Rothes, Moray, Scotland Genealogy

Rothes #141

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: No entries for May 1719–Oct 1720, after which the record is kept regularly. Marriages: No entries for 1818–1832 Deaths: The record is of burials for Jan 1736–Aug 1738 and of Mortcloth Dues for 1732–1845. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1720-1777, 1816-1853 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/600.

Rothes Free Church
History— The minister, all the elders, and the main body of the congregation adhered to the Free Church in 1843. A church was soon built.Membership: 1848, 182; 1900, 103. 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— Minutes 1843–1896 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/523