Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland Genealogy

Eastwood (#562)

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Excluding one imperfect leaf of transcribed entries, 1674–1676, there is no record until December 1687. Records are defective for 1757. Irregular entries occasionally occur, chiefly of children of Dissenters. Marriages: Records are blank December 1756–May 1759. Entries June 1790–December 1791 are recorded twice. After 1750, the fact of marriage is often not stated, the record being chiefly one of proclamations. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Eastwood Kirk Session
Minutes 1689–1808, 1817–1861 Poor Accounts 1824–1825 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/119.

Pollokshaws Burgher, later United Presbyterian, Church
History— A praying society in the parish of Eastwood acceded to the Associate Presbytery in 1739 and helped to form the first Secession congregation in Glasgow. Their survivors, representatives, and other Seceders who had settled in the place were disjoined from the Shuttle Street congregation, Glasgow, and formed into a separate congregation in 1763. Church built in 1764. In 1799, the minister and the majority of his congregation separated from the Associate Burgher Synod and adhered to the Original Burghers. The majority retained the property and the minority were compensated and built their own place of worship in 1800. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William --MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including a list of ministers.

Records— Minutes 1804–1835 Managers’ Minutes 1814–1857 Baptismal Register 1833–1929 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1171.

Pollokshaws East Free Church
History— In December 1848 the first congregation of the Associate Synod in Pollokshaws applied for admission to the Free Church. The assembly of 1849 sanctioned the arrangement, and the union took place in September of that year. The original church was built in 1764, and it had a graveyard attached. A new church was erected in 1870. Membership: 1848, 240; 1900, 251. 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— Extent of the records is unknown.

Pollokshaws West Free Church
History— George Logan, minister of Eastwood, adhered to the Free Church, but died immediately after the Disruption. A congregation was formed in Pollokshaws, and sanctioned by the Assembly’s committee in March 1844. The church was erected in 1846. Membership: 1848, 260; 1900, 305. 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— Extent of the records is unknown.

Pollokshaws and Thornliebank Branches, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
History— Pollokshaws Branch was a local unit of the Glasgow Conference of the British Mission. The records include those for Busby and Thornliebank Branches also.

Records—                                                                                                        FHL Film Number  Record of Members                   1848–1873 - includes Busby                 0104155 item 8                                               1848–1855 - includes Thornlieban          0104155 item 9

Probate Records
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