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Rosneath records
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/504/1 | Minutes Minutes 1766-1806 Minutes 1822 Minutes 1834-1837 Minutes 1854-1924 | 1766-1924 | Request lookup |
| CH2/504/2 | Poors' accounts Includes mortcloth dues, and poor rolls | 1786-1870 | Request lookup |
| CH2/504/3 | Births and Baptisms, marriages Births and Baptisms 1787-1818 Marriages 1788-1819 | 1787-1819 | Request lookup |
| CH2/504/4 | Proclamations | 1855-1887 | Request lookup |
| CH2/504/6 | Proclamation register Proclamation register 1887-1977 Proclamation register 1985 | 1887-1985 | 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann GALLACHER Roseneath Farm, Roseneath | Archibald LINDSAY | 26 Dec 1883 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/3 |
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
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary ALSTON | 5 September 1857 | Elizabeth ALSTON | Father found |
| James BAGGAN | 29 May 1868 | Violet BAGGAN | Find the father |
| Eliza BRODIE | 27 June 1856 | Mary Brodie Or GRAY | Find the father |
| Robert Rennie Johnson BUCHANAN | 27 September 1869 | Jessie BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Helen COLQUHOUN | 4 March 1873 | Helen COLQUHOUN | Find the father |
| Mary CONNELY | 9 June 1867 | Anne CONNELY | Find the father |
| William DIVINE | 5 December 1866 | Rosanna DIVINE | Find the father |
| Francis FLETCHER | 1 April 1856 | Mary FLETCHER | Find the father |
| Archibald GILL | 10 December 1866 | Mary Ann GILL | Find the father |
| Caroline Annie JOHNSTON | 11 October 1873 | Annie JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Anne MASON | 30 January 1864 | Janet MASON | Find the father |
| Donald MCFARLANE | 31 October 1868 | Christina MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| James MCFARLANE | 28 November 1861 | Christian MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| John MCFARLANE | 29 December 1856 | Margaret MCFARLANE | Father found |
| Mary Elizabeth MCFARLANE | 8 April 1865 | Margaret MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| James MCMILLAN | 26 October 1855 | Elisabeth MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MCNAUGHTON | 27 March 1865 | Sarah MCNAUGHTON | Find the father |
| Mary Louise MOORE | 1 December 1874 | Elizabeth MOORE | Find the father |
| Christina Smith PETRIE | 8 May 1864 | Helen PETRIE | Find the father |
| John Thomas RICHARDSON | 18 December 1873 | Christina RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Jane SCOTLAND | 13 February 1864 | Jane SCOTLAND | Find the father |
| David STEWART | 20 December 1869 | Grace STEWART | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Chalmers | elder | Little Rahean | |
| John | Mckenzie | elder | Cursnoch | |
| John | Campbell | elder | Mamore | |
| George | Mcaslan | elder | South Ailey | |
| John | Dodds | Clachan | ||
| Alexander | Mcwatty | Clachan | ||
| John | Brody | Clachan | ||
| Dugald | McDougald | Clachan | x next to name | |
| William | Turner | Clachan | ||
| John | Mcneilage | Clachan | ||
| John | Turner | Ferry House | ||
| Neil | Fletcher | Shore Cottage | x next to name | |
| Robert | Campbell | Clachan House | ||
| James | Bain | Clachan | ||
| Duncan | McVean | Clachan | ||
| Archibald | Campbell | Stroul | ||
| William | Robertson | Stroul Lodge | x next to name | |
| Alexander | Mclellan | Stroul Offices | ||
| Neil | Turnbull | Clinder | ||
| John | Campbell | Crossowen | x next to name | |
| Donald | Mckay | Hatton Cottage | ||
| Dugald | Cumming | Barreman | ||
| Malcolm | Carr | Barreman | ||
| Robert | Chalmers | Little Rahean | ||
| James | Chalmers | Little Rahean | ||
| Robert | Mckinlay | Meikle Rahean | ||
| John | Mckinlay | Meikle Rahean | ||
| Donald | Campbell | Mamore | ||
| Alexander | Mcnichol | Mill Rahean | ||
| Donald | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| Humphry | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| Malcolm | Gillespie | Mill Rahean | ||
| John | Mcarthur | Shore House | ||
| Colin | Campbell | Mambeg | ||
| Malcolm | Mccallum | Draughthouse | ||
| Donald | Mcaulay | Fimacarry | ||
| Archibald | Mcarthur | Peatown | ||
| Robert | Mccunn | Barbour | ||
| Peter | Mccunn | Barbour | ||
| Gilbert | Mcnichol | Barbour | ||
| Donald | Mcarthur | Blairnachtra | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Blairnachtra | ||
| Walter | Mcfarlane | Blairnachtra | ||
| Duncan | Mckenzie | Cursnoch | ||
| Angus | Campbell | Cursnoch | ||
| William | Tassie | North Ailey | ||
| Coll James | Turner | Craigrownie | ||
| Peter | Mcfarlane | South Ailey | ||
| John | Mclean | Cove | ||
| William | Orr | Meikle Aiden | ||
| Alexander | Campbell | Little Aiden | ||
| Lachlan | Campbell | Little Aiden | ||
| James | Mcfarlane | Kilcraigan Ferry | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Kilcraigan | ||
| John | Hunter | Kilcraigan | ||
| William | Hunter | Kilcraigan | ||
| Archibald | Gibbs | Kilcraigan | ||
| Lorne | Campbell | Portkiln | ||
| Duncan | Revy | Portkiln | ||
| James | Campbell | Mill Brae | ||
| Donald | Campbell | Mill Brae | ||
| Alexander | Mcneilage | Mill | ||
| Archibald | Mcneilage | Mill | x next to name | |
| John | Mckellar | Buildings | ||
| Peter | Wilson | Buildings | ||
| John | Mcgich | Barracks | ||
| John | Parrot | Barracks | ||
| James | Mcphail | Barracks | ||
| James | Bell | Barracks | x next to name | |
| Dugald | Campbell | Parkhead | x next to name | |
| Duncan | Mcnichol | Parkhead | ||
| John | Mcarthur | Parkhead | ||
| Malcolm | McColl | Parkhead | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Parkhead | x next to name | |
| Giles | Selkirk | Parkhead | ||
| James | Annandale | Parkhead | x next to name | |
| Alexander | Mcphail | Bathwell | ||
| John | King | Boathouse | ||
| William | Bisset | Low Barracks | ||
| Mathew | Bell | Burntmill | x next to name | |
| James | Dewar | Hill Of Campsail | x next to name | |
| Archibald | Niven | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| Donald | Gibbs | Hill Of Campsail | x next to name | |
| John | Mclean | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| John | Sinclair | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| John | Thompson | Hill Of Campsail |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Chalmers | elder | Little Rahean | |
| John | Mckenzie | elder | Cursnoch | |
| John | Campbell | elder | Mamore | |
| George | Mcauslan | elder | South Ailey | |
| John | Campbell | elder | Clachan House | name erased |
| Robert | elder | Stroul Lodge; surname erased and illegible | name erased; surname illegible | |
| John | Dodds | Clachan | ||
| John | Brody | Clachan | ||
| Dugald | McDougald | Clachan | ||
| John | Mcneilage | Clachan | ||
| John | Turner | Ferry House | ||
| Neil | Fletcher | Shore Cottage | ||
| Robert | Campbell | Clachan House | ||
| Duncan | McVean | Upper Clachan | ||
| Alexander | Campbell | Clachan | ||
| Archd | Campbell | Stroul | ||
| William | Robertson | Stroul Lodge | ||
| Alexr | Mclellan | Stroul Offices | ||
| Neil | Turner | Clynder | ||
| John | Campbell | Crossowen | ||
| Donald | Mckay | Hatton Burn | ||
| Dugald | Cumming | Barreman | ||
| Malcolm | Carr | Barreman | ||
| Robert | Chalmers | Little Rahean | ||
| James | Chalmers | Little Rahean | ||
| Robert | Mckinlay | Meikle Rahean | ||
| John | Mckinlay | Meikle Rahean | ||
| Donald | Campbell | Mamore | ||
| Alexander | Mcnichol | Mill Rahean | ||
| Donald | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| Humphry | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| Malcolm | Gillis | Mill Rahean | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Mill Rahean | ||
| John | Mcarthur | Shore House | ||
| Colin | Campbell | Mambeg | ||
| Malcolm | Mccallum | Draughthouse | ||
| Donald | Mcaulay | Fernacairy | ||
| Archibald | Mcarthur | Peatown | ||
| Robert | Mccunn | Barbour | ||
| Peter | Mccunn | Barbour | ||
| Gilbert | Mcnichol | Barbour | ||
| Robert | Orr | Barbour | ||
| Donald | Mcarthur | Blairnaichtra | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Blairnaichtra | ||
| Walter | Mcfarlane | Blairnaichtra | ||
| Angus | Campbell | Cursnoch | ||
| Duncan | Mckenzie | Cursnoch | ||
| John | Mclean | Cove | ||
| Coll James | Turner | Craigrownie | ||
| John | Tassie | North Ailey | ||
| John | Wilson | North Ailey | ||
| Peter | Mcfarlane | South Ailey | ||
| William | Orr | Meikle Aiden | ||
| Alexander | Campbell | Little Aiden | ||
| Lachlan | Campbell | Little Aiden | ||
| James | Mcfarlane | Kilcragan | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Kilcragan | ||
| William | Hunter | Kilcragan | ||
| John | Hunter | Kilcragan | ||
| Archibald | Gilles | Kilcragan | ||
| Lorne | Campbell | Portkiln | ||
| John | Smith | Kilcragan | ||
| Duncan | Reevie | Portkiln | ||
| John | Reevie | Portkiln | ||
| Lachlan | Campbell | Kilcragan | ||
| James | Campbell | Millbrae | ||
| Donald | Campbell | Millbrae | ||
| Archibald | Mcneilage | Mill | ||
| Alexander | Mcneilage | Mill | ||
| Matthew | Bell | Burnt Mill | ||
| John | Mcgich | Barracks | ||
| Colin | Mcphail | Barracks | ||
| James | Mcphail | Barracks | ||
| John | Parrott | Barracks | ||
| James | Bell | Barracks | ||
| John | Mckellar | Buildings | ||
| Peter | Wilson | Buildings | ||
| Gilbert | Selkirk | Parkhead | ||
| James | Annandale | Parkhead | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Parkhead | ||
| John | Mcarthur | Parkhead | ||
| Duncan | Mcnichol | Parkhead | ||
| Malcolm | McColl | Parkhead | ||
| Dugald | Campbell | Parkhead | ||
| Alexander | Mcphail | Bathwell | ||
| William | Bisset | Lower Barracks | ||
| John | King | Boathouse | ||
| James | Dewar | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| Archd | Niven | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| John | Thomson | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| Donald | Gilles | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| John | Sinclair | Hill Of Campsail | ||
| John | Mclean | Hill Of Campsail |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Annandale | sawyer | Parkhead | |
| Matthew | Bell | wright | Burnt Mill | |
| James | Bell | labourer | Barracks | |
| William | Bisset | gardener | Barracks | |
| John | Brody | shepherd | Clachan | |
| Robert | Campbell | farmer | Clachan | |
| Archd | Campbell | shoemaker | Stroul | |
| Alexr | Campbell | pilot | Clachan | |
| John | Campbell | farmer | Crossowen | |
| John | Campbell | farmer | Mamore | |
| Dond | Campbell | farmer | Mamore | |
| Colin | Campbell | farmer | Mambeg | |
| Angus | Campbell | labourer | Cursnoch | |
| Lachlan | Campbell | farmer | Little Aiden | |
| Lachlan | Campbell | labourer | Kilcragan | |
| Lorne | Campbell | chamberlain | Portkiln | |
| Dond | Campbell | gamekeeper | Millbrae | |
| Dugd | Campbell | labourer | Parkhead | |
| Jas | Campbell | infirm | Millbrae | |
| Dugd | Cumming | infirm | Barreman | |
| James | Chalmers | farmer | Little Rahan | |
| Robt | Chalmers | farmer | Little Rahan | |
| John | Dodds | session clerk | Clachan | |
| James | Dewar | hedger | Camsail | |
| Neil | Fletcher | fisher | Cottage | |
| Archd | Gilles | shoemaker | Kilcragan | |
| Malcolm | Gilles | labourer | Mill Rahan | |
| Donald | Gilles | labourer | Camsail | |
| William | Hunter | labourer | Kilcragan | |
| John | Hunter | ploughman | Kilcragan | |
| John | Keith | shepherd | Barracks | |
| Malcolm | Kerr | farmer | Barreman | |
| John | King | mason | Boathouse | |
| John | Mckenzie | farmer | Cursnoch | |
| George | Mcaslan | farmer | South Ailey | |
| Dugd | McDougald | hedger | Clachan | |
| John | Mcnirren | labourer | Clachan | |
| John | Mcneilage | wright | Clachan | |
| Alexr | Mclellan | labourer | Stroul | |
| Dond | Mckay | farmer | Hatton Burn | |
| Robert | Mckinlay | farmer | Rahan | |
| John | Mckinlay | farmer | Rahan | |
| Alexr | Mcnichol | labourer | Mill Rahan | |
| John | Mcarthur | labourer | Shore House | |
| Malc | Mccallum | fisher | Draughthouse | |
| Dond | Mcaulay | farmer | Fernacarry | |
| Archd | Mcarthur | labourer | Peatown | |
| Robt | Mccunn | farmer | Barbour | |
| Peter | Mccunn | very infirm | Barbour | |
| Gilbert | McNichol | tailor | Barbour | |
| Dond | Mcarthur | farmer | Blairnachtra | |
| John | Mcfarlane | farmer | Blairnachtra | |
| Walter | Mcfarlane | farmer | Blairnachtra | |
| Duncan | Mckenzie | farmer | Cursnoch | |
| John | Mclean | labourer | Cove | |
| Peter | Mcfarlane | farmer | South Ailey | |
| James | Mcfarlane | ferryman | Kilcragan | |
| John | Mcfarlane | fisher | Kilcragan | |
| Alexr | Mcneilage | miller | Mill | |
| Archd | Mcneilage | wright | Mill | |
| Colin | Mcphail | sawyer | Barracks | |
| James | Mcphail | forester | Barracks | |
| John | Mckellar | overseer | Buildings | |
| Malcm | McColl | shoemaker | Parkhead | |
| Dunc | Mcnichol | labourer | Parkhead | |
| John | Mcarthur | ploughman | Parkhead | |
| John | Mcfarlane | carter | Parkhead | |
| John | Mcfarlane | ploughman | Parkhead | |
| Dond | Mcfarlane | ploughman | Barracks | Record deleted |
| Alexr | Mcphail | labourer | Bathwell | |
| John | Mclean | Camsail | ||
| Dond | Mcfarlane | fisher | Mill Rahean | |
| Humphry | Mcfarlane | fisher | Mill Rahean | |
| Archd | Niven | labourer | Hill Camsail | |
| Robert | Orr | farmer | Barbour | |
| Robert | Orr | farmer | Barbour | record deleted; possibly added in error as it's otherwise identical to previous record |
| William | Orr | farmer | Meikle Aiden | |
| John | Parrott | labourer | Barracks | |
| Duncan | Revy | ploughman | Portkiln | |
| John | Revy | ploughman | Portkiln | |
| Willm | Robertson | Stroul Lodge | ||
| John | Sinclair | labourer | Hill | |
| John | Smith | labourer | Kilcragan | |
| Gilbert | Selkirk | gardener | Parkhead | |
| John | Turner | ferry | Ferryhouse | |
| Neil | Turner | shoemaker | Clynder | |
| Coll | Turner | Craigrownie | ||
| John | Thomson | labourer | Hill | |
| Peter | Wilson | very aged and infirm | Buildings | |
| John | Wilson | ploughman | North Ailey |
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.
