Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #363

History
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Conditions of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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: Births are intermixed with marriages and other matters until 1712 and intermixed with each other for 1712–1788. Mothers' names are not recorded until 1712. After 1788 there are separate records of births and marriages. Marriages: See the notes for births. Deaths: The record is of deaths and burials. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1712–1929 Accounts 1789–1818 Poors' Fund Accounts 1818–1850 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/581.

Pitrodie United Presbyterian Church
History— The congregation of Pitrodie originated in the dissatisfaction felt at an unpopular settlement of a minister in the parish in 1788, together with a difference which had arisen in the Antiburgher session of Errol. The party reclaiming against the settlement obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Perth 1788. The first church built 1789 and the second in 1816. 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— The extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.

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