Pettinain, Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy

Pettinain (#653)

= History =

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45) offers uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including history, agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. The reports, written by the parish ministers, are available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Click on ‘Browse scanned pages’ then search the parish reports for Pettinain. Also available at the Family History Library.

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some of the records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births are intermixed with marriages until June 1709. They are extremely irregular and incomplete December 1779–April 1792 and entries have many years out of order of time are frequent after April 1792. Mothers’ names are seldom recorded before 1796. Marriages: Marriage record up to 1709 is intermixed with births for the same period. There are no entries June 1709–October 1710, after which there is a separate register. There are no entries, except for one May 1727–June 1731, and nine December 1734–May 1741. There are six entries for June 1746–April 1772 and except for three entries dated 1804, 1816 and 1817 the record ends May 1778. There are, however, entries of sums paid by persons intending marriage, 1696–1779 which to some extent supply the defects of the regular register. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1689–1839 Accounts 1778–1846 Baptisms 1764–1804 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/301.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are none.

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