Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #832

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 indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: After 1745 no record appears to have been kept until 1801. In October 1801, the births of children were neglected to be registered, and numerous families were recorded in groups. Some entries go back as far as 1755. Evidence satisfactory to the Kirk Session was brought to prove these recordings. One page of entries for 1819–1840 is recorded after the marriages for 1740. Marriages: There are no entries January 1740–May 1852. Deaths: There are only a few death entries. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1852–1935 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/1163.

Johnstone Free Church
History— In August 1843 supply was arranged for the adherents of the Free Church in this district. The charge was sanctioned in 1844. The first minister was ordained in the open air, on the bank of the river Annan. The congregation worshiped in tents and barns, until, finally, a site was secured, and church and manse were built in 1846. Membership: 1848, 250; 1900, 207. 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— Minutes 1843–1898 Deacons' Court Minutes 1846–1903 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH3/884. Membership: In 1834 there were 27 Dissenters who attended services in neighboring parishes.

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