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Pittenweem parish records

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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 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
  • £10 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
Christian KEAY 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of relief
Margaret PEATTIE 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jean ROSS 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Fergus ANDERSON26 January 1863Ann Walker ANDERSONFind the father
John Sutherland ATKINSON21 December 1870Eliza ATKINSONFind the father
Margaret Ann Scott BELL6 February 1864Ann BELLFind the father
Margaret Williamson BELL26 August 1871Betsy BELLFind the father
Catherine Galbraith BLACK4 May 1867Ann BLACKFind the father
Jessie BLACK1 June 1870Janet BLACKFind the father
Jemima Sharp BOWMAN2 June 1871Agnes BOWMANFind the father
Isabella Smith BRAND16 December 1874Margaret BRANDFind the father
Helen Jane Mclaren BRIDGES20 December 1873Eliza BRIDGESFind the father
Elizabeth Wilie BROWN24 December 1866Elizabeth BROWNFind the father
George Wilson BUTTER19 November 1872Jane BUTTERFind the father
Margaret BUTTER18 December 1867Mary BUTTERFind the father
Mary Bett BUTTER11 February 1872Mary BUTTERFind the father
William Mathers BUTTER17 January 1874Mary BUTTERFind the father
Christian Young CHRISTIE9 May 1868Elizabeth CHRISTIEFind the father
Robert CLARK16 June 1863Christina CLARKFind the father
Elizabeth COOPER4 February 1868Elizabeth COOPERFind the father
James DOWIE20 November 1870Eliza DOWIEFind the father
Helen DRUMMOND12 April 1856Helen DRUMMONDFind the father
James DRUMMOND3 September 1858Helen DRUMMONDFind the father
Janet Haig DRUMMOND21 March 1860Helen DRUMMONDFind the father
George Dibbs DUNCAN24 August 1865Barbara DUNCANFind the father
Thomas Thomson ELDER22 December 1864Isabella ELDERFind the father
David FARGUSON19 July 1857Catherine FARGUSONFind the father
Archibald FERGUSON21 August 1873Christina FERGUSONFind the father
Isabella FERGUSON2 June 1863May FERGUSONFind the father
Thomas FERGUSON1 November 1869Christian FERGUSONFind the father
Helen FORBES2 August 1857Ann FORBESFind the father
Margaret Ann Jervis FORBES5 July 1870Margaret FORBESFind the father
Robert Brown FORBES20 February 1865Helen FORBESFind the father
William Sanderson FULTON11 March 1863Christina FULTONFind the father
Helen Jane Lumsden GARVIE4 October 1867Helen Thomson GARVIEFind the father
David Scott GAY8 December 1865Ann GAYFind the father
Elizabeth Scott GAY14 January 1869Ann GAYFind the father
Robert Reekie GAY6 June 1869Elizabeth GAYFind the father
John GEDDIE15 April 1860Helen GEDDIEFind the father
Andrew Forgan GRUBB17 January 1872Elizabeth GRUBBFind the father
David Beatson GUNN18 January 1863Christina GUNNFind the father
David Budd GUNN21 February 1871Isabella GUNNFind the father
Andrew HANNAH19 November 1859Ann HANNAHFind the father
Marianne HANNAH13 June 1865Ann HANNAHFind the father
Marjory HANNAH2 September 1868Ann HANNAHFind the father
Peter HANNAH13 April 1862Ann HANNAHFind the father
Peter HANNAH3 October 1863Ann HANNAHFind the father
Robert HANNAH30 June 1857Ann HANNAHFind the father
Andrew Robertson HEUGH15 July 1862Mary HEUGHFind the father
Christina Forbes HEUGH23 September 1871Catherine HEUGHFind the father
Janet Lindsay HEUGH15 May 1867Agnes HEUGHFind the father
John Russel HEUGH23 December 1863Agnes HEUGHFind the father
James HEUGHES13 June 1860Catherine HEUGHESFind the father
Janet Geddie HEUGHES23 March 1859Margaret HEUGHESFind the father
Alexander HONEYMAN13 April 1871Catherine HONEYMANFind the father
Archibald Ritchie HONEYMAN1 July 1874Catherine HONEYMANFind the father
Margaret HORSBURGH10 March 1866Harriet HORSBURGHFind the father
Jane Ballantyne HUGH25 April 1856Christiny HUGHFind the father
George HUGHS13 May 1860Barbara HUGHSFind the father
Thomas Melville LINDSAY28 November 1873Marion LINDSAYFind the father
George Tait LOUDEN27 November 1872Janet LOUDENFind the father
Agnes MACKIE26 May 1868Margaret MACKIEFind the father
Charles Simson MCBAIN2 May 1863Mary MCBAINFind the father
John Blythe MCBAIN2 May 1863Mary MCBAINFind the father
Melville Nicol MCBAIN16 June 1862Euphemia MCBAINFind the father
James Gilruth MCDONALD27 March 1873Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Williamina Robertson MCGUIGGAN5 November 1870Rossie MCGUIGGANFind the father
Agnes Mackie MCKAY11 August 1869Marion MCKAYFind the father
William MILLAR26 February 1860Janet MILLARFind the father
David MOTION19 November 1858Mary MOTIONFind the father
Andrew Elder MURRAY7 August 1868Margaret MURRAYFind the father
John Mitchell MURRAY19 September 1864Margaret MURRAYFind the father
William MURRAY30 December 1870Margaret MURRAYFind the father
Robina Garvie NICOLSON28 September 1869Margaret NICOLSONFind the father
Elizabeth PATERSON25 July 1858Elizabeth PATERSONFind the father
John Christie PEAT5 June 1863Janet PEATFind the father
Peter RAMSAY11 September 1858Barbara RAMSAYFind the father
Thomas Haind REDPATH5 March 1864Agness REDPATHFind the father
James Morison RENTON26 April 1863Margaret RENTONFind the father
Alexander ROBERTSON2 March 1862Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Helen ROBERTSON10 April 1865Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
James ROBERTSON20 April 1870Maryann ROBERTSONFind the father
Robert ROBERTSON19 June 1863Mary Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Williamina ROBERTSON28 March 1869Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Margaret SIMSON11 February 1856Margaret SIMSONFind the father
Betsy SMITH19 September 1857Betsy SMITHFind the father
Alexander Gutherie SPENCE4 February 1871Isabella SPENCEFind the father
Peter Gutherie SPENCE28 May 1874Isabella SPENCEFind the father
William Parker SPENCE2 May 1867Mary SPENCEFind the father
Ann Mcgain STEWART24 April 1864Euphemia STEWARTFind the father
Ann TAYLOR26 November 1861Isabella TAYLORFind the father
William Donaldson WATSON18 October 1865Janet WATSONFind the father
Andrew WELCH17 November 1869Isabella WELCHFind the father
Margaret Goodall WILLIAMSON23 December 1863Janet WILLIAMSONFind 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

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish