Glasgow, Scotland Established Church Kirk Session Records

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Here is a list of the surviving Kirk session records for the city of Glasgow:

Note: Only churches with pre–1855 records are listed, and in the order of their founding. Some of those listed are in the suburbs of Glasgow.

St. Mungo’s
Minutes November 3, 1583, March 29, 1593, November 28, 1583, October 1592 North Session Minutes 1788–1975 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/550.

Tron
Formed in 1602 from the original Old Glasgow Parish Church

Minutes 1788–1925 Poor Accounts 1788–1798 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, Record CH2/594.

Alford
Minutes 1717–1809, 1873–1952 Poor Fund 1842–1855 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/9.

Down
Minutes and Accounts 1769–1785 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1052.

St. George’s West Parish
Minutes 1771–1780, 1812–1913 Poor Fund Debursements 1784–1798 Roll Book 1792–1818, 1823 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/818.

Calton
Managers Minutes 1823–1851 Cash Book 1791–1955 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/725.

Brownfield Chapel
Minutes 1839–1848 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/643.

Laurieston
Minutes 1850–1881 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/1216.

Martyrs
Collection Book 1852–1946 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/999.

St. John’s
Various Minutes 1819–1840, 1848–1938 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/176.

Shettleston
Managers Minutes 1825–1903 Accounts 1833–1891 Seat Rent Accounts 1779–1853 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/178.

St. Thomas’s
Minutes 1834–1843 Cash Book 1851–1874 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/635.

St. Peter’s
Various Minutes 1849–1946 Marriage Register 1849–1901 Communion Roll 1850–1858 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/665.

St. Mark’s
Managers Minutes 1850–1864 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/177.

St. Matthew’s
Minutes 1852–1882 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/645.

Springburn
Minutes 1854–1966 Note: Available at the Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow, record CH2/774.

Stockwell
Constitution of Church 1837 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/519. Minutes 1842–1843 are in CH3/954.