Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Monymush #224

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Records are blank June 1686–October 1706. They are defective 1746–1748 inclusive and 1769–1770. Mothers’ names are not recorded until 1765. Marriages: Marriages are blank January 1691–November 1729, and June 1764–June 1772; but there is a list of persons “sessioned” between 1704 and 1730, which contains a few entries of proclamations of marriages recorded 1729–1764, intermixed with other matters. No entry August 1774–June 1776, nor March 1776–February 1779. Deaths: There are Mortcloth Dues until 1781. There are only six entries without dates October 1704–April 1709and only seven entries May 1721–June 1779. They are blank May 1781–January 1784; and then there are burials. There are only four entries recorded after September 1787, dated respectively 1796, 1845, 1846, and 1853. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/M1 V3m.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1678–1709, 1761, 1770–1911 Collections 1678–1704, 1707–1730 Disbursements 1678–1729 Minutes of Discipline 1709–1729 Testimonials 1726–1731 Pew Money 1704–1729 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1399.

Monymusk, Blairdaff, and Kemnay Episcopal Church
History— A history is not available. The congregation may have existed since the Revolution. In 1797 there were 28 Episcopal families in the parish. In 1842 membership was about 130 but that included those residing in neighboring parishes. Source: The Scottish Congregational Ministry, by Rev. Dr. William D. McNaughton, pub. 1993. FHL Book 941 K2mwd. Additional details in the source include list of ministers.

Records— Christenings 1729–1744 Note: The whereabouts of the records is uncertain. They may be at the Dundee University Archives as part of their Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts collection, you can contact them at archives”dundee.ac.uk.

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