Tullynessle & Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Tullynessle &amp; Forbes #246

History
Source: The New Statistical Account of Scotland for Aberdeenshire. FHL book 941 B4sa, 2nd series, vol. 1; also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: 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: Forbes and Kearn births are blank except for a few entries, July 1739–February 1747, and except one entry, November 1756–May 1763. There is only one entry December 1771–March 1773. After November 1774 record is very irregular, whole families being generally entered together. For Tullynessle, only one entry November 1777–March 1779, and one for 1796. There is one page of irregular entries 1802–1840, after record of 1819. Marriages: Marriages are blank June 1734–August 1737, December 1738–August 1747, and August 1753–July 1763, after which date the entries are recorded among the births. There are only two entries after December 1770. For Tullynessle, marriages are blank except one entry, June 1777–July 1806. They are also blank November 1818–November 1825. For Tullynessle, the records are burials and there is only three entries recorded in all, dated 1806, 1827, and 1841. The records from 1808 are for Tullynessle and Forbes. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Forbes and Kearn
Minutes 1763–1799 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/156.

Tullynesstle
Minutes 1759–1820, 1831–1866 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/358.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known nonconformist churches.

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