Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Cluny #181

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 record is defective for October 1765–March 1772. In the original record, previous to 1795, many out-of-order entries occur, but from about that date a copy, in which the entries are chronologically arranged, was made, and continued afterwards as the principal record. Marriages: The record is very defective for 1787–1794. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues, the record is blank for July 1793–December 1811 and October 1819–1836, after which date burials are recorded. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1773–1913 Poor Accounts 1793–1818 Collections and Disbursements 1771–1793, 1818–1832, 1845–1911 Communion Roll 1851–1900 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/441.

Cluny Free Church
History—  A congregation was formed here at the Disruption in 1843 and a probationary minister was placed in charge. The church stood in a rural district, with a United Presbyterian church less than a mile distant. Membership: 1848, 160; 1900, 141 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— Various Minutes 1844–1933 Seat Rent Books 1853–1883 Other post–1855 records Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/369.