Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland Genealogy

Cathcart (#560)

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: The record prior to July 1792 is tabulated. Marriages: After 1785, the fact of marriage is often omitted in the entries of proclamation. Irregular marriages, however, are not infrequent in the record. Deaths: Date of death recorded prior to 1787; after that date the record is one of burials. Note: Cathcart is in greater Glasgow area - see also Lanarkshire Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Cathcart Kirk Session
Minutes 1701–1856 Heritors’ Minutes 1786–1832 Accounts 1759–1822 Communion Roll 1838–1852 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/732.

Crosshill Kirk Session
Minutes 1854–1879 Register of Baptisms 1854–1888 Seat Rents 1838–1857. Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, records CH2/1231.

Nonconformist Church Records
See Cathcart, Lanarkshire.

Probate Records
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