Killearnan, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Killearnan, Ross &amp; Cromarty, Scotland (# 68)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1744–1854 0990584 Marriages: 1815–1854 0990584 Deaths: No entries

Condition of Original Registers—
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: No entries July 1792–January 1793; otherwise regularly kept. 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 Accounts 1744–1797 Poors’ Fund Accounts 1815–1842 List of Communicants 1834–1840 Minutes - Discipline 1834–1835 List of Ministers of Killearnan 1226–1890 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/918.

Killearnan Free Church
History— The minister of Killernan, and nearly all his people "came out" in 1843. A large double roofed church was erected. It was replaced in the early 1860s. The rural population greatly declined from 1843 onwards. Membership: 1848, 145; 1900, 51. 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, including ministers.

Records— No pre-1855 records.