New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #227

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no entries April 1693–August 1694, April 1699–May 1713, and March 1716–March 1717. There are irregular entries of frequent occurrence throughout. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1789. Marriages: There are no entries June 1694–February 1696, August 1698–May 1717, and November 1793–August 1798. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues until 1783; then burials. There is only one entry March 1795– January 1817. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/N3 V3s.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1665–1666, 1670–1676, with blanks, 1676–1683, 1692–1706, 1717–1778, 1782–1811 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/281.

New Machar Free Church
History— The minister of the parish, and many of his people, “came out” in 1843. Church and manse were erected that year on sites granted in the village of Sommerhill. The congregation suffered considerably when Messrs. Crombie removed their works from Cothal Mill. The opening of Dyce Free Church also took some members away. In 1845 New Machar was transferred from the Presbytery of Aberdeen to that of Ellon. Membership: 1848, 450; 1900, 225. 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— There are no known pre-1855 Records.

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