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Tarves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/511/1 | Minutes | 1841-1855 | Request lookup |
| CH2/511/2 | Proclamations | 1862-1864 | Request lookup |
| CH2/511/3 | Baptismal register Baptismal register 1885-6 Baptismal register 1897-1954 | 1885-1954 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William COW | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew DONALD | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James DUGUID | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean HERD | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William HERD | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow A HUTCHEON | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William KENNEDY | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 BRECHIN Mains of Cairnbrogie, Tarves, Aberdeenshire | Peter CRICHTON | 29 Sep 1888 King Street, Old Meldrum | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/19 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ALLAN | 21 December 1866 | May ALLAN | Find the father |
| Duffus Mathers ALLAN | 27 March 1869 | May ALLAN | Find the father |
| John ALLAN | 6 January 1856 | Margaret ALLAN | Find the father |
| John ALLARDYCE | 20 September 1862 | Isobella ALLARDYCE | Find the father |
| Alexander ANNAND | 12 June 1868 | Margaret ANNAND | Find the father |
| Alice ANNAND | 4 April 1866 | Margaret ANNAND | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann ANNAND | 24 September 1863 | Margaret ANNAND | Find the father |
| William ANNAND | 4 April 1866 | Margaret ANNAND | Find the father |
| Margaret BARRY | 15 October 1856 | Margret BARRY | Find the father |
| Adam BRUCE | 5 January 1866 | Ann BRUCE | Find the father |
| Alexander CHALMERS | 8 December 1860 | Jean CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Jean CHESSER | 27 April 1863 | Margaret CHESSER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jessie Swan CLARK | 27 February 1862 | Jessie CLARK | Find the father |
| Helen COOPER | 2 February 1857 | Jane COOPER | Find the father |
| William COW | 10 February 1865 | Mary Ann COW | Find the father |
| Peter CRIGHTON | 22 January 1867 | Mary CRIGHTON | Find the father |
| Elspet CUMMING | 3 November 1867 | Rachel CUMMING | Find the father |
| George CUMMING | 12 January 1864 | Rachel CUMMING | Find the father |
| Margaret CUMMING | 18 April 1868 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| George Barclay DAVIDSON | 31 March 1862 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DAVIDSON | 30 June 1867 | Catherine DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Jean Gordon Cruickshank DONALD | 12 November 1855 | Susan DONALD | Find the father |
| William DONALD | 30 January 1869 | Mary DONALD | Find the father |
| Jane DOWNIE | 9 October 1865 | Mary DOWNIE | Find the father |
| Isabella Sangster Glennie DUNCAN | 14 December 1866 | Helen DUNCAN | Find the father |
| James DUNCAN | 4 February 1866 | Elizabeth DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jean Ann DUNCAN | 11 September 1863 | Ann DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John DUNCAN | 7 February 1863 | Jane DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary DUNCAN | 14 January 1866 | Agnes DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary DUNCAN | 28 January 1868 | Ann DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary Anne DUNCAN | 8 February 1856 | Ann DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Sarah DUNCAN | 26 July 1857 | Isobella DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Sarah DUNCAN | 10 April 1866 | Jane DUNCAN | Find the father |
| James Grant FINDLAY | 8 October 1866 | Ann FINDLAY | Find the father |
| Jane FORBES | 13 May 1865 | Elisabeth FORBES | Find the father |
| Matthew Millian FORBES | 26 October 1868 | Elizabeth FORBES | Find the father |
| Elsie FORREST | 17 October 1857 | Helen FORREST | Find the father |
| James GORDON | 28 July 1865 | Mary GORDON | Find the father |
| Elsie GRAY | 2 August 1869 | Elsie D. GRAY | Find the father |
| James GRAY | 1 June 1860 | Ann GRAY | Find the father |
| William GRAY | 21 November 1857 | Elspet GRAY | Find the father |
| George HARVEY | 18 May 1864 | Margaret HARVEY | Find the father |
| Helen HARVEY | 13 July 1867 | Margaret HARVEY | Find the father |
| George Gill HENDRY | 5 December 1855 | Helen HENDRY | Find the father |
| Barbara HORN | 9 November 1864 | Jane HORN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HORN | 29 December 1868 | Jane HORN | Find the father |
| James Pratt HORN | 2 January 1867 | Jane HORN | Find the father |
| John INKSON | 16 April 1859 | Margaret INKSON | Find the father |
| John JOHNSTON | 21 October 1864 | Ann JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Rachel JOHNSTON | 22 October 1864 | Ann JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Isabella Melvin LAMB | 27 June 1865 | Margaret LAMB | Find the father |
| Joseph Murray LAMB | 13 August 1864 | Ann LAMB | Find the father |
| Isobella LEWIS | 13 November 1856 | Margaret LEWIS | Find the father |
| George Henderson LITTLEJOHN | 21 May 1869 | Elizabeth LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| John LUCAS | 26 April 1859 | Ann LUCAS | Find the father |
| William MCDONALD | 17 June 1865 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane MCINTOSH | 7 December 1867 | Eleanor MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Ann MORRISON | 6 February 1858 | Isobel MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jessie MORRISON | 20 May 1861 | Isobella MORRISON | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane MORRISON | 29 October 1864 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MORRISON | 20 June 1869 | Elizabeth MORRISON | Find the father |
| William MORRISON | 16 March 1866 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MUTCH | 2 August 1855 | Elizabeth MUTCH | Find the father |
| Jane MUTCH | 5 November 1863 | Isobella MUTCH | Find the father |
| John NORRIE | 17 February 1867 | Jessie NORRIE | Find the father |
| William NORRIE | 17 July 1864 | Jessie NORRIE | Find the father |
| Jessie PANTON | 24 June 1865 | Jane PANTON | Find the father |
| Mary PARK | 8 November 1856 | Jane PARK | Find the father |
| Agnes PENNIE | 3 January 1862 | Helen PENNIE | Find the father |
| William PENNY | 13 December 1867 | Ann PENNY | Find the father |
| Barbara Taylor PORTER | 20 January 1862 | Elizabeth PORTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Taylor PORTER | 30 January 1867 | Elizabeth PORTER | Father found |
| James Warrack RAE | 26 March 1862 | Mary RAE | Find the father |
| Jane RANNIE | 27 September 1865 | Ann RANNIE | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 9 August 1860 | Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Chessar SCOTT | 5 January 1860 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| Alexander SIMPSON | 24 November 1863 | Jane SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Francis SIMPSON | 31 January 1864 | Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Simon SKENE | 12 November 1869 | Barbara SKENE | Find the father |
| Alexander SKINNER | 26 January 1856 | Margaret SKINNER | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 1 February 1865 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Jean SMITH | 23 August 1862 | Jean SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 19 December 1860 | Jean SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 25 November 1868 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary SMITH | 9 January 1866 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| May Geggie SMITH | 15 November 1862 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Thomas SMITH | 23 April 1860 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 19 April 1867 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| William Sangster SMITH | 2 March 1865 | Christian SMITH | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 24 July 1861 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander Davidson SUTHERLAND | 10 November 1855 | Isobella SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Samuel SUTHERLAND | 27 September 1858 | Elizabeth SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| William TAYLOR | 5 August 1857 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| William WALLACE | 11 December 1857 | Mary WALLACE | Find the father |
| James WEBSTER | 21 October 1869 | 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.
