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Records -> Aberdeenshire

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/707/1Minutes (discipline)1856-1870Request lookup
CH2/707/2Minutes (discipline)1870-1897Request 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:
  • £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)
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
James ALEXANDER 1854 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann BIRNIE or WILLOX 1860 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jean BIRNIE or MILNE 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of relief
William BISSET 1857 (5)Order imagesReconsideration - increase not yet sufficient
Margaret DUNN 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of relief
Alexander DUTHIE 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused, 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 imagesGround of complaint removed
William LAMB 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow MACINTYRE or WATT 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused
Andrew MASSON 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Catherine PADDON 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
John RITCHIE 1853 (2)Order imagesRefused
Jessie ROBERTSON or WILLOX 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused
George SMITH 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused
William STEPHEN 1853 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Catherine TAIT or DUTHIE 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused - informal - see 124 1853
Christian TAIT 1853 (2)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth THOMSON 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Isabella WALLACE or WATSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet WILLOX or MORGAN 1850 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Helen YEATS 1858 (2)Order imagesGround 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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Isabella MITCHELL
Manse, Rathen
formerly Manse, Rathen
William ROBERTSON21 Sep 1872Order nowForfar
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Elizabeth Anne ADDIE7 March 1874Christian ADDIEFind the father
Elspet BANNERMAN14 February 1861Isabella BANNERMANFind the father
James BANNERMAN11 June 1862Catharine BANNERMANFind the father
Jessie BANNERMAN7 July 1858Catharine BANNERMANFind the father
Alexander BIRNIE4 December 1868Christian BIRNIEFind the father
Anne Cardno BIRNIE23 February 1872Isabella BIRNIEFind the father
Archibald BIRNIE16 August 1873Barbara BIRNIEFind the father
Barbara BIRNIE13 July 1866Barbara BIRNIEFind the father
Catharine Park BIRNIE8 May 1872Jane BIRNIEFind the father
Charlotte Isabella BIRNIE25 November 1866Christian BIRNIEFind the father
Christina BIRNIE13 November 1871Christian BIRNIEFind the father
Elizabeth BIRNIE7 January 1870Barbara BIRNIEFind the father
Elizabeth Lawson BIRNIE16 April 1869Christian BIRNIEFind the father
George BIRNIE14 July 1857Jane BIRNIEFind the father
Jane BIRNIE20 July 1856Jane BIRNIEFind the father
John BIRNIE28 December 1862Isabella BIRNIEFind the father
John BIRNIE2 November 1868Jane BIRNIEFind the father
William BIRNIE7 February 1871Isabella BIRNIEFind the father
Barbara BISSET7 September 1864Christian BISSETFind the father
Jane Simpson BLACK5 August 1874Christian BLACKFind the father
Alexander BRUCE21 January 1866Elizabeth BRUCEFind the father
Barbara Bella BRUCE24 August 1873Elizabeth BRUCEFind the father
Isabella BRUCE25 May 1857Isabella BRUCEFind the father
John BRUCE18 March 1863Elizabeth BRUCEFind the father
Margaret Anne BRUCE11 November 1874Elizabeth BRUCEFind the father
Mary Anne Hepburn BRUCE26 January 1866Christian BRUCEFind the father
William BRUCE15 February 1860Jane BRUCEFind the father
Alexander BUCHAN19 July 1863Margaret BUCHANFind the father
Alexander BUCHAN24 January 1867Elizabeth BUCHANFind the father
Alexander Murray BUCHAN27 February 1860Isabella BUCHANFind the father
Christian Nicol BUCHAN9 June 1860Mary BUCHANFind the father
Mary Jane BUCHAN8 June 1856Margaret BUCHANFind the father
William BUCHAN13 November 1873Mary BUCHANFind the father
William Strachan BUCHAN22 November 1865Elizabeth BUCHANFind the father
George COOPER16 August 1866Margaret COOPERFind the father
James COWIE24 January 1867Elspet COWIEFind the father
Elizabeth CULLEN9 December 1871Mary CULLENFind the father
George DALGARNO19 November 1858Christian DALGARNOFind the father
Jane DALGARNO20 January 1864Elizabeth DALGARNOFind the father
Jane Cardno DAVIDSON26 June 1869Anna Birse DAVIDSONFind the father
Robert DAVIDSON13 September 1871Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
Anne DAVIE19 June 1863Rebecca DAVIEFind the father
James DAVIE15 October 1856Ann DAVIEFind the father
Jane Paterson DUNCAN3 March 1865Isabella Duncan Or BIRNIEFind the father
William Herd DUNN17 July 1874Isabella DUNNFind the father
Margaret Anne FINDLAY29 July 1873Elizabeth FINDLAYFind the father
William FINNIE8 January 1867Mary FINNIEFind the father
Margaret FORREST22 May 1857Jane FORRESTFind the father
George FOWLIE16 September 1867Christian FOWLIEFind the father
Williamina FOWLIE8 July 1863Christian FOWLIEFind the father
Alexander FRASER16 August 1874Mary FRASERFind the father
Alexander Dalrymple FRASER11 October 1861Margaret FRASERFind the father
Elizabeth Craighead FRASER27 April 1867Anne FRASERFind the father
Mary Anne FRASER11 December 1866Mary Anne FRASERFind the father
William FRASER14 August 1857Margaret FRASERFind the father
Alexander GEDDES14 June 1869Jane GEDDESFind the father
Alexander Hepburn GEDDES20 November 1860Elizabeth GEDDESFind the father
James GEDDES19 November 1862Jane GEDDESFind the father
Janetta Barbara GEIG27 May 1865Elizabeth GEIGFind the father
Elizabeth HENDERSON25 February 1857Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
Elizabeth Gibb HENDERSON21 July 1871Robina HENDERSONFind the father
Elspet Jane HENDERSON9 November 1871Mary HENDERSONFind the father
James HENDERSON14 March 1864Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
Margaret HENDERSON26 May 1861Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
James HUNTER8 February 1857Rebekah HUNTERFind the father
John HUNTER4 September 1860Rebecca HUNTERFind the father
Alexander INNES9 October 1857Mary INNESFind the father
Alexander Murray KELMAN26 February 1862Elizabeth KELMANFind the father
Eliza KELMAN1 September 1859Mary KELMANFind the father
Margaret KELMAN10 January 1865Mary KELMANFind the father
Elizabeth LAUCHLANE20 August 1871Jane LAUCHLANEFind the father
Charles LAWRANCE10 September 1856Mary LAWRANCEFind the father
Helen Anne Willox LAWRANCE9 July 1873Jane LAWRANCEFind the father
James LAWRANCE10 August 1874Margaret LAWRANCEFind the father
Catharine LEE12 November 1864Rachel LEEFind the father
Helen LEE20 August 1870Rachel LEEFind the father
James LEE25 February 1868Rachel LEEFind the father
William LEE24 February 1874Rachel LEEFind the father
William LIGERTWOOD20 August 1874Mary LIGERTWOODFind the father
Anne MACKAY1 January 1861Mary MACKAYFind the father
Helen MASSIE30 November 1872Mary MASSIEFind the father
Anne MASSON11 June 1871Anne MASSONFind the father
Barbara MATHIESON27 November 1869Barbara MATHIESONFind the father
Margaret MAY25 April 1873Mary MAYFind the father
Margaret Anne MAY20 July 1869Mary MAYFind the father
Anne MCCOMBIE8 April 1865Mary MCCOMBIEFind the father
Christian MCCOMBIE25 November 1855Christian MCCOMBIEFind the father
James MCCOMBIE26 April 1870Elizabeth MCCOMBIEFind the father
John MCCOMBIE13 March 1866Agnes MCCOMBIEFind the father
Margaret MCCOMBIE29 May 1860Mary MCCOMBIEFind the father
Mary MCCOMBIE25 October 1873Elizabeth MCCOMBIEFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD10 June 1867Helen MCDONALDFind the father
Isabella MCDONALD1 August 1864Helen MCDONALDFind the father
Joseph MCDONALD30 April 1870Helen MCDONALDFind the father
Robert MCDONALD22 May 1864Barbara MCDONALDFind the father
Jane MCKISSACK2 October 1869Margaret MCKISSACKFind the father
George MILNE13 November 1863Anne MILNEFind the father
Alexander MITCHELL25 October 1865Elizabeth MITCHELLFind the father
James MOIR16 September 1862Isabella MOIRFind the father
John MOIR26 August 1870Isabella MOIRFind the father
Thomas Wallace MOIR8 February 1866Isabella MOIRFind the father
Helen MURISON19 February 1860Helen MURISONFind the father
Christian MUTCH4 September 1859Anne MUTCHFind the father
Elspet MUTCH19 August 1858Helenora MUTCHFind the father
Elspet MUTCH2 January 1865Christian MUTCHFind the father
George MUTCH19 May 1866Anne MUTCHFind the father
James Park MUTCH19 November 1862Christian MUTCHFind the father
Margaret MUTCH3 August 1862Anne MUTCHFind the father
Mary Anne MUTCH4 September 1859Anne MUTCHFind the father
Mary Jane MUTCH11 February 1868Christian MUTCHFind the father
Alexander OLIPHANT18 November 1868Margaret OLIPHANTFind the father
George OLIPHANT7 April 1866Christian OLIPHANTFind the father
George Barrie OLIPHANT14 July 1859Isabella OLIPHANTFind the father
William PARK14 May 1872Margaret PARKFind the father
James PATERSON11 October 1872Jane PATERSONFind the father
Alexander Willox PENNY14 February 1862Jane PENNYFind the father
James PENNY10 August 1862Anne PENNYFind the father
Charles PIRIE3 July 1870Jane PIRIEFind the father
Margaret PIRIE15 October 1865Isabella PIRIEFind the father
Jane Leask PITTENDREIGH3 May 1865Jane PITTENDREIGHFind the father
John PITTENRIECH26 May 1858Jean PITTENRIECHFind the father
Charles ROBB1 September 1869Mary ROBBFind the father
James ROBB26 September 1871Mary ROBBFind the father
Mary ROBB25 November 1865Anne ROBBFind the father
William ROBB27 January 1864Anne ROBBFind the father
Alexander SCOTT9 July 1858Anne SCOTTFind the father
Anne SCOTT1 March 1860Harriet SCOTTFind the father
James SCOTT29 August 1863Harriet SCOTTFind the father
Jessie SCOTT11 March 1861Elspet SCOTTFind the father
Alexander SIM10 March 1872Christian SIMFind the father
James Andrew SIMPSON2 August 1856Elisabeth SIMPSONFind the father
John SIMPSON4 May 1868Isabella SIMPSONFind the father
Christian SKINNER4 June 1862Jane SKINNERFind the father
Mary Milne SKINNER13 July 1867Jane SKINNERFind the father
Charles SMITH17 October 1859Mary Anne SMITHFind the father
Helen SMITH11 February 1862Mary Anne SMITHFind the father
Isabella SMITH18 May 1873Jessie SMITHFind the father
Margaret Wilson STEPHEN11 February 1866Elizabeth STEPHENFind the father
William STEPHEN11 October 1868Elizabeth STEPHENFind the father
William Milne STEPHEN5 November 1865Elizabeth STEPHENFind the father
Isabella STEWART1 June 1864Isabella STEWARTFind the father
Anne Duthie STRACHAN2 May 1872Elizabeth STRACHANFind the father
Elizabeth STRACHAN27 May 1871Helen STRACHANFind the father
William STRACHEN24 June 1872Jane STRACHENFind the father
George Milne STUART11 July 1859Jessie STUARTFind the father
Mary Anne Bruce STUART26 January 1862Jessie STUARTFind the father
Anne Buchan TAYLOR30 May 1872Jane TAYLORFind the father
Alexander THIRD5 December 1873Helen THIRDFind the father
Anne THIRD15 November 1857Anne THIRDFind the father
George THIRD21 December 1869Margaret THIRDFind the father
Jane THIRD29 August 1871Margaret THIRDFind the father
Christian THOMSON10 October 1869Isabella THOMSONFind the father
Jane THOMSON9 January 1871Mary THOMSONFind the father
Mary TRAIL28 January 1870Isabella TRAILFind the father
George URQUHART19 October 1867Elizabeth URQUHARTFind the father
Alexina WALKER14 May 1865Amelia WALKERFind the father
George WALKER6 November 1863Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
Jane WALKER31 May 1861Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
John Mathison WALKER26 July 1873Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
Alexander WATSON12 April 1873Christina WATSONFind the father
Isabella Davidson WATSON16 February 1870Mary WATSONFind the father
Jane Bruce WATT5 January 1864Helen WATTFind the father
James WEBSTER8 November 1866Mary WEBSTERFather found
Jessie WHYTE22 January 1859Jane WHYTEFind the father
George WILLOX7 September 1870Ann Johnston WILLOXFind the father
James WILLOX20 April 1862Anne WILLOXFind the father
Margaret Grant WILLOX8 January 1862Christian WILLOXFind the father
Mary Milne WILLOX7 September 1870Ann Johnston WILLOXFind the father
William WILLOX22 July 1864Anne WILLOXFather found
William WILLOX3 November 1871Anne WILLOXFind the father
George WILSON8 August 1856Barbara WILSONFind the father
Jessie Anne WILSON8 February 1861Mary WILSONFind the father
Helen WISELY22 January 1865Jane WISELYFind the father
James WISELY11 July 1871Mary WISELYFind the father
Jane WISELY14 April 1862Helen WISELYFind the father
Jane Taylor WISELY28 December 1864Mary WISELYFind the father
John WISELY7 November 1866Helen WISELYFind the father
Margaret WISELY7 June 1862Elspet WISELYFind the father
Margaret Anne Mackie WISELY30 June 1874Mary WISELYFind the father
Mary Milne WISELY26 April 1870Jane WISELYFind the father
William WISELY14 July 1865Elspet WISELYFind the father
William WISELY3 September 1869Mary WISELYFind 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.


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