Ardchattan, Argyllshire, Scotland Genealogy

Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland (#504)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered             FHL Film Number  Births:       1758–1854                  1041003 item 1–2 Marriages: 1758–1854                  1041003 item 1–2 Deaths:      No entries

Condition of Original Records—
Births: There are four irregular entries for 1755–1761 recorded in February of 1820. On the whole, only a few irregular entries exist October 1762–1783, but there are about twenty entries for 1765–1767. Two families’ entries, covering the period 1770–1794, are recorded on one page at December 1790. Entries are frequently out of chronological order. Marriages: The record is blank between November 1762–January 1766 and January 1768–November 1783, except for one entry in1780. No entries were made between April 1789 and January 1790. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
There are no known records.

Ardchattan Free Church
History— The minister of the united parishes of Ardchattan and Muckairn left the Established Church at the Disruption in 1843. The charges were at once disjoined and the minister continued in the parish of Ardchattan. The church was erected in 1844. For a further history of the congregation, see Appin in Lismore parish. Membership: 1848, 100; 1900, 37. 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— The extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.

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