Cawdor, Nairnshire, Scotland Genealogy

Cawdor, Nairn, Scotland (#122)

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: These records were regularly kept. Marriages: There are no entries for November 1726–November 1735 or for July 1779–February1793. From 1793 to about 1808, the annual number of entries is fewer than the previous period. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes: 1719–1828 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/674.

Cawdor Free Church
History— The minister of Cawdor with most of his congregation left the Established Church in 1843. A church was built the same year at Newton of Budgate. Membership:1848, 80; 1900, 133. 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— There are no known pre-1855 records.