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Records -> Angus

St Vigeans 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
Widow Mary ADAMSON or WINTON 1878 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret ANDERSON or JOHNSTON 1874 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
David BROWN 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Ann BUICK or CRAWFORD 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John CHRISTIE 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary CULBERT or BREMNAR 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Isobel DEUCHAR or ROBERTSON 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Ralph DICKIE 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Martha FRITH or SMITH 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Flora GRAHAM 1881 (3)Order imagesRefused - not now in receipt of parochial relief
Helen LEE 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret MACKENZIE 1854 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James MAIR 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Ann MCLACHLAN 1881 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Jessie PATTERSON 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret PENN 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Janet PIGOTT 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
William RAMSAY 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused
Ann ROSS or JOHNSTON 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth SIM 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Alexander SMITH 1878 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Jane SMITH 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused
David THOMSON 1879 (1)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
Jessie BOWMAN or DRUMMOND
Cairnie Street, St Vigeans
John THORN6 Sep 1859
Arbroath
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/13
Catherine CARGILL
54 Auchmittie, St Vigeans
Robert FORBES22 Oct 1876Order nowDundee
SC45/6/20
Jane Ann Kirkland DEAR
Marywell, St Vigeans
John ARCHER25 Jan 1879Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Jane DONALD
Wardykes, St Vigeans
Peter HUTTON22 May 1877
West Newbigging, St Vigeans
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/19
Margaret FITCHET
North Mains, Letham, St Vigeans, Angus
David MCGILL7 Nov 1873
North Mains, Letham, St Vigeans, Angus
Order nowPerth
SC49/4/47
Janet FLEMING
Treeroot, St Vigeans
David BRUCE5 Oct 1849Order nowForfar
SC47/7/12
Margaret HENAN
16 Smithy Croft, St Vigeans
Hugh DOYLE13 Jan 1870
Rolfenbetts$, Germany
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/16
Isabella LAURENCE
East Seaton, St Vigeans
James SMART10 Feb 1854Order nowForfar
SC47/7/12
Jean LOW
Kinaldy, St Vigeans
David BEATTIE2 Feb 1854Order nowForfar
SC47/7/12
Mary Ann MCLAUCHLAN
East Mill Wynd, St Vigeans
formerly at Hume St, St Vigeans
David DUTHIE18 May 1853Order nowPerth
SC49/4/41
Margaret ROBBIE
Grange of Conon, St Vigeans
John FINDLAY31 Jan 1878Order nowDundee
SC45/6/20
Jessie SMITH
Mains of Parkhill, St Vigeans
John HILL10 Feb 1859Order nowForfar
SC47/7/13
Annie WOOD
Firhills, St Vigeans
Peter ESPLIN5 Feb 1882
Firhills, St Vigeans
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Annie WOOD
Firhills, St Vigeans
Peter ESPLIN5 Feb 1882
Firhills, St Vigeans
Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18


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
George Edmund ADAMSON19 February 1864Elizabeth Margaret ADAMSONFind the father
Jane ADDISON1 July 1864Jessie ADDISONFind the father
William ALEXANDER21 June 1864Agnes ALEXANDERFather found
David Clark ANDERSON25 January 1864Helen ANDERSONFind the father
Margaret Ann ANDERSON12 October 1862Helen ANDERSONFind the father
Andrew Binnie BAILLIE23 October 1873Agnes Strachan BAILLIEFind the father
John BAILLIE23 October 1873Agnes Strachan BAILLIEFind the father
Andrew BINNIE10 July 1869Agness BINNIEFind the father
Elizabeth Murray BOATH12 May 1865Mary BOATHFind the father
George Lumsden BOWMAN2 January 1872Sarah BOWMANFind the father
Blanche Mary BUDGE26 June 1862Mary BUDGEFather found
Elizabeth CARGILL21 April 1867Ann CARGILLFind the father
Margaret Ann CHISHOLM7 September 1862Christina CHISHOLMFind the father
Mary Ann CLARK14 September 1871Jessie CLARKFind the father
William CLARK25 August 1874Barbara CLARKFind the father
David COOPER3 September 1865Isabella COOPERFind the father
Isabella DAVIDSON15 May 1869Isabella DAVIDSONFind the father
Elizabeth DOIG13 November 1862Betsy DOIGFind the father
Christina Crerar DOUGLAS21 March 1862Elisabeth DOUGLASFather found
Beatrice DOWNIE29 December 1874Elisabeth DOWNIEFind the father
Jane Ann FARQUHAR5 November 1869Jane FARQUHARFind the father
Lewis Henry FERRIER7 October 1863Jessie FERRIERFind the father
Mary Alexander FERRIER3 May 1856Betsy FERRIERFind the father
William Maitland Henry GIBB28 February 1865Isobella Cruickshanks GIBBFind the father
Mary GLASS2 August 1874Mary Jane GLASSFind the father
Barbara GRANT17 November 1870Jane GRANTFind the father
John Smith HAMILTON16 May 1867Euphemia HAMILTONFind the father
William HUTTON13 October 1871Mary HUTTONFind the father
Mary JAMIESON1 August 1859Elisabeth JAMIESONFind the father
Jemima Wood Bradshaw JOLLY17 March 1864Christina JOLLYFind the father
Jane Helen KIDD5 December 1863Elisabeth Kidd Or BELLFind the father
Ann KIRKALDY23 September 1864Mary KIRKALDYFind the father
David Dargie KIRKALDY21 August 1862Mary KIRKALDYFather found
David LAW16 August 1858Margaret LAWFind the father
Amelia Davie LAWSON13 January 1874Matilda LAWSONFind the father
James LAWSON16 February 1870Matilda LAWSONFind the father
John LAWSON15 November 1869Helen LAWSONFind the father
Rachel Cameron Neish LAWSON2 July 1865Helen LAWSONFather found
William Alexander Neish LAWSON2 July 1865Helen LAWSONFather found
Jane LOCKHEAD20 April 1865Mary LOCKHEADFind the father
Elizabeth LONGMUIR4 June 1868Agness LONGMUIRFind the father
David Burns LUMGAIR4 August 1869Agnes LUMGAIRFind the father
Jemima Whitton LUMGAIR12 February 1870Ann LUMGAIRFind the father
Cecilia MANN4 August 1863Jane MANNFind the father
Isabella MARTIN20 September 1858Allison MARTINFind the father
James MATHEWSON15 September 1863Betsy MATHEWSONFind the father
Frank MATHIESON30 May 1874Mary MATHIESONFind the father
Margaret MCFARLANE12 October 1860Catherine MCFARLANEFind the father
John Smith MCINTOSH7 July 1867Margaret MCINTOSHFind the father
Jessie Proctor MCKENZIE27 June 1857Isabel MCKENZIEFind the father
James MELDRUM9 February 1865Ann MELDRUMFind the father
Henry Smith MILLAR5 October 1868Alice Brown MILLARFind the father
Alexander Williamson MILNE22 August 1867Isabell MILNEFind the father
David MILNE18 December 1862Ann MILNEFind the father
Agnes MURRAY12 August 1873Catherine MURRAYFind the father
Jemima PATON7 November 1865Margaret PATONFind the father
James Watt PEARSON21 September 1857Susan PEARSONFind the father
James PETRIE20 March 1874Margaret PETRIEFather found
Sarah POTTER5 September 1867Jane POTTERFind the father
Joseph Davidson Watt RAITT13 October 1860Mary RAITTFind the father
Diana Gordon REID26 September 1864Ann REIDFind the father
Agnes Fleming ROBERTSON9 February 1872Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Alexander Hanton ROSS26 November 1860Ann ROSSFind the father
Andrew Edward ROSS7 March 1863Jane ROSSFind the father
David SCOTT6 July 1859Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Harriet SHEPHERD23 March 1858Agnes SHEPHERDFind the father
Robert William Steel SHEPHERD17 June 1866Margaret SHEPHERDFind the father
John Pithie SILLARS2 May 1868Marion Thomson SILLARSFind the father
Elizabeth SPINK15 July 1873Mary SPINKFind the father
Betsy STEEL9 May 1864Isabella STEELFind the father
Maria STEPHEN12 December 1874Jane Ann STEPHENFather found
Daniel SWANKIE28 May 1873Elizabeth SWANKIEFather found
Jane TAYLOR20 April 1866Stuart TAYLORFind the father
Alexander Ramsay THOM26 January 1868Mary THOMFind the father
William THORNTON17 January 1864Agnes THORNTONFind the father
Barbara TOSH6 November 1860Mary TOSHFind the father
Elisabeth Carrie TOSH3 February 1864Catherine TOSHFind the father
Francis Greenaway TOSH24 June 1868Catherine TOSHFind the father
Isobel TOSH21 December 1861Mary TOSHFind the father
James TOSH1 January 1858Mary TOSHFind the father
Mary Ann Watson TOSH6 August 1858Catherine TOSHFind the father
Jessie WALKER11 July 1870Mary WALKERFind the father
Jane Ann WALLACE5 May 1866Euphemia WALLACEFind the father
James WATT17 January 1873Jessie WATTFind the father
Betsy Ann WEBSTER22 June 1865Janet WEBSTERFind the father
Mary Reid WOOD13 July 1868Agnes WOODFind 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.

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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