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Rhynie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/972/1 | Minutes | 1837-1840 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/2 | Minutes | 1855-1908 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/3 | Cash book Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1752-1777 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/4 | Cash book Includes mortcloth dues and poor payments | 1777-1822 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/5 | Cash book Includes poor payments, and some discipline minutes | 1823-1835 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/6 | Cash book | 1855-1925 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/10 | Marriage register | 1855-1867 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/12 | Communion roll | 1859-1872 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/13 | Communion roll | 1872-1894 | Request lookup |
| CH2/972/15 | Baptismal register | 1871-1941 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara ALLARDYCE or MORTIMER | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen GRANT | 1858 (4) | Order images | Refused - can be removed to her own parish, or to poorhouse Aberdeen | |
| Alexander MILTON | 1866 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane GLASS Raws of Noth, Rhynie | James CUMMING | 4 Jan 1875 | Order now | Elgin SC26/7/9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Ann CHALMERS | 28 August 1865 | Ann CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Alexander CRAN | 29 June 1856 | Jessie CRAN | Find the father |
| Elspet DEY | 13 May 1858 | Helen DEY | Find the father |
| Helen DEY | 27 March 1863 | Ann DEY | Find the father |
| George FETTES | 28 April 1863 | Mary FETTES | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann FETTES | 26 June 1860 | Mary FETTES | Find the father |
| Mary Jane Maconachie FETTES | 13 June 1869 | Mary FETTES | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FRASER | 27 October 1860 | Duffina FRASER | Find the father |
| Johan FRASER | 23 April 1868 | Jane FRASER | Find the father |
| Jean GEDDES | 6 February 1860 | Christian GEDDES | Find the father |
| John GLASS | 7 February 1858 | Helen GLASS | Find the father |
| Ann Mc William GORDON | 1 April 1863 | Magdalene Gordon Or DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GORDON | 11 April 1860 | Magdalene Gordon Or DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jessie Fraser GORDON | 14 August 1866 | Magdalene Gordon Or DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jane HARDIE | 7 March 1867 | Jane HARDIE | Find the father |
| Eliza Mary HENDERSON | 17 January 1865 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Helen HENDERSON | 25 September 1861 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James Proctor HENDERSON | 4 June 1869 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John Rae HENDERSON | 6 June 1867 | Jane HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Helen HORN | 2 May 1861 | Jean HORN | Find the father |
| Peter JOPP | 23 March 1866 | Christina JOPP | Find the father |
| John Roger LENNOX | 27 August 1862 | Rose Ann Lennox Or FAIRWEATHER | Find the father |
| Alexander LESLIE | 29 June 1860 | Elizabeth LESLIE | Find the father |
| John LESLIE | 2 July 1866 | Elizabeth LESLIE | Find the father |
| Margaret LIPP | 8 July 1868 | Jean LIPP | Find the father |
| Ann MCGREGOR | 15 April 1862 | Jane MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| James MCGREGOR | 22 July 1865 | Jean MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Mary Jean Pirie MCGREGOR | 28 February 1866 | Helen MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Betsy MELDRUM | 11 September 1856 | Mary MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Helen MILNE | 29 October 1856 | Jean MILNE | Find the father |
| Jane REID | 2 April 1860 | Ann REID | Find the father |
| Ann Pirie RHIND | 22 November 1864 | Ann RHIND | Find the father |
| George ROBERTSON | 15 April 1864 | Jean ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 15 April 1864 | Jean ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ROSS | 23 November 1856 | Jean ROSS | Find the father |
| Alexander SHEARER | 11 April 1864 | Jane SHEARER | Find the father |
| Isabella Mortimer SHEARER | 2 October 1860 | Mary SHEARER | Find the father |
| James Mortimer SHEARER | 25 August 1861 | Jessie SHEARER | Find the father |
| Margaret Milne SHEARER | 8 April 1868 | Jane SHEARER | Find the father |
| John Thain SHERAR | 7 December 1863 | Jessie SHERAR | Find the father |
| Mary SHERAR | 30 May 1866 | Mary SHERAR | Find the father |
| Helen SMART | 9 July 1855 | Jane SMART | Find the father |
| Helen SMITH | 25 October 1862 | Jessie SMITH | Find the father |
| James Shearer SMITH | 13 July 1864 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 27 January 1866 | Jean SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 10 February 1859 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 14 March 1864 | Margaret THOMSON | 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.
