Durness, Sutherland, Scotland Genealogy

Durness # 48

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network” Births: Records are carefully kept prior to 1811. Some pages of the record are certified by the minister. Pages 447–450 contain a list of the baptisms for West Moine Mission, August 1794–December 1796 and October 1802–September 1804. No record appears to have been kept after 1846. There is a separate record for West Moine, 1808–1819 with irregular entries to 1841. Marriages: Records are not regularly kept after 1810. At that date is inserted a list of marriages for West Moine, December 1802–December 1804. There is a separate record for West Moine, 1808–1823. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1764–1782, 1766–1781, 1800 Baptisms 1845–1933 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/876.

Durness Free Church
History— William Findlater, minister of Durness, and nearly all his people, adhered to the Free Church in 1843. At first no reply was given to an application for a site. The congregation worshiped in a tent pitched near the shore, and the minister's family had to live in Thurso. Church and manse were erected in 1845. Membership: 1855, 300; 1900, 28. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source, including ministers.

Records— Baptisms 1843–1933 Cash Book 1853–1897 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/852.

See also Tongue parish