Dyke, Moray, Scotland Genealogy

Dyke #133

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are no entries for March 1641–July 1663 and only two for September 1726–July1737. Births are recorded twice for 1783–1791. Marriages: There are no entries for March 1641–April 1647, February 1653–July 1663, July 1726–August 1737, and February 1781–January 1784. There are only two birth entries for 1817. Deaths: Death records are intermixed with births and marriages prior to March 1641, and then there are no death entries until July 1666, from which date to May 1674 there are only a few entries recorded among the births and marriages. There are no entries for December 1691–November 1722 and only two entries for December 1727–November 1788. The deaths are actually Mortcloth Dues after 1722. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1663–1689, 1693–1733, 1737–1761, 1788–1894 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/779

Dyke Free Church
History—  The minister and most of the congregation left the Established Church in 1843. In December of 1843, a church was built in the village of Kintessock. The congregation found a more central location where they built a manse in 1853 and a church in 1867. Population of the district steadily declined. Membership: 1848, 160; 1900, 95. 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—  Extent of the records is unknown.