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Westray 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1107/1 | Minutes | 1835-1853 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1107/2 | Minutes | 1853-1912 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1107/6 | Baptismal register | 1890-1945 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1107/11 | Record of contracts of marriage, Westray & Papa Westray | 1855-1874 | Request lookup |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter CAMPBELL | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter CAMPBELL | 1858-1859 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter CAMPBELL | 1868 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet DRAVER | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| David FOULIS | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David FOULIS | 1856 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David FOULIS | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| David FOULIS | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David FOULIS | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| David FOULS | 1852 (3) | Order images | Continued for agreement between Parochial Board and applicant | |
| Jane TULLOCH | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Jane TULLOCH | 1867-1868 (4) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James COOPER | 22 February 1870 | Ann COOPER | Find the father |
| Betsy DREVER | 10 February 1859 | Betsy DREVER | Find the father |
| Catherine DREVER | 12 October 1868 | Margaret DREVER | Find the father |
| Jessie Ann DREVER | 7 November 1864 | Betsy DREVER | Find the father |
| John Mainland DREVER | 2 May 1872 | Catherine DREVER | Find the father |
| Margaret DREVER | 20 September 1868 | Margaret DREVER | Find the father |
| Robert GRAY | 31 July 1859 | Ann GRAY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HUTCHISON | 10 May 1873 | Elizabeth HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Ann KENT | 26 March 1868 | Jean KENT | Find the father |
| John KENT | 15 July 1863 | Ellen KENT | Find the father |
| Tomima KENT | 12 February 1868 | Isabella KENT | Find the father |
| William LAIRD | 8 May 1865 | Jean LAIRD | Find the father |
| James LESLIE | 10 June 1856 | Jean LESLIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Clouston LESLIE | 6 May 1869 | Margaret Clouston LESLIE | Find the father |
| Thomas LESLIE | 7 July 1873 | Margaret LESLIE | Find the father |
| Tomima Seatter LESLIE | 20 June 1868 | Christina LESLIE | Find the father |
| John MILLER | 30 April 1865 | Janet Miller Or THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann REID | 14 August 1864 | Mary Ann REID | Find the father |
| George RENDALL | 24 November 1871 | Betsy RENDALL | Find the father |
| Jean Seator RENDALL | 5 August 1857 | Ann RENDALL | Find the father |
| John RENDALL | 8 November 1871 | Margaret RENDALL | Find the father |
| John RENDALL | 10 July 1872 | Mary RENDALL | Find the father |
| Jomima RENDALL | 9 February 1865 | Jean RENDALL | Find the father |
| William Marwick RENDALL | 19 July 1869 | May RENDALL | Find the father |
| Ann SCOTT | 1 September 1873 | Ellen SCOTT | Find the father |
| James SKAE | 24 March 1864 | Elizabeth Rendall SKAE | Find the father |
| Mary STOUT | 15 August 1865 | Marjory STOUT | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | Logie | North Parish | ||
| David | Ainsley | North Parish | ||
| David | Munro | North Parish | ||
| David | Rendall | North Parish | ||
| George | Reid | North Parish | ||
| George | Reid | North Parish | ||
| George | Rendall | North Parish | ||
| James | Hume | North Parish | ||
| John | Manson | North Parish | ||
| John | Mitchell | North Parish | ||
| John | Groat | North Parish | ||
| John | Stevenson | North Parish | ||
| John | Fowlis | North Parish | ||
| Neil | Cameron | North Parish | ||
| Peter | Rendall | North Parish | ||
| Robert | Reid | North Parish | ||
| Stewart | Rendall | North Parish | ||
| Thomas | Hewison | North Parish | ||
| Thomas | Seater | North Parish | ||
| William | Fergus | North Parish | ||
| William | Taylor | North Parish | ||
| William | Tulloch | North Parish | ||
| William | Rendall | North Parish | x next to name | |
| William | Groat | North Parish | ||
| William | Logie | North Parish | ||
| William | Reid | North Parish | ||
| Andrew | Seater | West Side District East Parish | ||
| George | Pottinger | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Tulloch | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Leslie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Paterson | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Kelday | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Kelday | West Side District East Parish | ||
| James | Rendall | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Jerome | Bews | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Seater | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Paterson | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Reid | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Reid | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Hume | West Side District East Parish | ||
| John | Leslie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Magnus | Logie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Peter | Drever | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Robert | Leslie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Thomas | Paterson | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Thomas | Paterson | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Thomas | Leslie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Thomas | Meal | West Side District East Parish | ||
| William | Paterson | West Side District East Parish | ||
| William | Corse | West Side District East Parish | ||
| William | Ainsley | West Side District East Parish | ||
| William | Logie | West Side District East Parish | ||
| Alexander | Bain | Skelwick District | ||
| Andrew | Kent | Skelwick District | ||
| Andrew | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| Edward | Clouston | Skelwick District | ||
| George | Seater | Skelwick District | ||
| Henry | Burgar | Skelwick District | ||
| James | Leslie | Skelwick District | ||
| James | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| James | Pottinger | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Rousay | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Burgar | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Seater | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Groat | Skelwick District | ||
| John | Seater | Skelwick District | ||
| James | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| Robert | Reid | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Rousay | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Bain | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Harcus | Skelwick District | ||
| Thomas | Groat | Skelwick District | ||
| William | Drever | Skelwick District | ||
| William | Leslie | Skelwick District | ||
| Andrew | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| Archibald | Scollay | Rapness District | ||
| Archibald | Scollay | Rapness District | ||
| Archibald | Hutchison | Rapness District | ||
| George | Leslie | Rapness District | ||
| George | Stevenson | Rapness District | ||
| George | Seater | Rapness District | ||
| George | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| George | Pottinger | Rapness District | ||
| James | Stevenson | Rapness District | ||
| James | Dearness | Rapness District | ||
| James | Seater | Rapness District | ||
| Jerome | Scollay | Rapness District | ||
| John | Seater | Rapness District | ||
| John | Mason | Rapness District | ||
| John | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| John | Burgar | Rapness District | ||
| John | Mainland | Rapness District | ||
| John | Sinclair | Rapness District | ||
| John | Harcus | Rapness District | ||
| Robert | Seater | Rapness District | ||
| Robert | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| Robert | Burgar | Rapness District | ||
| Robert | Reid | Rapness District | ||
| Thomas | Kent | Rapness District | ||
| Thomas | Stevenson | Rapness District | ||
| Thomas | Stevenson | Rapness District | ||
| Thomas | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| Thomas | Drever | Rapness District | ||
| William | Stevenson | Rapness District | ||
| William | Harcus | Rapness District | ||
| Andrew | Drever | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Traill | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Harcus | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Drever | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Millar | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Hewison | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Fowlis | Papa Westray | ||
| George | Robertson | Papa Westray | ||
| Edward | Thomson | Papa Westray | ||
| Henry | Harcus | Papa Westray | ||
| James | Hourston | Papa Westray | ||
| James | Kelday | Papa Westray | ||
| James | Mainland | Papa Westray | ||
| James | Harcus | Papa Westray | ||
| James | Robertson | Papa Westray | ||
| John | Fowlis | Papa Westray | ||
| John | Reid | Papa Westray | ||
| Peter | Traill | Papa Westray | ||
| Robert | Angus | Papa Westray | ||
| Robert | Irvine | Papa Westray | ||
| Robert | Hutchison | Papa Westray | ||
| Thomas | Millar | Papa Westray | ||
| Thomas | Drever | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Harcus | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Thomson | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Irvine | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Burgar | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Bigland | Papa Westray | ||
| William | Fowlis | Papa Westray |
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.
