Holm & Paplay, Orkney, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #19

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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 1692–1696, duplicate records 1697–1760, and very incomplete records 1703–1709. Marriages: There is only one entry December 1674–March 1677 and no entries for 1681–1692. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Holm, St. Nicholas
Minutes 1673–1764 Note: Available on Film at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1091.

Holm United Presbyterian, later Holm East United Free Church
History— Holm is a parish on the southeast coast of Pomona, or mainland of Orkney. This congregation was formed at first by persons residing in the parish that had occasionally attended public worship in the Secession Church in Kirkwall and acquired a relish for the doctrine they heard preached there. This was an Anti-burgher church and later became United Presbyterian. In November 1865 more than 200 members of this congregation left and joined the Free Church. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source.

Records— Minutes 1816–1945 Congregational Minutes 1814–1843 Other Post–1855 Records Note: Available on Film at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1097.

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