Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #248

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births and Marriages: Births and Marriages are intermixed with other matters until 1783. Mothers’ names are not recorded in the entries of births until 1722, and often omitted prior to 1800. After 1783 there are separate registers of births and marriages. There are no entries of marriages September 1790–July 1792. From January 1802–1824, only transcribed entries of proclamations. There are no entries October 1805–December 1808 and they are blank 1824 to 1841. Deaths: Burials Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/T2 V3s.

New Pitsligo
Minutes 1853–1867 Accounts 1853–1855 Baptisms 1799–1804, 1832–1847, not in order Marriages 1853–1856 Other post-1855 Records Note: Available at the New Register House, Edinburgh, Record CH2/1044.

New Pitsligo Free Church
History—  This congregation was formed immediately after the Disruption, and regular services were provided. The church was erected in 1847. The charge was sanctioned in 1860. The manse was built in 1861. After the ministers’s death, a union was effected with the United Presbyterian congregation of Whitehill, in January 1898, and a United Presbyterian probationer became minister of the united charge. Membership: 1866, 175; 1900, 159. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Minutes 1848–1934 Other post-1855 Records Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1049.

New Pitsligo Episcopal Church
History— This congregation was formed between 1800 and 1805. The chapel was built in 1835. The number of communicants in 1843 was 120, who, with the exception of two families, were all of the poor and working classes. A number of members resided in adjacent parishes. Source: History of the Scottish Episcopal Church, by John P. Lawson, pub. 1843. No copy is available in the FHL.

Records—  The extent of Records is unknown. For information, write to: New Pitsligo Episcopal Church c/o 12 Bain Terrace Mintlaw, Peterhead AB42 5HBScotland

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