Flisk, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #430

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: The births are intermixed with marriages throughout and are incomplete 1803–1810. Marriages: Marriages are incomplete 1803–1810. Up to 1708, proclamations and marriages are separately entered. Deaths: There is neither death nor burial entries, except one, September 1791–January 1796. The death records are incomplete after August 1797 and there are no entries recorded November 1815–June 1820. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1697–1971 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/1545.

Flisk and Creich Free Church
History— Minister of Flisk, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption. The adherents of the Free Church in Flisk and Creich and in the adjacent parts of Balmerino and Kilmany were organized as a congregation. The church was erected on a convenient site in 1843. The population of the district was mainly agricultural and very sparse. It declined somewhat with the disappearance of handloom weaving. Membership: 1848, 130; 1900, 71. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— Baptismal Register 1843–1886 Marriage Registers 1843–1872 Deacon’s Court Minutes 1849–1929 Baptismal Register of Grangemouth 1839–1843 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH3/1582.