Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (#858)

Condition of Original Registers—
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Births: The entries for 1742 are copies. There are no entries August 1742–November 1746. A page of irregular entries for 1801–1811 are recorded in 1812. Marriages: There are no entries February 1754–April 1755. The record October 1783–September 1784 is among the births for the same period of time. There are no entries September 1784–April 1790, except for one for 1816, April 1799–June 1818, and 1838–1841 and 1842–1844. Deaths: Burials; there are no entries November 1784–March 1790 and May 1799–July 1816. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Poors' Fund Accounts 1758–1787, 1791–1794, 1847–1866 Minutes 1825–1879 Baptismal Register 1855–1943 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/713.

Nonconformist Church Records
General Statement: The Statistical Account of Scotland, dated 1843, FHL British Book 941 B4sa Ser. 2, vol. 4 pt. 2, states that at that time there were 12 Roman Catholics, 8 Baptists, and 10 members of the United Secession church living within the parish. They would have attended church elsewhere.

Borgue Free Church
History— Samuel Smith, minister of the parish, and about a third of his congregation," came out" in 1843. The congregation worshiped for a time in Shank Barn. The minister lived in a cottage called Katrine Bank. Church and manse were erected within two years. Both were renovated in 1900. The congregation suffered heavily owing to rural depopulation. Membership: 1848, 142; 1900, 65. 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 lists of ministers.

Records— Minutes 1844–1933 Deacons' Court Minutes 1846–1933 Communion Roll 1844–1851 General Sustentation Fund Register 1842–1851 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/648.

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