Menmuir, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Menmuir #309

History
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Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1701–1854 0993490 Item 2 Marriages: 1704–1782, 1848–171 0993490 Item 2 Deaths: No entries

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the Internationa Genealogical Index. Births: Birth records are blank January 1708–October 1711, and September 1733–December 1758 except for a few irregular entries 1741–1751. Mothers' names are not recorded. Marriages: There is no record until February 1766 except for a few entries mixed up with other matters about 1704–1705. From January 1767–December 1777 there is a record of marriages as well as of proclamations. There is no record after December 1782 except for two entries in 1848 and 1851. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Collections 1622–1701, 1709–1733, 1762–1902 Cash 1845–1943 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/164

Menmuir Free Church
History— This congregation was formed of those who came out of Menmuir Parish Church at the Disruption, together with those from several surrounding parishes where no Free Church was accessible. At first they worshiped in the open air beside the public road. A church was erected in 1843–1844, and a manse a little later. The charge was sanctioned in 1845. A second storey was added to the manse in 1862. Notwithstanding rural depopulation and other changes the membership remained fairly steady. Membership: 1848, 145; 1900, 130. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— FHL Film Number Session Minutes 1844–1923 1886228 items 2–3 Deacons Court Minutes 1849–1906 1886228 items 2–3 Cash Book 1844–1895 1886229 item 1 Other: Seat Rent book 1852–1907 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/230.

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