Alness, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Alness, Ross &amp; Cromarty, Scotland (#57)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered      FHL Film Number  Births:        1783–1854            0990577 item 1 Marriages: 1784–1854            0990577 item 1 Deaths:       No entries

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index.

Births: Intermixed throughout with marriages, otherwise, regularly kept. Marriages: Same as for births. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
No pre-1855 records.

Alness Free Church
History— The minister and a large part of the congregation of Alness "came out" in 1843. Sites for the church and manse were given in perpetuity, at a nominal rent. The church was built in 1843, and renovated in 1893. A school was provided. The congregation suffered heavily through young people leaving the parish. Membership: 1848, 80; 1900, 79. 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, including ministers. Records— Marriages 1847–1912 Baptisms 1843–1929 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/750.