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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 COLLIER 1857 (3)Order imagesWithdrawn
William DODDS 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
John FRIER 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused
John FRIER 1861-1862 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Margaret MCDONALD 1883 (1)Order imagesRefused in respect that applicant's outdoor allowance is not yet withdrawn
Widow Margaret MCDONALD 1883 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Elizabeth PRYDE 1853 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James TAIT 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
David THOMSON 1847 (4)Order imagesRefused
Christina WILSON 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Emily WILSON or JOHNSTON 1854 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William Dalgliesh ADAMSON30 June 1865Jane ADAMSONFind the father
John Whillens AITCHISON1 June 1868Betsy AITCHISONFind the father
Betsy Davidson AMOS12 November 1866Eliza AMOSFind the father
Elizabeth ANDERSON11 May 1872Elizabeth ANDERSONFind the father
Mary Jane ANDERSON10 June 1867Jane ANDERSONFind the father
Thomas Brown BALD17 May 1868Margaret BALDFind the father
Thomas BAXTER12 November 1871Catherine BAXTERFind the father
Isabella BENNET2 December 1855Isabella BENNETFind the father
Andrew BOGGIE27 March 1857Helen BOGGIEFind the father
William BOYD21 January 1858Elizabeth BOYDFind the father
Agnes BROWN15 July 1871Isabella BROWNFind the father
James BROWN25 October 1857Helen BROWNFind the father
James BROWN23 August 1872Isabella BROWNFind the father
Mary Ann BROWN27 November 1874Helen BROWNFind the father
Charles BROWNLEE12 February 1867Betsy BROWNLEEFind the father
Isabella BROWNLEE3 August 1860Isabella BROWNLEEFind the father
Janet BROWNLEE18 March 1862Betsy BROWNLEEFind the father
William BROWNLEE5 December 1865Isabella BROWNLEEFind the father
John Simpson BRUNTON23 July 1861Barbara BRUNTONFind the father
James BRYDON19 April 1864Christina BRYDONFind the father
Adam BURNET24 July 1857Margaret BURNETFather found
Margaret BURNET26 April 1860Margaret BURNETFind the father
George BURNS1 December 1861Helen BURNSFind the father
Elisabeth Scott COUSINS17 August 1859Elisabeth Jane Stewart COUSINSFind the father
John Stevenson COWAN24 May 1866Agnes COWANFind the father
Margaret CRAIG19 June 1862Betsy CRAIGFind the father
Helen DALGLEISH9 December 1865Helen DALGLEISHFind the father
John DANIEL3 November 1860Ann DANIELFind the father
Jemima DICKSON14 December 1863Jane DICKSONFind the father
Mary Ann Robertson DICKSON18 December 1873Mary DICKSONFind the father
David DODDS23 August 1874Helen DODDSFind the father
Janet DODDS20 December 1855Janet DODDSFind the father
William Johnston DODDS3 November 1867Janet DODDSFind the father
Mary DODS27 September 1862Margaret DODSFind the father
Margaret Cunningham DONALD25 September 1863Margaret DONALDFind the father
Isabella DRYDEN29 April 1865Margaret DRYDENFind the father
James DUN2 February 1865Fanny DUNFind the father
Thomas DUN13 October 1866Fanny DUNFind the father
John FAIRGRIEVE20 August 1861Isabella FAIRGRIEVEFind the father
Alexander FORSYTH12 April 1871Agnes FORSYTHFather found
Thomas FORSYTH6 January 1866Janet FORSYTHFind the father
William FORSYTH28 February 1871Mary FORSYTHFind the father
Henry Taylor FRASER20 September 1869Margaret FRASERFind the father
William FRASER2 January 1869Jane FRASERFind the father
Mary HAINIE13 July 1863Catherine HAINIEFind the father
Alexander Tough HALL31 January 1874Betsy HALLFind the father
Elizabeth HALLIDAY1 January 1867Maria HALLIDAYFind the father
Mary Binnie HALLIDAY12 February 1860Mary HALLIDAYFind the father
William Currie HALLIDAY13 April 1864Sarah HALLIDAYFind the father
James HOGARTH27 May 1873Janet HOGARTHFind the father
James HUNTER16 June 1858Mary HUNTERFind the father
Betsy Scott JAFFERY7 August 1860Betsy JAFFERYFind the father
Janet JOHNSTON7 February 1869Agnes JOHNSTONFind the father
Margaret Middlemass KNOX5 November 1859Agnes KNOXFind the father
Margaret Jamieson LAIDLAW22 January 1859Marion LAIDLAWFind the father
James LAURIE20 October 1855Helen LAURIEFind the father
Mary LEE14 June 1861Jane LEEFind the father
Christina LINDSAY31 May 1874Agnes LINDSAYFind the father
Robert LINDSAY22 June 1871Christina LINDSAYFind the father
James LUKE29 December 1870Helen LUKEFind the father
Helen Murray LYNCH7 January 1866Helen LYNCHFind the father
Isabella MACK28 May 1861Mary MACKFind the father
Margaret MACK28 May 1861Mary MACKFind the father
Mary MACLACHLAN28 May 1867Ann MACLACHLANFind the father
James MALCOLM22 October 1863Margaret MALCOLMFind the father
Peter MCDONALD12 December 1865Agnes MCDONALDFind the father
Thomas Forsyth MELROSE7 March 1873Helen MELROSEFind the father
George Allan MERCER3 February 1868Helen MERCERFind the father
Jessie MIDDLEMASS27 October 1856Janet MIDDLEMASSFind the father
Peter Divine MILLER16 May 1867Margaret Or Phoebe Ann MILLERFind the father
Elizabeth MITCHELL15 June 1861Margaret MITCHELLFind the father
James MOFFAT13 August 1864Ann MOFFATFind the father
May MOFFAT4 December 1866Christina MOFFATFind the father
John Charters PATERSON13 March 1865Marion PATERSONFind the father
Thomas PATERSON15 May 1869Marion PATERSONFather found
John PEGLER10 April 1871Robina PEGLERFind the father
Janet PORTEOUS2 January 1870Agnes PORTEOUSFind the father
John Cairns PRETSELL29 October 1866Margaret Cairns PRETSELLFind the father
Mary PRINGLE22 June 1870Mary PRINGLEFind the father
Mary Ann PRINGLE22 October 1866Barbara PRINGLEFind the father
John RAMAGE22 November 1865Janet RAMAGEFind the father
James ROBB2 March 1855Margaret ROBBFind the father
Elizabeth ROBERTSON7 June 1864Elizabeth ROBERTSONFind the father
John Clark ROE9 June 1859Mary ROEFind the father
Margaret RUSSELL16 September 1858Isabella RUSSELLFind the father
William SANDERSON6 December 1857Euphemia SANDERSONFather found
Robert Lindsay SANDILANDS29 September 1859Christina SANDILANDSFind the father
Andrew SCOTT21 July 1855Betsy SCOTTFind the father
Elizabeth Pace SHORTREED18 February 1862Mary SHORTREEDFind the father
James Lumsden SIMPSON5 August 1859Margaret SIMPSONFind the father
Thomas SMITH28 August 1863Margaret SMITHFind the father
Catherine STENHOUSE15 April 1863Helen STENHOUSEFind the father
Ann STEVENSON25 May 1868Agnes STEVENSONFind the father
George TAIT11 November 1866Joan TAITFind the father
George Riddle TAIT19 January 1861Joan TAITFind the father
James Lambert TAIT7 April 1862Helen TAITFind the father
Helen Melrose Cranston THOMSON14 December 1864Helen THOMSONFind the father
Robert THOMSON6 December 1868Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
Mary Ann TONNOR20 March 1871Elizabeth TONNORFind the father
Alexander TOUGH18 November 1855Elizabeth TOUGHFind the father
Robert Lees TURNBULL20 February 1861Elizabeth TURNBULLFind the father
Alice WADDELL1 August 1864Agnes WADDELLFind the father
Alice WADDELL23 March 1866Agnes WADDELLFind the father
Helen Hogarth WALKER12 December 1864Robina WALKERFind the father
Jane Manro WARD28 July 1859Mary WARDFind the father
Robert WHITE2 August 1868Jane WHITEFind the father
James WHITELAW24 August 1869Mary WHITELAWFind the father
Mary WHITELAW24 August 1869Mary WHITELAWFind the father
George WILSON4 July 1867Isabella WILSONFind the father
John William WILSON2 March 1872Isabella WILSONFind the father
Robert Whitson WILSON13 November 1862Isabella WILSONFind the father
Christina YOUNG10 October 1870Elizabeth YOUNGFind the father
Jessie YOUNG28 July 1866Margaret YOUNGFind the father
Nicol Hall YOUNG19 March 1872Christina YOUNGFind 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

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.