Kilmallie, Argyl, Scotland

Parish #520

This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Kilmallier. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: Research Strategies.

= History =

Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages via the parish reports.

= Census Records =

A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by household. Read more about census records.

Here is a list of the Family History Library microfilm numbers for the census records of Kilmallie as well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available:

The 1901 census of Scotland is indexed on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. All available censuses, 1841-1901, are indexed on this website. It may be easier for you to pay to use the website rather than access indexes through the library.

= Church Records =

The Established Church of Scotland was Presbyterian. Read more about church records.

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: One family 1769–1790 is recorded on January 1784. The regular register is blank November 1800–September 1804; except for entries on a scroll, 1799–1810, and irregular entries of five families, 1775–1810. Two records appear April 1817–February 1823, one of them having been kept at Fort William. One page contains entries April 1813–August 1814 after March 1820. Marriages: There is a record for November 1783–April 1789, Maryburgh and December 1783–September 1790, Northern District of Kilmalie. The latter is blank February 1785–June 1789. No marriages appear September 1790–February 1811. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1836–1893 Poor fund accounts 1837–1861 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/719.

Nonconformist Church Records
 

Ballachulish Free Church
History— The minister of the Parliamentary Church of Ballachulish and Ardgower, with his congregation, left the Established Church in 1843. The district served by the church then included both sides of Loch Leven and extended inland to Glencoe. A site for a church was given to the congregation and the building was begun in 1845. Membership: 1855, 160 (including adherents); 1900, 33. 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— Extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.

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