Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #823

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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: No entries, except one, December 1784–January 1788. Marriages: It does not appear that any registers of marriages or of deaths or burials were kept prior to 1855. However, the Statistical Account of Scotland for 1791 states that between 1770 and 1790, 155 couples had been married and 323 persons had died. And in 1833, the average number of marriages per year was 10 and of deaths12. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1771–1782, 1818–1848, 1855–1903 Treasurer's Accounts - including proclamation fees, 1764–1770 Accounts 1770–1786, 1816–1839 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/436.

Durrisdeer Station, Free Church
History— This rural mission or preaching station was connected at first with Penpont congregation, but in 1847 it became a Presbyterial mission. It supplied ordinances to scattered Free Church families in the parishes of Durrisdeer and Crawford. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— No pre–1855 records.

Note: In 1791, there were within the parish 27 Seceders including 7 who belonged to the Reformed church. By 1833 there were 85 families of Dissenters and Seceders. Return to the Dumfries-shire parish list.