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Saline 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.
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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth FOTHERINGHAM | 1854 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth FOTHERINGHAM | 1855 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| James HARROWER | 1869 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Helen HERRON | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mrs Isabella KEIR | 1883 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann KING or HARROWER | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter LADY | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas MERCER | 1851 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow MORRISON | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth REID or MACDOUGALL | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Bridget SMITH or REILLY | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| John THOMSON | 1865 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jean WRIGHT or RITCHIE | 1874 (2) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BEVERIDGE Sunnybraes, near Saline | Andrew WESTWATER | 24 Jun 1846 | Order now | Dunfermline SC21/4/3 |
| Jane CUNNINGHAM Saline | William MOODIE | 9 Feb 1852 | Order now | Dunfermline SC21/4/3 |
| Janet HAMILTON Saline | James STANHOUSE | 8 Apr 1851 | Order now | Alloa SC64/7/3 |
| Isabella HARLEY Saline | William BOSWELL | 3 Jun 1865 | Order now | Alloa SC64/7/4 |
| Ann MORGAN Drumhead, Saline | Robert DRUMMOND | 11 Dec 1884 Drumhead, Saline | Order now | Dunfermline SC21/4/5 |
| Elizabeth STOBIE Saline | William WALKER | 15 Jun 1880 | Order now | Alloa SC64/7/5 |
| Janet STOBIE Saline | James FOTHERINGHAME | 2 Jun 1840 | Order now | Dunfermline SC21/4/3 |
| Janet STOBIE Saline | William KNOX | 18 May 1851 | Order now | Kinross SC22/46/4 |
| Elizabeth YOUNG Sheardrum, near Saline | Archibald MENZIES | 11 Apr 1851 | Order now | Kinross SC22/46/4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander ANDERSON | 10 July 1858 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| George ANDERSON | 16 May 1870 | Marjory ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Henry ANDERSON | 4 April 1863 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Marjory ANDERSON | 16 August 1874 | Marjory ANDERSON | Find the father |
| David ARMOUR | 2 December 1857 | Isabella ARMOUR | Find the father |
| Frederick BARROWMAN | 25 April 1873 | Jessie BARROWMAN | Find the father |
| Isabella BARROWMAN | 2 July 1863 | Jessie BARROWMAN | Find the father |
| John BARROWMAN | 14 October 1863 | Margaret BARROWMAN | Find the father |
| Andrew BOSWELL | 18 December 1857 | Ann BOSWELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Caroline BOSWELL | 18 April 1870 | Isabella BOSWELL | Find the father |
| Janet BOSWELL | 15 June 1858 | Elizabeth BOSWELL | Find the father |
| Thomas BOSWELL | 29 September 1868 | Mary BOSWELL | Find the father |
| John COUSIN | 5 June 1857 | Margaret COUSIN | Find the father |
| William COUSIN | 12 June 1868 | Elizabeth COUSIN | Find the father |
| Christina CUMMING | 11 October 1864 | Janet CUMMING | Find the father |
| Thomas DOBBIE | 25 August 1865 | Helen DOBBIE | Find the father |
| James DRYSDALE | 6 December 1874 | Euphemia Henderson DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Christina HAMILTON | 12 June 1864 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| James Dick HAMILTON | 27 May 1857 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Margaret HAMILTON | 30 January 1868 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Mary HAMILTON | 18 May 1871 | Janet HAMILTON | Find the father |
| William HAMILTON | 4 September 1855 | Margaret HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Andrew HARLEY | 22 October 1869 | Isabella HARLEY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HARLEY | 3 June 1865 | Isabella HARLEY | Father found |
| Elizabeth HARLEY | 16 March 1872 | Betsy HARLEY | Find the father |
| Isabella HARLEY | 17 November 1871 | Isabella HARLEY | Find the father |
| Jane HARLEY | 9 April 1874 | Isabella HARLEY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HARROWAR | 4 August 1866 | Margaret HARROWAR | Find the father |
| Christina HODGE | 5 January 1857 | Christian HODGE | Find the father |
| James HODGE | 15 February 1861 | Christina HODGE | Find the father |
| Johan HODGE | 25 February 1865 | Christina HODGE | Find the father |
| Marrion Stewart HODGE | 19 June 1859 | Christina HODGE | Find the father |
| Mary HODGE | 23 October 1867 | Joan HODGE | Find the father |
| William HODGE | 24 July 1868 | Christina HODGE | Find the father |
| Charlotte HUNTER | 5 July 1870 | Charlotte HUNTER | Find the father |
| James HUNTER | 3 September 1863 | Ann HUNTER | Find the father |
| Mary HUNTER | 15 February 1863 | Charlotte HUNTER | Find the father |
| Mary HUNTER | 30 November 1864 | Charlotte HUNTER | Find the father |
| William LINDSAY | 29 December 1862 | Jane LINDSAY | Find the father |
| John Alexander MARTIN | 22 November 1868 | Marion MARTIN | Father found |
| John MERCER | 17 February 1869 | Janet MERCER | Find the father |
| Robert MERCER | 5 September 1866 | Isabella MERCER | Find the father |
| Adam MORGAN | 27 June 1855 | Janet MORGAN | Find the father |
| John MORGAN | 21 February 1856 | Mary MORGAN | Find the father |
| Thomas MURRAY | 19 April 1855 | Elisabeth MURRAY | Find the father |
| John NEISH | 1 June 1863 | Margaret NEISH | Find the father |
| Catharine PATERSON | 5 March 1856 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| George PATERSON | 27 August 1865 | Elizabeth PATERSON | Find the father |
| James PATERSON | 11 April 1856 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 20 June 1863 | Elisabeth PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Campbell PATERSON | 24 July 1858 | Margaret PATERSON | Father found |
| Charlotte PEART | 9 September 1865 | Tamar PEART | Find the father |
| David REID | 5 September 1864 | Christian REID | Find the father |
| Andrew ROBERTSON | 27 February 1867 | Euphemia ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David ROBERTSON | 7 August 1863 | Euphemia ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James STARK | 26 April 1867 | Euphemia STARK | Father found |
| James STOBIE | 20 September 1874 | Elizabeth STOBIE | Find the father |
| Margaret STOBIE | 14 January 1869 | Elizabeth STOBIE | Find the father |
| William STOBIE | 7 April 1871 | Jane STOBIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STRACHAN | 26 April 1872 | Lucy STRACHAN | Find the father |
| John STRACHAN | 18 November 1863 | Margaret STRACHAN | Find the father |
| George STRAGANNAN | 11 July 1870 | Anne STRAGANNAN | Find the father |
| James STRONACH | 17 April 1861 | Catharine STRONACH | Find the father |
| Peter TEMPLEMAN | 11 June 1858 | Jean TEMPLEMAN | Find the father |
| Ruth TOSHACK | 25 April 1859 | Isabella TOSHACK | Find the father |
| Ann WARDLAW | 7 January 1865 | Ann WARDLAW | Find the father |
| Ruth WEIR | 14 June 1856 | Ruth WEIR | Find the father |
| John WINTERS | 24 October 1859 | Elizabeth WINTERS | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Robert engine keeper Born about 1825 Married Previous residence: Blair Row, Carnock Chargeable parish: Saline | 1 Mar 1876 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1876 |
| BROWN or MERCER, Jane housewife Born about 1838 Widowed Previous residence: North Road, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 3 Feb 1910 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1909 |
| CAIRNS or MELDRUM, Catherine outdoor worker Widowed Previous residence: Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife | 1876 | |
| COLIGAN or WATT, Catherine Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Greycraig, Steelend, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Catherine Hodge or Colligan Catherine Watt or Coligan | 4 Aug 1909 | Order images (5) | Fife District Asylum | 1902-1906 |
| COLLIGAN or HODGE, Catherine Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Greycraig, Steelend, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Catherine Hodge or Colligan Catherine Watt or Coligan | 4 Aug 1909 | Order images (5) | Fife District Asylum | 1902-1906 |
| DICK, Elizabeth domestic servant Born about 1855 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | 17 Aug 1886 | Order images (2) | Fife Morningside | 1875 |
| DICK, Margaret domestic servant Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Margt Dick | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Stirling | 1876 | |
| DICK, Margt domestic servant Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Margaret Dick | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Stirling | 1876 | |
| DICK, Margt domestic servant Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | Order images (2) | Fife Morningside | 1877 | |
| FOTHERINGHAM, Peter joiner Born about 1841 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | 3 Feb 1906 | Order images (3) | Fife Fife District Asylum Morningside | 1866-1899 |
| GIBSON, Andrew farmer Born about 1813 Single Previous residence: Bankfoot Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife | 1878 | |
| GIBSON, Elizabeth farmer's sister Born about 1815 Single Previous residence: Bankhead Chargeable parish: Saline | 17 Apr 1880 | Order images (2) | Fife Midlothian | 1878-1879 |
| GREEN or MORGAN, Margaret housewife Born about 1857 Married Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | Order images (3) | Dundee Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum | 1892-1895 | |
| HARROWER or SNEDDON, Janet outdoor worker Born about 1815 Widowed Previous residence: Rennieswells, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 16 Sep 1889 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1880 |
| HODGE or COLLIGAN, Catherine Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Greycraig, Steelend, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Catherine Watt or Coligan | 4 Aug 1909 | Order images (5) | Fife District Asylum | 1902-1906 |
| KEIR, James labourer Born about 1845 Married Previous residence: Kinross Chargeable parish: Kinross | 8 Apr 1910 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1880 |
| MCFARLANE or SHAW, Eliza housekeeper Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 12 Nov 1875 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1875 |
| MCGEE or MCKENZIE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGee Elizabeth Mckenzie or Mcghee Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGhie | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MCGHEE or MCKENZIE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGee Elizabeth Mckenzie or Mcghee Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGhie | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MCGHIE or MCKENZIE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGee Elizabeth Mckenzie or Mcghee Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGhie | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MCKENZIE or MCGEE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or Mcghee Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGhie | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MCKENZIE or MCGHEE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGee Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGhie | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MCKENZIE or MCGHIE, Elizabeth Born about 1869 Married Previous residence: Eaton Rows, Bathgate Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Elizabeth Mckenzie or McGee Elizabeth Mckenzie or Mcghee | 7 Jul 1906 | Order images (3) | Ayr District Asylum Fife District Asylum Lanark District | 1898-1906 |
| MELDRUM or CAIRNS, Catherine outdoor worker Widowed Previous residence: Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife | 1876 | |
| MERCER or BROWN, Jane housewife Born about 1838 Widowed Previous residence: North Road, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 3 Feb 1910 | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1909 |
| MORGAN or GREEN, Margaret housewife Born about 1857 Married Previous residence: Dundee Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | Order images (3) | Dundee Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum | 1892-1895 | |
| O'NEIL, Edward furnaceman Born about 1840 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Edward O'Neill | 20 Apr 1884 | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Morningside | 1865-1866 |
| O'NEILL, Edward furnaceman Born about 1840 Single Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Edward O'Neil | 20 Apr 1884 | Order images (2) | Fife And Kinross Morningside | 1865-1866 |
| RODGER or RODGER, Ann station agent's wife Born about 1861 Married Previous residence: Steel-end, near Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Saline | 8 Sep 1928 | Order images (2) | Fife Fife District Asylum | 1896-1900 |
| RODGER or RODGER, Ann station agent's wife Born about 1861 Married Previous residence: Steel-end, near Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Saline | 8 Sep 1928 | Order images (2) | Fife Fife District Asylum | 1896-1900 |
| SCOTT, James baker Born about 1865 Married Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Saline | 9 Feb 1906 | Order images (2) | Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife District Asylum | 1901-1902 |
| SHAW or MCFARLANE, Eliza housekeeper Born about 1811 Widowed Previous residence: Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 12 Nov 1875 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1875 |
| SNEDDON or HARROWER, Janet outdoor worker Born about 1815 Widowed Previous residence: Rennieswells, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | 16 Sep 1889 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1879-1880 |
| STARK, James none Born about 1873 Single Previous residence: Whey Park, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1890 | |
| STEWART, Peter miner Born about 1884 Single Previous residence: 18 Woodside Terrace, Steelend Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife District Asylum | 1913 | |
| STOBIE or STOBIE, Christina labourer's wife, formerly domestic servant Born about 1866 Married Previous residence: Red Row, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Christina Wardlaw Stobie or Stobie | 3 Mar 1908 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1885-1886 |
| STOBIE or STOBIE, Christina labourer's wife, formerly domestic servant Born about 1866 Married Previous residence: Red Row, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Christina Wardlaw Stobie or Stobie | 3 Mar 1908 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1885-1886 |
| STOBIE or STOBIE, Christina Wardlaw labourer's wife, formerly domestic servant Born about 1866 Married Previous residence: Red Row, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Christina Stobie or Stobie | 3 Mar 1908 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1885-1886 |
| STOBIE or STOBIE, Christina Wardlaw labourer's wife, formerly domestic servant Born about 1866 Married Previous residence: Red Row, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Christina Stobie or Stobie | 3 Mar 1908 | Order images (2) | Fife | 1885-1886 |
| STOBIE, John ploughman Born about 1856 Single Previous residence: Higholm, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Saline | Order image (1) | Fife | 1879 | |
| TURNBULL, Ann no occupation Born about 1847 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse Chargeable parish: Saline | 27 Apr 1875 | Order image (1) | Fife | 1874 |
| WATT or COLIGAN, Catherine Born about 1846 Married Previous residence: Greycraig, Steelend, Saline Chargeable parish: Saline Also known as Catherine Hodge or Colligan | 4 Aug 1909 | Order images (5) | Fife District Asylum | 1902-1906 |
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
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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
