Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (#868)

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no entries October 1699–December 1730, except a few entries, 1713–1725, are recorded in 1732; April 1734–February 1736; November 1737–April 1741, except two entries, for 1739; September 1749–April 1751. There are irregular entries 1715–1745 on page 128 and entries 1724–1742 on pages131–132. Mothers' names are not recorded until 1768. Marriages: There are no entries June 1699–December 1730 and May 1733–May 1806, except two, for 1706. The entries prior to 1733 are recorded on occasional pages of the register of births. Deaths: There is no record prior to January 1828. There are no entries August 1830–1843, inclusive. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1693–1730 Mortcloth, etc., 1731–1812, 1826–1828 Poors' Funds, 1813–1817, 1826–1835, 1855–1957 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/202.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are no known nonconformist groups.

Note: Wilson’s Gazetteer of Scotland 1882 states that there were churches for the Free Presbyterians and the United Presbyterians within this parish, but no histories are available; extent of records is unknown.

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