Symington, Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy

Symington (#657)

= History =

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45) offers uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including history, agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. The reports, written by the parish ministers, are available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Click on ‘Browse scanned pages’ then search the parish reports for [parish]. Also available at the Family History Library.

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 centeres. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The first page contains mostly irregular entries January 1691–1709. There are no entries, except for two 1708, 1712, May 1708–November 1742. After November 1794, there are three pages containing entries of the families of successive ministers of the parish, preceded by the marriages of the parents, 1747–1801 and one marriage 1807. Marriages: Proclamation fees, with occasional entries of sums collected at marriages, intermixed throughout with other matters. There are no entries July 1709–February 1743. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues are intermixed with the entries of proclamation fees, etc. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1689–1705, 1716–1736, 1778–1934 Collections 1714–1723 Cash Book 1787–1818, 1932–1944 Accounts 1782–1934 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/728.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are none.

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