Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland Genealogy

Mearns (#571)

History
Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

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 history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are only two entries November 1775–June 1778. Records are blank November 1791–June 1794 and entries out of the order of time occasionally occur. Mothers’ names not recorded until May 1763. Marriages: No record of marriages appears to have been kept until 1825. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Record—                                                                              FHL Film Number  Baptisms and Marriage Proclamations   1727–1731    0304665 item 11 There are also some later entries. Other: Minutes 1692–1701 Cash Book 1694–1709, 1719–1722, 1727–1731, 1833–1908 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/262.

The Newton of Mearns, Associate Session, later United Presbyterian Church
History— A praying society in Mearns, which had existed from the 1640s, acceded to the Associate Presbytery in May 1738 and was recognized as a part of “the correspondence of Fenwick.” These societies were joined by others and they were organized into a congregation under the designation of the United Societies of Mearns, Eaglesham, and Neilston, with Mearns as its center. First church built in 1743 in the Newton. Most of the congregation, along with the minister, adhered to the Associate Burgher Synod at the Breach in 1747, but when the minister changed to the General Associate Anti-burgher Synod, a portion of his congregation withdrew and connected themselves with the Associate congregation of Burntshields. The minister and his Anti-burgher congregation purchased the church building from the trustees. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including a list of ministers. Also: Old Days and Ways in Newton Mearns, by A. Boyd Scott, pub. 1939. FHL book 941.41/M1 K2sc.

Records—                                                                                                 FHL Film Number  Baptisms                              1742–1764. 0304671 item 19 Marriages                             1746–1747                                        030467 item 19 Baptisms and Deaths             1868–1882                                       1562982 items 6–8 - in vault Minutes                                 1746–1760, 1780–1781, 1838–1839    1562982 items 6–8 - in vault Roll of members                     1862–1880                                       1562982 items 6–8 - in vault

Busby Branch, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
History— Busby Branch was a unit of the Glasgow Conference of the British Mission. The records are found with those for Pollokshaws Branch.

Records—                                                    FHL Film Number  Record of Members    1846–1849      0104155 item 8

Probate Records
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