Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #347

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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: There are no birth entries August 1615–September 1652 and December 1653–August 1657. Mothers' names are not recorded until July 1817. Marriages: There are no marriage entries October 1615–July 1657, March 1689–May 1694, October 1698–November 1704, and March 1710–October 1746. The record after 1704 is one of contracts and proclamations only. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church─Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1657–1682, 1691–1830 Accounts 1658–1830 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/100.

Dunbarney Free Church
History— The minister and two elders of Dunbarney "came out" in 1843 with many of the people. The parish was then a popular health resort, many people coming to drink the waters at the famous Pitkeathly Mineral Well. The well gradually lost its attraction, to the disadvantage of the district. The congregation profited by the revival in 1860. Membership: 1848, 260; 1900, 94. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Extent of pre-1855 records is unknown. There are no records deposited at the National Archives of Scotland. Note: The Statistical Account of Scotland for Dunbarny for 1842 states that there were at that time 3 Episcopalian families, 3 belonging to the Relief Church, 13 belonging to the Associate Synod, and 1 Irvingite (Catholic Apostolic Church) family within the parish, but there were no Dissenter chapels so they would have attended services in neighboring parishes or Perth.

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