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Yetholm records

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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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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.
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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:
  • £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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Jane DOUGLAS 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary ORMISTON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Archibald PRESTON 1867 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John RAE 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Rachel TAIT 1865 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
David THOMSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary Ann TOLAN or CARTIE 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary TOLLEN 1871 (2)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth WALLACE 1880 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James WEDDELL 1849 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Euphemia AINSLIE28 January 1866Margaret AINSLIEFind the father
John AINSLIE29 October 1861Margaret AINSLIEFind the father
Margaret ALLAN3 August 1873Helen ALLANFind the father
David BLYTHE7 January 1869Helen BLYTHEFind the father
Elizabeth BLYTHE15 May 1859Mary BLYTHEFind the father
John BLYTHE22 December 1866Helen BLYTHEFind the father
James BORTHWICK6 September 1858Isabella BORTHWICKFind the father
James BROWN15 March 1873Margaret BROWNFind the father
Janet Smith BROWN9 December 1874Margaret BROWNFind the father
Jane BURKE27 June 1872Catherine BURKEFind the father
Peter CAIRNS26 December 1860Elizabeth CAIRNSFind the father
Alexander CARTIE18 January 1870Mary Ann CARTIEFind the father
William CARTIE18 January 1870Mary Ann CARTIEFind the father
Alice Jane Harrison COCKBURN26 January 1873Janet COCKBURNFind the father
Robert COCKBURN28 July 1855Elspeth COCKBURNFind the father
Ralph DICKSON6 June 1874Mary DICKSONFind the father
Andrew DOUGLAS12 September 1874Anderson DOUGLASFind the father
Elizabeth Anderson DOUGLAS22 December 1869Elizabeth DOUGLASFind the father
Francis DOUGLAS11 January 1855Margaret DOUGLASFind the father
Margaret DOUGLAS27 July 1867Elizabeth DOUGLASFind the father
Mary DOUGLAS25 April 1871Elizabeth DOUGLASFind the father
Margaret Stewart Blythe FERGUSON11 June 1859Ann FERGUSONFind the father
Jane FOX7 March 1871Christina FOXFind the father
Agnes Georgina FRATER10 February 1868Jane FRATERFind the father
John FRATER27 April 1873Alice FRATERFind the father
Isabella GLADSTON5 July 1856Elisabeth GLADSTONFind the father
Jane Kerr GLADSTONE3 February 1869Margaret GLADSTONEFind the father
Betsy GRANT27 January 1861Elisabeth GRANTFind the father
Jane GRANT27 January 1861Elisabeth GRANTFind the father
William HAY15 May 1856Elizabeth HAYFind the father
Robert JEFFRAY4 September 1864Jane JEFFRAYFind the father
Francis JEFFREY27 September 1860Jane JEFFREYFind the father
Anne KER4 July 1855Isabella KERFind the father
Isabella KER5 April 1869Isabella KERFind the father
Helen LINDSAY27 August 1872Janet LINDSAYFind the father
Elizabeth MELROSE9 February 1865Margaret MELROSEFind the father
Ann MIDDLEMAS4 August 1869Agnes MIDDLEMASFind the father
Agnes MIDDLEMISS5 October 1860Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
James MIDDLEMISS18 April 1863Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
Janet MIDDLEMISS26 November 1855Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
John MIDDLEMISS8 June 1858Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
Robert MIDDLEMISS1 September 1866Agnes MIDDLEMISSFind the father
Euphemia Landels MURDIE26 September 1870Jane MURDIEFind the father
Mary MURDIE28 January 1862Euphemia MURDIEFind the father
Margaret OLIVER1 June 1868Margaret Scott OLIVERFind the father
Walter OLIVER15 December 1872Margaret OLIVERFather found
George PATERSON16 October 1872Agnes PATERSONFind the father
Margaret PATTERSON20 October 1862Margaret PATTERSONFind the father
James PONTON21 November 1872Elizabeth PONTONFind the father
James Lyon PRINGLE25 September 1861Ellen PRINGLEFind the father
Margaret Ann PRINGLE21 May 1869Margaret Ann PRINGLEFind the father
William PRINGLE24 December 1868Elizabeth PRINGLEFind the father
James RAE11 April 1862Ellen RAEFind the father
John RAE6 March 1859Ellen RAEFind the father
Andrew RICHARDSON7 November 1872Mary RICHARDSONFather found
Frances Luke RICHARDSON22 May 1872Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
George RICHARDSON21 January 1868Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
Henry Luke RICHARDSON25 May 1860Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
James Luke RICHARDSON15 January 1864Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
Jessie Luke RICHARDSON3 August 1862Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
John Luke RICHARDSON25 February 1866Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
Robert Luke RICHARDSON10 March 1870Margaret RICHARDSONFind the father
Margaret ROBERTSON17 August 1859Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
Euphemia ROBSON18 June 1874Jane ROBSONFather found
John ROBSON14 November 1865Isabella ROBSONFind the father
Robert ROBSON23 January 1872Jane ROBSONFind the father
John Tait ROMAINES4 January 1860Margaret ROMAINESFind the father
Mary Jane RUTHVEN13 November 1865Jane RUTHVENFind the father
James SERVICE18 May 1869Matilda SERVICEFind the father
Matilda SERVICE18 May 1869Matilda SERVICEFind the father
John STAWARD20 August 1855Elizabeth STAWARDFind the father
John STEEL29 July 1860Agnes STEELFind the father
Jane STENHOUSE27 December 1855Nelly STENHOUSEFind the father
John STENHOUSE11 January 1872Elizabeth STENHOUSEFind the father
Robert STENHOUSE28 June 1872Jessie STENHOUSEFind the father
Adam TAIT17 October 1861Euphemia Tait Or LYDANFind the father
Agnes TAIT19 April 1866Mary TAITFather found
John Scott TAIT12 June 1856Ann TAITFind the father
Rachel TAIT14 January 1857Janet TAITFind the father
Elizabeth TAYLOR27 March 1863Alison TAYLORFind the father
George TAYLOR14 April 1865Alison TAYLORFind the father
John TAYLOR22 August 1859Alison TAYLORFind the father
Robert TAYLOR15 August 1863Elizabeth TAYLORFind the father
William TAYLOR27 October 1869Alison TAYLORFind the father
David TOLAN19 July 1867Mary Ann TOLANFind the father
Janet WADDELL10 December 1869Jessie WADDELLFind the father
Helen WILSON20 January 1873Elspeth WILSONFind the father
Janet WILSON23 January 1862Margaret WILSONFind the father
Isabella YOUNG4 July 1862Isabella YOUNGFind the father
Isabella Knox YOUNG21 May 1862Hellen YOUNGFind the father
Joan YOUNG6 December 1867Alison YOUNGFather found
John YOUNG7 November 1867Janet YOUNGFind the father
William YOUNG21 November 1871Margaret YOUNGFind the father
Mary YOUNGER22 January 1865Alison YOUNGERFind 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.

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.