Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #229

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: Record prior to 1775 appears to have been kept with care. Two families 1717–1738 are recorded on three pages at December 1738. A number of incomplete entries occur in the record, and after 1775, irregular entries are frequent. Mothers’ names are not recorded. Marriages: This record has been carefully kept. Deaths: Deaths and Burials, after August 1752, there are only 2 entries 1754, 1801, until 1831. Record is blank 1839–1843. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL book 941.25/O2 V3s.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Accounts 1747–1829, 1847–1876 Duguid Bequest, Charity School, Register 1799–1885 Minutes 1724–1752, Doctrine and Discipline, 1752–1772 Burnet’s Mortification Accounts 1847–1855 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1146.

Old Meldrum United Secession Church
History— This congregation originated with members of the congregation of Craigdam, resident in and about the town, who, partly for convenience and partly for the sake of securing evangelical preaching, applied for disjunction from Craigdam. In anticipation, they built a church in 1822 but they were not granted disjunction until 1825. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details are given in the source.

Records— Congregational Roll 1825–1863 Ledger, Treasurer’s Book 1853–1879 Other post-1855 records Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1168.

Old Meldrum Free Church
History— The minister of the parish, and most of his congregation, “came out” in 1843. Church, manse, and school were forthwith erected. This was the largest purely rural congregation in Aberdeenshire. In a declining population, the congregation maintained its proportion of members. Membership: 1848, 520; 1900, 394. 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— No known surviving records.

Old Meldrum Episcopal Church
History— This congregation may have existed since the Revolution. The chapel was built in 1813. Source: History of the Scottish Episcopal Church, by John P. Lawson, pub. 1843. No copy is available in the FHL. Records— The extent of Records is unknown. Write to: The Rectory Old Meldrum Inverurie AB51 0AD Scotland

Old Meldrum Society of Friends, Quakers
History— This was associated with the very active 17th century meeting at Aberdeen. There existed at about 1789 “a fund for upholding the meeting house at Old Meldrum.” The meeting was discontinued in 1810. Source: The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain, vol. 2, by David M. Butler of the Friends Historical Society. FHL Book 942 K24bd, vol. 2.

Records— For Records, see Aberdeen parish, page 18.

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