Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Closeburn (#816)

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history center. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are 312 numbered entries. The register commencing on January 1777 appears to record births only. There are no witnesses' names added to the entries. Marriages: There is no record, except six entries for June 1776–November 1767, until January 1777. There are no entries for July 1797–August 1807 and December 1814–September 1823 except one for 1817. The record ends 1829 except two entries dated 1848–1853. Deaths: The first existing entry is numbered 75. There are no entries 1778–January 1791 and May 1815–1830. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes                                 1780–1831 - with gaps Poors’ Fund Accounts             1718–1753, 1780–1800 Baptisms and Marriages          1726–1753 Baptisms                                1812–1829 Deaths                                   1737–1741, 1749–1753 Proclamations                         1807–1814, 1823–1829 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/1233.

Closeburn Free Church
History— The congregation was formed at the Disruption. It became a sanctioned charge in 1844. A site was obtained and a church was erected in 1844. Owing to trouble arising in this connection, in 1850 it was reduced to a preaching station, but in 1851 it was sanctioned again. The shutting of the line works, and the decrease of the population told adversely on the congregation. Membership: 1854, 200; 1900, 158. 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— The extent of the records is unknown.

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