Boharm, Moray, Scotland Genealogy

Borham #128a

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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 record may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are two entries on page one of the register. There are no entries for May 1642–April 1647, June 1653–October 1654, and May 1663–July 1669. There is an index to births for 1686–1740. There are no entries for June 1690–July 1692 and July 1699–August 1700. The register was irregularly kept for 1738–1760 and 1777–1782. The portion beginning at 1793 contains many irregular entries of earlier dates and likewise entries extracted from an old tattered register belonging to the parish of Dundurcus, dated 1760–1783 on pages 35 and 21. The register is more regular after 1800. Marriages: There are no entries for July 1642–January 1647 and January 1663–November 1669; one for 1673; five for November 1685–February 1694; one for September 1698–June 1701; and ten for the years 1752–1756. There are no entries for July 1782–March 1784, August 1785–June 1791, except one for 1790, and April 1798–December 1800. Deaths: The register was regular for as long as it was kept. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1634 1652, 1654 1685 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1115.

Boharm Free Church
History— After they left the Established Church, the Free Church adherents received services from January 1844 until January 1857 by the minister of Botriphnie. A probationer was then appointed and they built a church in 1857. The charge was sanctioned in 1859. A decline in the congregation reflected a decline in the rural population. Membership: 1861, 109; 1900, 100. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843 1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records—  Baptisms 1844–1856 Minutes 1844–1902 Deacons’ Court Minutes 1851–1916 Communion Roll 1834–1858 Accounts 1843–1909 There are other post-1855 records Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1527.