North Ronaldshay, Orkney, Scotland Genealogy

North Ronaldshay #22

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: Births prior to 1800 are recorded in Cross and Burness. See: Sanday #26 Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1738–1744, 1847–1931 Cash Book 1846–1931 Note: Available on Film at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1095.

North Ronaldshay Free Church
History— Adam White, minister of the North Ronaldshay Parliamentary Church, and the majority of his congregation "came out" in 1843. The church and manse were completed in 1852. The factor's hostility, and emigration, adversely affected the congregation during 1849–1850. The share taken by the Free Church in agitating for the Crofters Act of 1886 gave stimulus to the congregation, but it suffered from the destruction of the inshore cod fishery, of which this island was an important center. The isolation of the island exercises a depressing influence. Wrecks used to be frequent along the shore. The rafters of the manse were made of timber supplied from a shipwreck. Membership: 1848, 170; 1900, 146. 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 1846–1931 Deacons' Court Minutes 1846–1931 Baptisms 1844–1914 Marriages 1848–1911 Communion Roll 1847–1882 Note: Available on Film at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1101.

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