Kirkden, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Kirkden #298

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: Births are intermixed with marriages and other matters prior to July 1690. They are blank from the latter date until May 1735, after which intermixed with marriages until July 1752. Mothers' names are seldom recorded before 1809. There is a separate record of births from October 1753. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with births and other matters prior to July 1690, and May 1735–July 1752. There is a separate record of marriages from October 1753 and they are blank May 1802–July 1810. Deaths: There is one entry for 1789 on flyleaf of record. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1735–1893 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/227

Friockheim Free Church
History— The minister and congregation of this “quoad sacra” parish came out in 1843. They were allowed to retain the church until the following year, when a new church was erected. The manse was built in 1850 and the church was enlarged in 1870. Membership: 1848, 296; 1900, 251. 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.

Records— Minutes 1843–1929 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/860.

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