Hi Jim, Thanks for letter,am sending a copy of your letter - and my reply to list as may be of interest.: [email protected] wrote: > Hi Margaret, > I noticed your recent posting about poor relief. wondered > where you found records from 1700?As far as I know, the Poor Relief Law did not > come into force until 1845, as a direct result of the "Disruption" in the > Established Church of Scotland. So there are no Parochial Boards or Poor Relief > Records to be found before then,unless perhaps some mention of poor relief in > Kirk Session records. Yes Jim! You are correct. I have a page copied from "SESSION BOOK OF ROTHESAY" 1658 - 1750. Session Held Rothesay June 29th 1720. After Prayer. Gives names of the Provost, Bailiff, Elders,and Deacon. A couple of samples are:Amounts given to severall indigent persons and approven by the Session. one pound four shillings Scots each to helen Stewart, Catherine N'Arthur. one lib. each to John M'Kinlay's orphans, and Ninian Stewart. item half a crown to help the payment of one Seymore's cure. one pound two shillings and four pennies for new cloaths to Isobel N'Curdy (her old ones having been stollen. Above was copied from the book in Rothesay Library .NOTE; Typed as shown re spelling and the letter "N" re Curdy. i do not know what a "LIB" is in coinage! Also shows fines for "carnel knowledge" Hope this is of help to someone. Regards Margaret -- RESEARCHING SCOTLAND: ANDERSON, BARR, BROWN, BUTCHER,BAIKIE, CAIRNS,CAMPBELL,CANTWELL, CONNOR, CONWAY, CONNOLY, DOUGLAS, EVANS, GARDNER, GEMMELL, GREY, HAVEY, HARVIE,HAY, HENDERSON,HOWDEN, IRVINE, LAURIE, MACMINIGAL, McKELLAR, McGRAW, McDERMID, McCLYMONT, McCRACKEN,McGRATH, McELROY, MITCHELL, MURRAY,RANKIN, REID,RONALD, ROSS,RAINEY,SANDS,SCOTT,SLAVEN,STEWART,STRUTHERS,THOMSON.TOTTEN, WEIR,MORTON. USA\CANADA:BLACKWOOD, PEACOCK, ROSS,STEWART, AND MANY MORE.