West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy

West Calder, Midlothian (Edinburgshire) Scotland (#701)

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 and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no entries April 1664–November 1674 and November 1687–May 1705. Mothers’ names are not recorded until July 1677. Marriages: There are no entries November 1683–July 1685 and October 1687–June 1752 except five entries of marriage money, 1746–1747. The lower portion of the page at January 1754 is cut off. There are no entries October 1754–June 1776. After November 1781 there are only a few transcribed entries, most of them of irregular marriages, 1797–1817, until 1820. Deaths: Transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues, etc., prior to 1850, except burials for 1818–1828. No dates prefixed to entries prior to 1739. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1677–1687, 1707–1847 Cash Book 1692–1701, 1741–1826 Scroll Minutes 1770–1775, 1781–1786 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/366.

West Calder United Secession Church
History— This congregation originated in the settlement of an unacceptable minister in the parish in 1794, and by disjunctions from the Secession congregations of Longridge and East Calder. The church was built in 1795. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. FHL Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records— Extent of records is unknown.

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