax spinner | Mills Of Finhaven | |
| Thomas | Guthrie | farmer | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| Alexander | Young | farm servant | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| John | Stormont | cottager | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| Walter | Simpson | cottager | East Mains Of Finhaven | |
| George | Crighton | farmer and elder | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| William | Menzies | farm servant | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| Alexander | Williamson | cottager | West Mains Of Finhaven | |
| David | Robb | farmer | Hillside | |
| William | Stewart | wright | Clatterhall | |
| Alexander | Adam | blacksmith | Clatterhall | |
| Moses | Kydd | farmer | East Oathlaw | |
| William | Milne | farm servant | East Oathlaw | |
| William | Simpson | parochial teacher | Oathlaw | |
| James | Miller | farmer | Oathlaw | |
| Charles | Milne | ground officer | Oath | |
| Charles | Robb | crofter | Oathlaw | |
| James | Jack | crofter | Oathlaw | |
| Charles | Milne | shoemaker | Oathlaw | |
| David | Craik | weaver | Oathlaw | |
| William | Bremner | cottager | Oathlaw | |
| David | Ramsay | Kirk Officer | Oathlaw | |
| David | Ritchie | farmer | Ordie | |
| James | Wilson | crofter | Ordie | |
| David | Kydd | farmer | Bogindollo | |
| John | Smith | farm servant | Bogindollo | |
| George | Pyott | weaver | Bogindollo | |
| Alexander | Hendry | weaver | Bogindollo | |
| John | Wilkie | tailor | Bogindollo | |
| John | Milne | farm servant | Parkford | |
| James | Webster | farmer | Parkford | |
| David | Hendry | cottager | Parkford | |
| James | Smith | farmer | Birkenbush | |
| James | Gellatly | grieve | Birkenbush | |
| John | Steven | farm servant | Birkenbush | |
| Charles | Carnegie | farmer and elder | Battledykes | |
| David | Anderson | farm servant | Battledykes | |
| William | Hendry | cottager | Battledykes | |
| Robert | Smith | grieve | Wolflaw | |
| Andrew | Cook | farmer and elder | Blairyfeddon | |
| James | Barnett | farm servant | Blairyfeddon | |
| William | Langlands | cottager | Blairyfeddon | |
| John | Webster | farmer | Meadows | |
| James | Coutts | proprietor | Horndammer | |
| David | Robb | farmer | Bognes |
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.
