Arrochar, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Genealogy

Arrochar (#492)

= History =

Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

= Census Records =

= Church Records =

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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: There are only about 20 irregular entries prior to March 1767, then the regular record commences. Irregular entries are frequent before 1785. Marriages: There are no entries for 1769 or 1772. The record is blank January 1774–November 1780, and there are only two entries for July 1802–February 1805. There are no entries for 1815. Deaths: Burials are all on one page. See also the Kirk Session records below. Source:Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Session Minutes 1764–1784 (with a note of members, 1767), 1785–1844 Treasurer's Cash Book 1844–1864 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/445.

Arrochar Free Church
History— This congregation was formed at the Disruption in 1843. No other history is available. Membership: 1848, 65; 1900, 61. 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 a list of ministers.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

= Probate Records =

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