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Tingwall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1078/2 | Minutes 1706-39 Accounts 1718-30 | 1706-1739 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1078/3 | Minutes | 1739-1765 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1078/4 | Minutes 1806-72 Scroll minutes 1874-87 (with gaps) | 1806-1887 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1078/5 | Communion roll 1849-77 (Tingwall, Whiteness & Weisdale) 1850-77 | 1849-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1078/6 | Communion roll | 1885-1906 | 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:
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| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry GEORGESON | 1867 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Grace JOHNSON | 1871 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Barbara MURRAY | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christian SINCLAIR | 1871 (2) | 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.
We have not currently found any decrees for this parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine ABERNETHY | 19 August 1856 | Catherine ABERNETHY | Find the father |
| John ARTHUR | 12 August 1861 | Janet ARTHUR | Find the father |
| James BARRON | 18 August 1863 | Jean BARRON | Find the father |
| Alexander CAMPBELL | 2 April 1862 | Ann CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Leslie DAVIDSON | 3 February 1874 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| George EDGAR | 6 August 1863 | Catherine EDGAR | Father found |
| Margaret Jane EDGAR | 26 November 1865 | Barbara EDGAR | Find the father |
| John FRASER | 27 December 1867 | Margaret FRASER | Find the father |
| John James GEAR | 24 July 1865 | Margaret GEAR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth GEORGESON | 8 May 1859 | Thamar GEORGESON | Find the father |
| Isabella Ann GIBB | 25 December 1859 | Jane GIBB | Find the father |
| Robina GRAHAM | 29 June 1864 | Grace GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Laurence GRAY | 14 October 1871 | Barbara GRAY | Find the father |
| Gilbert HENDERSON | 26 June 1864 | Jane HENDERSON | Find the father |
| William HENDERSON | 17 November 1872 | Jane HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Buchan HENRY | 16 May 1855 | Thamar HENRY | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann HENRY | 9 March 1864 | Elizabeth Georgeson HENRY | Find the father |
| William Alexander HENRY | 31 March 1860 | Thamar HENRY | Find the father |
| Agnes HUNTER | 4 August 1867 | Barbara HUNTER | Find the father |
| Alexander HUNTER | 19 May 1864 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HUNTER | 17 October 1858 | Elizabeth HUNTER | Find the father |
| John HUNTER | 2 January 1863 | Elizabeth HUNTER | Find the father |
| Margaret Hunter HUNTER | 28 September 1864 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Thomas HUNTER | 1 December 1867 | Catherine HUNTER | Find the father |
| William HUNTER | 25 March 1855 | Marjory HUNTER | Find the father |
| Ann Eliza IRVINE | 26 October 1873 | Jane IRVINE | Find the father |
| Gilbert IRVINE | 3 November 1862 | Elizabeth Irvine Or PETERSON | Find the father |
| John IRVINE | 19 August 1863 | Robina IRVINE | Find the father |
| John IRVINE | 22 September 1867 | Bruce IRVINE | Find the father |
| Robert IRVINE | 15 February 1864 | Bruce IRVINE | Find the father |
| William John IRVINE | 8 December 1866 | Catherine IRVINE | Find the father |
| Joseph JOHNSON | 10 February 1872 | Margaret JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Barbara Jane LAING | 22 October 1864 | Mary LAING | Find the father |
| Adam James LAURENSON | 20 October 1865 | Tom Ann LAURENSON | Find the father |
| Gilbert LAURENSON | 2 March 1873 | Catherine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| William LAURENSON | 5 February 1855 | Mary LAURENSON | Find the father |
| Ann LAW | 8 June 1865 | Ann LAW | Find the father |
| James LAW | 22 September 1868 | Ann LAW | Find the father |
| Christina LESLIE | 18 January 1868 | Joan Jamieson LESLIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MANSON | 20 February 1867 | Catherine MANSON | Find the father |
| John MANSON | 13 December 1872 | Catherine MANSON | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina Catherine MANSON | 3 June 1863 | Catherine MANSON | Find the father |
| Jean MAUNSON | 15 November 1856 | Margaret MAUNSON | Find the father |
| Margaret MOAT | 4 January 1860 | Jane MOAT | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 14 March 1863 | Christina MURRAY | Find the father |
| William MURRAY | 10 February 1870 | Christina MURRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Briggs NICOLSON | 9 July 1861 | Elizabeth NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Joan NICOLSON | 14 August 1870 | Anderina NICOLSON | Find the father |
| John NICOLSON | 13 September 1860 | Elizabeth NICOLSON | Find the father |
| William Turnbull NICOLSON | 15 April 1867 | Grace Turnbull NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Jean ROBERTSON | 6 November 1867 | Mary Ann Clark ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ROBERTSON | 30 December 1860 | Anderina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George ROBERTSON | 28 July 1864 | Sarah ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary RUSSLE | 15 December 1855 | Elizabeth Russle Or SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Ruth Mary Alexander Duncan SCOTT | 6 December 1866 | Mary Cheyne SCOTT | Find the father |
| Jane SINCLAIR | 25 August 1866 | Jane SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| John Ross SMITH | 28 May 1870 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary Jane SMITH | 9 March 1868 | Barbara SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert SMITH | 8 July 1856 | Philidelphia SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary STOUT | 26 May 1863 | Agnes STOUT | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane SUTHERLAND | 16 June 1865 | Bruce SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Robert Bruce SUTHERLAND | 7 December 1862 | Bruce SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Catherine TAIT | 23 July 1861 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| David TAIT | 25 August 1864 | Christina Tait Or ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James TAIT | 1 October 1867 | Christina TAIT | Find the father |
| Magnus TAIT | 4 December 1873 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Peter James TAIT | 11 October 1869 | Martha TAIT | Find the father |
| Isaac THOMASON | 9 September 1862 | Lillias THOMASON | Find the father |
| Mary THOMASON | 10 May 1859 | Lillas THOMASON | Find the father |
| Ann Eliza Barbara THOMSON | 27 October 1870 | Andrina THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary Adamson TWATT | 18 November 1860 | Anderina TWATT | Find the father |
| Adam WISHART | 6 March 1867 | Margaret WISHART | Find the father |
| Margaret WISHART | 25 February 1862 | Margaret WISHART | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Gear | Brunt Hammersland | ||
| James | Jacobson | Brunt Hammersland | ||
| James | Tait | Bretu | ||
| Henry | Anderson | Girlsta | ||
| James | Anderson | Girlsta | ||
| Gilbert | Murray | Chalderness | ||
| Francis | Leisk | Wadbister | ||
| Peter | Goodlad | Wadbister | ||
| James | Flett | Wadbister | ||
| Henry | Irvine | Vatster | ||
| John | Peterson | North Hammarsland | ||
| Peter | Mouat | North Hammarsland | ||
| Robt | Robertson | Toar | ||
| William | Irvine | Esthousa | ||
| John | Henry | Esthousa | ||
| Hay | Gaunson | Laxfirth | ||
| Scott | Blance | Laxfirth | ||
| John | Meldrum | Laxfirth | ||
| George | Edgar | Laxfirth | ||
| James | Goodlad | Swinister | ||
| Robert | Sinclair | Swinister | ||
| William | Johnson | Swinister | ||
| Torvile | Smith | Swinister | ||
| Gilbert | Irvine | Swinister | ||
| George | Tait | Houister | ||
| John | Tait | Houister | ||
| George | Tailor | Linkster | ||
| Gilbert | Tailor | Linkster | ||
| Peter | Anderson | Linkster | ||
| Peter | Tait | Belister | ||
| Robt | Irvine | Uby | ||
| Arthur | White | Braewick | ||
| Andw | Johnson | Braewick | ||
| John | Johnson | Braewick | ||
| Henry | Johnson | Braewick | ||
| Peter | Hunter | Braewick | ||
| Peter | Scott | Braewick | ||
| George | Henry | Caldcliff | ||
| Laue | Smith | Caldcliff | ||
| William | Henry | Caldcliff | ||
| Andrew | Nicolson | Caldcliff | ||
| Walter | Nicolson | Caldcliff | ||
| George | Irvine | Caldcliff | ||
| Garth | Petrie | Tronafirth | ||
| Peter | Petrie | Tronafirth | ||
| James | Nicolson | Tronafirth | ||
| Robt | Nicolson | Tronafirth | ||
| John | Herculeson | Tronafirth | ||
| Keith | Herculeson | Tronafirth | ||
| William | Hunter | Lea | ||
| John | Doull | Lea | ||
| John | Laurenson | Deal | ||
| James | Sclater | Deal | ||
| Andw | Sclater | Deal | ||
| Walter | Halcrow | Fitchens | ||
| George | Laurenson | Strand | ||
| Thos | Sinclair | Strand | ||
| Gilbert | Henderson | Gott | ||
| James | Peterson | Gott | ||
| William | Arens | Gott | ||
| James | Hunter | Gott | ||
| Arthur | Cooper | Uresland | ||
| Magnus | Sclater | Uresland | ||
| Leslie | Davidson | Uresland | ||
| Robt | Robertson | Greenvall | ||
| Andrew | Peterson | Greenvall | ||
| John | Linklater | Vinesgarth | ||
| Thos | Laurenson | Vinesgarth | ||
| Thos | Laurenson | Burra | ||
| John | Irvine | Burra | ||
| Jas | Linklater | Griesthall | ||
| Magnus | Arthur | Schoolhouse | ||
| William | Irvine | Setter | ||
| Peter | Davidson | Kirkasetter | ||
| George | Irvine | Garth | ||
| Jas | Irvine | Garth | ||
| Thos | Linklater | Garth | ||
| Peter | Hunter | Knockhall | ||
| Jas | Peterson | Asta | ||
| Adam | Hunter | Asta | ||
| Jas | Morrison | Asta | ||
| Alexr | Irvine | Asta | ||
| Cumming | Garrick | Houlland | ||
| Adam | Hunter | Houlland | ||
| Thos | Tait | Houlland | ||
| James | Gaudie | Houlland | ||
| Peter | Mullay | Houlland | ||
| Jas | Tait | Berry | ||
| Thos | Jameson | Berry | ||
| George | Sclater | Berry | ||
| Thos | Cheyne | W Hool | ||
| George | Nicolson | Utualkahe | address not certain | |
| Andrew | Hunter | Upper Scalloway | ||
| Thos | Nicolson | Upper Scalloway | ||
| Fraser | Leisk | Blythot | ||
| John | Leisk | Blythot | ||
| Thos | Davidson | Blythot | ||
| Jas | Manson | Blythot | ||
| William | Sinclair | E Hool | ||
| Jas | Irvine | E Hool | ||
| Thos | Williamson | Sundybanks | ||
| William | Irvine | Sundybanks | ||
| John | Irvine | Sundybanks | ||
| Nichol | Henderson | Uradale | ||
| Peter | Henderson | Tore | ||
| Walter | Robertson | Burwick | ||
| Walter | Henderson | Burwick | ||
| John | Garrick | Burwick | ||
| Charles | Moodie | Trondray | ||
| Andw | Sclater | Trondray | ||
| Jas | Greig | Trondray | ||
| Wm | Moncrief | Trondray | ||
| John | Moncrief | Trondray | ||
| John | Leslie | Trondray | ||
| Arthur | Moffat | Trondray | ||
| Thos | Irvine | Trondray | ||
| John | Moncrieff | Trondray | ||
| Arthur | Leisk | Trondray | ||
| John | Greig | Trondray | ||
| John | Yonson | Trondray | ||
| Arthur | Fullarton | Oxna | ||
| John | Sclater | Oxna | ||
| Arthur | Leisk | Linga | ||
| Robt | Tulloch | Scalloway | ||
| Laue | Arthurson | Scalloway | ||
| Peter | Work | Scalloway | ||
| Samuel | Laurenson | Scalloway | ||
| Flem | Laurenson | Scalloway | ||
| John | Scott | Scalloway | ||
| John | Miller | Scalloway | ||
| Wm | Laurenson | Scalloway | ||
| George | Leisk | Scalloway | ||
| George | Davidson | Scalloway | ||
| John | Williamson | Scalloway | ||
| Peter | Ollason | Scalloway | ||
| William | Dalgiesh | Scalloway | ||
| John | Irvine | Scalloway | ||
| Jas | Twat | Scalloway | ||
| Andw | Williamson | Scalloway | ||
| George | Russland | Scalloway | ||
| Gilbert | Sinclair | Scalloway | ||
| Peter | Sinclair | Scalloway | ||
| Robt | Tait | Scalloway | ||
| William | Irvine | Scalloway | ||
| Robt | Gaudie | Scalloway | ||
| Jas | Arthurson | Scalloway | ||
| Jas | Moodie | Scalloway | ||
| Jas | Irvine | Scalloway | ||
| Robt | Irvine | Scalloway | ||
| Michael | Hunter | Scalloway | ||
| Robt | Arthur | Scalloway | ||
| Charles | Ollason | Scalloway | ||
| James | Leslie | Scalloway | ||
| Walter | Abernethy | Scalloway | ||
| William | Davidson | Scalloway | ||
| Gilbert | Irvine | Scalloway | ||
| John | Irvine | shoemaker | Scalloway | |
| Arthur | Sclater | Pund | ||
| Mitchell | Georgeson | Huddigirth | ||
| Jeremy | Smith | Ustaness | ||
| Jas | Sclater | Ustaness | ||
| Scott | Sclater | Ustaness | ||
| William | Nicolson | North Ustaness | ||
| Laue | Laurenson | Kirkhouse | ||
| Andw | Peterson | Hammer | ||
| John | Peterson | Easthouse | ||
| Gilbert | Georgeson | Easthouse | ||
| Wm | Isbister | Nisbister | ||
| Magnus | Jameson | Nisbister | ||
| Thos | Williamson | Wormadale | ||
| Peter | Peterson | Breck | ||
| Adam | Peterson | Breck | ||
| George | Georgeson | Easthouse | ||
| John | Davidson | mason | Hoove | |
| John | Davidson | Hoove | ||
| Magnus | Nicolson | Hoove | ||
| Henry | Isbister | Brugarth | ||
| Peter | Isbister | Brugarth | ||
| Thos | Garrick | Stebygrind | ||
| John | Garrick | Hogalind | ||
| John | Davidson | Hammarsland | ||
| John | Craigie | Ollagirth | ||
| William | Davidson | Surstain | address uncertain, start of name obscured on page | |
| Thos | Smith | Brecks | ||
| John | Nicolson | Brecks | ||
| Andw | Garrioch | Strom | ||
| Jas | Irvine | Strom | ||
| Wm | Gear | Quoyness | ||
| Jeremy | Gear | Quoyness | ||
| Thos | Williamson | Haggerston | ||
| Thos | Smith | Haggerston | ||
| Thos | Smith | Haggerston | ||
| Peter | Tulloch | Haggerston | ||
| Jas | Williamson | Taing | ||
| Arthur | Tait | Cora | ||
| William | Paterson | Helister | ||
| Jas | Tait | Helister | ||
| Laue | Caddell | Helister | ||
| Robt | Smith | Stromness | ||
| John | Smith | Stromness | ||
| Jeremy | Leisk | Cott | ||
| Hugh | Leisk | Cott | ||
| Adam | Wishart | Cott | ||
| George | Mouat | Sound | ||
| Laue | Leisk | Sound | ||
| Walter | Davidson | Hool | ||
| John | Johnson | Heglabister | ||
| Adam | Leisk | Heglabister | ||
| Laue | Henderson | Schoolhouse | ||
| Peter | Jameson | Stenswall | ||
| Laue | Garrick | Stenswall | ||
| Peter | Moodie | Moustaff | ||
| Jas | Moodie | Moustaff | ||
| David | Law | Skurron | ||
| Robert | Morrison | Skurron | ||
| Jas | Linklater | Tuby | ||
| Leslie | Arthur | Cuckron | ||
| Wm | Sabison | Cuckron | ||
| Jas | Arthur | Cuckron | ||
| Jas | Arthur | Cuckron | ||
| Jas | Law | Cuckron | ||
| Andrew | Arthur | Cuckron | ||
| Magnus | Arthur | Cuckron | ||
| Hercules | Irvine | Stromfirth | ||
| Eras | Irvine | Stromfirth | ||
| William | Thompson | Kergord | ||
| John | Thompson | Kergord | ||
| Robert | Anderson | Kergord | ||
| Arthur | Thompson | Kergord | ||
| Hugh | Jameson | Setter | ||
| George | Laurenson | Setter | ||
| Jas | Anderson | Setter | ||
| Peter | Hunter | N House | ||
| Hugh | Hunter | Evrabister | ||
| John | Hunter | Hoove | ||
| Joseph | Hunter | Hoove | ||
| Jas | Thomason | Hoove | ||
| Jas | Thomason | Hoove | ||
| Joseph | Hunter | Teslafield | ||
| Thos | Thomason | Hamrigirth | ||
| Peter | Hunter | Hamrigirth | ||
| Eras | Morrison | Hamrigirth | ||
| William | Morrison | Scarpigarth | ||
| William | Williamson | Gardie |
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.
