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Records -> Kirkcudbrightshire

Tongland 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:
  • £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
Gordon BROWN 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret FERGUSON 1851 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Betsy FERRIES 1865 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary GORDON Kirkcudbright1846 (1)Order imagesRefused


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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Maggie GOURLAY
Ringford, Tongland
Isaac THOMSON26 Apr 1893Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Mary LINDSAY
Barncrosh, Tongland
George BROWN21 Jun 1882Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Maggie MCCORMICK
Stakebridge Cottage, Ringford, Tongland
Donald BROWN2 Jun 1892Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Isabella MCKIE
Valleyfield House, Tongland
Thomas RUTHERFORD29 Jul 1882
Cuil, Buittle
Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Isabella MCLELLAN
High Clauchan, Tongland
Archibald DOUGLAS1 Mar 1853Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/13
Nicholas MCMINN
Falnaw, Tongland
Samuel SMITH16 Jan 1855Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/13
Margaret MCWHAN
Tarff Station, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire
John KELLY10 Jul 1905
Tarff Station, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Catherine ROSS
Waterside, Tongland
John HOGG22 Oct 1884Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Margaret SHAW
Valleyfield, Tongland
James O'NEILLOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/14
Margaret SLOAN
Ringford, Tongland
James GORDON14 May 1875Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/15
Euphemia STEVENSON
Dunjop, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire
Joseph POTTS30 May 1876Order nowWigtown
SC19/7/8


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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Mary Jane Irving Robinson BARCLAY8 November 1856Jane BARCLAYFind the father
Robert Irving CAMPBELL12 October 1857Isabella CAMPBELLFind the father
Mary CARNOCHAN26 May 1866Susan CARNOCHANFind the father
Thomas CARSON9 August 1874Mary CARSONFind the father
Samuel CARTER17 October 1860Mary CARTERFind the father
Agnes CLARK15 December 1871Agnes CLARKFind the father
John CLARK17 June 1873Agnes CLARKFind the father
Agnes COPELAND12 August 1863Agnes COPELANDFind the father
Alfred COPLAND6 January 1871Agnes COPLANDFind the father
Mary Ann COUPLAND15 November 1867Agnes COUPLANDFind the father
Sarah CULTON25 October 1857Mary CULTONFind the father
John CUNNINGHAM11 April 1867Janet CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Margaret DOCHARTY26 May 1855Margaret DOCHARTYFind the father
Robert DOUCHERTY19 December 1870Mary DOUCHERTYFind the father
Agnes FARRIES1 April 1865Elisabeth FARRIESFind the father
Sarah FARRIES15 July 1859Elisabeth FARRIESFind the father
Thomas FITZSYMONS29 April 1858Mary FITZSYMONSFind the father
Catherine FORTEATH18 September 1866Elizabeth FORTEATHFind the father
David GASS25 November 1866Agnes GASSFind the father
James GASS28 June 1856Agness GASSFind the father
John GASS27 May 1861Agnes GASSFind the father
William GASS5 July 1863Agness GASSFind the father
Thomas John GIRR6 October 1862Mary GIRRFind the father
Mary GORDON8 November 1856Amelia GORDONFind the father
Mary Jane GORDON23 June 1867Elisabeth GORDONFind the father
Mary GUFFOG15 July 1855Nicholas GUFFOGFind the father
Robert GUFFOG3 August 1861Nicholas GUFFOGFind the father
Mary Jane HAY23 September 1864Jane HAYFind the father
Sarah Jane JOHNSTON3 January 1866Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
John JOHNSTONE21 February 1855Helen JOHNSTONEFind the father
William KENNYON23 October 1874Mary Ann KENNYONFind the father
John LINDSAY14 October 1872Mary LINDSAYFind the father
Robert LOCKE21 May 1861Agnes LOCKEFind the father
Grace MALTMAN7 February 1874Jane MALTMANFind the father
John MALTMAN11 May 1872Wilhelmina MALTMANFind the father
James Alexander MAXWELL9 November 1870Mary MAXWELLFind the father
Thomas MCADAM11 July 1871Mary MCADAMFind the father
John MCCARTNEY6 February 1858Sarah MCCARTNEYFind the father
Robert MCCORMICK22 March 1863Jane MCCORMICKFind the father
Mary MCFERLIEN26 June 1855Ann MCFERLIENFind the father
Agnes MCGEOCH8 April 1856Jane MCGEOCHFind the father
James Edward MCGINNES23 February 1858Elisabeth MCGINNESFind the father
Mary MCGUFFIE27 July 1864Isabella MCGUFFIEFind the father
William MCGUFFOG27 November 1862Elizabeth MCGUFFOGFind the father
William MCGUFFOG3 December 1862Janet MCGUFFOGFind the father
Elizabeth MCKIE25 July 1862Jane MCKIEFind the father
Mary Agnes MCKIE3 July 1860Margaret MCKIEFind the father
Agnes MCMINN1 January 1869Agnes MCMINNFind the father
Mary MCMINN6 June 1866Elizabeth MCMINNFind the father
Samuel MCMINN5 May 1869Mary MCMINNFind the father
Anne MCSHERRY12 January 1868Margaret MCSHERRYFather found
Mary MCSHERRY31 July 1864Rebecca MCSHERRYFind the father
Janet MILLIGAN27 November 1865Margaret MILLIGANFind the father
Elisabeth Jane MITCHELL13 March 1872Margaret MITCHELLFind the father
Margaret MITCHELL20 December 1864Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Mary Jane MITCHELL13 June 1870Jane MITCHELLFind the father
Robert MITCHELL5 November 1855Janet MITCHELLFind the father
George MUIR29 March 1874Elisabeth MUIRFind the father
Elizabeth MURRAY15 December 1862Mary MURRAYFind the father
Alexander NEILSON17 June 1862Grace NEILSONFind the father
James NEILSON2 September 1864Grace NEILSONFind the father
David NISH22 September 1867Margaret NISHFind the father
James ROBERTSON9 January 1856Janet ROBERTSONFind the father
John Paterson ROBERTSON13 June 1868Annie ROBERTSONFind the father
Agnes RUSSELL2 September 1871Jane RUSSELLFather found
James David SHANNON8 October 1865Marion SHANNONFather found
John SHAW28 March 1865Margaret SHAWFind the father
Robert SHAW26 March 1867Mary SHAWFind the father
William STEWART8 September 1870Agnes STEWARTFind the father
James STITT18 February 1855Anne STITTFather found
John TAIT19 January 1856Janet TAITFind the father
Elizabeth Jane THOMSON14 November 1861Williamina THOMSONFind the father
Isabella THOMSON6 June 1860Agnes THOMSONFind the father
Jane THOMSON25 December 1855Agnes THOMSONFind the father
Jane THOMSON28 March 1870Mary THOMSONFind the father
Mary Helen THOMSON4 June 1873Marion THOMSONFind the father
Robert THOMSON8 February 1865Mary THOMSONFind the father
Elisabeth WRIGHT6 January 1868Ellen WRIGHTFind 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.


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