Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy

Carstairs (#633)

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: There are no birth entries August 1683–January 1685, December 1688–August 1692, May 1704–December 1711 and March 1746–May 1748. There is a copy of the record for 1672–1803, which, though it exhibits the first three blanks as above noted, is complete for 1746–1748. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1700. Marriages: Record prior to August 1687 is engrossed on parallel columns of the register of births for the same period. There are no entries February 1682–August 1685, August 1687–July 1699 except two for 1697, June 1705–1711, inclusive. From this date until 1729 there are only entries of marriage money, for each year, sometimes without full date. There are no entries October 1729–November 1749 and January 1801–20. From November 1749 to 1801 entries of proclamations are intermixed with Mortcloth Dues. Deaths: Entries prior to 1678 are engrossed on parallel columns with births and marriages for the same period. There are no entries except two between 1697–1698 and April 1678–February 1701. The record up to October 1702 is one of burials. A record of Mortcloth Dues begins February 1701, which has no entries for April 1708–1719. There are no entries also for 1729–November 1749. Entries from November 1749 to 1801 are intermixed with other matters, except for the period 1751–1764, during which there is a separate record. There are no entries May 1801–January 1818, when a register of deaths begins. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1694–1730, 1732, 1737–1742, 1811–1923 Collections 1672–1710 Accounts 1801–1836 Disbursements 1699–1711, 1730–1745 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/63.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are none Return to the Lanarkshire parish list.