Looking for a Scottish Ancestor?

South Ronaldsay parish 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.

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.

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
  • £10 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
Betsy ANALL 1851-1852 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow F ANDERSON 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused
James BANKS 1874 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander BROWN 1868-1869 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Frances CLOUSTON or TULLOCH 1861 (2)Order imagesRefused
Betsy CORMACK 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
John CROMARTY 1860-1861 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann Grant DICKIE 1868 (2)Order imagesRefused
Helen DUFF or SINCLAIR 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen DUNCAN 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jean FLAWS 1862 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret FLETT or BUDGE 1861 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Ann GOW or SUTHERLAND 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Alexander GRANT 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth N GRANT 1862 (2)Order imagesRefused
Alexander GROAT 1849 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Alexander GROAT 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 485 1849
Alexander GROAT 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander GROAT 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 75 and 513 1851
Alexander GROAT 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused
Alexander GROAT 1864 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Ann GROAT or DICKIE 1869 (3)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth GROAT 1871 (2)Order imagesRefused
Helen HARPER 1868 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Helen INNES or PETRIE 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused
Thomas JAMIESON 1859 (2)Order imagesRefused
Ann JOHNSTON 1863 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Barbara KNIGHT 1851 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William KNIGHT 1851 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William KNIGHT 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 88 1851
James LAUGHTON 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused - informal
Widow Isabella MACDONALD 1850 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jessie MACKAY or LAUGHTON 1851 (4)Order imagesMinute issued
Widow Jessie MACKAY or LAUGHTON 1867 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Elspet MATCHES 1862 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Hugh MCKAY 1862 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jessie MCKAY or LAUGHTON 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John NORQUAY 1857 (3)Order imagesReconsideration - increase not sufficient
Clementina ROSS 1851 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Philas ROSS 1862 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary SIME or WYLIE 1853 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Barbara SUTHERLAND 1862 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John SUTHERLAND 1851 (5)Order imagesMinute issued
Widow Barbara THOMSON 1852 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jessie THOMSON 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused
James TOMISON 1865 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret WILLIS 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret WYLLIE 1853 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow William WYLLIE 1853 (6)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

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. For births outwith this period, click here.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
John Wards ALLAN6 May 1865Mary ALLANFind the father
Jane Sutherland ANDERSON18 November 1872Jessie ANDERSONFind the father
Mary Ann Mc Ray ANDERSON28 January 1866Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
Samuel Wylie ANDERSON29 September 1872Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
Thomas Guthrie ANDERSON30 October 1856Mary ANDERSONFind the father
Elizabeth Esson ANNAL13 October 1873Mary ANNALFind the father
Gilbert Thomson ANNAL1 January 1870Catharine ANNALFind the father
James Henry Allan ANNAL19 May 1869Jane ANNALFind the father
William Ann ANNAL27 January 1868Jessie Royang ANNALFind the father
Mary Trail BANKS31 May 1868Williamina BANKSFind the father
John Kenneth Sutherland BRUCE4 December 1871Betsy BRUCEFind the father
William Dunnet BRUCE11 August 1863Jane BRUCEFind the father
William Johnston CHALMERS3 January 1874Georgina Johnston CHALMERSFind the father
Mary Jane DEARNESS13 August 1873Jane DEARNESSFind the father
Alexina Spense ESSON6 March 1868Ann ESSONFind the father
Elizabeth Martin ESSON23 March 1871Barbara ESSONFind the father
George FLAWS30 December 1872Ellen Budge FLAWSFind the father
Jane Duncan GROAT2 November 1863Isabella GROATFind the father
Jemima GUNN15 August 1862Ann GUNNFind the father
James Norquay GUTHRIE4 July 1866Mary GUTHRIEFind the father
John Sutherland GUTHRIE8 November 1870Mary A. GUTHRIEFind the father
Mary Ann GUTHRIE16 August 1865Barbara GUTHRIEFind the father
Peter Mc Laren GUTHRIE20 September 1866Jane GUTHRIEFind the father
James S. Watters HENDERSON27 December 1863Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
Alfred Gray LEITH10 May 1856Margaret C. LEITHFind the father
John LOUTTIT9 June 1873Mary LOUTTITFind the father
Jane Park MCKAY15 July 1862Betsy MCKAYFind the father
Alexander Suthd. MCKENZIE22 June 1869Jessie MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCKINLAY6 February 1874Ann MCKINLAYFind the father
William James MILLAR8 April 1862Margaret MILLARFind the father
William Tulloch NICHOLSON28 December 1867Ann S. NICHOLSONFind the father
Charles More NORQUAY11 May 1866Jane NORQUAYFind the father
James NORQUAY12 April 1869Eliza Currie NORQUAYFind the father
James Kirk NORQUAY18 May 1869Jane NORQUAYFind the father
James Mowat NORQUAY1 January 1871Betsy NORQUAYFind the father
Mary NORQUAY14 June 1870Jane NORQUAYFind the father
William Bruce NORQUAY22 November 1869Jane NORQUAYFind the father
John Taylor OMAND11 January 1869Sarah OMANDFind the father
Betsy Nicholson PARK19 June 1870Margaret PARKFind the father
Johan PARK14 October 1868Jane PARKFind the father
Ann Sinclair PETRIE9 June 1858Barbara PETRIEFind the father
John Cormack PETRIE9 June 1870Isabella PETRIEFind the father
Wilhelmina Jessie Norquay PETRIE10 August 1874Wilhelmina PETRIEFind the father
Margaret Clyne RITCHIE24 November 1871Margaret RITCHIEFind the father
Alexander Crae ROBERTSON13 August 1872Hellen ROBERTSONFind the father
Alexander Shaw ROSIE17 January 1869Betsy ROSIEFind the father
Eliza Pottinger ROSIE15 October 1865Helen ROSIEFind the father
Margaret Tait ROSIE18 January 1872Margaret ROSIEFind the father
Ann Thomson ROSS11 June 1857Christina ROSSFind the father
Jemima Bruce ROSS12 September 1864Christina ROSSFind the father
Barbara Gunn SCOTT15 May 1874Jane Berston SCOTTFind the father
William Alexander SCOTT5 August 1870May SCOTTFind the father
Barbara Graham SINCLAIR13 May 1855Margaret SINCLAIRFind the father
Isaac Park SINCLAIR7 May 1874Catharine SINCLAIRFind the father
Robert Kirkness SINCLAIR1 March 1863Elizabeth SINCLAIRFind the father
William SINCLAIR10 March 1874Betsy SINCLAIRFind the father
William Wylie SINCLAIR4 September 1869Barbara SINCLAIRFind the father
Peter Annal STENTON20 September 1859Mary STENTONFind the father
Ann Mc Iver SUTHERLAND8 December 1855Barbara SUTHERLANDFind the father
Barbara SUTHERLAND17 January 1864Barbara SUTHERLANDFind the father
Isabella Ann Elizabeth Mc Ray SUTHERLAND16 January 1866Esther SUTHERLANDFind the father
James SUTHERLAND17 January 1864Barbara SUTHERLANDFind the father
John Budge SUTHERLAND22 October 1864Sinclair SUTHERLANDFind the father
John Bruce TAYLOR12 February 1857Jane Taylor Or WALLSFind the father
John Coole THOMSON7 July 1870Betsy THOMSONFind the father
Ann TOMISON21 November 1858Ann TOMISONFind the father
Barbara Annal TOMISON18 April 1872Sarah TOMISONFind the father
Daniel Guthrie Bruce WALLS13 March 1866Jane WALLSFind the father
Margaret Guthrie Sutherland WALLS17 November 1874Jane WALLSFind the father
William Bruce WALLS18 August 1863Jane WALLSFind the father
James WARDS19 November 1869Felis WARDSFind the father
David Watt WOOLRIDGE4 September 1859Sarah WOOLRIDGEFind the father
Alexander WYLIE11 November 1869Eliza WYLIEFind the father
Ann WYLIE29 August 1857Jessie WYLIEFind the father
James Copland WYLIE10 July 1869Isabella WYLIEFind the father
Margaret WYLIE5 November 1867Betsy WYLIEFind the father
William WYLIE5 February 1873Jessie WYLIEFind the father
William Bews WYLIE10 September 1867Barbara WYLIEFind the father
James Rorie WYLLIE22 January 1866Christina WYLLIEFind 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.

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