Records -> Kirkcudbrightshire
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Parton 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violet BROWN | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Joseph FRASER | Toanhead Of Balmaclellan | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Mary MCKIE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh MCKINLAY | 1849 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret MILLER or PAISLEY | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BOYLE | 8 April 1870 | Margaret BOYLE | Find the father |
| Robert CAVEN | 2 April 1861 | Jane CAVEN | Find the father |
| Isabella DAVIDSON | 7 February 1871 | Jane DAVIDSON | Father found |
| James Ferguson DAVIDSON | 1 January 1870 | Isabella DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Katy Jane DAVIDSON | 22 June 1868 | Jane DAVIDSON | Father found |
| William DAVIDSON | 13 January 1866 | Isabella DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Grace GORDON | 17 February 1873 | Agnes GORDON | Find the father |
| Sarah HEWITSON | 13 January 1863 | Agnes HEWITSON | Find the father |
| James JOHNSTONE | 15 January 1861 | Helen JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Mary JOHNSTONE | 15 June 1862 | Helen JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Janet KELLY | 22 October 1865 | Jessie KELLY | Father found |
| Janet LEITH | 25 November 1864 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| John LEITH | 25 November 1864 | Margaret LEITH | Find the father |
| Jemima MCCREADY | 22 March 1860 | Sarah MCCREADY | Find the father |
| Margaret Gordon MCCREADY | 1 July 1869 | Sarah MCCREADY | Find the father |
| Thomas Mcjannet MCCREADY | 26 January 1863 | Sarah MCCREADY | Find the father |
| David MCKIE | 23 July 1873 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| John Davidson MCKIE | 28 December 1873 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary Janet WALLACE | 28 November 1869 | Grace WALLACE | Find the father |
| Samuel WALLACE | 4 June 1869 | Mary WALLACE | Find the father |
| James WELSH | 1 December 1874 | Mary WELSH | Find the father |
| Maxwell WELSH | 26 July 1871 | Mary WELSH | Find 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.
