Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Genealogy

Luss (#499)

History
Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Libraryand family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Irregular entries 1802–1817 are on four pages after June 1818. Marriages: Records are blank June 1723–November 1725, and December 1778–July 1779 and the lower portion of the leaf at 1781 is cut off. There is only one entry for 1810. The fact of marriage is seldom added to the entry of proclamation. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1711–1752, 1789–1799, 1822–1885 Communion Rolls 1849–1898 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/481.

Luss Free Church, later United Free, and then Baudry Church of Scotland
History— In 1843, a congregation was formed and services carried on at Arnburn. The charge was sanctioned in 1844, in which year the church at Baudry was erected. The manse was built in 1846. Church and manse were renovated in 1883. Membership: 1848, 113; 1900, 51. 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 including a list of ministers.

Records— Minutes 1844–1915 Deacon's Court Minutes 1845–1910 Baptismal Register 1844–1940 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/942.

Probate Records
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