Kilcalmonell and Kilberry, Argyl, Scotland

Parish #516

History
Tarbert is the nearest town. The major land owners were: John Campbell Esq. of Kilberry; John Campbell Esq. of Stonefield; and Miss MacDonald, Lorgie. The land was primarily used for, potatoes, and herring fishing. The population in 1843 was about 1200. The parish records were not kept until the year 1780. The Kilcalmonell church built about 1763. It seats about 600. The Kilberry church seats about 700. There is an independent Meeting House with about 20 members. This account was written in 1843.

source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol. 7) also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

Condition of Original Records—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Kilcalmonell: the first ten pages of the record, covering July 1777–May 1783, are headed “Tarbert” and were not kept by the same person who kept the registers of the parish of Kilcalmonell, which commenced April 1783. Mothers' names are not recorded, except in the portion for Tarbert, 1777–1783. Kilberry records were kept separate from those of Kilcalmonell after 1824. Marriages: Kilcalmonell: this contains a record of persons booked in order to marriage. Kilberry: the records were kept separate from those of Kilcalmonell after 1824. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1821–1833, 1844–1899 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1423.

Tarbert Free Church
History— This congregation dates from the Disruption, and a minister was settled soon after. The congregation worshiped for two years in the churchyard until a church was built about 1845. Membership: 1848, 180; 1900, 141. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records— There are no known pre-1855 records. Note: The Statistical Account of Scotland, for Kilcalmonell and Kilberry for 1843, states that there was an Independent meeting house in the parish, erected some twenty or thirty years earlier, where the minister officiated every alternate Sunday. The number of members was about twenty. No further information is available.

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