Inverkeilor, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Inverkeilor #293

History
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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: Pages 1–24 are almost exclusively occupied by irregular entries of whole families recorded in groups, the dates rang 1717–1775. On page 25 a regular record commences with September 1739, and is continued to December 1748. Pages 45–66 contain similar irregularities of whole families recorded together; the dates rang 1720–1784. On page 67 commences a regular record from June 1774. Marriages: The marriage record is one of contracts of marriages, and prior to 1783, they are intermixed with other matters. Deaths: There is only one entry for 1793 on the page after births for March 1789. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Miscellaneous Papers 1790–1893 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/194

Inverkeillor Free Church
History— Dr. John Laird, minister of the parish, with a considerable congregation, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption. Church and manse were soon erected. The congregation suffered through decline of the rural population. Membership: 1848, 296; 1900 123. 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— FHL Film Number Session Minutes 1843–1935 1484621 item 8 Deacons Court Minutes 1844–1948 1484622 items 1–2

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