Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #383

History
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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: Births intermixed with marriages from 1729–1805. Marriages: Vol. 2 contains a record of proclamation fees with occasional entries of marriages 1697–1811, but it is blank 1749–November 1786. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues mixed with proclamations until 1811. No entries 1811–1836. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1829–1964 Disbursements 1818–1835 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/757.

Lawers Free Church
History— The minister and practically the whole congregation "came out" in 1843. The congregation retained the church, which had been built about 1833–1834. The membership declined through a reduction of the population. Membership: 1848, 80; 1900, 36. 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— The extent of pre-1855 records is unknown. No records deposited at the National Archives of Scotland.

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