Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy

Hamilton (#647)

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 1684–July 1686 and February 1696–September 1699. There is a separate list of children baptized in the meeting house 1689–1691. There is a page lost with entries for September 1705–March 1706. Three pages at 1755–1756, one at 1759 and one at 1766 have entries partially destroyed. There are nine entries of one family 1762–1779 after October 1781. Irregular entries are frequent after 1800. Marriages: There are marriage proclamations until 1695, but the fact of marriage is frequently not added 1665–1671. There are no entries September 1683–July 1686 and December 1688–January 1690, and January 1696–August 1704 there is only one. At that part is a register of marriages extracted from a register which was kept during Episcopacy, given into my hands by Alexander Miller, Maltman in Hamilton, November 1687–January 1691. It consists of eighty four entries and is subscribed by Mr. Robert Robertson, one of the teachers of the grammar school in Hamilton. There are no entries November 1705–December 1709. Two pages at 1756–1757 are incomplete. After January 1766, the record again becomes one of proclamations. Deaths: Record is of burials. There are no entries, except for two, October 1656–1662; December 1673–January 1673; and October 1685–October 1692, and there is a page of entries April–June 1688. The records end February 1714. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

St. John’s Kirk Sessions
Minutes 1836–1842 Scroll Minutes 1841–1843 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/742.

St. John’s Free Church
History— The minister of this church and his congregation adhered to the Free Church in 1843. After the Disruption at a meeting of subscribers towards the erection of the church the building was handed over to the trustees who held it on behalf of the congregation. A school was erected. It was acquired by the North British Railway Company in 1880. St. John’s school was taken over by the School Board in1898. West and Low Waters congregation were off shoots of St. John’s. Membership: 1848, 320; 1900, 489. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details may be given in the source including a list of ministers.

Records— Baptismal Register 1843–1935 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/680.

Hamilton Roman Catholic Church
History— This area was served from Glasgow from before 1829. See that parish for earlier records. The church at Hamilton was founded in 1841 and dedicated to St. Mary in 1843. Source: Catholic Missions and Registers, 1700–1880: Vol. 6 Scotland, by Michael Gandy, pub. 1993. FHL Ref. Book 942 K24gm Vol. 6.

Records—  Baptisms 1841–1905 Marriages 1845–1906 Note: Copies available at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, record RH21/4.

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