Dallas, Moray, Scotland Genealogy

Dallas #129

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are only three entries before March 1749, five entries for December 1752–March 1754, and no entries for December 1769–October 1771 or November 1773–December 1774. There is a duplicate copy of the record for 1763–1817. Marriages: There are no entries for November 1752–December 1774 or August 1782–December 1784, only one for 1797, for December 1785 October 1816, and none for January 1818–July 1826. Deaths: There are no entries for January 1784–October 1816. The records end with February 1818. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1749–1761, 1766, 1775–1782, 1786, 1798, 1805–1815, and 1845–1854 Accounts 1774–1782 Mortcloth Dues 1803–1804 Poors’ Fund 1789–1802, 1827–1846 - includes lists of male heads of families who were communicants List of Population of the Parish for June 1811 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1129.

Dallas Free Church
History— Although the minister of the parish did not leave the Established Church at the Disruption, his wife and family and many of his congregation joined the Free Church, and one of his sons later became a minister of the Free Church. In August 1844 a minister was settled, and a church was built in 1845 and a manse in 1849. Population of the congregation decreased through the years Membership: 1848, 102; in 1900, 55. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843 1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Minutes 1845–1950 Deacons’ Court Minutes 1845 1922 Miscellaneous Papers, including a Communion Roll for 1876 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1131.