Gigha and Cara, Argyle, Scotland

Gigha and Cara, Arglye, Scotland (#537)

H istory
Campbelton is the nearest town to this parish. Both of the islands in this parish are low islands. Captain Alexander M’Neil; and Miss Macdonald Lockhart were the major land owners. The land was primarily used for, potatoes, turnips, bear, oats, fish, and a few sheep. The population in 1811 was 550, and in 1841 it was 550. There are no registers earlier than 1793. Since then “tolerable” regular except in 1824 and 1825. There is only one Disenter in the Parish, a Baptist. The average number of communicants is 145.

This account was written in 1843.

source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol 7)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births:1792–1854 1041078 items 4–5 Marriages: 1793–1854 1041078 items 4–5 Deaths: 1792–1854 1041078 items 4–5

Condition of Original Records—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births, Marriages and Deaths:These are recorded by turns for each year in the same register. The early pages have suffered from dampness. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1784–1890 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/697.

Nonconformist Church Records
None are available.

Return to the Argyllshire Parish List