Oathlaw, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #315

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 1742. There is a duplicate of a portion 1732–1740. Births are intermixed with marriages from 1742 and are blank December 1742–December 1745. Two pages of the record 1745–1747 are greatly deteriorated and there is a duplicate of the portion 1747–1779. Records are blank October 1766–May 1768 and June 1769–April 1771 and defective 1777–1783. Mothers' names recorded in entries 1720–1746, but often omitted 1747–1784. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with births and other matters prior to 1742. There is a duplicate of the portion 1732–1740 and records are intermixed with births from 1742. The records are blank December 1742–December 1745 and two pages of the record 1745–1747 are greatly deteriorated. There is a duplicate of the portion 1747–1779. Records are blank October 1766–May 1768, and June 1769–April 1771 and are defective 1777–1783. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues prior to 1730 and burials from 1730. The death records are blank April 1742–October 1783, after which the entries are intermixed with births and marriages. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1716–1751, 1772–1840 Book of Discipline 1808–1860 Communion Roll 1849–1859 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/287.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known nonconformist groups. See also Tannadice parish.

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