Records -> Kincardineshire
Strachan 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean DAVIDSON or GRUER | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter MCDONALD | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter MCDONALD | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret CAIE or COUTTS Glen of Dye, Strachan, Kincardineshire | William Tait YELLOWLEES | 10 Sep 1898 59 Esslemont Avenue, Aberdeen | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/15 |
| Jane MORTIMER Glendye, Strachan | William MITCHELL | 9 Feb 1868 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/5 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Miller ABERNETHY | 25 April 1860 | Elisabeth ABERNETHY | Find the father |
| John ABERNETHY | 19 January 1864 | Jane ABERNETHY | Find the father |
| William AITKEN | 13 December 1861 | Mary AITKEN | Find the father |
| John ANNAND | 19 January 1869 | Martha ANNAND | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BELL | 6 November 1857 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BELL | 9 April 1873 | Elisabeth BELL | Find the father |
| Alexander Ellis BROWN | 7 October 1873 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| Alice Jane BURNETT | 25 June 1871 | Helen BURNETT | Find the father |
| Helen BURNETT | 7 May 1873 | Helen BURNETT | Find the father |
| John BURNETT | 22 June 1861 | Mary Ann BURNETT | Find the father |
| William BURNETT | 10 February 1855 | Helen BURNETT | Find the father |
| David CROCKET | 15 February 1865 | Elisabeth CROCKET | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 8 September 1871 | Jean DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Helen FERRES | 12 May 1862 | Betty FERRES | Find the father |
| John Little FERRES | 27 December 1866 | Betsy FERRES | Find the father |
| Robert Fergusson FINDLAY | 24 May 1871 | Mary FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Copland GILLANDERS | 15 February 1871 | Margaret GILLANDERS | Father found |
| Agnes Nicol GREIG | 2 October 1857 | Helen GREIG | Find the father |
| James GRUER | 30 July 1862 | Mary GRUER | Find the father |
| Jane Ann HADDEN | 1 July 1859 | Christina HADDEN | Find the father |
| Ann LAING | 4 March 1857 | Jane LAING | Find the father |
| Isabella LAW | 27 February 1867 | Elisabeth LAW | Find the father |
| George Begg MCCARTNEY | 30 March 1873 | Jane MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Isabella MIDDLETON | 15 August 1856 | Ann MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Isabella MIDDLETON | 2 August 1865 | Hellen MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| James MIDDLETON | 16 August 1863 | Susan MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Walter MIDDLETON | 21 May 1869 | Susan MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| David MILNE | 10 August 1870 | Jane MILNE | Find the father |
| James MILNE | 21 February 1863 | Jane MILNE | Find the father |
| Mary MILNE | 10 October 1873 | Jane MILNE | Find the father |
| Robert MILNE | 12 December 1865 | Jean MILNE | Find the father |
| William Mowat MITCHELL | 8 February 1869 | Isabella MITCHELL | Father found |
| Williamina MORTIMER | 9 January 1868 | Jane MORTIMER | Find the father |
| James MURRAY | 13 March 1865 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander ROSS | 3 March 1858 | Isabella ROSS | Find the father |
| Christina ROSS | 30 March 1861 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Jean ROSS | 2 January 1855 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| Isabella SMART | 8 October 1857 | Ann SMART | Find the father |
| Charles SMITH | 20 June 1857 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Elsy SMITH | 14 January 1860 | Martha Smith Or STRATTON | Find the father |
| Jane Willock SMITH | 21 August 1859 | Sarah SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander STEWART | 9 August 1868 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 26 January 1870 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 13 July 1871 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Jane Ann STORMONTH | 4 April 1860 | Mary STORMONTH | Find the father |
| Isabella THOW | 1 April 1862 | Margaret THOW | Find the father |
| William THOW | 4 August 1858 | Margaret THOW | Find the father |
| Robert TOWNS | 16 January 1859 | Helen TOWNS | Find the father |
| David WEBSTER | 5 August 1857 | Margaret WEBSTER | Find 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.
