Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #188

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index abailable 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 for November 1721–May 1722, April 1729–February 1730, or December 1738–October 1743. Mothers’ names are not recorded in the entries after May 1788. Marriages: There is only one entry for 1754 and none for August 1759–December1760. There are only five entries, two of them undated, and two deleted for December 1771–April 1784, two for 1791, one for 1793, one for 1801, and two for 1807–1809 for November 1805–September 1815. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/D1 V3d.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1743–1767 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/94

Drumblade Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and many of his people adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption in 1843. A site was obtained and a church erected in 1844. Membership: 1848, 310; 1900, 156 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— The extent of records is unknown.

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