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Strathdon 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/343/2 | Kirk session accounts 1752-1765, baptisms 1753-1767, marriages 1753-1762 Cash book 1753-1763 (with few mins, includes poor payments) Baptisms 1752-1758 Baptisms 1762-1765 Marriages 1753-1757 | 1752-1767 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/3 | Cash books 1767-1784 and minutes 1784-1795 Cash books 1767-1788 Cash books 1793 Cash books 1795 (with few mins) Includes poor payments | 1767-1795 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/4 | Cash books 1784-1798, collections 1827, 1836-1841 Includes poor payments and some mortcloth dues | 1784-1841 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/5 | Cash books Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1798-1825 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/6 | Cash books Includes poor payments | 1822-1831 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/7 | Cash books Includes poor payments | 1831-1843 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/9 | Cash books | 1840-1843 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/10 | Cash books Includes poor payments | 1859-1896 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/12 | Proclamations and baptisms Baptisms 1844-1847 Proclamations 1844-1847 | 1844-1847 | Request lookup |
| CH2/343/13 | Church Defense Association: Minutes Includes an extensive list of Association members | 1885-1899 | Request 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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary ANDERSON | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John D CLARK | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John W CLARK | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John W CLARK | 1861 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| George COUTTS | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane COUTTS | 1883 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary COUTTS | 1872 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary COUTTS | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Ann DOW | 1871 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann DOW | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Anne DOW | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charles DOWNIE | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Joan GRASSICK | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John KELLAS | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet LESLIE | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John LOBBAN | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow MACPHERSON | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James MACPHERSON | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCHARDY | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander STEWART | 1880 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Esther TAYLOR or STEWART | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary WILSON | 1877 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann MORTIMER Craignaich, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire | William ROBERTSON | 29 May 1846 | Order now | Dunblane SC44/5/4 |
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). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William SHAW | 57 | Lived: Culquhonnie, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire Died: In A Field At Culquhonnie, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire | 8 Oct 1932 | Order record |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander ANDERSON | 21 October 1866 | Dorothy ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Ann Beattie BARRON | 25 August 1865 | Grace BARRON | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 13 March 1864 | Ann BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Ann Kellas BIRSS | 28 July 1868 | Margaret BIRSS | Find the father |
| Isobella CLARK | 30 January 1864 | Helen CLARK | Find the father |
| Elspet COUTTS | 7 June 1864 | Jean COUTTS | Find the father |
| Alexander CULLEN | 27 March 1864 | Mary CULLEN | Find the father |
| Ann Mitchell DAWSON | 3 January 1860 | Maria DAWSON | Find the father |
| Janet DEWARS | 6 January 1866 | Joyan DEWARS | Find the father |
| James Shepherd DOWNIE | 30 July 1867 | Isabella DOWNIE | Find the father |
| Andrew FARQUHARSON | 30 June 1868 | Jessie FARQUHARSON | Father found |
| Helen FARQUHARSON | 21 May 1868 | Christina FARQUHARSON | Find the father |
| William FARQUHARSON | 13 November 1859 | Mary FARQUHARSON | Find the father |
| James Gordon FORBES | 3 July 1868 | Maria FORBES | Find the father |
| George Michie GRASSICK | 11 May 1869 | Helen GRASSICK | Find the father |
| James GRASSICK | 11 May 1869 | Helen GRASSICK | Find the father |
| Jean GRASSICK | 25 April 1862 | Penelope GRASSICK | Find the father |
| Ann HENDERSON | 28 November 1863 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Gavin HENDERSON | 19 April 1866 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James HOSIE | 27 August 1869 | Mary HOSIE | Find the father |
| Alexander KELLAS | 6 January 1867 | Isabella KELLAS | Find the father |
| Duncan MCHARDY | 11 August 1861 | Elizabeth MCHARDY | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane Mitchell MCHARDY | 9 July 1869 | Margaret MCHARDY | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCHARDY | 29 July 1866 | Margaret MCHARDY | Find the father |
| Susan MCHARDY | 26 February 1855 | Jane MCHARDY | Find the father |
| William MCHARDY | 26 May 1863 | Elizabeth MCHARDY | Find the father |
| James Cooper MCPHERSON | 4 November 1858 | Ann MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Charles MITCHELL | 31 May 1868 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Peter MORTIMER | 12 July 1857 | Ann MORTIMER | Find the father |
| Hellen RATTRAY | 8 September 1866 | Ann RATTRAY | Find the father |
| David ROSS | 5 July 1867 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| Harry ROSS | 17 November 1864 | Elizabeth Ross Or SHAW | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 13 March 1863 | Christian ROSS | Find the father |
| Jane ROSS | 13 February 1860 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| Janet ROSS | 22 March 1856 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| Margaret SHEARER | 27 September 1868 | Margaret SHEARER | Find the father |
| William SIMPSON | 5 July 1863 | Jane SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Ann STEWART | 2 June 1859 | Jessie STEWART | Find the father |
| Ann Isobella WILLIAMS | 26 July 1864 | Mary WILLIAMS | 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.
