Airlie, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Airlie #270

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 records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no records for May 1713–June 1717 and April 1721–September 1723. Mothers' names are not recorded until May 1762. Marriages: Besides a register of proclamations from 1682 on, there is a separate register of marriages November 1700–March 1794, with three entries for 1817, one for 1842, and one for 1848. It is, however, blank for August 1744–February 1747 and January 1763–November 1783. There are two entries for 1842 and 1848 found after 1817. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues for 1706–1819 are mixed in with proclamation of marriages, etc. Separate burial record after February 1748 however, it is blank July 1756–October 1783, and October 1793–March 1817. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1678–1706, 1710–1943 Accounts 1769–1804 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/270

Airlie North
Register of Baptisms 1851–1889 Cash Book 1757–1813 List of Male Heads of Families 1834 Session Minutes 1847—1933 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1443.

Airlie Free Church
History— The minister of Airlie and many of his congregation "came out" in 1843. The church was built at once and the manse a little later. The population, as in other country districts, tended to decrease. Membership: 1848, 150; 1900, 1882. 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 records is unknown.

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