Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy

Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (#467)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered                       FHL Film Number  Births:       1701–1819                             1040355 items 4–5                  1819–1855                             1040209 items 1–3 Marriages: 1700–1708 - proclamations      1040355 items 4–5                  1708–1736, 1766–1800           1040209 items 1–3                  1800–1855                             1040209 items 1–3 Deaths:      1770–1854                             1040209 items 1–3

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. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogicla Index. Births: Mothers' names are not recorded until July 1742. Marriages: The fact of a completed marriage is seldom added to the entries until after 1800. Deaths: Deaths and burials are both recorded. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, By V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1742–1863 Accounts 1699–1736, 1742–1789, 1826–1845 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH2/763.

Nonconformist Church Records
At the time of the Statistical Account of 1795, there were 17 seceder families within the parish, but no chapels. At the time of the New Statistical Account of 1841, there were several Episcopalians residing in the parish, who attended public worship in the Established Church except for special occasions when they generally went to Alloa. There was also one family each who professed to be Methodist and Baptist.

Dollar Original Secession Congregation
History— The church was in existence in 1841, but it isn’t known when it began. It became a Free Church congregation in 1852. See below. Membership: 1841, 140. This is from the Statistical Account of 1841.

Records— Congregational Minutes 1827–1852 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/811.

Dollar and Muckhart and Shelterhall Free Church
History— Only a few people in Dollar adhered to the Free Church in 1843. The minister of Muckhart and many of his people 'came out.' They built a church at Shelterhall between the two places. In 1852, the Original Secession congregation at Dollar became a Free Church and a probationer was put in charge. Several Shelterhall members joined the Dollar congregation, which in 1856 obtained an ordained minister. The Shelterhall congregation was discontinued in 1864 when the minister retired, most of the members having joined the Dollar congregation. Membership: 1848, 222; 1900, 226. 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 including a list of ministers.

Records— Minutes 1843–1864 (Shelterhall) 1852–1866 (Dollar) 1866–1940 Deacons' Court Minutes 1844–1866 (Shelterhall) Scroll Deacons' Court Minutes 1853–1862 (Shelterhall) Deacons' Court Minutes 1853–1910 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/810.