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Saint Fergus records

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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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/639/1Minutes and accounts
Includes poor rolls		1729-1748Request lookup
CH2/639/2Minutes and accounts
Includes mortcloth dues		1749-1790Request lookup
CH2/639/3Minutes1803-1825Request lookup
CH2/639/4Minutes and accounts1828-1872Request lookup
CH2/639/6Accounts 1785-1835 (includes proclamations and mortcloths)
Minutes 1790-1835
Includes poor rolls		1785-1835Request lookup
CH2/639/7Accounts
Includes proclamations and mortcloths, and poor payments		1835-1873Request lookup
CH2/639/8Accounts
Includes school fee payments		1873-1904Request lookup
CH2/639/16Treasurer's book
Includes poor payments and mortcloth dues		1845-1846Request lookup
CH2/639/17Treasurer's book
Includes poor payments and mortcloth dues		1846-1851Request lookup
CH2/639/18Treasurer's book
Includes mortcloth dues and poor payments		1854-1868Request lookup
CH2/639/19Accounts of Alexander Clark's legacy
Poor payments		1863-1885Request lookup
CH2/639/20Communion roll1846Request lookup
CH2/639/21Communion roll
Includes rolls of young communicants, and rolls of communicants from other parishes (Longside, Lonmay, Crimond and Peterhead)		1856-1880Request lookup
CH2/639/22Communion roll1881-1895Request lookup
CH2/639/25Marriage procalamations1875-1891Request lookup
CH2/639/26Disjunction certificates
Certificates give destination parish		1863-1866Request lookup
CH2/639/28Disjunctions and admissions
Admissions give parish of origin, many disjunctions give destination parish		1844-1854Request 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:
  • £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
Christina ADAMS 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Isabella BUCHAN 1850 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret GAVIN Dunochie1845-1846 (2)Order imagesRefused
William GAVIN 1845-1846 (2)Order imagesRefused
Ann HERD 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused

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 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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Jane ADAM4 November 1856Jane ADAMFind the father
Alexander ADIE29 May 1861Ann ADIEFind the father
Robert ANDERSON2 November 1872Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
James BAGRIE29 July 1869Marjory BAGRIEFind the father
George BANNERMAN14 October 1859Jane BANNERMANFind the father
Susan BAXTER23 November 1862Jane BAXTERFind the father
William BAXTER13 July 1871Margaret BAXTERFind the father
Robertson BISSET30 October 1866Barbara BISSETFind the father
James Mitchell BRUCE6 May 1874Harriet BRUCEFind the father
George BUCHAN13 November 1863Mary BUCHANFind the father
Margaret BUCHAN13 May 1856Jessie BUCHANFind the father
Sarah CARMICHAEL12 June 1869Margaret CARMICHAELFind the father
Catharine Rennie CHARLES5 July 1866Mary CHARLESFind the father
George CHARLES28 April 1868Mary CHARLESFind the father
Jane CHARLES22 June 1871Mary CHARLESFind the father
Margaret Ann CLARK24 October 1860Ann CLARKFind the father
Sarah CRUDEN20 July 1870Sarah CRUDENFind the father
Jessie Mess CRUICKSHANK8 August 1861Ann CRUICKSHANKFind the father
Alexandrina Jane DAVIDSON14 April 1867Jane DAVIDSONFind the father
George Sherran DAVIDSON11 July 1870Jane DAVIDSONFind the father
Helen DAVIDSON14 September 1868Agnes DAVIDSONFind the father
James DOW27 March 1855Margaret DOWFind the father
Andrew DUFFUS11 September 1872Annie DUFFUSFind the father
James DUNCAN25 December 1874Christian ROBBFind the father
James ELRICK4 March 1871Elisabeth ELRICKFind the father
Joanne FERGUSON16 September 1872Mary FERGUSONFind the father
George FINDLAY11 November 1873Jessie FINDLAYFind the father
Mary Ann FINDLAY23 September 1873Mary FINDLAYFind the father
Robina FINDLAY17 December 1874Ann FINDLAYFind the father
Margaret FINNIE3 February 1862Isabella FINNIEFind the father
James GIBSON22 May 1863Ann GIBSONFind the father
Mary GIBSON31 March 1859Mary GIBSONFind the father
William Clarke GORDON14 November 1868Anne Noble GORDONFather found
William Paul GREIG27 December 1866Harriet GREIGFind the father
Christina HENDERSON29 December 1872Catherine HENDERSONFind the father
Jean Anderson HIRD6 February 1860Mary HIRDFind the father
Andrew IRONSIDE11 November 1855Isabella IRONSIDEFind the father
Peter JACK30 October 1872Eliza JACKFind the father
Jessie JAFFREY26 May 1866Mary JAFFREYFind the father
Eliza Ann KERR29 September 1860Ann KERRFind the father
Mary Ann KYNOCH5 March 1858Jessie KYNOCHFind the father
John LEITH5 July 1868Charlotte LEITHFind the father
James MAITLAND24 June 1872Christian MAITLANDFind the father
Mary Ann Hird MAITLAND4 September 1865Williamina MAITLANDFind the father
Isabella MASSIE9 October 1869Mary MASSIEFind the father
Elizabeth MAY8 July 1855Margaret MAYFind the father
George Mess MAY13 August 1865Elizabeth MAYFind the father
James MCKINNON16 April 1873Jessie MCKINNONFind the father
Sarah MESS11 July 1858Maria MESSFind the father
Mary MILNE22 February 1868Ann MILNEFind the father
Margaret MITCHELL2 September 1855Margaret Park MITCHELLFind the father
Catherine MOIR16 April 1873Isabella MOIRFind the father
George Hay MOIR4 June 1871Christian MOIRFind the father
Mary Margaret MOIR20 April 1865Christian MOIRFind the father
George MUNDIE23 November 1857Mary MUNDIEFind the father
James MURRAY11 December 1874Christina MURRAYFind the father
Jessie Ann MURRAY9 June 1863Mary MURRAYFind the father
Mary OGSTON23 January 1860Isabella OGSTONFind the father
Alexander PARK31 July 1860Ann PARKFind the father
Alexander PARK21 July 1865Mary PARKFind the father
Elizabeth Webster PARK29 April 1860Elizabeth PARKFind the father
James PARK1 April 1863Elizabeth PARKFind the father
Alexander PATERSON4 June 1869Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Ann Donald Gordon PATERSON28 August 1863Jane PATERSONFind the father
John Gordon PATERSON14 January 1863Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Elizabeth PORTER31 May 1860Jessie PORTERFind the father
Henry PORTER31 May 1860Jessie PORTERFind the father
Alexander Milne REID22 November 1866Margaret REIDFind the father
Andrew Philips REID22 December 1874Jane REIDFind the father
Georgina REID4 September 1873Margaret Mitchell REIDFind the father
Margaret REID5 March 1866Ann REIDFind the father
Helen Norrie ROBB5 September 1874Mary Ann ROBBFind the father
Jessie Ann ROBB6 August 1873Eliza ROBBFind the father
George ROSS23 May 1855Sarah ROSSFind the father
John Park ROSS4 January 1868Sarah ROSSFind the father
John Parley ROSS16 August 1874Elisa ROSSFind the father
Robertson ROSS22 October 1866Jane ROSSFind the father
William ROSS21 August 1861Margaret ROSSFind the father
Mary Ann ROTHNEY30 July 1862Eliza ROTHNEYFind the father
Mary Collie RUTHERFORD6 February 1868Jane RUTHERFORDFind the father
Jane Booth Greig SELLER15 November 1863Isabella SELLERFind the father
Alexander Connon Or SIMPSON16 December 1864Elizabeth Simpson Or CONNONFind the father
George Forbes SIMPSON25 October 1863Ann SIMPSONFind the father
James SIMPSON28 October 1866Elizabeth Simpson Or CONNONFind the father
William SIMPSON11 February 1871Margaret SIMPSONFind the father
James SMITH29 January 1856Margaret SMITHFind the father
William SMITH30 September 1867Isabella SMITHFind the father
Alexander STEPHEN28 May 1856Mary STEPHENFind the father
Helen STEPHEN21 November 1862Isabella STEPHENFind the father
Isabella STEPHEN1 June 1861Mary STEPHENFind the father
James STEPHEN4 July 1863Mary STEPHENFind the father
Jane STEPHEN1 June 1861Mary STEPHENFind the father
John STEPHEN25 May 1855Jane STEPHENFind the father
Elizabeth Ann STRACHAN14 October 1868Margaret STRACHANFind the father
Isabella STRACHEN10 June 1874Margaret STRACHENFind the father
Elizabeth SUTHERLAND9 October 1861Mary Ann SUTHERLANDFind the father
William SUTHERLAND26 May 1856Mary SUTHERLANDFind the father
Alexander TAYLOR7 December 1861Mary TAYLORFind the father
George TAYLOR29 September 1874Christian TAYLORFind the father
William Murray TAYLOR9 December 1857Mary TAYLORFind the father
Adam THOM2 March 1859Christian THOMFind the father
Elizabeth Pennie THOM19 January 1856Helen THOMFind the father
Jane Robb THOMSON22 July 1865Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
William Craig THOMSON30 June 1859Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
James WALKER17 January 1874Dorathy WALKERFind the father
Isabella WATSON19 December 1870Elizabeth WATSONFind the father
James WATSON18 May 1874Isabella WATSONFind the father
Jane WEBSTER18 November 1866Mary WEBSTERFind the father
Jessie WEBSTER22 November 1868Sarah WEBSTERFind the father
James WILDGOOSE9 August 1866Helen WILDGOOSEFind the father
Alexander WILL9 May 1871Mary WILLFind the father
Catharine WILL28 January 1870Catharine WILLFind the father
Francis WILL24 March 1858Jessie WILLFind the father
James WILL13 December 1871Helen WILLFind the father
Janet WILL7 July 1859Jane WILLFind the father
Margaret WILL12 April 1868Margaret WILLFind the father
Mary WILL6 December 1863Margaret WILLFind the father
William WILL20 July 1855Jessie WILLFind the father
Mary Ann WILLOX3 November 1861Mary WILLOXFind the father
William Mess WINTER16 September 1873Jeannie WINTERFind the father
Margaret Fraser YULE23 September 1857Mary YULEFather found
Mary Ann YULE27 June 1870Eliza YULEFind 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.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
DUNCAN, John
miner
Born about 1870
Married
Previous residence: Woodend, Beath
Chargeable parish: Beath
Order images (6)Aberdeen Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
Midlothian District Asylum		1889-1902

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.