Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Leochel-Cushnie #214

History
These parishes united in 1795.

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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 recored may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births for Leochel are defective for 1687. They are blank February 1697–May 1699 and there is only one entry July 1700–July 1701. Records are blank October 1703–June 1715 and May 1728–May 1733. From October 1797, the record is applicable to the united parish of Leochel and Cushnie. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1801. Cushnie births recorded prior to 1770 are very much wasted by dampness and want of care. The record terminates in 1797. Mothers’ names not recorded. Marriages: Records are blank December 1665–October1672, and October 1681–May 1683, at least the intervening entries are illegible through the effects of dampness. There are only five entries December 1686–March 1699. Records are blank November 1699–April 1706, and except two entries, July 1813. There are only proclamations after 1840. There are only three pages of marriage entries for Cushnie, 1769–1771 and 1792–1793, transcribed from the Session Minutes. Deaths: Burials until 1673. Records are blank December 1673–May 1737, after which there are only a few pages of entries of Mortcloth Dues, funeral expenses of the Poor, etc. There is only one entry June 1795–January 1823 and they are blank August 1823–1840. Deaths for Cushnie are Mortcloth Dues and are not continuous. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Leochel: Minutes 1708–1739, 1740–1768, 1841–1914 1731–1769 Cushnie: Minutes with Collections and Distributions, 1782–1796 Minutes with Accounts 1800–1801 Cash Book 1768–1925 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/238.

Nonconformist Churches
A Free Church, known as Towie and Cushnie, was not sanctioned until 1856, there are no records.

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