Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland Genealogy

Inchinnan (#566)

History
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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: Excluding four entries, 1722–1723 on an imperfect leaf, there is no record until February 1737. Irregular entries are frequent between 1801, and 1820. Marriages: Excluding one entry for 1722, there is no record until October 1738. No entries December 1742–April 1745, December 1799–November 1801, nor July 1814–February 1816. After 1741, the record is one of persons booked for marriage. Deaths: Recorded on three pages after births for August 1797. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1824–1886 Accounts 1832–1836 Heritors, Parochial Board Minutes and Accounts 1825–1856 Minutes of Kirk Session and Heritors Poors’ Fund 1827–1856 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/924.

Inchinnan Free Church
History— This congregation was formed by three elders and eighty adherents who “came out” in 1843. For six years they worshiped in a barn at Barsail, Inchinnan. The church was built in 1849 and later considerably improved. Membership: 1860, 87; 1900, 74. 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— No pre-1855 records.

Probate Records
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