Wigtown records
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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
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Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
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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 |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Agnes CHALMERS Bladnoch, Wigtown | James MCGUFFIE | 8 Oct 1876 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
Thomasan Mclellan CHAMBERS Bladnock, Wigtown | Thomas Johnstone SMITH | 8 Jul 1906 Bladnock, Wigtown | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
Elizabeth DICKSON Wigtown | Robert KILPATRICK | 23 Jan 1853 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/6 |
Jesse DODDS Wigtown | Samuel EDWARDS | 19 Jun 1852 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/6 |
Annie FINLAY Wigtown | Alexander GIBSON | 22 Oct 1911 16 Agnes Terrace, Stranraer | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
Margaret HANLON Wigtown | John MCKIE | 4 Dec 1881 Wigtown | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Mary HERON Wigtown | John MILLER | 23 Jul 1880 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
Janet HYSLOP Torhouse Mill, Wigtown | Thomas HARRISON | 22 Oct 1911 Torhouse Mill, Wigtown | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
Jessie KELLY Wigtown | James BLACK | 2 Jan 1876 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
Mary MCCLUNE Auchland, Wigtown | William LOCKHART | 15 Jan 1884 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Margaret MCCLURE Wigtown | Thomas TAIT | 7 Oct 1878 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
Jane MCGINN Wigtown | James SCOTT | 16 Oct 1884 Wigtown | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Sarah MCGINN Wigtown | Henry NEILL | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 | |
Margaret MCGUFFIE Wigtown formerly Borgue Academy | Robert PAPLE | 31 Mar 1859 | Order now | Kirkcudbright SC16/7/12 |
Elizabeth MCKENZIE Prison of Wigtown | Albert LLOYD | 29 Aug 1887 Wigtown | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Mary MCMACHON Agnew Crescent, Wigtown | John MCWILLIAM | 9 Jul 1886 Wigtown | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Ann MCWILLIAM Wigtown | John GALBRAITH | 7 Jan 1874 Stranraer | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/45 |
Margaret O'NAIL Wigtown | Samuel BROWN | 20 Mar 1877 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
Jane Margaret ROSS Meadowbank House, Wigtown | James GIBSON | 4 Mar 1897 16 Agnew Crescent, Wigtown | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
Agnes SERVICE Carslae, Wigtown | Hugh MCPHERSON | 12 Aug 1896 | Order now | Stranraer SC18/7/1 |
Catherine SHENNAN Harbour Road, Wigtown | William HARDIE | 28 Feb 1875 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/11 |
Jane SINCLAIR Wigtown | John TURNBULL | 18 Dec 1879 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/8 |
Jane SMITH Cairnhouse, Wigtown | William PATTERSON | 19 Nov 1881 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Annie STANHOPE Torhousemuir, Wigtown | William CRAWFORD | 16 Jan 1883 Eldrig Loch, Mochrum | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
Eliza Jane WALLACE Wigtown | James MCNEILL | 24 Feb 1889 Wigtown | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
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Florence M CAMPBELL | 17 Jun 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Margaret CAMPBELL | 29 Sep 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Mary CAMPBELL | 15 Jun 1894 | Wigtown (b) & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1909 | Order now |
Mary CAMPBELL | 15 Jun 1894 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1910 | Order now |
Annie P COUPLAND | 20 Aug 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Annie P COUPLAND | 20 Aug 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
James EDGAR | 30 Nov 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Annie E EDWARDS | 13 Feb 1898 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Jane FERGUSON | 28 May 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Mary FERGUSON | 16 Mar 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
James FLEMING | 4 Mar 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Maria GREEN | 30 Nov 1892 | Wigtown (b) & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1909 | Order now |
Maria GREEN | 30 Nov 1892 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1910 | Order now |
Janet GRIFFIN | 9 Apr 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Janet GRIFFIN | 9 Apr 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
James A LAMBERT | 3 Dec 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Mary A LOCHRIE | 19 Jan 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Helen J MCCREATH | 19 Apr 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
William MCKERLIE | 30 Sep 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Helen MCMILLAN | 8 Jan 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
John R MCMILLAN | 26 Oct 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Patrick MCQUEEN | 24 Oct 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Joseph MCROBERT | 3 Jun 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
John A MILROY | 31 Jul 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Margaret Mary MILROY | 19 Mar 1894 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1910 | Order now |
Margretta Mary MILROY | 19 Mar 1894 | Wigtown (b) & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1909 | Order now |
Margaret MORTON | 11 Apr 1893 | Wigtown (b) & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1909 | Order now |
Margaret MORTON | 11 Apr 1893 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1910 | Order now |
Mary A MUIR | 7 Sep 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Mary A MUIR | 7 Sep 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Agnes S NICOLSON | 5 Sep 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Margaret A NIMMO | 9 Jul 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Maggie PARK | 9 Oct 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Mary PAXTON | 2 Aug 1894 | Wigtown (b) & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1909 | Order now |
Mary PAXTON | 2 Aug 1894 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1910 | Order now |
Hume POLLOCK | 13 Jun 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Janet F RICHMOND | 18 Oct 1894 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Wesley W RICHMOND | 7 Feb 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Robert RONEY | 5 Apr 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Grace H STEVENSON | 6 Jul 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
James E WALKER | 7 Jun 1896 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
William McN WALLACE | 28 Aug 1895 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1911 | Order now |
Ian WILLIAMSON | 13 Aug 1897 | Wigtown Burgh & Parish Higher Grade Public school | 1912 | Order now |
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
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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 | Father found |
Sarah CAMPBELL | 5 August 1867 | Hellen CAMPBELL | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
Helen MARSHALL | 1 June 1855 | Margaret MARSHALL | Father found |
William Cuthbertson MARTIN | 30 December 1865 | Rebecca MARTIN | Father found |
Elisabeth MCALLISTER | 5 February 1866 | Catherine MCALLISTER | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
David MURCHY | 5 August 1866 | Helen MURCHY | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
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 | Father found |
James WOOD | 22 May 1859 | Marion WOOD | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
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.