Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Inch, Wigtonshire, Scotland (#886)

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true International Genealogical Index. ] Births: Entries are often out of chronological order. There is one page of irregular birth entries, 1753–1783, recorded after marriage for March 1809. Entries are duplicated September 1810–May 1813. Mothers' names are rarely recorded until August 1802. Marriages: The first page of marriages is damaged and there is a portion of most of the entries that are destroyed. In the case of irregular marriages, the fact of marriage is seldom added to the entries until 1817 except for a period 1737–1748 inclusive. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1730–1881 Accounts - Income 1842–1858 Claims for Aliment 1845–1847 Communion Roll 1836–1878 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/637.

Inch Free Church
History— In June 1843 supply was arranged for Inch and Cairnryan. In January 1844, Inch was sanctioned as a separate charge. Church and manse were built soon after the Disruption. Many farmers in the parish supported the church. The membership was reduced by the formation of the station at New Luce. Membership: 1848, 270; 1900, 129. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source

Records— FHL Film Number Baptisms and Deaths 1845–1878 0889487 item 5 Marriages: 1845–1892 0889487 item 5 (Includes some marriages of persons not members of the congregation) Other: Minutes 1843–1875 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/557.

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