Stranraer 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann ANDERSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Catherine Stewart BELL | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James BLACK | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Amelia Jane BLAIR | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane CONVILLE | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James COULTER | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Rose Ann CUNNINGHAM | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Agnes DALRY or MCCLOAD | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth DICK or WILSON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Barbara EDGAR or HOUSTON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Elizabeth EVANS | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Helen GILMOUR or MILLER | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Philip GORMAND | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane HANNAH or THOMSON | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Marion HOUSTOUN | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James IRVING | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| David KILLOPS | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William Mckay LYNAS | 1880-1881 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane MAIN | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet MAIN | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary MCILWRAITH | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Helen Hood MCMILLAN | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Helen MCWHINNIE | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes MILLS | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret MOODY | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Dorothy MORRISON or MCMILLAN | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Sarah MORRON | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary O'NEIL | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Harriet PERRIE | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John PERRY | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John PIRRIE | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John PIRRIE | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Christina PLUNKETT or MCCAIG | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary RAE | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary RENNIE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow SAVAGE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Elizabeth STEVENSON or LAURIE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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.
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
