Kilmuir-Easter, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Kilmuir-Easter, Ross &amp; Cromarty, Scotland (# 69)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1738–1854 0990585 Marriages: 1783–1854 0990585 Deaths: 1783–1789 0990585

Condition of Original Registers—
 Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are only 18 entries prior to 1755 and no entries for 1758. There are only a few birth records for June 1759–1765. There is one family, 1768–1783, recorded after February 1771. There are only two entries of births between February 1771 and April 1773. Marriages:There are only 11 entries December 1807–July 1817. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Heritors' Minutes 1829 Heritors' and Session Minutes 1843–1975 Certificates Burial Places 1823–1849 Accounts 1842–1850 Accounts and Financial Minutes 1771, 1775–1840 Note: All of the above available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/429.

Kilmuir–Easter Free Church
History— The minister of the parish, and his congregation "came out" in 1843. A church and manse were erected. The church having become dangerous, a new one was built and opened in 1876. Membership:1859, 600; 1900, 71. 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, including ministers.

Records— No pre-1855 records.