Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #349

History
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Condition 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: There are no birth entries for January 1674–December 1676, two for September 1691–December 1696, none for November 1714–February 1719, and only four for September 1731–September 1733. Mothers' names are sometimes recorded from 1749 but not with regularity until 1808. Marriages: There are no marriage entries, except two for 1718, between March 1713 and October 1744. There are only two entries for April 1752–January 1757. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Heads of Families 1836–1842 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/107.

Dunkeld Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and one elder "came out" in 1843. The church was built in 1843. The membership declined. Membership: 1848, 271; 1900, 208. 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— Minutes 1843–1930 Deacons’ Court Minutes 1844–1868, 1874–1876 Communion Rolls 1843–1931 Cash Book 1843–1898 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/683.

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