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Rattray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/525/4 | Minutes | 1818-1900 | Request lookup |
| CH2/525/7 | Accounts | 1787-1818 | Request lookup |
| CH2/525/8 | Heritors' minutes | 1787-1817 | Request lookup |
| CH2/525/9 | Heritors' Minutes and Accounts Heritors' minutes 1818-1838 Accounts 1818-1842 | 1818-1842 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Janet BARRY or BROWN | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Georgina BRUCE | 1879 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann CRICHTON or MCLANDERS | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth JAMESON or FENTON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Marjory SPALDING | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther JACK Westfields, Rattray | Alexander ANDERSON | 2 Mar 1877 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/46 |
| Elizabeth LINDSAY Westfields, Rattray | John MCCULLIE | 3 Apr 1883 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/49 |
| Ann MCDOUGAL Old Rattray, Rattray | Francis ROBERTSON | 20 Jul 1881 Old Rattray, Rattray | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/18 |
| Jane MCGREGOR Old Rattray, Perthshire | James NICOLL | 5 Apr 1854 | Order now | Dundee SC45/6/11 |
| Mary MCKENZIE Victoria Place, Rattray | Robert ANGUS | 24 Jul 1887 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/50 |
| Ann MCQUEEN Westfields, Rattray, near Blairgowrie | William ROBERTSON | 6 Jul 1870 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/44 |
| Jessie MITCHELL Old Rattray, Perthshire | Archibald MITCHELL | 15 Feb 1882 Old Rattray, Perthshire | Order now | Perth SC49/4/48 |
| Euphemia ROBERTSON New Rattray | James CARGILL | 3 Aug 1882 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/49 |
| Elizabeth SERGEANT Westmill, Rattray | William ANDERSON | 26 Dec 1884 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/50 |
| Christina STEWART Lochy Terrace, Rattray | Adam YOUNG | 31 Jul 1882 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/48 |
| Lucy TOWART Ashgrove, Rattray | Robert WATSON | 15 Jan 1885 Ashgrove, Rattray | Order now | Dundee SC45/6/22 |
| Elizabeth WATSON Coral Bank Terrace, Rattray | William HALLYBURTON | 2 May 1883 | Order now | Perth SC49/4/49 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza ANGUS | 19 November 1858 | Jean ANGUS | Find the father |
| John ANGUS | 12 July 1855 | Jean ANGUS | Find the father |
| William BARRIE | 11 July 1855 | Margaret Barrie Or PATERSON | Find the father |
| David BARTY | 4 November 1860 | Helen BARTY | Find the father |
| James Brown BAXTER | 19 April 1872 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BAXTER | 8 March 1870 | Isabella BAXTER | Find the father |
| Alexander BLACKIE | 4 April 1860 | Helen BLACKIE | Find the father |
| Euphemia BOYACK | 3 September 1873 | Betsy BOYACK | Find the father |
| Mary BURNS | 13 June 1861 | Mary BURNS | Find the father |
| Archibald CAMERON | 25 June 1861 | Catherine CAMERON | Find the father |
| David CAMERON | 25 June 1861 | Catherine CAMERON | Find the father |
| Lachlin CAMERON | 25 July 1856 | Cathrine CAMERON | Find the father |
| Mary CAMPBELL | 18 September 1862 | Ann CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jane CARNEGIE | 1 June 1861 | Vere CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| Maggie CASSIDY | 3 May 1870 | Bridget CASSIDY | Find the father |
| Thomas CLARY | 18 March 1855 | Mary CLARY | Find the father |
| Jane Crabbe COWPER | 12 August 1867 | Ann COWPER | Find the father |
| Joseph CRABB | 1 December 1874 | Ann CRABB | Find the father |
| Ann CRAWFORD | 8 August 1870 | Margaret CRAWFORD | Father found |
| Alexander CUNNISON | 30 March 1872 | Margaret Kennedy CUNNISON | Father found |
| Ann DEAR | 19 February 1855 | Amelia DEAR | Find the father |
| David DICKSON | 6 March 1865 | Jessie DICKSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Susan DICKSON | 22 January 1867 | Susan DICKSON | Find the father |
| Joan Jessie DUFF | 4 April 1869 | Ann DUFF | Find the father |
| Catherine FAIRLEIGH | 23 September 1867 | Mary FAIRLEIGH | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane FARQUHARSON | 20 July 1868 | Catherine FARQUHARSON | Find the father |
| Margaret FELL | 14 February 1856 | Jannet FELL | Find the father |
| Alexander FERGUSON | 13 December 1873 | Mary Ann FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Alexander Baxter FERGUSON | 20 May 1867 | Mary FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Ann FERGUSON | 6 September 1865 | Mary FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Jean FERGUSON | 23 August 1856 | Mary FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Fettes Nicoll FETTES | 15 January 1873 | Jane FETTES | Find the father |
| Margaret Farquhar FLEMING | 26 May 1862 | Mary Fleming Or FEATES | Find the father |
| Betsy GIBB | 28 November 1862 | Elisabeth GIBB | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GILL | 13 September 1870 | Elizabeth GILL | Find the father |
| Joan GRANT | 2 October 1873 | Helen GRANT | Find the father |
| Michael GRANT | 18 April 1873 | Elizabeth GRANT | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 2 November 1874 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| William HAND | 26 November 1872 | Rose Ann HAND | Find the father |
| Isabella HANNIGAN | 2 April 1874 | Maria HANNIGAN | Find the father |
| Isabella HODGE | 3 May 1866 | Janet HODGE | Find the father |
| Isabella HODGE | 16 September 1871 | Janet HODGE | Find the father |
| James Barrie HOOD | 15 September 1874 | Mary HOOD | Find the father |
| Agnes Mccormack Ferguson JACK | 1 December 1871 | Mary JACK | Find the father |
| Agnes Mill JACK | 14 March 1869 | Ann JACK | Find the father |
| David JACK | 29 November 1864 | Betsy JACK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Elder JACK | 15 September 1872 | Esther JACK | Find the father |
| John JACK | 7 September 1870 | Esther JACK | Find the father |
| Mary Barrie JACK | 27 September 1871 | Ann JACK | Find the father |
| William JACKSON | 27 June 1856 | Margaret JACKSON | Find the father |
| John JOHNSTON | 2 October 1856 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Mary JOHNSTON | 15 March 1858 | Marget JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Helen KEEGAN | 10 October 1866 | Mary KEEGAN | Find the father |
| Alexander KEIR | 31 May 1856 | Margaret KEIR | Find the father |
| Margaret Smith Anderson KERMACK | 15 December 1865 | Jane KERMACK | Find the father |
| Isabella KIDD | 4 July 1862 | Jane Kidd Or JACKSON | Find the father |
| William LAIRD | 25 April 1855 | Charlotte LAIRD | Find the father |
| Charles LOW | 3 November 1860 | Margaret LOW | Find the father |
| Jane Ann LOW | 18 December 1869 | Isabella LOW | Father found |
| Jean LOW | 31 August 1856 | Margaret LOW | Find the father |
| John LYDEN | 29 November 1857 | Mary LYDEN | Find the father |
| George MACDONALD | 10 January 1863 | Margaret MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Helen Mary MACLAREN | 31 December 1862 | Charlotte MACLAREN | Find the father |
| James MCASKILL | 3 February 1870 | Ann MCASKILL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCCASKILL | 14 January 1866 | Ann MCCASKILL | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 25 November 1868 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Donald MCDONALD | 11 February 1869 | Euphemia MCDONALD | Find the father |
| John Low MCDONALD | 28 March 1867 | Isabella MCDONALD | Father found |
| James MCDOUGALL | 22 February 1860 | Nancy MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| William Alexander MCFARLANE | 5 July 1866 | Isabella MCFARLANE | Father found |
| Helen MCGREGOR | 3 June 1872 | Ann MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Janet MCGREGOR | 5 September 1858 | Jean MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Catherine MCINTOSH | 15 January 1859 | Cecilia MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Catherine MCKENZIE | 17 February 1873 | Victoria MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Jessie MCKENZIE | 28 May 1870 | Victoria MCKENZIE | Father found |
| John MCKENZIE | 17 February 1873 | Victoria MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William Adams MCLEOD | 6 August 1868 | Janet MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Agnes MCQUEEN | 6 July 1870 | Margaret MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Anne MCQUEEN | 9 December 1872 | Ann MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Daniel Alexander MCRAE | 22 June 1857 | Jean MCRAE | Find the father |
| Joseph MCRAE | 2 April 1873 | Betsy MCRAE | Find the father |
| Margaret MEALL | 20 July 1860 | Isabella MEALL | Find the father |
| William Thomson MENMUIR | 13 February 1860 | Ann MENMUIR | Find the father |
| David MILLER | 16 November 1870 | Agnes MILLER | Find the father |
| Jessie Lyle MILLER | 13 June 1866 | Jane MILLER | Father found |
| Jane MITCHELL | 30 September 1864 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jessie Robertson MITCHELL | 3 July 1862 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MITCHELL | 20 October 1862 | Mary Ann MITCHELL | Find the father |
| William MITCHELL | 2 October 1861 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Anne NEILSON | 15 November 1872 | Mary NEILSON | Find the father |
| Mary NICHOLSON | 12 July 1864 | Grace NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth O'BRIEN | 5 January 1866 | Elisabeth O'BRIEN | Find the father |
| Jane Ann PATERSON | 9 June 1861 | Ann PATERSON | Find the father |
| John Shaw PAUL | 11 October 1866 | Jane PAUL | Find the father |
| Maria PEEBLES | 26 November 1863 | Mary Ann PEEBLES | Find the father |
| Isabella RATTRAY | 16 February 1857 | Ann RATTRAY | Find the father |
| Ann ROBERTSON | 29 May 1855 | Charlotte ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Anne ROBERTSON | 17 August 1873 | Anne ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David Penny ROBERTSON | 15 December 1867 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Father found |
| Jean ROBERTSON | 7 October 1874 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 31 January 1856 | Barbara ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann ROBERTSON | 30 August 1863 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 13 January 1860 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Isabella SAUNDERS | 3 March 1860 | Catherine SAUNDERS | Find the father |
| John Alexander Lane SCOTT | 19 May 1869 | Ann SCOTT | Find the father |
| Susanah Isabella Brown SHEPHERD | 10 April 1874 | Susan SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| Mary SIM | 26 July 1856 | Margaret SIM | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 28 November 1869 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
| David SMITH | 2 March 1855 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Georgina SMITH | 4 September 1867 | Jessie SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary Moncur SMITH | 7 February 1869 | Grace SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 9 May 1857 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| John Williamson SOUTAR | 15 May 1866 | Margaret SOUTAR | Find the father |
| George SPALDING | 17 September 1855 | Margory SPALDING | Find the father |
| Helen Eliza Murray SPOWART | 8 January 1871 | Elizabeth SPOWART | Find the father |
| John Watson STALKERS | 10 January 1867 | Janet STALKERS | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 25 October 1859 | Isabella STEWART | Father found |
| John STEWART | 30 April 1874 | Catherine STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary STEWART | 15 June 1865 | Isabella STEWART | Find the father |
| George Sim TAYLOR | 17 April 1867 | Catherine TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Janet URQUHART | 4 December 1857 | Agnes URQUHART | Find the father |
| Anne WESTWATER | 23 May 1874 | Isabella WESTWATER | Find the father |
| Archibald WESTWATER | 23 May 1874 | Isabella WESTWATER | Find the father |
| William WHITE | 16 April 1869 | Isabella WHITE | Find the father |
| John Robert Douglas WILSON | 8 October 1871 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Rattray Stewart YEAMAN | 9 April 1868 | Jessie YEAMAN | 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.
