Drainie, Moray, Scotland Genealogy

Drainie #130 (formerly Lossiemouth, Kinneddar)

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 entries for February 1650–January 1666, except two for 1660. A portion of the pages for September 1713 and September 1717 has been destroyed. The register was carefully kept. Marriages: There are only two entries for 1668. There are no entries for October 1720–January 1722 and only two for 1730. Deaths: There are no entries for April 1711–December 1713, December 1753–February 1755, or May 1778–August 1779. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1666–1869 Cash Book 1780–1802 - includes poor fund accounts Poor Fund Accounts 1803–1815 Collections, Mortcloth Dues 1781–1832 Baptismal Register 1855–1893 Stotfield and Burghead; Widows' Fund Mangers' Minutes 1807–1842. Census of the Parish 1801, 1811, 1821 Poor Fund Accounts 1801–1899 Accounts 1815–1847 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/384.

Lossiemouth Free Church formerly Drainie Free Church
History—  This congregation joined the Free Church at the time of the Disruption. The charge was sanctioned in April 1844. They built a church in 1845 and a manse in 1849. Another church was erected in 1856, and when this building burned, a new church was built in1888. Membership: 1854, 138; 1900, 243. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843 1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Deacons’ Court Minutes 1845 1925 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/745.

Lossiemouth United Presbyterian Church
History—  The villages of Lossiemouth and Stotfield, a mile apart, are two to three miles from the parish church. For close to 20 years, they were not visited officially by a parochial minister and enjoyed only occasional visits from the Independent and Secession ministers. The United Associate Presbytery of Elgin organized them into an official congregation in September 1840, and their church building was completed in 1841. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. FHL Film #477618.

Records—  The extent of records is unknown.