Rousay and Egilshay parish records
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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.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John CORSIE | 5 July 1855 | Mary CORSIE | Find the father |
| Betsy COUPER | 11 October 1869 | Betsy COUPER | Find the father |
| James CRAIGIE | 24 June 1870 | Mary CRAIGIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jessie CRAIGIE | 17 May 1872 | Mary CRAIGIE | Find the father |
| Thomas CRAIGIE | 22 July 1866 | Mary CRAIGIE | Find the father |
| William LOGIE | 11 February 1864 | Betsy LOGIE | Find the father |
| John MAINLAND | 25 December 1869 | Mary MAINLAND | Find the father |
| Robert MAINLAND | 14 June 1868 | Mary MAINLAND | Find the father |
| Alexander Learmonth REID | 19 June 1862 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Robert SABISTON | 8 December 1867 | Mary SABISTON | Find the father |
| Alexina Louttit SINCLAIR | 17 October 1872 | Mary SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Peterina Elizabeth SMITH | 5 May 1857 | Elizabeth SMITH | 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
