Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #377

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: No birth entries, except three pages of irregular entries 1702–1715, June 1702–July 1710. Page of irregular entries 1793–1804 after June 1806 entries. Mothers' names are generally recorded September 1653–1669, then omitted until about 1710, after which they are entered. Marriages: Marriage record is much fuller from 1647. No entries December 1675–March 1716 and December 1751–October 1776. Proclamations and marriages from 1776 but after 1789 the fact of marriage is seldom added to the entry of proclamation. Deaths: No death notations. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1654–1670, 1673–1699, 1710–1890 Cash Book 1841–1856 Note: Available at the Dundee City Archive and Record Centre, Dundee, Scotland, record CH2/249; also on microfilm at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Longforgan Free Church
History— At the Disruption, evening services were provided for Invergowrie. On the adhesion of the minister of Longforgan to the Free Church, the congregation continued under that name. No site in the village of Longforgan could be obtained. The church was built and opened early in 1844. Membership: 1848, 222; 1900, 205. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D. 2 vols, pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Session Minutes 1844–1945 Communion Rolls 1845–1930 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/220.

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