Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy

Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (#466)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered                                      FHL Film Number  Births:        1595–1612, 1626–1647, 1666–1700         1040207 item 3                  1700–1799                                             1040208                  1800–1855                                             1040355 items 1–3 Marriages: 1593–1647, 1669–1679, 1685–1695          1040207 item 3                  1700–1798                                             1040208                  1799–1854                                             1040355 items 1–3 Deaths:      1832–1854                                              1040355 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 on the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no records for November 1599–May 1609 except two pages for September–December 1601 and February–April 1603. There are no records for May 1612–June 1626. Marriages: The first five pages are imperfect. The record is blank for July 1604–June 1609. There is one imperfect page at 1610. The records are again blank for August 1626–April 1631. The record previous to 1647 is chiefly proclamations. Many of the pages for 1621–1679 are imperfect. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, By V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1627–1653, 1656–1690, 1696–1816, 1832–1910 Accounts 1656–1690, 1696–1728 Scroll Minutes 1781, 1820–1831 Scroll Baptisms and Proclamations 1824–1825 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH2/1242.

Nonconformist Church Records
The Statistical Account of Clackmannan for c.1795 states there were 59 Burghers and 51 Antiburghers within the parish, but as they had no chapels, they would have attended services elsewhere, possibly in Alloa. This was still the case by the Statistical Account of 1841.

Clackmannan Relief Church
History— After the unpopular settlement of a new minister in the parish church, several parishioners withdrew from the Established Church and applied for and obtained regular supply of sermon from the Relief Presbytery of Edinburgh. Membership: 1791, 180. This is from the Statistical Account of c.1795. 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— The extent of records is unknown.

Clackmannan Free Church
History— This congregation was formed immediately after the Disruption of 1843 by a few persons who adhered to the Free Church. Membership: 1848, 110; 1900, 133. 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— Deacons' Court Minutes 1845–1873 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/1517.

Clackmannan Ranch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Records—                                         FHL Film Number  Record of Members, early to 1877         0104150 item 4