Daviot, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #187

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The record is defective 1750–1756. There are only a few entries for May 1781–April 1783. It is defective again for 1797. Mothers’ names are very seldom recorded on the entries. Marriages: The record is blank July 1785–September 1813 and November 1819–June 1821. Deaths: There are only three entries for the dates given above. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/D3 V3s.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1731–1747, 1756–1804, 1812–1819, 1854–1915 Accounts 1731–1748, 1756–1862 Scroll Baptisms 1829–1841 Young Communicants 1829–1873 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/549

Daviot Free Church
History—  Shortly after the Disruption, a church was built for the purpose of accommodating the adherents of the Free Church in the parishes of Daviot and Dores. A minister was settled in Daviot in August 1844. A new church was built in 1859. Membership: 1848, 23; 1900, 15. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

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