Lochgoilhead and Kilmorich, Argyl, Scotland

Parish #527

History
This is one of three parishes created from the old parish of Lochgoil-head. There are three castles in the parish. Mr. Callendar of Ardkinglass was the major landowner. The population in 1801 was 1145. The population in 1841 was 1100. There are two churches in the parish. The minister preaches two Sabbaths at Lochgoil-head and the third Sabbath at Cairndow. This account was written in 1844.

Source:New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol. 7) also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Note: Births and marriages 1750–1820 are in duplicate for both.

Condition of Original Records—
Index: 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: No entries exist September 1727–November 1729. The pages are blank except four irregular entries 1733–1738, March 1733–June 1736 with one page of irregular entries 1732–1743 after July 1738. The regular record is blank May 1739–July 1750 with irregular entries on six pages dated 1729–1795. After May 11th, 1794 there is a separate list of births for Kilmorich, October 1785–December 1793 and after December 1809, a list March 1794–December 1809. There are no entries August 1802–March 1804. Ten irregular entries of one family 1796–1817 occur after June 1818. Mothers' names are rarely recorded until 1751. There is a separate record for Kilmorich from 1750. Marriages: There is a record of marriages up to December 1701. A separate record of proclamations commences May 1693 and the fact of marriage is added to the entries May 1701–December 1728. The record is blank December 1717–May 1724. There are only proclamations of bookings, with one or two exceptions 1729–1736, after which the fact of marriage is again added. No entries appear February 1739–June 1750. After January 1795 a separate list was kept for Kilmorich, December 1786–November 1793. No entries for 1798 or for 1811. A separate record occurs for Kilmorich from 1750. There is only one entry March 1753–March 1757 and February 1769–March 1774; 1784. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1750–1791, 1821–1846 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/1169.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known pre-1855 records exist.

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