Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Stoneykirk, Wigtonshire, Scotland (#898)

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 under and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Entries out of chronological order occur occasionally throughout the record and are very frequent after 1800. On page 156 are entries dated 1808–1832. Marriages: Entries for 1744 are recorded twice. After December 1796 the fact of marriage is seldom stated, the entries usually containing only that the parties were “booked in order to marriage”. Deaths: Both deaths and burials are recorded. They are recorded on pages 157–165 inclusive in the register of baptisms. There are no entries March 1793–November 1839, except one for 1797. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Available at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh CH2/1212.

StoneyKirk
History— Robert M'Neil, the minister and many of his congregation “came out” in 1843. The church was built in 1844, the manse in 1846 and subsequently the school and teachers house. The congregation suffered through shifting and decline of the rural population and the hostile influence of landed proprietors; while two other churches were built within four miles of the Free Church. Membership: 1848, 400; 1900, 162. 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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