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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 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.

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Jane ANDERSON9 December 1857Janet ANDERSONFind the father
Mary BLANE29 October 1864Catherine BLANEFind the father
Isabella BROWN16 January 1866Janet BROWNFind the father
Robert BROWN8 September 1871Janet BROWNFind the father
Margaret Weir CARRUTHERS22 April 1873Ann CARRUTHERSFind the father
David CHAPMAN29 April 1868Agnes CHAPMANFind the father
Daniel Ramage CLAMISON3 October 1869Marion CLAMISONFind the father
Georgina DEACHMENT2 December 1867Helen DEACHMENTFind the father
John DEACHMENT2 December 1867Helen DEACHMENTFind the father
John DUGLES3 November 1873Jane DUGLESFind the father
William Horsburgh FORREST23 December 1862Marion FORRESTFind the father
Helen GILBERT25 December 1864Helen GILBERTFind the father
John GLASGOW25 July 1873Mary GLASGOWFind the father
William GLASGOW31 May 1870Mary GLASGOWFather found
Mary GRAHAM22 July 1856Jane GRAHAMFind the father
William GRAHAM30 October 1858Janet GRAHAMFind the father
Simon HARKNESS20 September 1864Janet HARKNESSFind the father
Janet Mcall HUNTER27 May 1868Mary HUNTERFind the father
Janet KENNEDY10 September 1858Margaret KENNEDYFind the father
James Tennant LOCKHART20 August 1868Margaret LOCKHARTFind the father
Marion Tennant LOCKHART29 January 1872Margaret LOCKHARTFind the father
Helen MERCER24 July 1874Helen MERCERFind the father
Adam MITCHELL2 February 1867Jane MITCHELLFind the father
James MITCHELL20 July 1865Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Jane MITCHELL18 December 1860Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Jane MITCHELL7 February 1872Janet MITCHELLFind the father
Margaret MITCHELL15 November 1870Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Elisabeth MOFFAT12 November 1859Elisabeth Thomson MOFFATFind the father
James MOFFAT25 July 1866Elizabeth MOFFATFind the father
James MOFFAT6 October 1872Jane MOFFATFind the father
William MOFFAT1 May 1871Elizabeth MOFFATFather found
William NEWBIGGING6 May 1866Margaret NEWBIGGINGFind the father
John Parker RENTON23 August 1874Phillis RENTONFind the father
Mary RENTON24 December 1865Phillis RENTONFind the father
William Ritchie RENTON29 March 1866Elizabeth RENTONFind the father
Jane SMITH22 August 1855Elisabeth SMITHFind the father
Robert Young SMITH11 February 1857Margaret SMITHFather found
Helen Hamilton THOMSON7 June 1870Helen Hamilton THOMSONFind the father
James THOMSON27 July 1868Helen THOMSONFind the father
Margaret WEIR20 April 1856Janet WEIRFind the father
Helen Anderson WIGHT25 February 1866Agnes WIGHTFind 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.