Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (#873)

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: There are no entries February 1730–March 1746, but some irregular entries earlier than the latter date follow on the same page. Record is somewhat irregular 1746–1764. Lower portion of leaf at December 1809 is cut off. Interpolated entries are not infrequent in the later portion of the record. Mothers' names are rarely recorded until August 1779. Marriages and Deaths: It does not appear that any record was kept prior to 1820. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1703–1739, 1756, 1759–1792, 1811, 1823–1910 Marriages 1823 Collections 1703–1740, 1767–1777 Scroll Minutes 1851–1859 Accounts 1820–1829 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/673.

Creetown United Presbyterian Church
History— The congregation originated in the dissatisfaction felt by a number of persons in the parish with the ministrations of the parochial incumbent. They applied for and obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Presbytery of Annan, 1819. In 1835 they purchased a property consisting of several dwelling houses part of which they fitted up as a place of worship. Membership: 27 families in 1840–1844. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including lists of ministers.

Records— Extent of pre–1855 records is unknown. Note: There were also 27 Roman Catholic families in the parish in 1840–1844. However, they would have attended church elsewhere.

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