Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kirkmichael (#836)

Condition of Original Registers—
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: The record beginning July 1759 is for the parishes of Kirkmichael and Garrell. Entries in July 1759–September 1796 are numbered consecutively and amount to 676. An additional 356 entries bring the record to January 1812. One family, 1760–1777 is recorded together after September 1781. Marriages and Deaths: No records were kept for this parish. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1727–1831 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/230.

Kirkmichael Free Church
History— The congregation here, having been fostered by the church at Lochmaben, was placed on the footing of a preaching station in 1848. For fourteen years public worship was conducted in a wooden shed. A site having been at length obtained, a church was built in 1862. The charge was sanctioned in 1872, but was again reduced to a preaching station in 1885. Membership: 1873, 83; 1900, 51. 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— The extent of the records is unknown.

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