Newlands, Peeblesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Newlands (#767)

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: Only two entries exist November 1753–February 1755. Mothers' names are not recorded until about 1809. Marriages: The record prior to 1705 is mainly proclamations intermixed with other matters. There are no entries for March 1708–January 1709, November 1753–June1790, and December 1790–1838. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Records—                                   FHL Film Number  Minutes      1650–1694   1068238 item 1 Accounts   1709–1759    1068238 item 1 Other: Heritors' Minutes 1790–1832, 1836–1927 Accounts 1850–1893 Papers Concerning Kirk Session and Heritors 1754–1844 Source: A Brief Chronicle of Old And New Churches Of Newlands and Its Ministers, by Bertie Patterson. Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/543.

Newlands United Presbyterian Church
History— When an unpopular minister was settled in 1791, some parish members left the Established Church and obtained supply of sermon from the Relief Presbytery of Edinburgh and built a church in 1793. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details are given in the source.

Records— Transcript Minutes 1822–1853 Session Minutes 1850–1910 Collections Transcript 1819–1824 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/373.

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