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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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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.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Janet AITKEN 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Eliz GORDON or THOMSON 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth J GORDON 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused - incompetent
Isabella HENRY 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Agnes JOHNSTON 1849 (2)Order imagesRefused
Janet JOHNSTON 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Janet NICHOLSON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused, on the understanding that she may have 2s a week
Widow Elizabeth THOMSON 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth THOMSON or NEWLANDS 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Alexander AITKEN6 October 1856Jean AITKENFind the father
Janet BARTON28 November 1865Irvine BARTONFind the father
Janet BEATTIE19 April 1865Jessie BEATTIEFind the father
Jemima BEATTIE4 August 1867Jane BEATTIEFind the father
Jessie BEATTIE9 April 1860Mary BEATTIEFind the father
John BELL7 June 1856Jane BELLFind the father
Mary Grace BELL28 June 1872Barbara BELLFind the father
William BELL24 October 1864Ann BELLFind the father
Alexander BROWN3 August 1868Margaret BROWNFind the father
Jessie BROWN9 January 1860Agnes BROWNFind the father
James BRYDEN7 January 1860Mary BRYDENFind the father
John BRYDONE16 June 1862Elizabeth BRYDONEFind the father
Mary Jane CARMICHAEL17 October 1863Elisabeth CARMICHAELFind the father
Agnes Graham CARRUTHERS2 October 1871Mary CARRUTHERSFind the father
Andrew Neilson CARRUTHERS14 September 1871Elizabeth CARRUTHERSFind the father
Flora CARRUTHERS27 June 1865Elisabeth CARRUTHERSFind the father
Isabella CARRUTHERS19 June 1864Sarah CARRUTHERSFather found
James CARRUTHERS22 November 1863Jane CARRUTHERSFind the father
Jane Harkness CARRUTHERS29 January 1868Elizabeth CARRUTHERSFind the father
John CARRUTHERS31 October 1862Elisabeth CARRUTHERSFind the father
Thomas CARRUTHERS12 April 1870Elizabeth CARRUTHERSFind the father
James CORRIE19 November 1856Jane CORRIEFind the father
James CORRIE9 March 1860Agnes CORRIEFind the father
John CORRIE4 August 1865Agnes CORRIEFather found
David CURRIE26 December 1868Agnes CURRIEFind the father
Jemima DALZIEL1 February 1868Mary DALZIELFind the father
Mary DALZIEL22 May 1865Mary DALZIELFind the father
James DAVIDSON13 January 1872Thomasina DAVIDSONFind the father
Mary DICKSON1 September 1874Margaret DICKSONFind the father
Richard DICKSON17 December 1873Marion DICKSONFind the father
Sarah Mary DOBIE24 April 1863Sarah DOBIEFind the father
Thomas DOBIE23 March 1861Sarah DOBIEFind the father
John DOCHERTY19 June 1862Ann DOCHERTYFind the father
William DOHERTY24 December 1857Ann DOHERTYFind the father
Mary Johnston DOLLERTY23 February 1855Ann DOLLERTYFind the father
Jane DOUGLAS28 July 1868Mary DOUGLASFind the father
John FERGUSON23 August 1859Mary FERGUSONFind the father
Agnes Jane GILLIES19 November 1865Jessie GILLIESFather found
Catherine HALLIDAY2 July 1859Janet HALLIDAYFind the father
Isabella HENDERSON11 May 1872Mary Isabella HENDERSONFind the father
Janet HENDERSON11 February 1866Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Jemima HENDERSON9 May 1870Catherine HENDERSONFather found
Thomas HENDERSON31 July 1862Janet HENDERSONFind the father
Agnes HERON4 July 1858Agnes HERONFind the father
Jane HERON16 August 1855Sarah HERONFind the father
Margaret HIDDLESTON30 December 1871Elizabeth HIDDLESTONFind the father
Robert Lawson HUME31 July 1872Grace HUMEFind the father
Jean JOHNSTON22 April 1868Mary JOHNSTONFind the father
Marion JOHNSTONE2 November 1860Mary JOHNSTONEFind the father
Elisabeth LAUDER20 August 1858Agnes LAUDERFind the father
Elisabeth Nicholson LAUDER19 February 1861Agnes LAUDERFind the father
James LAUDER22 September 1864Agnes LAUDERFind the father
Margaret LAUDER10 February 1871Marion LAUDERFind the father
Joanna Janet LEARMONT7 December 1872Agnes LEARMONTFind the father
Samuel LEARMONT25 November 1866Mary LEARMONTFind the father
George LITTLE10 October 1868Janet LITTLEFind the father
Grace MARSHALL7 June 1856Grace MARSHALLFind the father
James MCLEAN21 May 1868Janet MCLEANFather found
Ellen Smith MCNAE11 October 1867Janet MCNAEFind the father
Mary MCNAE16 December 1863Janet MCNAEFind the father
Mary MCVITIE13 July 1860Helen MCVITIEFind the father
Robert MCVITIE14 June 1864Helen MCVITIEFind the father
John MICHAN5 January 1863Janet MICHANFind the father
Mary Jane NICHOLSON14 October 1858Jane Mcwilliam NICHOLSONFind the father
Janet PAGAN11 January 1863Mary PAGANFind the father
Mary Jane PATERSON21 January 1860Barbara PATERSONFind the father
William PATERSON22 December 1872Agnes PATERSONFind the father
Elisabeth PATTON4 May 1859Mary PATTONFind the father
James PATTON24 November 1868Mary PATTONFather found
Robert PATTON26 August 1871Janet PATTONFind the father
Thomas PATTON15 July 1861Jane PATTONFind the father
Sarah PORTER24 November 1874Sarah PORTERFind the father
Elisabeth Duffy REDDIE17 July 1865Bridget REDDIEFind the father
John ROGERSON13 June 1856Margaret ROGERSONFind the father
William ROGERSON10 July 1868Jessie ROGERSONFind the father
John Henderson SCOTT9 January 1871Mary SCOTTFind the father
John STEVENSON20 October 1867Agnes STEVENSONFather found
Margaret Winsor STEVENSON12 February 1871Agnes STEVENSONFind the father
Jane STRONG30 January 1871Mary STRONGFind the father
Margaret STRONG30 January 1871Mary STRONGFind the father
Nicholas STRONG7 January 1871Jane STRONGFind the father
James TELFER28 April 1865Jessie TELFERFind the father
John TELFER24 April 1864Elspeth TELFERFind the father
Mary TELFER15 December 1868Elspeth TELFERFind the father
Agnes TELFERT21 November 1866Mary TELFERTFind the father
Agnes THOMSON18 July 1856Agnes THOMSONFind the father
John WILSON27 January 1864Mary WILSONFind 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.