Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Rayne #236

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. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Early portion of the record is injured by dampness. After 1818 there occur several pages of omitted entries dated 1811–1817. Mothers’ names are generally recorded after December 1749. Marriages: No entries October 1700–May 1702, July 1772–October 1773, nor August 1781–December 1783. Only one entry December 1803–March 1806, and two entries 1813 and 1816, October 1808–1820. Deaths: Burials are blank December 1785–1847. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1671–1696, with some accounts, 1705–1814 Baptisms 1851–1875 Marriages 1851–1874 Deaths 1851–1875 Accounts 1744–1770, 1820–1852 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/310.

Rayne Free Church
History—  Soon after the Disruption, services were given for the Free Church residents by members of the Presbyteries of Garioch and Turrif. In 1844 a wooden church was erected at Newseat, and a missionary appointed. The charge was sanctioned in 1853. In that year a site for church and manse, near the wood church, was granted by William Leslie of Warthill. The church was built; in 1856. The church served the parish of Rayne, and also the western part of Fyvie, within the boundary of which parish it stood. The congregation suffered through the great decline of the population. Membership: 1848, 204; 1900, 123. 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— No known surviving records.

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