Glenisla, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #290

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Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Birth records are blank June 1723–March 1741. Between 1793 and 1807 there are numerous irregular entries applicable to earlier dates. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1788. Marriages: Marriage records are blank between June 1723 and June 1741, after which a record of proclamations begins. Fact of marriage is recorded after January 1809. Deaths: Transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues. Records are blank April 1755–July 1792. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1704–1709, 1741–1804, 1823–1865 Accounts 1850–1939 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/589.

Glenisla Free Church
History— This congregation was organized in 1849, when the great body of the people in Glensla left the Established Church and joined the Free Church of Scotland. The church was erected and the charge was sanctioned that same year. The manse was erected in 1832. Depopulation, and changes in the parish, account for the decline in membership. Membership: 1848, 267; 1900, 136. 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— Minutes 1850–1941 Deacons Court Minutes 1853–1940 Communion Roll 1849–1941 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/512

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