Records -> Ross and Cromarty
Tarbat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald FRASER | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet FRASER | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| William GAIR | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann GORDON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John Forbes HILTON | Of Cadboll Tain | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused; may receive L6 a year |
| Donald MACKENZIE | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret Ross MCCANDIE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret Ross MCCANDIE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Hannah MCKAY or ROBB | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Bell MUNRO or SUTHERLAND | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jessie ROBERTSON | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Hugh ROSS | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Katerine ROSS or CLUACH | 1846-1847 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia FRASER Lower Seafield, Tarbat, Ross | William ROSS | 16 Oct 1887 Balnabruach, Tarbat, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Johan MACLEOD Geanies Mains, Tarbat, Ross | William T$ MORRISON | 15 Dec 1896 Geanies Mains, Tarbat, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Isabella MACPHERSON Meikle Tarrel, Tarbat | William SUTHERLAND | 12 Mar 1864 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
| Hannah ROSS High Street, Portmahomack, Tarbat, Ross | Benjamin DENOON | 29 Sep 1894 Portmahomack, Tarbat, Ross | Order now | Tain SC34/3/6 |
| Elspet TALLACH or ROSS Portmahomack, Tarbat | Walter ROSS | 26 Jun 1843 | Order now | Tain SC34/3/4 |
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). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mckenzie BARBER | 1 May 1868 | Margaret BARBER | Find the father |
| Alexander Smith CRAIB | 28 August 1872 | Maggie CRAIB | Find the father |
| Henry Corbet CUMMING | 21 August 1864 | Jessie CUMMING | Find the father |
| Simon CUMMING | 10 May 1871 | Jessie CUMMING | Find the father |
| Alexandrina DENOON | 24 November 1866 | Christina DENOON | Find the father |
| David Patience FRASER | 19 October 1869 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| Alexander Ross MCKAY | 16 January 1870 | Helen MCKAY | Find the father |
| William Tolmie MCKAY | 28 June 1862 | Christina MCKAY | Father found |
| Colina Gair MCKENZIE | 13 February 1870 | Jean MCKENZIE | Father found |
| John Mc Dougal MCKENZIE | 22 April 1864 | Johanna MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Kenneth Stewart MCKENZIE | 18 April 1866 | Christina MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Lexy MCKENZIE | 10 April 1859 | Lexy MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Sutherland MCKENZIE | 10 June 1869 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James Williamson MCPHERSON | 30 July 1868 | Isabella MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Christina MUNRO | 15 February 1872 | Helen MUNRO | Find the father |
| Jessie Ross MUNRO | 22 September 1864 | Jessie MUNRO | Father found |
| Alexander Mitchell ROSS | 4 March 1870 | Christina ROSS | Find the father |
| David ROSS | 17 March 1869 | Ann ROSS | Find the father |
| Jamima Finlay ROSS | 6 October 1865 | Johan ROSS | Find the father |
| Jemima Gordon ROSS | 18 November 1863 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Margaret Mc Kenzie ROSS | 17 November 1859 | Catherine ROSS | Find the father |
| Willina ROSS | 14 July 1858 | Helen ROSS | Find the father |
| David Campbell SKINNER | 15 June 1874 | Helen SKINNER | Find the father |
| Kitty Ross TALLACH | 28 September 1865 | Kitty TALLACH | Find the father |
| Alexander URQUHART | 26 August 1857 | Flora URQUHART | Find the father |
| Roderick Matheson URQUHART | 6 December 1866 | Jessie URQUHART | 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.
