Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Twynholm (#883)

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 records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Intermixed with marriages and other matters until 1722. There are no entries September 1722–March 1762. After June 1816, except a few entries for 1818, the record is copied from a memorandum book kept by the Rev. Mr. Williamson, Minister, at the beginning of which is a few entries, 1803–1816. Mothers' names are rarely recorded before August 1814. Marriages: There are no entries April 1719–May 1763. There is only one entry for 1766. There are no entries except one for 1789, November 1774–April 1791. There is only one entry for 1792. There are no entries December 1805–January 1807 and only one entry for 1813. There are no entries except one, 1818 and no entries September 1816–1825, 1826 nor 1834. Deaths: Burials; recorded on occasional pages of a duplicate of the registers of births and marriages for the same period of time. There are no entries December 1762–December 1763 and September 1768–1835. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1730–1741, 1762–1804, 1835–1932 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/952.

Nonconformist Church Records
See Tongland for a history of the Tongland and Twynholm Free Church. There are no other known nonconformist churches. Other nonconformists would have attended church in Kirkcudbright.

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