Creich, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Creich #418

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: Births are intermixed with marriages 1694–December 1711 and January 1720–November 1806. Entries prior to 1703 are irregular. There is only one birth entry August 1704–June 1706. Mother's names are not recorded in the entries until December 1743. There is a separate record beginning 1797. Marriages: There is only one entry July 1783–November 1785. A separate record begins 1797. See also Kirk Sessions Deaths: Burials are intermixed with births and marriages October 1783– September 1794 then no entries until April 1817, after which a separate record of deaths and burials are recorded. 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 1693–1941 Miscellaneous Documents 1686–1976 Register of Baptisms and Marriages 1668–1854 Collections and Disbursements 1749–1922 Parochial Board Minutes 1845–1896 Note: Available at the St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/1544.

Nonconformist Church Records
At the time of the New Statistical Account of Scotland, written in 1838, there was no Dissenting chapel in the parish. The number of dissenters was 45 individuals in ten families. They would have attended services in neighboring parishes. The Disruption and founding of the Free Church in 1843 changed that status.

Creich Free Church
History— This congregation was formed in 1843; church and manse were built in 1849. A new church was built in 1881. Membership: 1855, 700; 1900, 90. 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.

Records— The extent of pre–1855 records is unknown. See also Flisk parish.