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Sorbie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret MCCALLA | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen MCCARDLE or BURNS | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MCCULLOCH | Barleadzen | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Jessie MCLELLAND | 1861 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jessie MCLELLAND | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes RICE | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 McCredie GILLESPIE Garlieston, Sorbie | Thomas MCCLURE | 15 Jun 1870 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/7 |
| Janet MCCREADIE Garliestown, Sorbie | John LITTERICK | 21 May 1887 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Janet MCCULLOCH Sorbie | William HERON | 11 Jun 1852 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/6 |
| Janet MCCULLOCH Barledziew, Sorbie | George MCKIE | 25 Jul 1861 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/7 |
| Mary MCCULLOCH Sorbie | Alexander PARKER | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 | |
| Mary MCCULLOCH Sorbie | William SAWERS | 22 Feb 1882 Sorbie | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Jane MCKEAND Ponton, Sorbie | Stair RENNIE OR RAINIE | 5 Mar 1883 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Agnes MCKIE Sorbie | William THOMPSON | 12 May 1880 Sorbie | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Mary MUIR Palmallet, Sorbie | John HANNAY | 20 Mar 1851 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/6 |
| Helen WILSON Cruggleton, Sorbie | Henry MCHARRIE | 27 Jul 1884 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah BEVERLAND | 21 February 1871 | Margaret BEVERLAND | Find the father |
| Annie BEVERLY | 26 April 1862 | Agnes BEVERLY | Find the father |
| George BLACK | 11 January 1866 | Isabella BLACK | Find the father |
| Mary BLACK | 1 July 1869 | Isabella BLACK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BLANFORD | 8 March 1872 | Margaret BLANFORD | Find the father |
| Susan BRODIE | 4 November 1860 | Isabella Neill BRODIE | Father found |
| Georgina CAMPBELL | 18 May 1865 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Andrew CHRISTIE | 25 April 1866 | Isabella CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James CHRISTIE | 8 November 1865 | Elizabeth CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James CHRISTIE | 6 May 1872 | Agnes CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James CHRISTIE | 19 March 1873 | Isabella CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| John CHRISTIE | 19 April 1868 | Agnes CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Brown CHRISTIE | 29 January 1870 | Agnes CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| William CHRISTIE | 30 April 1874 | Agnes CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Andrew COSH | 26 June 1855 | Isabella COSH | Find the father |
| John COUPETHITE | 17 May 1863 | Agnes COUPETHITE | Find the father |
| Robert Nicholson CRAWFORD | 31 July 1869 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Hannah CUNNINGHAM | 23 February 1858 | Isabella CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| James CUNNINGHAM | 1 November 1855 | Isabella CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| John CUTCHEON | 2 September 1860 | Margaret CUTCHEON | Find the father |
| James John DICK | 18 January 1863 | Margaret DICK | Find the father |
| Joseph DRYSDALE | 27 November 1866 | Mary DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| John DUFFY | 13 September 1865 | Sarah DUFFY | Find the father |
| Andrew DUNSE | 25 May 1873 | Agnes DUNSE | Find the father |
| Jane DUNSE | 5 March 1868 | Agnes DUNSE | Find the father |
| Robert DUNSE | 15 November 1868 | Margaret DUNSE | Father found |
| Jessie EDGAR | 6 June 1871 | Agnes EDGAR | Find the father |
| Joseph EDGAR | 22 December 1858 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| William EDGAR | 6 July 1862 | Margaret EDGAR | Find the father |
| Fanny FARMER | 19 January 1863 | Mary FARMER | Find the father |
| Alexander FORLONE | 7 July 1860 | Jane FORLONE | Find the father |
| Margaret FORLONE | 6 June 1855 | Jean FORLONE | Find the father |
| George GILL | 30 October 1867 | Mary GILL | Find the father |
| Susan GORDON | 8 May 1867 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Maria HANNAH | 15 February 1857 | Elizabeth HANNAH | Find the father |
| Mary Anne HARRISON | 8 October 1857 | Sarah HARRISON | Find the father |
| John HAWKINS | 6 March 1859 | Grace HAWKINS | Find the father |
| Jane HERON | 15 February 1874 | Isabella HERON | Find the father |
| Margaret HERON | 5 January 1873 | Isabella HERON | Find the father |
| Stewart Cunningham HIGHET | 22 November 1873 | Jessie HIGHET | Find the father |
| Stewart HILL | 18 February 1867 | Sarah HILL | Find the father |
| Douglas HOUSTAN | 6 May 1856 | Helen HOUSTAN | Find the father |
| Ebenzier HUGHAN | 3 August 1858 | Christiana HUGHAN | Find the father |
| Herriot HUGHAN | 6 October 1865 | Agnes HUGHAN | Find the father |
| John HUGHES | 15 December 1862 | Annie HUGHES | Find the father |
| John HUGHES | 9 November 1873 | Anne HUGHES | Find the father |
| Peter HUGHES | 25 October 1870 | Annie HUGHES | Find the father |
| William George HUGHES | 31 December 1867 | Annie HUGHES | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes HYSLOP | 13 July 1858 | Elizabeth HYSLOP | Find the father |
| William JAMIESON | 15 October 1856 | Margaret JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Agnes Mccracken JOHNSTON | 28 June 1861 | Catherine JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Jane KELLY | 6 October 1868 | Jane KELLY | Find the father |
| Peter KELLY | 30 May 1874 | Maggie KELLY | Find the father |
| Janet Jane KIE | 1 March 1863 | Margaret KIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jane LITTERICK | 8 February 1870 | Margaret LITTERICK | Find the father |
| Nathaniel LITTLE | 17 October 1859 | Agnes LITTLE | Find the father |
| David MAIR | 19 September 1870 | Margaret MAIR | Find the father |
| Isabella MARTIN | 7 July 1869 | Jane MARTIN | Find the father |
| Robert MCBRYDE | 9 October 1861 | Annie MCBRYDE | Find the father |
| Grace MCCLELLAND | 15 June 1868 | Annie MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Isabella MCCRACKEN | 6 December 1868 | Mary Jane MCCRACKEN | Find the father |
| John MCCUBBIN | 3 December 1873 | Anne MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| Betsey MCCULLOCH | 23 August 1873 | Mary MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Joann MCCULLOCH | 16 May 1864 | Janet MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Robert Alexander MCCULLOCH | 31 October 1868 | Janet MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Mary MCCUTCHEON | 17 January 1863 | Margaret MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| William MCDOWALL | 9 October 1868 | Margaret MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Robert Hugh MCGHEE | 5 June 1874 | Elizabeth MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Isaac MCGILL | 18 March 1865 | Mary MCGILL | Find the father |
| Robert MCGILL | 1 February 1863 | Mary MCGILL | Find the father |
| Helen MCKIE | 13 December 1869 | Helen MCKIE | Find the father |
| John MCKIE | 3 February 1861 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| John MCKIE | 14 April 1867 | Ellen MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCKIE | 20 February 1867 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| Robina MCKIE | 31 October 1865 | Margaret MCKIE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKIE | 3 February 1861 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| Agness MCLAUCHLAN | 20 February 1856 | Agness MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Jane Bigham MCMEEKAN | 26 December 1867 | Mary Ann MCMEEKAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MCNAIR | 8 September 1863 | Agnes MCNAIR | Find the father |
| William MCNAIR | 21 January 1860 | Agnes MCNAIR | Find the father |
| Agnes Garroch MILLIGAN | 12 February 1873 | Elizabeth MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| James MITCHEL | 15 June 1874 | Jane MITCHEL | Find the father |
| Robert MITCHEL | 27 January 1870 | Agnes MITCHEL | Find the father |
| Alexander MITCHELL | 15 November 1865 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Annie MITCHELL | 27 October 1856 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jane MITCHELL | 25 July 1866 | Nancy MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Margaret MONTGOMERY | 4 December 1873 | Elizabeth MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| Martha MOORE | 30 January 1864 | Martha MOORE | Find the father |
| Annie MURPHIE | 2 February 1862 | Mary MURPHIE | Find the father |
| Annie MURPHY | 24 July 1860 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Jeanie MURPHY | 29 November 1870 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Margaret MURPHY | 15 May 1857 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Mary MURPHY | 11 January 1867 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| Sarah MURPHY | 23 March 1868 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| William MURPHY | 11 March 1864 | Mary MURPHY | Find the father |
| James NEIL | 19 June 1874 | Jane NEIL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth O'NAIL | 19 June 1857 | Mary O'NAIL | Find the father |
| Sarah O'NEIL | 6 February 1855 | Mary O'NEIL | Find the father |
| Janet POTTS | 20 December 1869 | Agnes POTTS | Find the father |
| James Stewart RANIE | 27 March 1858 | Margaret RANIE | Find the father |
| Sarah Agnes RICE | 2 June 1862 | Sarah RICE | Father found |
| Agnew SKIMMING | 10 October 1864 | Elizabeth SKIMMING | Father found |
| Andrew SLOAN | 31 October 1865 | Jane SLOAN | Find the father |
| John Hill SMITH | 11 July 1874 | Isabella SMITH | Find the father |
| Robina Lochrie SMITH | 30 September 1871 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 10 November 1855 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Annie TAIG | 26 July 1856 | Helen TAIG | Find the father |
| Jessie THOMSON | 1 March 1864 | Jess THOMSON | Father found |
| John THOMSON | 16 August 1858 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth THORBURN | 26 May 1865 | Mary THORBURN | Find the father |
| Isabella WALLS | 11 April 1874 | Agnes WALLS | Find the father |
| John Alexander WHIBBY | 5 May 1867 | Catharine WHIBBY | Find the father |
| Agnes Elizabeth WHITBY | 16 January 1873 | Mary WHITBY | Find the father |
| Thomas WHITBY | 9 August 1871 | Catharine WHITBY | Find the father |
| John WHITE | 16 April 1867 | Agnes WHITE | Find the father |
| David WRIGHT | 14 February 1866 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Joan WRIGHT | 2 February 1872 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| John WRIGHT | 9 May 1863 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Mary Jane WRIGHT | 3 March 1868 | Mary WRIGHT | Father found |
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.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
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.
