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Slains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/480/6 | Minutes Includes accounts and mortcloth dues | 1773-1817 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/7 | Minutes Includes accounts and poor payments | 1817-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/8 | Minutes | 1840-1867 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/10 | Baptismal register | 1875-1935 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/11 | Marriage register | 1855-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/13 | Communion roll | 1866-1868 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/14 | Communion roll | 1869-1874 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/15 | Communion roll | 1875-1882 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/16 | Communion roll | 1883-1888 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/17 | Communion roll | 1889-1894 | Request lookup |
| CH2/480/18 | Communion roll | 1895-1900 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William CRUIKSHANK | 1857 (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.
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew ANDERSON | 25 April 1860 | Jane ANDERSON | Find the father |
| George ARTHUR | 21 June 1857 | Isabella ARTHUR | Find the father |
| James ARTHUR | 18 March 1861 | Isabella ARTHUR | Find the father |
| John BEVERLY | 28 December 1859 | Ann BEVERLY | Find the father |
| Thomas BOWMAN | 26 February 1863 | Jessie BOWMAN | Find the father |
| Jane BURNETT | 20 April 1855 | Jane BURNETT | Find the father |
| Jane King BUTHLAY | 13 March 1866 | Margaret BUTHLAY | Find the father |
| John King BUTHLAY | 15 August 1863 | Margaret BUTHLAY | Find the father |
| James CROMBIE | 6 December 1867 | Mary CROMBIE | Find the father |
| William CROMBIE | 23 October 1867 | Helen CROMBIE | Find the father |
| Alexander CRUICKSHANK | 5 May 1868 | Mary CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| David CRUICKSHANK | 15 April 1863 | Mary CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Mary CRUICKSHANK | 4 July 1864 | Mary CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Susan CRUICKSHANK | 12 May 1864 | Margaret CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| William Alexander DAVIDSON | 20 December 1862 | Helen Ann DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DONALDSON | 21 May 1866 | Harriet DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Eliza Ann FORREST | 3 August 1869 | Margaret FORREST | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GORDON | 4 December 1869 | Christian GORDON | Find the father |
| John GORDON | 10 July 1858 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Watson GRAY | 29 October 1862 | Jane GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane HIRD | 1 November 1868 | Margaret HIRD | Find the father |
| James HOGG | 3 April 1868 | Christina HOGG | Find the father |
| John Wiseman HOGG | 19 August 1857 | Margaret HOGG | Find the father |
| Mary Elizabeth JOHNSTON | 15 November 1867 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Thomas KING | 14 December 1865 | Isabella KING | Find the father |
| Ann LAWRENCE | 28 March 1859 | Amelia LAWRENCE | Find the father |
| Bathia Hardie LOGIE | 4 May 1859 | Amelia Keith LOGIE | Find the father |
| John MACCRIE | 8 November 1865 | Margaret MACCRIE | Find the father |
| John Crawford MACKENZIE | 22 May 1858 | Elizabeth MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MARR | 12 September 1855 | Jane MARR | Find the father |
| Christian MORGAN | 14 November 1861 | Elizabeth MORGAN | Find the father |
| Jessie MORGAN | 10 June 1857 | Elizabeth MORGAN | Find the father |
| Mary Jane Mutch MORGAN | 13 October 1860 | Jane MORGAN | Find the father |
| William MORGAN | 17 May 1855 | Elisabeth MORGAN | Find the father |
| Jane MUNRO | 26 May 1861 | Jane MUNRO | Find the father |
| Mary Ann RIOCH | 4 February 1861 | Susan RIOCH | Find the father |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | 6 June 1867 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROGER | 10 January 1861 | Elspet ROGER | Find the father |
| William ROGER | 10 December 1865 | Elspet ROGER | Find the father |
| Alexander SIM | 24 January 1863 | Isabella SIM | Find the father |
| Jessie SIM | 11 February 1867 | Jane SIM | Find the father |
| Jessie Low SLESSOR | 22 November 1869 | Mary SLESSOR | Find the father |
| Agnes TAYLOR | 24 July 1866 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Jane TAYLOR | 5 May 1865 | Jane TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Isabella WALKER | 23 November 1868 | Agnes WALKER | Find the father |
| Isabella Adamson WALKER | 29 November 1863 | Barbara WALKER | Find the father |
| Isabella Morrison WALKER | 5 July 1863 | Agnes WALKER | Find the father |
| William WALKER | 23 December 1862 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| James WILLIAMSON | 10 August 1856 | Barbara WILLIAMSON | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George | Muir | member of session | ||
| James | Dickie | member of session | ||
| John | Brown | member of session | ||
| John | Clark | member of session | ||
| William | Bruce | member of session | ||
| Alexander | Bean | Lousielaw | ||
| Alexander | Cromar | Mill Of Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Dugald | Waterside | ||
| Alexr | Jamieson | Smiddyhill | ||
| Alexr | Jamieson | Smiddyhill | ||
| Alexr | Kennedy | Mickle Moss | ||
| Alexander | King | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | King | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Lesslie | Crawley | ||
| Alexander | Mackie | Colliston | ||
| Alexr | Mcdonald | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Paul | Belscamphie | ||
| Alexr | Sangster | Knaperna | ||
| Alexr | Sangster | Little Colliston | ||
| Alexr | Simpson | Mill Of Brogan | ||
| Alexander | Thom | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Alexander | Watson | Kirkton | ||
| Andrew | Johnston | Ogston | ||
| Andrew | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Andrew | King | Colliston | ||
| Andrew | Mitchell | Mudhole | ||
| Andrew | Robb | Mains Of Leask | ||
| Andrew | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Basil | Mackie | Smiddyhill | ||
| Charles | Duncan | Mountpleasant | ||
| Charles | Robertson | Cothill | ||
| Charles | Sangster | Little Colliston | ||
| Charles | Shand | Nether Leask | ||
| Charles | Sim | Upper Brownhill | ||
| Charles | Smith | Whitefields | ||
| David | Watson | Crawley | ||
| Donald | Lamont | Waterside | ||
| Geo | Anderson | Auchnabo | ||
| Geo | Anderson | Alehousehill | ||
| Geo | Dalgarno | Blackhill | ||
| George | Donald | Nether Brownhill | ||
| George | Gordon | Crawley Cottage | ||
| George | Gray | Mickle Slains | ||
| George | Hardie | Knaperna | ||
| George | Hardie | Knaperna | ||
| George | Imlay | Colliston | ||
| George | Leask | Haddo | ||
| George | Mitchell | Colliston | ||
| George | Mitchell | Collier Row | ||
| George | Pirie | Little Colliston | ||
| George | Robertson | Colliston | ||
| George | Sangster | Byreless | ||
| George | Sim | Knapperna | ||
| George | Tough | Colliston | ||
| George | Walker | Colliston | ||
| George | Walker | Colliston | ||
| George | Wallace | Upper Brownhill | address changed from Mill of Brogan (apparently originally an error) | |
| George | Wilkinson | Mill Of Brogan | ||
| Giles | Adamson | Milltown Of Leask | ||
| Hector | Mackie | Milltown Of Colliston | ||
| James | Barclay | Milltown Of Colliston | ||
| James | Burd | Feu | ||
| James | Buthlay | Colliston | ||
| James | Cormack | Old Castle | ||
| James | Cruickshank | Broadmuir | ||
| James | Davidson | Old Castle | ||
| James | Gray | Old Castle | ||
| James | Gray | Mickle Slains | ||
| James | Hay | Colliston | ||
| James | Henderson | Kirkton | ||
| James | Leith | Old Clochtow | ||
| James | Massie | Hillhead | ||
| James | Mcbey | Kingston | ||
| James | Milne | Milltown Of Leask | ||
| James | Philip | Colliston | ||
| James | Rainnie | Feu | ||
| James | Rainnie | New Clochtow | ||
| James | Ritchie | Colliston | ||
| James | Ross | Little Colliston | ||
| James | Sangster | Knapperna | ||
| James | Taylor | New Clochtow | ||
| James | Walker | Colliston | ||
| James | Watson | New Clochtow | ||
| John | Allan | Broadleyhill | ||
| John | Arthur | Mains Of Leask | ||
| John | Bean | Mickle Moss | ||
| John | Bean | Mickle Moss | ||
| John | Buthlay | Colliston | ||
| John | Cormack | Old Castle | ||
| John | Cormack | Old Castle | ||
| John | Cruickshank | Broadleyhill | ||
| John | Duncan | Old Clochtow | + beside name | |
| John | Flann | Colliston | ||
| John | Gray | Auchnabo | ||
| John | Kennedy | Mickle Moss | ||
| John | King | Colliston | ||
| John | King | Colliston | ||
| John | Leith | Alehousehill | ||
| John | Ligertwood | Hackhill$ | ||
| John | Mckenzie | Pitlurg | ||
| J W | Patterson | Kingston | ||
| John | Paul | Furvie | ||
| John | Philip | Old Castle | ||
| John | Pirie | Blackhill | ||
| John | Ritchie | Colliston | ||
| John | Robertson | Belscamphie | ||
| John | Sangster | Colliston | ||
| John | Sangster | Little Colliston | ||
| John | Sangster | Ward | ||
| John | Singer | Cothill | ||
| John | Walker | Colliston | ||
| John | Walker | Colliston | ||
| John | Webster | Blackhill | ||
| John | Muir | Milltown Of Leask | ||
| Peter | Dalgarno | Cothill | ||
| Peter | Hay | Milltown Of Colliston | ||
| Peter | Walker | Auchmade | ||
| Philip | Kennedy | Byreless | ||
| Robert | Bowman | Woodend | ||
| Robert | Buthlay | Colliston | ||
| Robert | Duncan | Mountpleasant | ||
| Robert | Robertson | Kingston | ||
| Robert | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Robert | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Robert | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Silvester | Scrogie | Colliston | ||
| Thomas | Bowman | Bogbrae | ||
| Thomas | Bowman | Bogbrae | ||
| Thomas | Kennedy | Byreless | ||
| Thomas | King | Colliston | ||
| Thomas | King | Colliston | + beside name | |
| Thomas | Low | New Clochtow | ||
| Thomas | Ritchie | Whiteness | ||
| Thomas | Robertson | Colliston | ||
| Thomas | Sangster | Mill Of Brogan | ||
| Thomas | Sangster | Ogston | ||
| Thomas | Sim | Mains Of Leask | ||
| Thomas | Simpson | Mickle Slains | ||
| Thomas | Thoirs | Feu | ||
| Thomas | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Thomas | Walker | Colliston | ||
| Thomas | Walker | Colliston | ||
| William | Anderson | Bogbrae | ||
| William | Bean | Colliston | ||
| William | Black | Crawley Cottage | ||
| William | Buthlay | Colliston | ||
| William | Craik | Auchnabo | ||
| William | Cruickshank | Wardlaw's Close | ||
| William | Donaldson | Cornhill | ||
| William | Duncan | Broadleyhill | x next to name | |
| William | Hay | Moss Farm | ||
| William | Marr | Mill Of Brogan | ||
| William | Milne | Auchnabo | ||
| William | Morgan | Lousielaw | ||
| William | Rae | Mains Of Leask | ||
| William | Robertson | Colliston | ||
| William | Sangster | Little Colliston | ||
| William | Sangster | Bridgend | ||
| William | Sangster | Brownhill | ||
| William | Skeen | Auchnabo | ||
| William | Skeen | Brogan | ||
| William | Snell | Old Clochtow |
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.
