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Records -> Perthshire

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/525/4Minutes1818-1900Request lookup
CH2/525/7Accounts1787-1818Request lookup
CH2/525/8Heritors' minutes1787-1817Request lookup
CH2/525/9Heritors' Minutes and Accounts
Heritors' minutes 1818-1838
Accounts 1818-1842
1818-1842Request 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
Widow Janet BARRY or BROWN 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Georgina BRUCE 1879 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann CRICHTON or MCLANDERS 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth JAMESON or FENTON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Marjory SPALDING 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused


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
Esther JACK
Westfields, Rattray
Alexander ANDERSON2 Mar 1877Order nowPerth
SC49/4/46
Elizabeth LINDSAY
Westfields, Rattray
John MCCULLIE3 Apr 1883Order nowPerth
SC49/4/49
Ann MCDOUGAL
Old Rattray, Rattray
Francis ROBERTSON20 Jul 1881
Old Rattray, Rattray
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Jane MCGREGOR
Old Rattray, Perthshire
James NICOLL5 Apr 1854Order nowDundee
SC45/6/11
Mary MCKENZIE
Victoria Place, Rattray
Robert ANGUS24 Jul 1887Order nowPerth
SC49/4/50
Ann MCQUEEN
Westfields, Rattray, near Blairgowrie
William ROBERTSON6 Jul 1870Order nowPerth
SC49/4/44
Jessie MITCHELL
Old Rattray, Perthshire
Archibald MITCHELL15 Feb 1882
Old Rattray, Perthshire
Order nowPerth
SC49/4/48
Euphemia ROBERTSON
New Rattray
James CARGILL3 Aug 1882Order nowPerth
SC49/4/49
Elizabeth SERGEANT
Westmill, Rattray
William ANDERSON26 Dec 1884Order nowPerth
SC49/4/50
Christina STEWART
Lochy Terrace, Rattray
Adam YOUNG31 Jul 1882Order nowPerth
SC49/4/48
Lucy TOWART
Ashgrove, Rattray
Robert WATSON15 Jan 1885
Ashgrove, Rattray
Order nowDundee
SC45/6/22
Elizabeth WATSON
Coral Bank Terrace, Rattray
William HALLYBURTON2 May 1883Order nowPerth
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Eliza ANGUS19 November 1858Jean ANGUSFind the father
John ANGUS12 July 1855Jean ANGUSFind the father
William BARRIE11 July 1855Margaret Barrie Or PATERSONFind the father
David BARTY4 November 1860Helen BARTYFind the father
James Brown BAXTER19 April 1872Isabella BAXTERFind the father
Mary Ann BAXTER8 March 1870Isabella BAXTERFind the father
Alexander BLACKIE4 April 1860Helen BLACKIEFind the father
Euphemia BOYACK3 September 1873Betsy BOYACKFind the father
Mary BURNS13 June 1861Mary BURNSFind the father
Archibald CAMERON25 June 1861Catherine CAMERONFind the father
David CAMERON25 June 1861Catherine CAMERONFind the father
Lachlin CAMERON25 July 1856Cathrine CAMERONFind the father
Mary CAMPBELL18 September 1862Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
Jane CARNEGIE1 June 1861Vere CARNEGIEFind the father
Maggie CASSIDY3 May 1870Bridget CASSIDYFind the father
Thomas CLARY18 March 1855Mary CLARYFind the father
Jane Crabbe COWPER12 August 1867Ann COWPERFind the father
Joseph CRABB1 December 1874Ann CRABBFind the father
Ann CRAWFORD8 August 1870Margaret CRAWFORDFather found
Alexander CUNNISON30 March 1872Margaret Kennedy CUNNISONFather found
Ann DEAR19 February 1855Amelia DEARFind the father
David DICKSON6 March 1865Jessie DICKSONFind the father
Elisabeth Susan DICKSON22 January 1867Susan DICKSONFind the father
Joan Jessie DUFF4 April 1869Ann DUFFFind the father
Catherine FAIRLEIGH23 September 1867Mary FAIRLEIGHFind the father
Margaret Jane FARQUHARSON20 July 1868Catherine FARQUHARSONFind the father
Margaret FELL14 February 1856Jannet FELLFind the father
Alexander FERGUSON13 December 1873Mary Ann FERGUSONFind the father
Alexander Baxter FERGUSON20 May 1867Mary FERGUSONFind the father
Ann FERGUSON6 September 1865Mary FERGUSONFind the father
Jean FERGUSON23 August 1856Mary FERGUSONFind the father
Mary Ann Fettes Nicoll FETTES15 January 1873Jane FETTESFind the father
Margaret Farquhar FLEMING26 May 1862Mary Fleming Or FEATESFind the father
Betsy GIBB28 November 1862Elisabeth GIBBFind the father
Elizabeth GILL13 September 1870Elizabeth GILLFind the father
Joan GRANT2 October 1873Helen GRANTFind the father
Michael GRANT18 April 1873Elizabeth GRANTFind the father
Mary GRAY2 November 1874Margaret GRAYFind the father
William HAND26 November 1872Rose Ann HANDFind the father
Isabella HANNIGAN2 April 1874Maria HANNIGANFind the father
Isabella HODGE3 May 1866Janet HODGEFind the father
Isabella HODGE16 September 1871Janet HODGEFind the father
James Barrie HOOD15 September 1874Mary HOODFind the father
Agnes Mccormack Ferguson JACK1 December 1871Mary JACKFind the father
Agnes Mill JACK14 March 1869Ann JACKFind the father
David JACK29 November 1864Betsy JACKFind the father
Elizabeth Elder JACK15 September 1872Esther JACKFind the father
John JACK7 September 1870Esther JACKFind the father
Mary Barrie JACK27 September 1871Ann JACKFind the father
William JACKSON27 June 1856Margaret JACKSONFind the father
John JOHNSTON2 October 1856Margaret JOHNSTONFind the father
Mary JOHNSTON15 March 1858Marget JOHNSTONFind the father
Helen KEEGAN10 October 1866Mary KEEGANFind the father
Alexander KEIR31 May 1856Margaret KEIRFind the father
Margaret Smith Anderson KERMACK15 December 1865Jane KERMACKFind the father
Isabella KIDD4 July 1862Jane Kidd Or JACKSONFind the father
William LAIRD25 April 1855Charlotte LAIRDFind the father
Charles LOW3 November 1860Margaret LOWFind the father
Jane Ann LOW18 December 1869Isabella LOWFather found
Jean LOW31 August 1856Margaret LOWFind the father
John LYDEN29 November 1857Mary LYDENFind the father
George MACDONALD10 January 1863Margaret MACDONALDFind the father
Helen Mary MACLAREN31 December 1862Charlotte MACLARENFind the father
James MCASKILL3 February 1870Ann MCASKILLFind the father
Mary Ann MCCASKILL14 January 1866Ann MCCASKILLFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD25 November 1868Jane MCDONALDFind the father
Donald MCDONALD11 February 1869Euphemia MCDONALDFind the father
John Low MCDONALD28 March 1867Isabella MCDONALDFather found
James MCDOUGALL22 February 1860Nancy MCDOUGALLFind the father
William Alexander MCFARLANE5 July 1866Isabella MCFARLANEFather found
Helen MCGREGOR3 June 1872Ann MCGREGORFind the father
Janet MCGREGOR5 September 1858Jean MCGREGORFind the father
Catherine MCINTOSH15 January 1859Cecilia MCINTOSHFind the father
Catherine MCKENZIE17 February 1873Victoria MCKENZIEFind the father
Jessie MCKENZIE28 May 1870Victoria MCKENZIEFather found
John MCKENZIE17 February 1873Victoria MCKENZIEFind the father
William Adams MCLEOD6 August 1868Janet MCLEODFind the father
Agnes MCQUEEN6 July 1870Margaret MCQUEENFind the father
Anne MCQUEEN9 December 1872Ann MCQUEENFind the father
Daniel Alexander MCRAE22 June 1857Jean MCRAEFind the father
Joseph MCRAE2 April 1873Betsy MCRAEFind the father
Margaret MEALL20 July 1860Isabella MEALLFind the father
William Thomson MENMUIR13 February 1860Ann MENMUIRFind the father
David MILLER16 November 1870Agnes MILLERFind the father
Jessie Lyle MILLER13 June 1866Jane MILLERFather found
Jane MITCHELL30 September 1864Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Jessie Robertson MITCHELL3 July 1862Margaret MITCHELLFind the father
Mary Ann MITCHELL20 October 1862Mary Ann MITCHELLFind the father
William MITCHELL2 October 1861Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Anne NEILSON15 November 1872Mary NEILSONFind the father
Mary NICHOLSON12 July 1864Grace NICHOLSONFind the father
Elisabeth O'BRIEN5 January 1866Elisabeth O'BRIENFind the father
Jane Ann PATERSON9 June 1861Ann PATERSONFind the father
John Shaw PAUL11 October 1866Jane PAULFind the father
Maria PEEBLES26 November 1863Mary Ann PEEBLESFind the father
Isabella RATTRAY16 February 1857Ann RATTRAYFind the father
Ann ROBERTSON29 May 1855Charlotte ROBERTSONFind the father
Anne ROBERTSON17 August 1873Anne ROBERTSONFind the father
David Penny ROBERTSON15 December 1867Margaret ROBERTSONFather found
Jean ROBERTSON7 October 1874Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Margaret ROBERTSON31 January 1856Barbara ROBERTSONFind the father
Mary Ann ROBERTSON30 August 1863Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
William ROBERTSON13 January 1860Isabella ROBERTSONFind the father
Isabella SAUNDERS3 March 1860Catherine SAUNDERSFind the father
John Alexander Lane SCOTT19 May 1869Ann SCOTTFind the father
Susanah Isabella Brown SHEPHERD10 April 1874Susan SHEPHERDFind the father
Mary SIM26 July 1856Margaret SIMFind the father
Alexander SMITH28 November 1869Elizabeth SMITHFind the father
David SMITH2 March 1855Mary SMITHFind the father
Georgina SMITH4 September 1867Jessie SMITHFind the father
Mary Moncur SMITH7 February 1869Grace SMITHFind the father
William SMITH9 May 1857Janet SMITHFind the father
John Williamson SOUTAR15 May 1866Margaret SOUTARFind the father
George SPALDING17 September 1855Margory SPALDINGFind the father
Helen Eliza Murray SPOWART8 January 1871Elizabeth SPOWARTFind the father
John Watson STALKERS10 January 1867Janet STALKERSFind the father
John STEWART25 October 1859Isabella STEWARTFather found
John STEWART30 April 1874Catherine STEWARTFind the father
Mary STEWART15 June 1865Isabella STEWARTFind the father
George Sim TAYLOR17 April 1867Catherine TAYLORFind the father
Janet URQUHART4 December 1857Agnes URQUHARTFind the father
Anne WESTWATER23 May 1874Isabella WESTWATERFind the father
Archibald WESTWATER23 May 1874Isabella WESTWATERFind the father
William WHITE16 April 1869Isabella WHITEFind the father
John Robert Douglas WILSON8 October 1871Margaret WILSONFind the father
Rattray Stewart YEAMAN9 April 1868Jessie YEAMANFind 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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