Rogart parish 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.
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.
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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine BLACKIE | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John LAMONT | 1864 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
| Catharine MIDDLETON | 1877-1878 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald CAMPBELL | 4 December 1870 | Johanna CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Margaret CAMPBELL | 26 November 1868 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Marion CAMPBELL | 8 April 1865 | Johan CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Alexander GORDON | 13 November 1863 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Dolina GORDON | 3 September 1866 | Ann GORDON | Find the father |
| William MACDONALD | 22 January 1855 | Mary MACDONALD | Find the father |
| Alexander MACKAY | 15 September 1861 | Margaret MACKAY | Find the father |
| Alexander MACKAY | 9 July 1866 | Janet MACKAY | Find the father |
| Alexander MACKAY | 13 July 1869 | Barbara MACKAY | Find the father |
| Betsy MACKAY | 20 February 1874 | Margaret MACKAY | Find the father |
| Christina MACKAY | 1 October 1866 | Christina MACKAY | Find the father |
| Christina MACKAY | 14 May 1869 | Christina MACKAY | Find the father |
| Dugaldina MACKAY | 14 January 1869 | Janet MACKAY | Find the father |
| George MACKAY | 7 February 1862 | Mary MACKAY | Find the father |
| Isabella MACKAY | 18 March 1874 | Jessie MACKAY | Find the father |
| Jess MACKAY | 13 July 1862 | Jess MACKAY | Find the father |
| Johanna MACKAY | 29 August 1873 | Margaret MACKAY | Find the father |
| John MACKAY | 6 January 1870 | Jane MACKAY | Find the father |
| John MACKAY | 10 January 1870 | Margaret MACKAY | Find the father |
| John MACKAY | 20 November 1873 | Annie MACKAY | Find the father |
| Kenneth MACKAY | 9 August 1864 | Helen MACKAY | Find the father |
| Marian MACKAY | 30 November 1871 | Bell MACKAY | Find the father |
| William MACKAY | 4 July 1870 | Euphemia MACKAY | Find the father |
| John MACKENZIE | 8 November 1859 | Jane MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Donald MCKAY | 15 July 1868 | Elspit MCKAY | Find the father |
| Adam MURRAY | 14 May 1871 | Jess MURRAY | Find the father |
| Helen SUTHERLAND | 6 September 1867 | Helen SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| John SUTHERLAND | 15 October 1862 | Ann SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Jess WATSON | 25 September 1866 | Jess WATSON | Find the father |
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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
