Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (#171)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Condition of Original Registers— Births: The record is blank for April 1729–April 1733. Prior to 1784, the mother’s name is not recorded in the entries. The record is defective for 1811–1815. Marriages: The record is blank for September 1728–June 1733, April 1745–February 1746, and December 1798–January 1845, but there is a record of Proclamations 1836–1854. Deaths: The record is incomplete in the years given. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1717–1809 Poor Fund 1842–1855 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/9.

Nonconformist Church Records
Alford Free Church

History— In November 1843, supply of sermon was provided for the parishes of Alford and Tullynessle under the supervision of a neighboring minister. Due to much hostility from the local proprietor, the charge was not sanctioned until 1866. A church was built the next year. Membership: 1868, 106; 1900, 191. 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— There are no known pre-1855 records.