Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #373

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: Birth registers are irregular. The entries are out of the order of time, frequently through out. There is an index for the period of1759–1773, after the record for 1819. Marriages: This record is mainly proclamations. Marriage record prior to November 1806 is intermixed with other matters. 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.

Dalguise and Strathbraan
History— Immediately after the Disruption, supply was provided for this district and the church at Dalguise was erected. In 1844 the church at Strathbraan was built. In 1845 Dalguise and Strathbraan were sanctioned as a united charge. A school which was erected at Strathbraan was eventually handed over to the School Board in 1872. Membership: 1848, 197; 1900, 134. 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 pre-1855 records is unknown. No records deposited at the National Archives of Scotland.

Murthly Castle Catholic Chapel Drummond-Stewart Family
History—  This church was founded in 1840, consecrated in 1846 to St. Anthony, and closed in 1871. It was served from Perth until 1870 and from Crieff until it closed.

Records— Baptisms 1843–1861 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record RH21/40 Also: Baptisms 1856–1869 Marriages 1857–1866 Note: Available from the Crieff parish priest.

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