Wigtown parish records
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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
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.
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 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James BODAN | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth BOYD | 1856-1857 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Rebecca BROWN or LOUDOUN | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; not in receipt of relief | |
| Robert CAMPBELL | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert CAMPBELL | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert CAMPBELL | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine MACARTNEY | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret MACGOWAN | 1859 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James MURPHY | 1856-1857 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander RAESIDE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Barbara WILSON | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James ADAIR | 15 June 1872 | Isabella ADAIR | Find the father |
| Alexander AIRD | 6 May 1861 | Margaret AIRD | Find the father |
| Mary Bella Nimmo AIRDS | 12 February 1867 | Maggie AIRDS | Find the father |
| Mary BELL | 18 December 1858 | Jane BELL | Find the father |
| Alexander Thomas BENNET | 19 September 1870 | Elizabeth BENNET | Find the father |
| Isabella BENNETT | 23 March 1874 | Elizabeth BENNETT | Find the father |
| Alexander BIGHAM | 27 October 1861 | Isabella BIGHAM | Find the father |
| William Mclaren BROADFOOT | 11 August 1871 | Janet BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Mary BURKE | 24 July 1862 | Mary BURKE | Find the father |
| Sarah CAMPBELL | 5 August 1867 | Hellen CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| William CAMPBELL | 25 February 1865 | Elizabeth CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| William CHALMERS | 28 June 1871 | Agnes CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Anthony COSKRIE | 11 July 1870 | Catherine COSKRIE | Find the father |
| Jane COXHEAD | 7 January 1874 | Annie COXHEAD | Find the father |
| James CRAWFORD | 4 November 1864 | Elizabeth CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Sarah DALRYMPLE | 27 September 1872 | Jemima DALRYMPLE | Find the father |
| Annie DEMPSTER | 13 February 1859 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DEMPSTER | 7 March 1865 | Margaret DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Margaret DEMPSTER | 20 December 1860 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| William Stewart DEMPSTER | 21 December 1862 | Elizabeth DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DINNEL | 26 October 1872 | Catherine DINNEL | Find the father |
| Robert DORIAN | 15 October 1872 | Margaret DORIAN | Find the father |
| Catherine DRAINEY | 23 March 1871 | Catherine DRAINEY | Find the father |
| John DUNLOP | 18 December 1873 | Jemima DUNLOP | Find the father |
| Margaret FINNIGAN | 12 March 1864 | Mary Jane FINNIGAN | Find the father |
| Margaret FITZSIMONS | 23 March 1871 | Joanna FITZSIMONS | Find the father |
| Alexander GIBBONY | 21 April 1872 | Sarah GIBBONY | Find the father |
| Annie GIBSON | 24 April 1871 | Annie GIBSON | Find the father |
| James GRIFFIN | 15 June 1864 | Margaret GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| John Simson GRIFFIN | 14 November 1861 | Margaret GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| Margaret GRIFFIN | 15 February 1858 | Margaret GRIFFIN | Find the father |
| Andrew Alexander GUFFIN | 21 June 1867 | Margaret GUFFIN | Find the father |
| William HALLIDAY | 8 September 1872 | Maitland HALLIDAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Hutchison HAMILTON | 25 April 1861 | Eleonora HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Charles HANNAY | 25 July 1864 | Mary HANNAY | Find the father |
| Hugh HANNAY | 27 January 1860 | Mary HANNAY | Find the father |
| John HANNAY | 7 June 1859 | Jane HANNAY | Find the father |
| Jane Bell Mcgeoch HARPER | 12 June 1864 | Janet HARPER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HARRISON | 27 May 1870 | Mary HARRISON | Find the father |
| John HARRISON | 19 February 1867 | Mary HARRISON | Find the father |
| Mary HERBERT | 20 July 1872 | Cecelia HERBERT | Find the father |
| John Murray HERRALD | 7 August 1869 | Margaret HERRALD | Find the father |
| Agnes HOUSTON | 12 January 1862 | Agnes HOUSTON | Find the father |
| Jane Agnew JAMIESON | 10 June 1857 | Janet JAMIESON | Find the father |
| James KENNEDY | 14 March 1859 | Jane KENNEDY | Find the father |
| John George Mckie KENNEDY | 29 May 1862 | Mary Jane KENNEDY | Find the father |
| James LAFFERTY | 14 December 1872 | Agnes LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| John LAFFERTY | 11 April 1874 | Catherine LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Margaret LAFFERTY | 6 January 1869 | Catherine LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Mary LAFFERTY | 17 July 1871 | Catherine LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Thomas LAFFERTY | 4 January 1865 | Catherine LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| William LAFFERTY | 12 October 1874 | Agnes LAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Alexander LAVERIE | 18 January 1872 | Jessie LAVERIE | Find the father |
| William LAVERY | 21 January 1867 | Jessie LAVERY | Find the father |
| John LOAN | 29 August 1860 | Ann LOAN | Find the father |
| Robert LOGAN | 5 October 1862 | Mary LOGAN | Find the father |
| Alexander LOVE | 5 September 1866 | Janet LOVE | Find the father |
| William MABEN | 21 January 1865 | Sarah MABEN | Find the father |
| Helen MARSHALL | 1 June 1855 | Margaret MARSHALL | Find the father |
| William Cuthbertson MARTIN | 30 December 1865 | Rebecca MARTIN | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MCALLISTER | 5 February 1866 | Catherine MCALLISTER | Find the father |
| David MCBRYDE | 30 December 1859 | Margaret MCBRYDE | Find the father |
| Robert MCBRYDE | 6 August 1861 | Jean MCBRYDE | Find the father |
| Helen MCCARTNEY | 8 December 1863 | Catherine MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Mary MCCARTNEY | 5 September 1866 | Catherine MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| James MCCLELLAND | 27 January 1864 | Janet MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Jane Mcallister MCCLELLAND | 19 May 1871 | Janet MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| John MCCLELLAND | 25 February 1859 | Janet MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Andrew MCCLYMONT | 14 August 1869 | Hannah MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Sarah Hannah MCCLYMONT | 1 July 1872 | Hannah MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Thomas MCCLYMONT | 23 March 1858 | Janet MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| William MCCLYMONT | 6 June 1861 | Hannah MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Peter MCCUBBIN | 7 May 1863 | Elizabeth MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| John MCDOWALL | 5 May 1867 | Jemima MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| James MCGARVA | 9 April 1858 | Grace MCGARVA | Find the father |
| Michael MCGHEE | 15 January 1861 | Catherine MCGHEE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCGINN | 16 February 1865 | Ann MCGINN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCGINN | 18 January 1873 | Margaret MCGINN | Find the father |
| Mary MCGOWAN | 27 August 1862 | Margaret MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| Jane MCGUFFIE | 13 November 1866 | Jane MCGUFFIE | Find the father |
| Helen MCKIE | 13 December 1869 | Helen MCKIE | Find the father |
| Isabella Potts MCKIE | 30 July 1870 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| James MCKIE | 18 December 1874 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCKIE | 2 June 1872 | Annie MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary Isabella MCKIE | 9 May 1873 | Isabella MCKIE | Find the father |
| William MCKIE | 31 October 1856 | Matilda MCKIE | Find the father |
| Jane MCMEEKAN | 18 December 1872 | Elizabeth MCMEEKAN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCQUEEN | 15 June 1859 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Margaret Fraser MCQUEEN | 5 July 1862 | Mary MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| Charles MCTEAR | 5 November 1869 | Jane MCTEAR | Find the father |
| Alexander MCTIER | 7 September 1864 | Jane MCTIER | Find the father |
| Agnes MCWHIRTER | 4 June 1869 | Isabella MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCWHIRTER | 8 September 1870 | Elizabeth MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Jane MCWHIRTER | 12 June 1865 | Elizabeth MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Margaret MCWHIRTER | 13 October 1873 | Isabella MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| James MCWILLIAM | 17 August 1861 | Elizabeth MCWILLIAM | Find the father |
| Janet MCWILLIAM | 20 July 1859 | Elizabeth MCWILLIAM | Find the father |
| Mary MCWILLIAM | 12 May 1863 | Isabella MCWILLIAM | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Morrison MILLIGAN | 1 October 1867 | Jane MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| James John MILLIGAN | 28 February 1872 | Jane MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| Alexander MILROY | 24 August 1866 | Margaret MILROY | Find the father |
| Alexander Paterson MORTON | 30 January 1864 | Janet MORTON | Find the father |
| James MORTON | 12 March 1858 | Janet MORTON | Find the father |
| Mary Edgar MUIRHEAD | 30 September 1869 | Margaret MUIRHEAD | Find the father |
| David MURCHY | 5 August 1866 | Helen MURCHY | Find the father |
| Arthur MURRAY | 2 March 1871 | Mary MURRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret NAY | 15 November 1869 | Elizabeth NAY | Find the father |
| William PATTERSON | 23 April 1871 | Marion PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Peter PORTER | 17 January 1873 | Elizabeth PORTER | Find the father |
| George RAE | 2 January 1872 | Jessie RAE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane RAE | 11 December 1859 | Jesse RAE | Find the father |
| Lawrie RANKINE | 28 December 1868 | Ellen RANKINE | Find the father |
| William Mcclune RENNIE | 10 August 1873 | Jane RENNIE | Find the father |
| George Hughan RICHARDSON | 8 October 1865 | Jesse RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Jesse RICHARDSON | 27 October 1862 | Margaret RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| William RONEY | 31 March 1860 | Elizabeth RONEY | Find the father |
| James ROONEY | 2 December 1857 | Elizabeth ROONEY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SHEARER | 17 July 1874 | Mary SHEARER | Find the father |
| William James SHEARER | 29 December 1868 | Mary SHEARER | Find the father |
| Marion Hannah SHENNAN | 9 October 1859 | Jane SHENNAN | Find the father |
| Robert Mctaggart SHENNAN | 2 June 1855 | Jane SHENNAN | Find the father |
| Thomas James SHENNAN | 30 November 1867 | Janet SHENNAN | Find the father |
| John Alexander SIMPSON | 19 April 1874 | Agnes SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane SIMPSON | 19 April 1872 | Agnes SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Annie SMITH | 28 September 1873 | Agnes SMITH | Find the father |
| Edmond Kelly SPROAT | 12 November 1864 | Elizabeth SPROAT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mary SPROAT | 16 September 1866 | Elizabeth SPROAT | Find the father |
| Minnie STEVENSON | 9 March 1859 | Elizabeth STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Margaret STEWART | 22 December 1862 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Grace TAIT | 4 June 1862 | Jemima TAIT | Find the father |
| James TAIT | 12 August 1861 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| David THOMSON | 13 October 1858 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| Agnes WALLACE | 23 April 1865 | Helen WALLACE | Find the father |
| David WALLACE | 29 June 1867 | Helen WALLACE | Find the father |
| Mary WALLACE | 30 January 1862 | Helen WALLACE | Find the father |
| George Howie WEIR | 22 January 1866 | Jane WEIR | Find the father |
| Grace Mcconnell WILSON | 4 December 1869 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 24 April 1866 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 19 April 1855 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Martha WILSON | 25 August 1857 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 11 October 1861 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| William Mccormick WILSON | 25 May 1863 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| James WOOD | 22 May 1859 | Marion WOOD | Find the father |
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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
