Edzell, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #285

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: Birth records prior to September 1703 are intermixed with marriages, etc., and then they are blank until March 1715. There are seven pages of irregular entries, 1753–1804, after the record for 1819. Mothers' names are recorded after 1759. Marriages: Marriage records are blank August 1652–October 1665, January 1680–July 1684, June 1703–January 1715, and April 1719–May 1721. There is no entry for 1723 and they are blank January 1791–December 1804. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1706–1737, 1744–1773, 1837–1939 Minutes and Accounts 1772–1801 List of Male Communicants 1837–1842 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/627

Edzell Free Church
History— The minister of the parish, with the greater part of his congregation came out in 1843. The proprietor refused a site; but William Carr, shoemaker, gave a corner of land which he held on a 99 years' tack; and there the church was erected forthwith. The manse was built in 1859, on a site given by the Earl of Dalhousie. A new church was erected in 1900. The congregation suffered through rural depopulation. It benefited, however, by the growing popularity of Edzell as a summer resort. Membership: 1848, 360; 1900, 159. 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 1843–1924 Deacons Court Minutes 1844–1935 Private Registration Book, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1837–1875 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/543.

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