Keig, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Keig #205

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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 International Genealogical Index. Births: Between November 1774 and June 1775, there occur nine pages of irregular entries dated 1763–1784. There are no entries June 1784–March 1785 and only three entries for 1803. Mothers’ names not recorded until 1775. Marriages: Prior to December 1802, Marriages are recorded among the baptisms for the same period. They are blank from the latter date to April 1808. There is one entry for 1813, two for 1819 and none September 1821–January 1823. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues, one entry of death in 1793. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b. Monumental Inscriptions: Keig old and new churchyards, FHL Book 941.25 V3p.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1740–1844 Accounts 1844–1853 (some earlier with the minutes) Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/199.

Keig and Tough Free Church
History—  The congregation was formed here immediately after the Disruption. The charge was sanctioned in February 1844. No site convenient for both sections of the congregation could at first be obtained. The Keig portion worshiped in a donated wooden building and the Tough portion worshiped in a barn. At length, in 1846, a suitable site was granted and church and manse were erected. A large part of the original congregation went to Alford when that charge was erected in 1866. Depopulation seriously affected the prosperity of the congregation, while territorial influence was cast strongly against the Free Church. Membership: 1848, 227; 1900, 121. 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— Deacon’s Court Minutes 1845–1900 Accounts 1844–1906 Minutes 1846–1937 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/891.

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