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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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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

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​​​​​​​​​​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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/306/3Minutes 1725-1785, accounts 1742-17851725-1785Request lookup
CH2/306/4Minutes1835-1851Request lookup
CH2/306/5Cash books1786-1834Request lookup
CH2/306/6Cash books1833-1842Request lookup
CH2/306/7Cash books1842-1846Request lookup
CH2/306/9Minutes of session as trustees for female school 1846-51
Minutes of session 1851-1917		1846-1917Request lookup
CH2/306/13Communion roll1876-1912Request lookup
CH2/306/14Young communicants1809-1891Request 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:
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  • £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
Catherine BADGER 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
James BERTRAM 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Martha BLYTH or TUNNEY 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret DINGWALL 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused
Margaret DINGWALL 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret DINGWALL 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret DINGWALL 1855-1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert EDINGTON 1856 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Janet LEVY or WHITE 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Isabella MACKENZIE 1859 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Archibald PANTON 1854 (2)Order imagesRefused, in respect of assistance afforded by family
Archibald PANTON 1855 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Archibald PANTON 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Archibald PONTON 1857 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Martha TUNNY 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
George ALLAN12 January 1863Euphemia ALLANFind the father
Agnes ANDERSON21 November 1869Margaret ANDERSONFind the father
Isabella ANDERSON2 October 1864Janet ANDERSONFind the father
John BATHGATE17 May 1874Ann BATHGATEFind the father
Mary BELL31 July 1857Ann BELLFind the father
Thomas BELL6 November 1865Janet BELLFind the father
David BLACK10 September 1871Jane BLACKFind the father
Elisabeth BLACK9 December 1866Elisabeth BLACKFind the father
William BRAID3 September 1863Jane BRAIDFind the father
Jessie BROWN5 February 1870Ann BROWNFind the father
George BUCHANAN15 January 1866Mary BUCHANANFind the father
Jane BUCHANAN18 September 1855Helen BUCHANANFind the father
William BUCHANAN25 January 1858Mary BUCHANANFind the father
Mary Ann BURN26 September 1860Ann BURNFind the father
Joan BURNS15 July 1867Anne BURNSFind the father
Marion Watt BURNS22 December 1873Ann BURNSFind the father
Alexander CHRISTIE19 January 1858Elizabeth CHRISTIEFind the father
Peter CLAPPERTON16 December 1858Margaret CLAPPERTONFind the father
John CLARK8 June 1870Jane CLARKFind the father
Annie CONOLY22 April 1874Helen CONOLYFind the father
Henry CROMBIE13 February 1871Isabella CROMBIEFind the father
Margaret DICKINSON30 April 1867Helen DICKINSONFind the father
John DOBBIE9 December 1858Elizabeth DOBBIEFind the father
Elisabeth Murray DUDGEON16 November 1868Barbara DUDGEONFind the father
Thomas EDMOND18 February 1870Isabella EDMONDFind the father
James EWART19 April 1863Martha EWARTFind the father
Mary EWART10 August 1861Martha EWARTFind the father
James FAICHEN22 March 1867Helen FAICHENFind the father
Helen Ann Munrow FAIRLIE12 June 1870Jemima FAIRLIEFind the father
Thomas FARRELL9 May 1861Winnie FARRELLFind the father
Bella Clark FERGUSON24 November 1872Margaret FERGUSONFind the father
Thomas Purves GAYLOR18 July 1869Helen GAYLORFind the father
Farle GIBB28 November 1855Janet GIBBFind the father
John GIBB7 July 1864Janet GIBBFind the father
John GILMORE14 October 1863Mary Ann GILMOREFind the father
Agnes Bell Smith GOODALL24 November 1863Christina GOODALLFind the father
George GOVAN9 September 1873Janet GOVANFind the father
Thomas GRAHAM16 July 1866Jane GRAHAMFind the father
Helen GRIEVE21 January 1868Ann GRIEVEFind the father
John HADDEN9 September 1872Agnes HADDENFind the father
George HEPBURN8 April 1860Agnes HEPBURNFind the father
George HOGG19 May 1870Margaret HOGGFind the father
Margaret HOGG4 March 1859Margaret HOGGFind the father
Margaret HOOD16 December 1873Agnes HOODFind the father
Elizabeth Brown HUNTER23 January 1871Jane Jaffrey HUNTERFind the father
Isabella Melrose INGLIS17 September 1869Isabella INGLISFind the father
William KELLY30 May 1866Janet KELLYFind the father
Alexander KEMP9 March 1870Isabella KEMPFind the father
Mary Ann KERR29 May 1867Helen KERRFind the father
Alexander LAW2 August 1867Mary LAWFind the father
Thomas LAW2 August 1867Mary LAWFind the father
Elizabeth LITTLE29 July 1856Charlotte LITTLEFind the father
Archibald LOGAN18 July 1872Jane LOGANFind the father
Elizabeth Ann LOGAN12 August 1867Isabella LOGANFind the father
William LOGAN15 May 1870Jane LOGANFind the father
Daniel MALARCHY17 July 1872Bridget MALARCHYFind the father
Peter Brown MCARTHUR19 September 1866Jane MCARTHURFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD22 May 1873Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Annie MCDONALD13 May 1868Flora MCDONALDFind the father
Betsy MCDONALD28 January 1870Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Euphemia MCDONALD14 December 1862Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
John MCDONALD2 May 1865Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Margaret MCDONALD6 November 1859Marion MCDONALDFind the father
James Mccormack MCGERMIT13 July 1864Margaret MCGERMITFind the father
John MCINTOSH8 January 1860Margaret MCINTOSHFind the father
Catherine MCLEAN29 May 1866Janet MCLEANFind the father
Catherine MCLEAN30 April 1870Janet MCLEANFind the father
Ann MCLEOD26 August 1867Euphemia MCLEODFind the father
James MCLEOD2 December 1867Euphemia MCLEODFind the father
Mary Ann MCLEOD31 July 1869Catherine MCLEODFind the father
Alexander MCNEIL10 September 1866Isabella MCNEILFind the father
John MCPHERSON30 December 1860Christina MCPHERSONFind the father
Helen MILLER23 September 1867Barbara MILLERFind the father
Isabella MILLER19 September 1872Barbara MILLERFind the father
James Wright MONCRIEFF23 January 1874Christina MONCRIEFFFind the father
Elizabeth MOORE24 April 1872Margaret MOOREFind the father
David Carlisle MURDOCH23 October 1864Helen MURDOCHFind the father
Jane Norman NEILL16 August 1873Alison NEILLFind the father
William NEWTON23 August 1866Elisabeth NEWTONFind the father
Alexander NICHOLSON30 March 1858Christina NICHOLSONFind the father
Angus NICHOLSON26 March 1867Marion NICHOLSONFind the father
James NICHOLSON15 July 1863Marion NICHOLSONFind the father
William George NORMAN26 May 1864Mary Ann NORMANFind the father
John OLIVER15 September 1874Helen OLIVERFind the father
Jane RAMAGE21 July 1869Jane RAMAGEFind the father
Betty RHIND21 August 1856Mary RHINDFind the father
Agnes ROSS29 August 1866Agnes ROSSFind the father
Thomas SAUNDERS16 September 1858Mary SAUNDERSFind the father
Richard SCOTT10 November 1868Jane SCOTTFind the father
Isabella SKELDON11 September 1872Mary SKELDONFind the father
John SOUNESS6 June 1870Barbara SOUNESSFind the father
Agnes SPIDEN22 January 1858Jane SPIDENFind the father
John STIRLING5 June 1860Catherine STIRLINGFind the father
Daniel THOMSON14 April 1866Margaret THOMSONFind the father
Robert TODD16 September 1874Helen TODDFind the father
Robert TURNBULL8 June 1873Helen TURNBULLFind the father
James TURNER20 March 1859Clarance Lindsay TURNERFind the father
Mary TURNER7 May 1860Margaret TURNERFind the father
Andrew WALKER19 December 1869Elisabeth WALKERFind the father
Thomas WALKER27 June 1872Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
Helen WATT7 March 1869Helen WATTFind the father
Jessie Jane WATT4 September 1864Agnes WATTFind the father
John WHITE24 September 1870Jane WHITEFind the father
John WHITE13 February 1871Mary WHITEFind the father
William WHITE30 January 1857Isabella WHITEFind the father
George WOOD20 July 1874Elizabeth WOODFind the father
Isabella Wallace WOOD24 January 1861Isabella WOODFind the father
Margaret WOOD26 April 1863Margaret WOODFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/306/4 pp. 7-13)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
ThomasGillis
WilliamMichierecord deleted
PeterLearmonth
JohnMillar
WilliamAnderson
RobertPuntonrecord deleted
WilliamPunton
ArchibaldPunton
ArchibaldNisbet
AlexanderHunter
RichardSanderson
JohnWeirrecord deleted
ThomasReid
AlexanderLennox
AdamSives
AlexanderSanderson
JamesCameronrecord deleted
AlexanderStrachanrecord deleted
JamesDudgeon
PeterMoir
Laingadded later
WBrownadded later
JohnGibb
DonaldReid
RobertHamilton
JBathgateadded later
RobertDenholm
AndrewLitser
JamesBrown
JohnBrown
GeorgeTait
JohnHately
JamesLumsden
GeorgeGaylor
GeorgeMason
JohnStott
AndrewThomson
JohnMorrison
PhilipDenham
ThomasForrestrecord deleted
AndrewDenham
CharlesHepburn
GeorgeComb
WilliamLamb
GeorgeSmellie
JohnWalker
JamesWalker
JLoganadded later
DavidHunter
ThomasFaitchen
ABrownrecord deleted
JohnCray
JohnStirling
HepburnGibb
PeterBeaver
JohnDickson
JohnWatt
JohnPunton
AlexanderMalcolm
JohnAnderson
JohnMcintyre
GrieveSmellie
PeterDickson
GeorgeBallantyne
Loganadded later
JohnPuntonrecord deleted
JohnKer
WilliamDickinson
AndrewWhite
DonaldMckenzie
RobertMoyes
GeorgeSmith
JBrooksadded later
RobertFarquhar
JamesAikman
RobertMillar
JohnPettycrew
HepburnDickson
PeterSiers
RobertRalstone
DavidMalcolmrecord deleted
AndrewLevy
JamesGowans
RobertDobbie
AndrewHume
JohnMcadamrecord deleted
PeterMirrylees
ThomasMuir
AndrewWhite
DLevyadded later
JoWhite
PeterWalker
DavidLawrie
DonaldMcnicol
JamesSounnes
AdamWhite
RichardGray
JamesHardie
RichardBurns
AHopeadded later
JohnThomson
WilliamMoncrieff
JamesGould
JohnBroadfute
AlexanderHogg
ThomasGoodallrecord deleted
GeorgeSeaton
JohnRodger
RobertHamilton
RobertGrieve
JohnFord
JohnMack
CharlesLawrie
ThomasPunton
JamesPringle
WilliamPringle
Thomas BHepburn
WilliamSpence
AdamSkeldon
ArchibaldNisbet
CampbellAnderson
AndrewTurnbull
BenjaminNewton
CharlesDickson
GeorgeHenderson
JamesKirk
JohnReid
JamesRedpath
RobertWatt
ThomasLogan
JamesCoalstone
HughRossrecord deleted
JohnWalker
AlexanderBrown
PeterJohnston
AndrewHume
ThomasCockburnrecord deleted
JamesWatt
JamesEdmond
WilliamThomson
JamesBathgate
ThomasForrest
JohnImrierecord deleted
WillmCunningham
CharlesGrierson
AlexrRichardsonrecord deleted
DavidPeffers
JohnPeffersadded later
WilliamThomson
JohnCow
ThomasCowan
WilliamRennie
RichardHorseburgh
PeterLearmonth
RobertMiller
JamesInglis
GeorgeAnderson
JamesWatt
GeorgeYoung
WilliamWoodrecord deleted
PeterBarrie
RobertWatt
ThomasSkeldonrecord deleted
JamesDouglasrecord deleted
JamesCorbett
AdamAnderson
ArchibaldWhitson
WilliamWalker
AdamRobertson
WilliamSherriff
AlexanderAnderson
ThomasSanderson
RobertCrichton
AlexanderCow
GeorgeBurnsrecord deleted
WilliamMoncrieffrecord deleted
JamesThomson
RobertHogg
AlexanderBrodie
JamesHunter
GeorgeCowrecord deleted
ThomasGrieverecord deleted
JohnSanderson
WilliamYoung
JohnBathgaterecord deleted
JohnBaxter
WilliamEwart
JamesYoung
RobertWilson
PeterBraid
WilliamPringlerecord deleted
JohnSimpson
JamesWightrecord deleted
GeorgeYorkstone
JohnFinlay
WilliamEwartrecord deleted
WilliamCow
ArchibaldSandilandsRecorded as Sandilands Archibald
Russelladded later
HughKer
ThomasBoyd
JamesHunter
RobertCaldwellrecord deleted
GeorgeGreenfield
WilliamBrotherstone
AlexanderBlack
ThomasLawrierecord deleted
AlexanderSpaden
JohnWaddel
RobertBathgate
JohnSkirving
GeorgeYorkstone
WilliamVertie
WilliamSounnes
JamesBell
JohnBlackrecord deleted
ArchibaldYorkstone
JamesBlackie
PatrickBegbie
JohnArthur
WilliamBathgate
JohnDrysdall
JohnThomson
RobertArthur
WilliamYorkstone
AlexanderBlackrecord deleted
GeorgeRobinsonrecord deleted
JohnClerk
JamesYoung
JohnCow
ThomasAnderson
CharlesHogg
NicolJaffrey
JohnJohnston
JamesWight
AdamRentoul
ChristopherAnderson
WilliamAlison
AndrewWatt
RobertIrvine
JamesSives
GeorgeIrvine
JamesCrow
JohnSlate
ThomasDobbie
JohnMoncrieff
Dicksonadded later
WilliamRamagerecord deleted
DavidRichardson
JamesComb
AlexanderMoffat
AlexanderClapperton
JamesBathgate
RobertHamilton
JohnRichardson
JohnRichardson
RichardScott

Kirk Session Records Index

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