Ardclach, Nairnshire, Scotland Genealogy

Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland (#120)

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: No entries exist for April 1667–March 1668 or for March 1670–March 1714, except a few entries for December 1681–June 1682, recorded in the marriage register after November 1660. There are also no entries for August 1714–October 1720, except two entries in March 1720. There is only one entry for November 1734–October 1735. Six pages are out of chronological order, 1777–1790 they are recorded after August 1779. Entries several years out of chronological order occur frequently throughout. Marriages: There are no entries for November 1660–February 1682, but there are entries of proclamations of marriages for 1649–1675 in a separate intermixed volume, vol. 3. There are no entries for 1683. Several entries on the two leaves of the record for 1682–1708 are illegible. There are no entries May 1708–March 1714. Only one entry exists for May 1729–January 1732. There are only a few entries for June 1734–July 1737. There are no entries for June 1768–December 1771, and some illegible entries from December 1771 to 1780. There are no entries for February 1780–November 1792 and February 1807–April 1809. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1686–1710, 1716, 1729–1735, 1737–1739, 1741–1744, 1762–1779 Minutes with Accounts 1781–1840 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/717.

Ardclach Free Church
History— The congregation of the Free Church received services from the time of the Disruption in 1843 until August 1844 when a minister was provided. Although a church was provided, the congregation decreased due to general emigration from the area. Membership: 1848, 71; 1900, 68. 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— Minutes 1843–1933 Collections 1849–1871 Church Door Collections 1848–1864, 1865–1877 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1080.