Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #395

This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Tibbermore. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: Research Strategies.

History
TIBBERMORE, or Tibbermuir, a parish, in the county of Perth, 4½ miles (W.) from Perth; containing the villages of Hillyland and Ruthvenfield. This place was anciently the residence of several of the bishops of Dunkeld. The parish is bounded on the east by the Tay, and on the north by the river Almond and the rivulet called the Pow. The church, rebuilt in 1632, and enlarged in 1810 by the erection of an aisle for their work-people by the Ruthven-field Company, is in good repair, and contains 600 sittings.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45) offers uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including history, agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. The reports, written by the parish ministers, are available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Click on ‘Browse scanned pages’ then search the parish reports for your parish of interest. Also available at the

Census Records
A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by household. Read more about census records.

Here is a list of the Family History Library microfilm numbers for the as well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available:

The 1901 census of Scotland is indexed on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. All available censuses, 1841-1901, are indexed on this website. It may be easier for you to pay to use the website rather than access the separate indexes through the library.

Church Records
The Established Church of Scotland was Presbyterian. Read more about church records. Here are the pre-1855 records that exist for this parish.

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see Scotland’s People website, a pay-for-view website. The Scottish Church Records Index is also still available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Some records may also be indexed in other FamilySearch collections for Scotland. Births: Births intermixed with marriages until December 1720. No entries July 1712–July 1713 and December 1713–January 1715. Births are in parallel columns in the same register with marriages, 1721–1783. After October 1758 is a page of entries of "Seceders" children 1751–1767 and after record for 1780 three pages of the same entries dated 1759–1782. Births are on alternate pages of register with marriages 1783. Mothers' names begin to be recorded from 1717 and shortly thereafter. Marriages: Marriages intermixed with births until December 1720. No entries July 1712–July 1713 and December 1713–January 1715. Marriages are in parallel columns in the same register with births, 1721–1783. From 1783 on marriages are on alternate pages of register with births. Deaths: The burials are Mortcloth Dues prior to 1783, then burials are recorded after that date. Another record of births, marriages and deaths, 1724–1750, is intermixed with other matters and of marriage "Paunds" and Mortcloth Dues, 1728–1784. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
The Kirk session was the court of the parish. The session was made up of the minister and the land owners and business men of the parish, chosen to serve on the session. The Kirk session dealt with moral issues, minor criminal cases, matters of the poor and education, matters of discipline, and the general concerns of the parish. Kirk session records may also mention births, marriages, and deaths.

Here is a list of the surviving Kirk session records for this parish: 

Minutes 1694–1961 Accounts 1793–1897 Baptismal Register 1819–1848 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/593.

Roll of Male Heads of Families
1834 and 1836 lists of male heads of families in this parish can be found here.

Nonconformist Church Records
A nonconformist church is any church that is not the Established church. Read more about nonconformity in Scotland in the article on the Scotland Church Records Union Lists.

There were no known nonconformist groups in this parish.

Civil Registration Records
Government or civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths (also called statutory records) began on January 1, 1855 in Scotland. Each parish has a registrar's office and large cities have several. The records are created by the registrars and copies are sent to the General Register Office in Edinburgh. Annual indexes are then created for the records for the whole country. See the article on Scotland Civil Registration for more information and to access the records.

Probate Records
Tibbermore was under the probate jurisdiction of the Commissary Court of Dunkeld until 1823, and since then has been under the Sheriff's Court of Dunblane. Probate records for 1513- 1901 are indexed online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. You must register on the website but use of the index to probate records, called 'Wills &amp; Testaments,' is free. You may then purchase a copy of the document or, if the document is before 1823, it will be on microfilm at the Family History Library. To find the microfilm numbers, search in the library catalog for the 'Place-names' of Perthshire and the subject of 'Probate records.' Then click on the link to the records of the Commissariat of Dunkeld. The library also has some post-1823 probate records for Perthshire. Look in the library catalog for the 'Place-names' of Perthshire and the subjects of 'Probate Records' and 'Probate Records - Indexes.' Read more about Scotland Probate Records.