Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #151

History
The present name of this parish, by tradition, seems to have been the original and is supposed to have reference to its situation and climate with regard to Cullen, with which it has, the most interaction.

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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 records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The upper portion of the page after October 1663 containing eight to ten entries has been destroyed. There are no entries December 1686–January 1690. There are several imperfect pages after January 1704. Half of the page after April 1718 has been destroyed. Marriages: No entries exist April 1716–August 1721, November 1771–August 1773, and August 1784–February 1786. There is one entry for August 1779–June 1782 and one entry for 1807. The record is defective 1800–1802. The records of marriages from May 1732–May 1734 are lost. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1684–1687, 1694–1729 Scroll Minutes 1689–1701, 1731–1783 - including accounts 1764–1777, 1783–1858 Accounts 1780–1805, 1807–1855 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, records CH2/91.

Deskford Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and most of his congregation “came out” They met first in a barn until in 1844 they moved to a church. The population of the parish steadily declined. Membership: 1848, 135; 1900 101. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Extent of the records is unknown.

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