Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kirkcowan, Wigtonshire, Scotland (#888)

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centersl. Some of the records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are only two entries prior to January 1792. It appears that the early session books of this parish were destroyed by fire. Marriages: There does not seem to be an extant record before 1832. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1719–1727, 1826–1900 Communion Roll 1849–1852 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/226.

Kirkowan Secession Church Records
History— Dissenting ministers of various denominations had been in the habit of preaching in Kirkcowan for a considerable time prior to 1837. In that year the persons accustomed to attend their ministrations applied for and obtained regular supply from the United Associate Presbytery of Wigtown. They purchased a dwelling house and had it fitted up as a place of worship. A new church was opened in 1862. 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

Records— Minutes 1840–1858, 1861–1936 Notebook Containing Minutes 1838–1841 Baptisms 1838–1842 Marriages 1839–1842 Deaths 1844–1854 List of Members 1838–1844. Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/871.

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