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Records -> Wigtonshire

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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
Margaret MCCALLA 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen MCCARDLE or BURNS 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John MCCULLOCH Barleadzen1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jessie MCLELLAND 1861 (3)Order imagesRefused
Jessie MCLELLAND 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Agnes RICE 1878 (2)Order imagesRefused (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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Margaret McCredie GILLESPIE
Garlieston, Sorbie
Thomas MCCLURE15 Jun 1870Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/7
Janet MCCREADIE
Garliestown, Sorbie
John LITTERICK21 May 1887Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Janet MCCULLOCH
Sorbie
William HERON11 Jun 1852Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/6
Janet MCCULLOCH
Barledziew, Sorbie
George MCKIE25 Jul 1861Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/7
Mary MCCULLOCH
Sorbie
Alexander PARKEROrder nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Mary MCCULLOCH
Sorbie
William SAWERS22 Feb 1882
Sorbie
Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Jane MCKEAND
Ponton, Sorbie
Stair RENNIE OR RAINIE5 Mar 1883Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Agnes MCKIE
Sorbie
William THOMPSON12 May 1880
Sorbie
Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/9
Mary MUIR
Palmallet, Sorbie
John HANNAY20 Mar 1851Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/6
Helen WILSON
Cruggleton, Sorbie
Henry MCHARRIE27 Jul 1884Order nowWigtown
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Hannah BEVERLAND21 February 1871Margaret BEVERLANDFind the father
Annie BEVERLY26 April 1862Agnes BEVERLYFind the father
George BLACK11 January 1866Isabella BLACKFind the father
Mary BLACK1 July 1869Isabella BLACKFind the father
Elizabeth BLANFORD8 March 1872Margaret BLANFORDFind the father
Susan BRODIE4 November 1860Isabella Neill BRODIEFather found
Georgina CAMPBELL18 May 1865Mary CAMPBELLFind the father
Andrew CHRISTIE25 April 1866Isabella CHRISTIEFind the father
James CHRISTIE8 November 1865Elizabeth CHRISTIEFind the father
James CHRISTIE6 May 1872Agnes CHRISTIEFind the father
James CHRISTIE19 March 1873Isabella CHRISTIEFind the father
John CHRISTIE19 April 1868Agnes CHRISTIEFind the father
Margaret Brown CHRISTIE29 January 1870Agnes CHRISTIEFind the father
William CHRISTIE30 April 1874Agnes CHRISTIEFind the father
Andrew COSH26 June 1855Isabella COSHFind the father
John COUPETHITE17 May 1863Agnes COUPETHITEFind the father
Robert Nicholson CRAWFORD31 July 1869Elizabeth CRAWFORDFind the father
Hannah CUNNINGHAM23 February 1858Isabella CUNNINGHAMFind the father
James CUNNINGHAM1 November 1855Isabella CUNNINGHAMFind the father
John CUTCHEON2 September 1860Margaret CUTCHEONFind the father
James John DICK18 January 1863Margaret DICKFind the father
Joseph DRYSDALE27 November 1866Mary DRYSDALEFind the father
John DUFFY13 September 1865Sarah DUFFYFind the father
Andrew DUNSE25 May 1873Agnes DUNSEFind the father
Jane DUNSE5 March 1868Agnes DUNSEFind the father
Robert DUNSE15 November 1868Margaret DUNSEFather found
Jessie EDGAR6 June 1871Agnes EDGARFind the father
Joseph EDGAR22 December 1858Margaret EDGARFind the father
William EDGAR6 July 1862Margaret EDGARFind the father
Fanny FARMER19 January 1863Mary FARMERFind the father
Alexander FORLONE7 July 1860Jane FORLONEFind the father
Margaret FORLONE6 June 1855Jean FORLONEFind the father
George GILL30 October 1867Mary GILLFind the father
Susan GORDON8 May 1867Jane GORDONFind the father
Maria HANNAH15 February 1857Elizabeth HANNAHFind the father
Mary Anne HARRISON8 October 1857Sarah HARRISONFind the father
John HAWKINS6 March 1859Grace HAWKINSFind the father
Jane HERON15 February 1874Isabella HERONFind the father
Margaret HERON5 January 1873Isabella HERONFind the father
Stewart Cunningham HIGHET22 November 1873Jessie HIGHETFind the father
Stewart HILL18 February 1867Sarah HILLFind the father
Douglas HOUSTAN6 May 1856Helen HOUSTANFind the father
Ebenzier HUGHAN3 August 1858Christiana HUGHANFind the father
Herriot HUGHAN6 October 1865Agnes HUGHANFind the father
John HUGHES15 December 1862Annie HUGHESFind the father
John HUGHES9 November 1873Anne HUGHESFind the father
Peter HUGHES25 October 1870Annie HUGHESFind the father
William George HUGHES31 December 1867Annie HUGHESFind the father
Mary Agnes HYSLOP13 July 1858Elizabeth HYSLOPFind the father
William JAMIESON15 October 1856Margaret JAMIESONFind the father
Agnes Mccracken JOHNSTON28 June 1861Catherine JOHNSTONFind the father
Jane KELLY6 October 1868Jane KELLYFind the father
Peter KELLY30 May 1874Maggie KELLYFind the father
Janet Jane KIE1 March 1863Margaret KIEFind the father
Elizabeth Jane LITTERICK8 February 1870Margaret LITTERICKFind the father
Nathaniel LITTLE17 October 1859Agnes LITTLEFind the father
David MAIR19 September 1870Margaret MAIRFind the father
Isabella MARTIN7 July 1869Jane MARTINFind the father
Robert MCBRYDE9 October 1861Annie MCBRYDEFind the father
Grace MCCLELLAND15 June 1868Annie MCCLELLANDFind the father
Isabella MCCRACKEN6 December 1868Mary Jane MCCRACKENFind the father
John MCCUBBIN3 December 1873Anne MCCUBBINFind the father
Betsey MCCULLOCH23 August 1873Mary MCCULLOCHFind the father
Joann MCCULLOCH16 May 1864Janet MCCULLOCHFind the father
Robert Alexander MCCULLOCH31 October 1868Janet MCCULLOCHFind the father
Mary MCCUTCHEON17 January 1863Margaret MCCUTCHEONFind the father
William MCDOWALL9 October 1868Margaret MCDOWALLFind the father
Robert Hugh MCGHEE5 June 1874Elizabeth MCGHEEFind the father
Isaac MCGILL18 March 1865Mary MCGILLFind the father
Robert MCGILL1 February 1863Mary MCGILLFind the father
Helen MCKIE13 December 1869Helen MCKIEFind the father
John MCKIE3 February 1861Agnes MCKIEFind the father
John MCKIE14 April 1867Ellen MCKIEFind the father
Mary MCKIE20 February 1867Agnes MCKIEFind the father
Robina MCKIE31 October 1865Margaret MCKIEFind the father
Thomas MCKIE3 February 1861Agnes MCKIEFind the father
Agness MCLAUCHLAN20 February 1856Agness MCLAUCHLANFind the father
Jane Bigham MCMEEKAN26 December 1867Mary Ann MCMEEKANFind the father
Catherine MCNAIR8 September 1863Agnes MCNAIRFind the father
William MCNAIR21 January 1860Agnes MCNAIRFind the father
Agnes Garroch MILLIGAN12 February 1873Elizabeth MILLIGANFind the father
James MITCHEL15 June 1874Jane MITCHELFind the father
Robert MITCHEL27 January 1870Agnes MITCHELFind the father
Alexander MITCHELL15 November 1865Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Annie MITCHELL27 October 1856Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Jane MITCHELL25 July 1866Nancy MITCHELLFind the father
Margaret MONTGOMERY4 December 1873Elizabeth MONTGOMERYFind the father
Martha MOORE30 January 1864Martha MOOREFind the father
Annie MURPHIE2 February 1862Mary MURPHIEFind the father
Annie MURPHY24 July 1860Mary MURPHYFind the father
Jeanie MURPHY29 November 1870Mary MURPHYFind the father
Margaret MURPHY15 May 1857Mary MURPHYFind the father
Mary MURPHY11 January 1867Mary MURPHYFind the father
Sarah MURPHY23 March 1868Mary MURPHYFind the father
William MURPHY11 March 1864Mary MURPHYFind the father
James NEIL19 June 1874Jane NEILFind the father
Elizabeth O'NAIL19 June 1857Mary O'NAILFind the father
Sarah O'NEIL6 February 1855Mary O'NEILFind the father
Janet POTTS20 December 1869Agnes POTTSFind the father
James Stewart RANIE27 March 1858Margaret RANIEFind the father
Sarah Agnes RICE2 June 1862Sarah RICEFather found
Agnew SKIMMING10 October 1864Elizabeth SKIMMINGFather found
Andrew SLOAN31 October 1865Jane SLOANFind the father
John Hill SMITH11 July 1874Isabella SMITHFind the father
Robina Lochrie SMITH30 September 1871Elizabeth SMITHFind the father
James STEWART10 November 1855Mary STEWARTFind the father
Annie TAIG26 July 1856Helen TAIGFind the father
Jessie THOMSON1 March 1864Jess THOMSONFather found
John THOMSON16 August 1858Margaret THOMSONFind the father
Elizabeth THORBURN26 May 1865Mary THORBURNFind the father
Isabella WALLS11 April 1874Agnes WALLSFind the father
John Alexander WHIBBY5 May 1867Catharine WHIBBYFind the father
Agnes Elizabeth WHITBY16 January 1873Mary WHITBYFind the father
Thomas WHITBY9 August 1871Catharine WHITBYFind the father
John WHITE16 April 1867Agnes WHITEFind the father
David WRIGHT14 February 1866Mary WRIGHTFind the father
Joan WRIGHT2 February 1872Mary WRIGHTFind the father
John WRIGHT9 May 1863Mary WRIGHTFind the father
Mary Jane WRIGHT3 March 1868Mary WRIGHTFather 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.


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