Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #364 ( in Menteith )

History
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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: Births appear to have been regularly kept. Marriages: Marriages appear to have been regularly kept. One page of entries dated July 1831–September 1832 occurs immediately before births for 1691. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1728–1736, 1777–1800, 1802–1833 Poors’ Fund Account 1728–1743, 1829–1907 Accounts 1750–1770, 1770–1907 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH2/1455.

Kincardine United Presbyterian Church
History— The congregation of Kincardine originated with members of the Established Church, who felt dissatisfied with the doctrine taught by their minister, and applied for and obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Dunfermline, 1775. The first church was built 1819. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D. pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details are given in the source. Records— Managers’ Minutes 1852–1957 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1018.

Norrieston Free Church
History— Norrieston was a “quoad sacra” parish partly in the parishes of Kilmadock, Kincardine, and Port of Monteith. Free Church services were provided at Norrieston immediately after the Disruption. The congregation was organized and a minister settled in September 1843. The new church was completed the following August. Membership: 1848, 200; 1900, 135. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D. 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records—  Baptismal Register 1843–1859, 1864–1879 Various Minutes 1843–1923 Abstinence Society List of Members 1845−1850, Minutes 1851–1909 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/1224.

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