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Twynholm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Agnes BURNIE | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William CAMPBELL | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused; case for Sheriff | |
| Widow HALLIDAY | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John LIDDERDALE | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MACARTNEY | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary MCMIKEN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter NELSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John PORTER | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes WAUGH | 1874 (1) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BEATTIE Twynholm | George CAMPBELL | 11 Jul 1859 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
| Agnes BURNIE Twynholm | William MCMINN | 29 Aug 1850 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/13 |
| Agnes CAMPBELL Compstone, Twynholm | William HANNAH | 9 Jun 1886 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Jane GOURLAY Cambletown, Twynholm | Joseph HELM | 6 Nov 1854 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
| Mary HARRISON Barluka, Twynholm | James CORSON | 18 Jun 1879 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Mary Ann MCKNIGHT Kilchrist, Twynholm | Thomas MOWATT | 26 Nov 1885 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Elizabeth MUIRHEAD Old Mill, Twynholm | Alexander DOBIE | 29 Aug 1892 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
| Margaret PAISLEY Kirkcock, Twynholm | James MCLEAN | 19 Sep 1887 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/16 |
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 Jane AIRLEY | 14 October 1863 | Mary AIRLEY | Find the father |
| Jane AIRLEY | 14 February 1864 | Allison AIRLEY | Father found |
| Janet AIRLEY | 1 December 1861 | Mary AIRLEY | Find the father |
| Agnes BEATTIE | 4 July 1859 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Jane BEATTIE | 21 December 1869 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Mary BEATTIE | 14 September 1863 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Robert BEATTIE | 6 July 1855 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Robert BEATTIE | 4 July 1859 | Mary BEATTIE | Find the father |
| William BOYLE | 28 October 1866 | Jane BOYLE | Find the father |
| Agnes BURNIE | 1 November 1867 | Agnes BURNIE | Find the father |
| David BURNIE | 7 February 1861 | Agnes BURNIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane BURNIE | 14 January 1858 | Jane BURNIE | Find the father |
| Anne CARSON | 2 April 1856 | Barbara CARSON | Find the father |
| James Kennan CARSON | 2 September 1862 | Margaret CARSON | Find the father |
| Margaret CHARTERS | 14 April 1870 | Margaret CHARTERS | Find the father |
| Margaret COPLAND | 11 September 1865 | Margaret COPLAND | Find the father |
| Grace CROSBIE | 14 October 1872 | Sarah CROSBIE | Father found |
| Robert DAVIS | 6 April 1857 | Mary DAVIS | Find the father |
| Jane DUNN | 23 January 1866 | Jane DUNN | Find the father |
| Agnes Lidderdale FITZSIMONS | 28 April 1873 | Rachel FITZSIMONS | Find the father |
| Marion Baird FITZSIMONS | 18 September 1870 | Rachel FITZSIMONS | Find the father |
| Mary HACKSTONE | 18 January 1855 | Margaret HACKSTONE | Find the father |
| Agnes HANNAH | 1 February 1874 | Janet HANNAH | Find the father |
| Catherine JOHNSTON | 12 July 1869 | Jane JOHNSTON | Father found |
| Annie Davis JOHNSTONE | 23 September 1871 | Joan JOHNSTONE | Father found |
| Elisabeth KELLY | 8 April 1872 | Mary KELLY | Father found |
| Mary KELLY | 8 January 1872 | Elizabeth KELLY | Find the father |
| Mary Jane KENNAN | 5 December 1863 | Elisabeth KENNAN | Find the father |
| John KIDD | 21 May 1872 | Catherine KIDD | Find the father |
| Thomas Aitken KIDD | 21 January 1865 | Christina KIDD | Find the father |
| William KIDD | 12 February 1868 | Christana KIDD | Find the father |
| Grace MALTMAN | 22 August 1865 | Mina MALTMAN | Find the father |
| Isabella Gordon Campbell MAXWELL | 12 December 1874 | Maggie MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Maggie MCCHEYNE | 28 July 1873 | Grace MCCHEYNE | Find the father |
| Archibald MCCORMACK | 17 January 1864 | Grace MCCORMACK | Find the father |
| David Manson MCCORMICK | 1 June 1862 | Margaret MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Grace Papple MCCORMICK | 29 June 1862 | Elisabeth MCCORMICK | Father found |
| Margaret Jane MCCORMICK | 25 January 1868 | Agnes MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCORNOCK | 5 June 1858 | Jane MCCORNOCK | Find the father |
| Isabella MCKIE | 21 October 1865 | Isabella MCKIE | Father found |
| Jane MCKIE | 14 November 1856 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| Janet MCMURRAY | 3 July 1873 | Agnes MCMURRAY | Find the father |
| Grace MCNALLEY | 17 April 1866 | Elisabeth MCNALLEY | Father found |
| Isabella Anderson MCQUEEN | 3 October 1858 | Grace MCQUEEN | Father found |
| Hugh Campbell MILROY | 16 May 1864 | Jane MILROY | Find the father |
| James Mitchell MILROY | 31 December 1860 | Agnes MILROY | Find the father |
| Jane MILROY | 19 April 1868 | Jane MILROY | Find the father |
| Robert Gaw MILROY | 10 July 1869 | Jane MILROY | Find the father |
| Samuel MILROY | 21 July 1861 | Jane MILROY | Find the father |
| Margaret MUIRHEAD | 11 May 1868 | Janet MUIRHEAD | Find the father |
| John NEIL | 23 January 1858 | Jane NEIL | Find the father |
| John NISH | 15 July 1863 | Helen NISH | Find the father |
| Thomas Moffat RITCHIE | 1 February 1865 | Elisabeth RITCHIE | Father found |
| William RITCHIE | 5 December 1868 | Elisabeth RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Agnes STEEL | 15 October 1863 | Mary STEEL | Find the father |
| Mary STEEL | 15 June 1858 | Mary STEEL | Find the father |
| James Fraser STEWART | 1 February 1869 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Matthew STEWART | 10 October 1867 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| John WAUGH | 19 September 1868 | Margaret WAUGH | Find the father |
| William Hyslop WAUGH | 10 July 1861 | Margaret WAUGH | Father found |
| William Nicol Burns Mcilveen WAUGH | 16 December 1868 | Helen WAUGH | Find the father |
| Mary Jane WILSON | 23 April 1868 | Martha WILSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WOODS | 4 February 1872 | Isabella WOODS | 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.
