Records -> Shetland
Unst 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert ANDERSON | 1883 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robina ANDERSON | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| William BRUCE | 1876 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John CLARK | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Henry EDWARDSON | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jemima EDWARDSON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Tamar EDWARDSON | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Laurence GARDNER | 1876 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ann GRAY or WILLIAMSON | 1867 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elizabeth Tarl JOHNSTON | 1876 (3) | Order images | Refused, in respect that applicant's imbecile child appears to have been removed to Unst, with the sanction of the General Board of Lunacy, and is now under the supervision of that board | |
| Widow Elizabeth Tearl JOHNSTONE | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Wilhelmina LEASK | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mrs Cath NICOLSON or NISBET | 1873-1874 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robina PENNANT | 1869 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Barbara PETRIE | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Ursula RAMSAY | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John ROBERTSON | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William RUSSELL | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Janet SANDISON | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Barbara SINCLAIR | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ellen SINCLAIR | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen SINCLAIR | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| George SMITH | 1872 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jessie SMITH | 1871 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Matthew SMITH | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Matthew SMITH | 1883 (4) | Order images | Refused in respect that applicant and his family can be removed to their own parish and be provided for there | |
| Charlotte SUTHERLAND | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas SUTHERLAND | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| William T SUTHERLAND | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William T SUTHERLAND | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth TAVEL or JOHNSTON | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth WALLERSON | 1869-1870 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert BRUCE | 12 February 1864 | Elisabeth BRUCE | Find the father |
| Margaret Leikh CLARK | 29 September 1863 | Jemima Barbara CLARK | Find the father |
| Andrew EDWARDSON | 1 March 1858 | Thomasina EDWARDSON | Find the father |
| Christopher Robert EDWARDSON | 17 February 1868 | Catharine EDWARDSON | Find the father |
| James EDWARDSON | 29 September 1862 | Thomasina EDWARDSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Henry EDWARDSON | 8 August 1869 | Thomasina EDWARDSON | Find the father |
| Magnus FRASER | 12 August 1874 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| Andrew John GRAY | 27 August 1870 | Andrina GRAY | Find the father |
| Thomas GRAY | 22 March 1859 | Charlotte GRAY | Find the father |
| Ursula GRAY | 28 August 1870 | Andrina GRAY | Find the father |
| Ann Jane HARPER | 15 February 1868 | Mary HARPER | Find the father |
| James Barclay HARPER | 11 November 1871 | Barbara HARPER | Find the father |
| Jemima HARPER | 21 May 1861 | Williamina HARPER | Find the father |
| Joan Barbara HARPER | 22 November 1872 | Williamina HARPER | Find the father |
| Christina Ann IRVINE | 9 March 1866 | Mary Joan IRVINE | Find the father |
| John William LEASK | 15 February 1871 | Williamina LEASK | Find the father |
| Ann Barbara MATTHEWSON | 22 February 1857 | Joan MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Magnus MATTHEWSON | 23 November 1864 | Ann Margaret MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MATTHEWSON | 6 April 1866 | Catherine MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Tamar MATTHEWSON | 24 December 1869 | Williamina MATTHEWSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MOUAT | 24 January 1874 | Ann MOUAT | Find the father |
| John Sinclair PETERSON | 14 December 1869 | Catharine Elisabeth PETERSON | Find the father |
| Grace Williamina PETRIE | 4 August 1868 | Joan PETRIE | Find the father |
| Robert RAMSEY | 1 May 1864 | Mary RAMSEY | Find the father |
| Gilbert ROBERTSON | 11 December 1874 | Thomasina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 23 November 1874 | Williamina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William James SANDERSON | 18 December 1857 | Janet SANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Catherine SANDISON | 1 September 1860 | Charlotte SANDISON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SMITH | 9 August 1860 | Marion SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 24 June 1871 | Ursula Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Thomas Alexander SMITH | 23 October 1868 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| James Bruce THOMSON | 26 March 1864 | Barbara Greig THOMSON | Find the father |
| James William Bruce THOMSON | 18 December 1868 | Joan THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret THOMSON | 30 September 1868 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| Catherine WILLIAMSON | 20 January 1862 | Margaret WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Robert WINWICK | 15 August 1857 | Margaret WINWICK | 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.
