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Rathen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/707/1 | Minutes (discipline) | 1856-1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/707/2 | Minutes (discipline) | 1870-1897 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James ALEXANDER | 1854 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann BIRNIE or WILLOX | 1860 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jean BIRNIE or MILNE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
| William BISSET | 1857 (5) | Order images | Reconsideration - increase not yet sufficient | |
| Margaret DUNN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of relief | |
| Alexander DUTHIE | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused, on understanding that the parochial board will provide such cordials, warm clothing, or other comforts as the medical officer may consider necessary | |
| Hugh INNES | 1859 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William LAMB | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow MACINTYRE or WATT | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew MASSON | 1852 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine PADDON | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John RITCHIE | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jessie ROBERTSON or WILLOX | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George SMITH | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William STEPHEN | 1853 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Catherine TAIT or DUTHIE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal - see 124 1853 | |
| Christian TAIT | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth THOMSON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella WALLACE or WATSON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet WILLOX or MORGAN | 1850 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Helen YEATS | 1858 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella MITCHELL Manse, Rathen formerly Manse, Rathen | William ROBERTSON | 21 Sep 1872 | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Anne ADDIE | 7 March 1874 | Christian ADDIE | Find the father |
| Elspet BANNERMAN | 14 February 1861 | Isabella BANNERMAN | Find the father |
| James BANNERMAN | 11 June 1862 | Catharine BANNERMAN | Find the father |
| Jessie BANNERMAN | 7 July 1858 | Catharine BANNERMAN | Find the father |
| Alexander BIRNIE | 4 December 1868 | Christian BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Anne Cardno BIRNIE | 23 February 1872 | Isabella BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Archibald BIRNIE | 16 August 1873 | Barbara BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Barbara BIRNIE | 13 July 1866 | Barbara BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Catharine Park BIRNIE | 8 May 1872 | Jane BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Charlotte Isabella BIRNIE | 25 November 1866 | Christian BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Christina BIRNIE | 13 November 1871 | Christian BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BIRNIE | 7 January 1870 | Barbara BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Lawson BIRNIE | 16 April 1869 | Christian BIRNIE | Find the father |
| George BIRNIE | 14 July 1857 | Jane BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Jane BIRNIE | 20 July 1856 | Jane BIRNIE | Find the father |
| John BIRNIE | 28 December 1862 | Isabella BIRNIE | Find the father |
| John BIRNIE | 2 November 1868 | Jane BIRNIE | Find the father |
| William BIRNIE | 7 February 1871 | Isabella BIRNIE | Find the father |
| Barbara BISSET | 7 September 1864 | Christian BISSET | Find the father |
| Jane Simpson BLACK | 5 August 1874 | Christian BLACK | Find the father |
| Alexander BRUCE | 21 January 1866 | Elizabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Barbara Bella BRUCE | 24 August 1873 | Elizabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Isabella BRUCE | 25 May 1857 | Isabella BRUCE | Find the father |
| John BRUCE | 18 March 1863 | Elizabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne BRUCE | 11 November 1874 | Elizabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Mary Anne Hepburn BRUCE | 26 January 1866 | Christian BRUCE | Find the father |
| William BRUCE | 15 February 1860 | Jane BRUCE | Find the father |
| Alexander BUCHAN | 19 July 1863 | Margaret BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Alexander BUCHAN | 24 January 1867 | Elizabeth BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Alexander Murray BUCHAN | 27 February 1860 | Isabella BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Christian Nicol BUCHAN | 9 June 1860 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Mary Jane BUCHAN | 8 June 1856 | Margaret BUCHAN | Find the father |
| William BUCHAN | 13 November 1873 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
| William Strachan BUCHAN | 22 November 1865 | Elizabeth BUCHAN | Find the father |
| George COOPER | 16 August 1866 | Margaret COOPER | Find the father |
| James COWIE | 24 January 1867 | Elspet COWIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CULLEN | 9 December 1871 | Mary CULLEN | Find the father |
| George DALGARNO | 19 November 1858 | Christian DALGARNO | Find the father |
| Jane DALGARNO | 20 January 1864 | Elizabeth DALGARNO | Find the father |
| Jane Cardno DAVIDSON | 26 June 1869 | Anna Birse DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Robert DAVIDSON | 13 September 1871 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Anne DAVIE | 19 June 1863 | Rebecca DAVIE | Find the father |
| James DAVIE | 15 October 1856 | Ann DAVIE | Find the father |
| Jane Paterson DUNCAN | 3 March 1865 | Isabella Duncan Or BIRNIE | Find the father |
| William Herd DUNN | 17 July 1874 | Isabella DUNN | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne FINDLAY | 29 July 1873 | Elizabeth FINDLAY | Find the father |
| William FINNIE | 8 January 1867 | Mary FINNIE | Find the father |
| Margaret FORREST | 22 May 1857 | Jane FORREST | Find the father |
| George FOWLIE | 16 September 1867 | Christian FOWLIE | Find the father |
| Williamina FOWLIE | 8 July 1863 | Christian FOWLIE | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 16 August 1874 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| Alexander Dalrymple FRASER | 11 October 1861 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Craighead FRASER | 27 April 1867 | Anne FRASER | Find the father |
| Mary Anne FRASER | 11 December 1866 | Mary Anne FRASER | Find the father |
| William FRASER | 14 August 1857 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Alexander GEDDES | 14 June 1869 | Jane GEDDES | Find the father |
| Alexander Hepburn GEDDES | 20 November 1860 | Elizabeth GEDDES | Find the father |
| James GEDDES | 19 November 1862 | Jane GEDDES | Find the father |
| Janetta Barbara GEIG | 27 May 1865 | Elizabeth GEIG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HENDERSON | 25 February 1857 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Gibb HENDERSON | 21 July 1871 | Robina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Elspet Jane HENDERSON | 9 November 1871 | Mary HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James HENDERSON | 14 March 1864 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret HENDERSON | 26 May 1861 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James HUNTER | 8 February 1857 | Rebekah HUNTER | Find the father |
| John HUNTER | 4 September 1860 | Rebecca HUNTER | Find the father |
| Alexander INNES | 9 October 1857 | Mary INNES | Find the father |
| Alexander Murray KELMAN | 26 February 1862 | Elizabeth KELMAN | Find the father |
| Eliza KELMAN | 1 September 1859 | Mary KELMAN | Find the father |
| Margaret KELMAN | 10 January 1865 | Mary KELMAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LAUCHLANE | 20 August 1871 | Jane LAUCHLANE | Find the father |
| Charles LAWRANCE | 10 September 1856 | Mary LAWRANCE | Find the father |
| Helen Anne Willox LAWRANCE | 9 July 1873 | Jane LAWRANCE | Find the father |
| James LAWRANCE | 10 August 1874 | Margaret LAWRANCE | Find the father |
| Catharine LEE | 12 November 1864 | Rachel LEE | Find the father |
| Helen LEE | 20 August 1870 | Rachel LEE | Find the father |
| James LEE | 25 February 1868 | Rachel LEE | Find the father |
| William LEE | 24 February 1874 | Rachel LEE | Find the father |
| William LIGERTWOOD | 20 August 1874 | Mary LIGERTWOOD | Find the father |
| Anne MACKAY | 1 January 1861 | Mary MACKAY | Find the father |
| Helen MASSIE | 30 November 1872 | Mary MASSIE | Find the father |
| Anne MASSON | 11 June 1871 | Anne MASSON | Find the father |
| Barbara MATHIESON | 27 November 1869 | Barbara MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Margaret MAY | 25 April 1873 | Mary MAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne MAY | 20 July 1869 | Mary MAY | Find the father |
| Anne MCCOMBIE | 8 April 1865 | Mary MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| Christian MCCOMBIE | 25 November 1855 | Christian MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| James MCCOMBIE | 26 April 1870 | Elizabeth MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| John MCCOMBIE | 13 March 1866 | Agnes MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCOMBIE | 29 May 1860 | Mary MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCCOMBIE | 25 October 1873 | Elizabeth MCCOMBIE | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 10 June 1867 | Helen MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Isabella MCDONALD | 1 August 1864 | Helen MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Joseph MCDONALD | 30 April 1870 | Helen MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Robert MCDONALD | 22 May 1864 | Barbara MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane MCKISSACK | 2 October 1869 | Margaret MCKISSACK | Find the father |
| George MILNE | 13 November 1863 | Anne MILNE | Find the father |
| Alexander MITCHELL | 25 October 1865 | Elizabeth MITCHELL | Find the father |
| James MOIR | 16 September 1862 | Isabella MOIR | Find the father |
| John MOIR | 26 August 1870 | Isabella MOIR | Find the father |
| Thomas Wallace MOIR | 8 February 1866 | Isabella MOIR | Find the father |
| Helen MURISON | 19 February 1860 | Helen MURISON | Find the father |
| Christian MUTCH | 4 September 1859 | Anne MUTCH | Find the father |
| Elspet MUTCH | 19 August 1858 | Helenora MUTCH | Find the father |
| Elspet MUTCH | 2 January 1865 | Christian MUTCH | Find the father |
| George MUTCH | 19 May 1866 | Anne MUTCH | Find the father |
| James Park MUTCH | 19 November 1862 | Christian MUTCH | Find the father |
| Margaret MUTCH | 3 August 1862 | Anne MUTCH | Find the father |
| Mary Anne MUTCH | 4 September 1859 | Anne MUTCH | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MUTCH | 11 February 1868 | Christian MUTCH | Find the father |
| Alexander OLIPHANT | 18 November 1868 | Margaret OLIPHANT | Find the father |
| George OLIPHANT | 7 April 1866 | Christian OLIPHANT | Find the father |
| George Barrie OLIPHANT | 14 July 1859 | Isabella OLIPHANT | Find the father |
| William PARK | 14 May 1872 | Margaret PARK | Find the father |
| James PATERSON | 11 October 1872 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander Willox PENNY | 14 February 1862 | Jane PENNY | Find the father |
| James PENNY | 10 August 1862 | Anne PENNY | Find the father |
| Charles PIRIE | 3 July 1870 | Jane PIRIE | Find the father |
| Margaret PIRIE | 15 October 1865 | Isabella PIRIE | Find the father |
| Jane Leask PITTENDREIGH | 3 May 1865 | Jane PITTENDREIGH | Find the father |
| John PITTENRIECH | 26 May 1858 | Jean PITTENRIECH | Find the father |
| Charles ROBB | 1 September 1869 | Mary ROBB | Find the father |
| James ROBB | 26 September 1871 | Mary ROBB | Find the father |
| Mary ROBB | 25 November 1865 | Anne ROBB | Find the father |
| William ROBB | 27 January 1864 | Anne ROBB | Find the father |
| Alexander SCOTT | 9 July 1858 | Anne SCOTT | Find the father |
| Anne SCOTT | 1 March 1860 | Harriet SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SCOTT | 29 August 1863 | Harriet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jessie SCOTT | 11 March 1861 | Elspet SCOTT | Find the father |
| Alexander SIM | 10 March 1872 | Christian SIM | Find the father |
| James Andrew SIMPSON | 2 August 1856 | Elisabeth SIMPSON | Find the father |
| John SIMPSON | 4 May 1868 | Isabella SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Christian SKINNER | 4 June 1862 | Jane SKINNER | Find the father |
| Mary Milne SKINNER | 13 July 1867 | Jane SKINNER | Find the father |
| Charles SMITH | 17 October 1859 | Mary Anne SMITH | Find the father |
| Helen SMITH | 11 February 1862 | Mary Anne SMITH | Find the father |
| Isabella SMITH | 18 May 1873 | Jessie SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret Wilson STEPHEN | 11 February 1866 | Elizabeth STEPHEN | Find the father |
| William STEPHEN | 11 October 1868 | Elizabeth STEPHEN | Find the father |
| William Milne STEPHEN | 5 November 1865 | Elizabeth STEPHEN | Find the father |
| Isabella STEWART | 1 June 1864 | Isabella STEWART | Find the father |
| Anne Duthie STRACHAN | 2 May 1872 | Elizabeth STRACHAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STRACHAN | 27 May 1871 | Helen STRACHAN | Find the father |
| William STRACHEN | 24 June 1872 | Jane STRACHEN | Find the father |
| George Milne STUART | 11 July 1859 | Jessie STUART | Find the father |
| Mary Anne Bruce STUART | 26 January 1862 | Jessie STUART | Find the father |
| Anne Buchan TAYLOR | 30 May 1872 | Jane TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Alexander THIRD | 5 December 1873 | Helen THIRD | Find the father |
| Anne THIRD | 15 November 1857 | Anne THIRD | Find the father |
| George THIRD | 21 December 1869 | Margaret THIRD | Find the father |
| Jane THIRD | 29 August 1871 | Margaret THIRD | Find the father |
| Christian THOMSON | 10 October 1869 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| Jane THOMSON | 9 January 1871 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary TRAIL | 28 January 1870 | Isabella TRAIL | Find the father |
| George URQUHART | 19 October 1867 | Elizabeth URQUHART | Find the father |
| Alexina WALKER | 14 May 1865 | Amelia WALKER | Find the father |
| George WALKER | 6 November 1863 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Jane WALKER | 31 May 1861 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| John Mathison WALKER | 26 July 1873 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Alexander WATSON | 12 April 1873 | Christina WATSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Davidson WATSON | 16 February 1870 | Mary WATSON | Find the father |
| Jane Bruce WATT | 5 January 1864 | Helen WATT | Find the father |
| James WEBSTER | 8 November 1866 | Mary WEBSTER | Father found |
| Jessie WHYTE | 22 January 1859 | Jane WHYTE | Find the father |
| George WILLOX | 7 September 1870 | Ann Johnston WILLOX | Find the father |
| James WILLOX | 20 April 1862 | Anne WILLOX | Find the father |
| Margaret Grant WILLOX | 8 January 1862 | Christian WILLOX | Find the father |
| Mary Milne WILLOX | 7 September 1870 | Ann Johnston WILLOX | Find the father |
| William WILLOX | 22 July 1864 | Anne WILLOX | Father found |
| William WILLOX | 3 November 1871 | Anne WILLOX | Find the father |
| George WILSON | 8 August 1856 | Barbara WILSON | Find the father |
| Jessie Anne WILSON | 8 February 1861 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Helen WISELY | 22 January 1865 | Jane WISELY | Find the father |
| James WISELY | 11 July 1871 | Mary WISELY | Find the father |
| Jane WISELY | 14 April 1862 | Helen WISELY | Find the father |
| Jane Taylor WISELY | 28 December 1864 | Mary WISELY | Find the father |
| John WISELY | 7 November 1866 | Helen WISELY | Find the father |
| Margaret WISELY | 7 June 1862 | Elspet WISELY | Find the father |
| Margaret Anne Mackie WISELY | 30 June 1874 | Mary WISELY | Find the father |
| Mary Milne WISELY | 26 April 1870 | Jane WISELY | Find the father |
| William WISELY | 14 July 1865 | Elspet WISELY | Find the father |
| William WISELY | 3 September 1869 | Mary WISELY | 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.
