Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Keithall and Kinkell #206

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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: Kinkell: Records are blank except a few irregular entries, August 1723–April 1778. Mothers’ names not recorded until 1778. Keithhall: The portion to 1708 is very much wasted by dampness and want of care. Many of the leaves were partially destroyed. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1739. Marriages: Kinkell: Records are blank December 1706–June 1708 however they are mixed up with other matters. Keithhall: marriages are recorded among the births. Record is blank August 1781–1852. Deaths: Kinkell: Records are of burials. Keithhall: Records are Mortcloth Dues and are blank November 1775–1852. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: Keithall and Kinkell churchyards FHL Book 941.25/K2 V3s.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1684–1708 Minutes 1709–1778 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/201.

Kinmuck Society of Friends, Quakers
History— The Kinmuck meeting house appears to have been built and the burial ground acquired by 1680 against considerable opposition. A Quaker family used it as a home in order to prevent the house from being destroyed by those in opposition. It was purchased by the Society about 1710. A school was held in the meeting house until about 1781. The building was totally reconstructed in 1832. The meeting was discontinued in 1940 and the building sold soon after. Source: The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain, vol. 2, by David M. Butler of the Friends Historical Society. FHL Book 942 K24bd, vol. 2.

Records— For records, see Aberdeen parish.

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