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Tundergarth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine HARRISON | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane IRVING | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine SHARPE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane WARD | 1876 (1) | 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.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary ARMSTRONG Capelfoot, Tundergarth | William KERR | 16 Jul 1875 Capelfoot, Tundergarth | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Elizabeth BELL Scalehill, Tundergarth formerly Robinholm | Walter DAVIDSON | 23 Feb 1854 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/31 |
| Isabella BELL Banks Cottage, Tundergarth | George GRAHAM | 9 Jun 1877 Banks Cottage, Tundergarth | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary BELL Shaw, Tundergarth | George MURRAY | 29 Sep 1855 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/32 |
| Mary BUCHAN or MORRIN Dassfauld, Tundergarth | John SHARKEY | 12 Aug 1918 Dassfauld, Tundergarth | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Agnes COPLAND Cappelfoot, Tundergarth | Daniel RITCHIE | 29 Oct 1875 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Isabella COUPLAND or HALL Bankshill, Tundergarth | John WILSON | 2 Apr 1869 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/34 |
| Janet ELLIOT Railway Cottages, Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire | Thomas RICHARDSON | 24 Jun 1895 Railway Cottages, Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Thomasina HIDDLESTON Milton, Tundergarth | James IRVING | 26 Aug 1874 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Mary Ann MURRAY Gibsons Cottage, Tundergarth | James B CARRUTHERS | 25 Feb 1862 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/32 |
| Henrietta ROGERSON Scalehill, Tundergarth | John WALLACE | 11 Apr 1880 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew BELL | 18 April 1863 | Nickloas BELL | Find the father |
| George BELL | 16 October 1855 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| George BELL | 31 May 1871 | Agnes BELL | Father found |
| Georgina BELL | 13 July 1872 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
| James BELL | 2 October 1865 | Margaret BELL | Find the father |
| James BELL | 18 October 1873 | Elizabeth BELL | Find the father |
| Janet BELL | 4 November 1860 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| Janet BELL | 12 December 1869 | Mary BELL | Find the father |
| Jemima BELL | 19 February 1871 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| John BELL | 10 February 1874 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| Richard BELL | 22 August 1871 | Nicholas BELL | Find the father |
| William BELL | 7 February 1868 | Nickolas BELL | Find the father |
| William BELL | 3 April 1871 | Isabella BELL | Find the father |
| Herbert John BURGESS | 27 December 1873 | Mary BURGESS | Find the father |
| William BURGESS | 23 April 1866 | Mary BURGESS | Find the father |
| Thomas CARRUTHERS | 5 July 1873 | Janet CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| John CLINT | 4 June 1858 | Elizabeth CLINT | Find the father |
| Thomas COUPLAND | 15 June 1863 | Agnes COUPLAND | Find the father |
| Mary COWAN | 10 September 1868 | Susan COWAN | Find the father |
| Robert COWAN | 28 April 1873 | Susan COWAN | Find the father |
| John DAVIDSON | 3 April 1860 | Agnes DAVIDSON | Father found |
| Mary ELLIOT | 27 April 1857 | Mary ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Catherine FLETCHER | 23 March 1869 | Janet FLETCHER | Find the father |
| John FLETCHER | 6 February 1866 | Janet FLETCHER | Find the father |
| Thomas FLETCHER | 18 March 1862 | Elizabeth FLETCHER | Find the father |
| William FLETCHER | 15 December 1856 | Elizabeth FLETCHER | Find the father |
| Margaret Kerr GRAHAM | 19 January 1873 | Agness GRAHAM | Find the father |
| William GRAHAM | 31 October 1873 | Mary GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Jane Common HENDERSON | 23 August 1862 | Mary HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Walter HENDERSON | 3 July 1858 | Mary HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Martha Mitchell Johnstone HOWATSON | 3 December 1874 | Janet HOWATSON | Find the father |
| Andrew IRVING | 9 July 1863 | Agnes IRVING | Find the father |
| George IRVING | 27 July 1865 | Isabella IRVING | Find the father |
| James IRVING | 24 February 1871 | Elizabeth IRVING | Find the father |
| Joseph IRVING | 14 September 1857 | Isabella IRVING | Find the father |
| Mary IRVING | 2 March 1860 | Isabella IRVING | Father found |
| Sarah IRVING | 14 February 1855 | Isabella IRVING | Find the father |
| Jamesina JEFFREY | 22 April 1874 | Jane JEFFREY | Father found |
| James JOHNSTONE | 4 July 1857 | Elizabeth JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Joseph JOHNSTONE | 9 September 1855 | Elizabeth JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Thomas JOHNSTONE | 24 July 1859 | Elizabeth JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| Jane MAXWELL | 12 August 1861 | Jane MAXWELL | Father found |
| John MCVITIE | 23 October 1856 | Mary MCVITIE | Find the father |
| Agnes Jane MURRAY | 26 April 1866 | Rebekah MURRAY | Find the father |
| Agnes PATTERSON | 25 February 1855 | Elizabeth PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth RICHARDSON | 11 November 1857 | Mary RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Jane Catherine RICHARDSON | 5 July 1861 | Elizabeth RICHARDSON | Father found |
| John RICHARDSON | 13 July 1869 | Mary RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Janet ROBSON | 23 May 1872 | Janet ROBSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SMITH | 23 August 1860 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Janet SMITH | 20 August 1860 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Jemima Bell SMITH | 18 June 1864 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret Bell SMITH | 9 October 1856 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| William STEVENSON | 8 May 1855 | Agnes STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Helen THOMSON | 21 September 1859 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Marion THOMSON | 2 September 1873 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Janet WILSON | 29 November 1855 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 9 October 1855 | Martha WILSON | 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.
