Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Aberlemno #269

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 are blank February 1716–January 1745. Marriages: Marriage records are blank April 1710–February 1745. After 1745 the record is purely one of marriages without proclamations. There is only one entry for 1813. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues. Blank 1715–1723. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1826, 1828, 1829–1832, 1845–1847 Poor Accounts 1794–1834 Cash Book 1720–1742 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/269

Nonconformist Church Records
History— This congregation was formed in 1843. Regular services were maintained, and in 1847 a church was erected. The charge was sanctioned in 1856. The manse was built in 1858. The congregation suffered through the failure of the weaving and quarrying industries. Membership: 1859, 120; 1900, 95. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vol’s., pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— No pre-1855 records known.

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