Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland Genealogy

Ancrum (#780)

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 histor centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Entries are frequently out of the order of time after 1800. Mothers' names are not recorded in the entries. Duplicate of record, November 1711–June 1753. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with other matters throughout. After 1741, they are mainly entries of marriage money or of proclamation fees. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues intermixed with marriages, etc. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1836–1967 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1124.

Ancrum Free Church
History— From the Disruption the congregation was maintained on the footing of a preaching station. A church was built in 1851, and a school was established. The charge was sanctioned in 1859. The church was enlarged in 1860, and a manse built in 1864. From about 1870 a decrease in the population told adversely on the membership. Membership: 1861, 148; 1900, 116.

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— No known pre–1855 records.

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