Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #357

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: Births are intermixed with marriages and other matters until August 1708. There are no entries September 1689–November 1691 or October 1695–April 1697. Births and marriages are again intermixed from 1712. Mothers' names are not recorded in entries until 1759. One page of irregular entries for 1785–1800 follows the entries for 1815, followed by a copy of the record from 1801 which is continued as the principal register. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with births and other matters until August 1708. There are no entries September 1689–November 1691 and October 1695–April 1697. Marriages are again intermixed with births from 1712, but there is a record of proclamations as well as marriages for 1712–1799. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues are intermixed with the proclamations of marriage. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
There are no known records.

Nonconformist Church Records
There were no known nonconformist groups in this parish.

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