Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (#855)

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: Births are recorded in the same register with marriages. The entries of marriages for each year usually succeed those of the births for the same year. There are no entries June 1760–April 1770, but at that part there are two pages of irregular entries, dated 1761–1834. There are a few entries February 1777–March 1788. After March 1788 the whole record is irregular as to dates. Marriages: Marriages are recorded in the same register with births, the entries of marriages for each year usually succeeding those of births for the same year. There are no entries February 1761–April 1770 and after October 1776 there are only five entries, dated respectively, 1777, 1798, 1803, 1811 and 1827. Deaths: There are three entries dated 1763–1760 and a few entries of funeral expenses for 1789–1792. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1747–1752, 1770–1836, 1843–1932 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/14.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known Nonconformist groups. Any members of dissenting churches would have attended in neighboring parishes and towns, such as Gatehouse–on–Fleet.

See also Girthon Parish

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