Torryburn, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #458

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. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index.

Births: The first page of vol. 2 contains entries 1688–1695 of children of Seceders, most of them baptized in other parishes. A few interpolated entries occur after 1783, this record appears to have been regularly kept. Marriages: There are four entries 1675–1681. There are no entries November 1665–January 1702 and October 1710–December 1711. After 1723 the record is one of persons who gave up their names to be proclaimed. The date of marriage, however, is frequently not added to the entries after 1800. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues with no entries November 1817–December 1820. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Records—                     FHL Film Number  Baptisms 1629–1641        0304666 item 11 Deaths 1696–1773            0304666 item 11 Other: Minutes, 1671–1689, 1695–1955 Accounts 1768–1852 Burial Ground Register 1793–1853 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/355.

Torryburn Free Church
History— The minister of Torryburn and four fifths of the congregation came out in 1843. They worshiped for a time in a shed fitted up by the proprietor. The church was built in 1843 and the manse a few years later. Both were renovated in 1869 when the earthen floor of the church was replaced by one of wood. Membership: 1848, 243; 1900, 98. 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  Session Minutes 1843–1888                                         1886481 items 2–6 Deacon’s Court Minutes, with Accounts 1843–1855               "              " Account Book 1843–1857                                                    "              " Communion Rolls 1858–1875                                               "              " Baptisms 1874–1924                                                           "              "