Records -> Shetland
Walls and Sandness 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catharine FRASER | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused in respect that applicant, if dissatisfied with present allowance, can, with her children, be removed to her own parish and provided for there | |
| James IRVINE | 1880-1881 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Betty MANSON | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Magnus THOMSON | 1871 (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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Laurenson BARRON | 24 September 1869 | Mary Anne BARRON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Blair CHEYNE | 18 October 1864 | Anne CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Jemima COUTTS | 22 April 1860 | Jane COUTTS | Find the father |
| William COUTTS | 10 August 1866 | Jane COUTTS | Find the father |
| Bessie FRASER | 17 October 1867 | Catharine FRASER | Find the father |
| Joan FRASER | 22 October 1873 | Agnes FRASER | Find the father |
| William FRASER | 13 June 1867 | Sinclair FRASER | Find the father |
| Bruce GEORGESON | 28 April 1863 | Barbara GEORGESON | Find the father |
| George GEORGESON | 13 May 1859 | Barbara GEORGESON | Find the father |
| James GEORGESON | 19 June 1869 | Margaret GEORGESON | Find the father |
| Joan GEORGESON | 26 July 1856 | Margaret GEORGESON | Find the father |
| William GEORGESON | 4 November 1862 | Eliza GEORGESON | Find the father |
| Jemima ISBESTER | 6 August 1865 | Margaret ISBESTER | Find the father |
| Catharine JAMESON | 3 December 1868 | Tamar JAMESON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Helen JAMIESON | 5 November 1874 | Helen JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Mary JAMIESON | 1 June 1860 | Catherine JAMIESON | Find the father |
| James JEROMSON | 30 December 1866 | Isabella JEROMSON | Find the father |
| James JOHNSON | 22 November 1861 | Bessie JOHNSON | Find the father |
| Eliza LAING | 2 July 1865 | Anderina LAING | Find the father |
| John LAING | 15 December 1870 | Mary LAING | Find the father |
| James MANSON | 31 May 1861 | Marion MANSON | Find the father |
| Margaret MANSON | 20 October 1869 | Betsey MANSON | Find the father |
| Agnes MOFFAT | 19 March 1865 | Elizabeth MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Mary MOODIE | 24 May 1865 | Catharine MOODIE | Find the father |
| John PETERSON | 12 December 1870 | Ann PETERSON | Find the father |
| Adam Or John ROBERTSON | 29 July 1859 | Barbara ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Georgina ROBERTSON | 3 September 1871 | Eliza ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | 2 January 1864 | Eliza ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Catharine Joan SCOTT | 2 May 1865 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| Engo SCOTT | 31 May 1872 | Jane SCOTT | Find the father |
| Thomas Robert SCOTT | 19 October 1871 | Jean SCOTT | Find the father |
| John SINCLAIR | 24 July 1864 | Isabella Sinclair Or NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Laura SINCLAIR | 17 April 1863 | Margaret SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Barbara TAIT | 19 March 1872 | Jane TAIT | Find the father |
| Mary TAIT | 2 June 1864 | Elizabeth TAIT | Find the father |
| Barbara THOMSON | 12 October 1863 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 25 July 1859 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Janet TWATT | 13 August 1855 | Jane TWATT | Find the father |
| Laurence TWATT | 13 July 1855 | Isabella TWATT | Find the father |
| Mary Ann TWATT | 13 August 1855 | Jane TWATT | Find the father |
| Janet WILLIAMSON | 13 August 1864 | Agnes WILLIAMSON | 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.
