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Ythanwells 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.

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 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:
  • £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.

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Helen Grant ADAM23 June 1872Jessie ADAMFind the father
Alexander Copland BOOTH18 June 1872Christina BOOTHFind the father
Ann BOOTH9 July 1872Elspet BOOTHFind the father
William BROWN17 April 1872Jane BROWNFind the father
Alexander Wisely CLARK11 August 1870Mary CLARKFind the father
Isabella COWIE14 December 1869Isabella COWIEFind the father
Susan DAVIDSON20 June 1870Anne DAVIDSONFind the father
Ann DIACK19 September 1872Ann DIACKFind the father
Jane DUFFTON10 March 1873Elspet DUFFTONFind the father
Elizabeth DUNCAN9 July 1871Margaret DUNCANFind the father
George DUNCAN15 July 1872Jane DUNCANFind the father
William Perie DUNCAN22 October 1874Margaret DUNCANFind the father
James Robert Gordon DURNO29 March 1874Jane DURNOFind the father
Theodor Milne FORSYTH31 May 1872Jane FORSYTHFind the father
William FORSYTH9 February 1872Isabella FORSYTHFind the father
Catherine FRASER26 November 1873Catherine FRASERFind the father
John GEALS2 September 1873Jessie GEALSFind the father
Barbara Glennie GRAY17 June 1874Ann GRAYFind the father
Jean Milne HARPER8 February 1874Hellen HARPERFind the father
Margaret Johnstone HYSLOP4 November 1874Mary HYSLOPFind the father
William Stephen HYSLOP18 November 1871Mary HYSLOPFind the father
Alexander Cowie KELMAN11 May 1873Jane KELMANFind the father
Jane Allan MCARTHUR22 April 1871Elsie MCARTHURFind the father
Jessie Mitchell MCHATTIE22 January 1870Jessie MCHATTIEFind the father
Mary Ann Stephen MENNIE25 March 1870Barbara MENNIEFind the father
Adam MORRISON23 March 1871Isabella MORRISONFind the father
Jessie NICOL27 November 1870Helen NICOLFind the father
Ann NIVEN23 December 1869Margaret NIVENFind the father
Charles Fraser ROBERTSON27 October 1871Catherine ROBERTSONFind the father
Hannah Thomson SIMPSON10 November 1870Jane SIMPSONFind the father
Alexander Adam SMITH12 June 1873Jane SMITHFind the father
Mary Ann Stewart SMITH19 July 1870Isabella SMITHFind the father
Ann Scott STEPHEN11 March 1873Ann STEPHENFind the father
Jemima Alexander STEPHEN18 December 1870Ann STEPHENFind the father
Agnes STUART6 September 1874Jessie STUARTFind the father
Isabella TAYLOR21 February 1870Isabella TAYLORFind the father
Andrew WISELY28 June 1873Jessie WISELYFind 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.