Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland Genealogy

Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland (#91)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered     FHL Film Number  Births:        1719–1854             0990663 Marriages: 1740–1854             0990663 Deaths:       No entries

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.. Births: No birth entries September 1720–May 1722, July 1723–December 1726, one for November 1734–October 1736, May 1737–April 1739, and January 1743–March 1747. Between the record for 1764 and 1765 there are nine pages of entries for 1761–1778. Nearly all of these entries are again entered in their proper places. Entries from 1800–1803 are recorded twice. There is a separate record for Fort George from 1798, with irregular entries on the first two pages from 1791. Marriages: There are no marriage entries October 1744–April 1746, October 1746–January 1748, January 1748–January 1749; one entry for November 1751–July 1753 and three entries for 1784–1788. There is a separate record for Fort George from 1793. Entries on the first two pages are irregular as to dates. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1764–1801, 1822–1840 Minutes 1729–1730, 1841–1883 Collections 1764 Poors' Fund Account 1803–1806 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1345.

Ardersier Free Church
History— The minister of the parish "came out" in 1843. The manse was built in 1846, the stones having to be brought ten miles by sea, and then carted to the site. The church was built in 1856. Membership: 1855, 48; 1900, 105. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols, pub. 1914. Film #918572. Records— Minutes 1843–1900 Note: Available at Free Church Offices, Edinburgh.

Campbelton United Presbyterian Church
History— Campbelton is a village in the parish of Ardersier and county of Inverness, The congregation of this place originated in the generous offer of a member of the Episcopal Church, resident in the village, who, in addition to liberal pecuniary aid, gave gratuitously the use of the infant school to persons disposed to assemble in it for religious worship. Campbelton received supply of sermon from the United Associate Presbytery of Elgin in 1842. The adherents to the cause were organized as a congregation in December 1843. They purchased the school, in which they had met, in 1847, and enlarged it in 1849, rendering it capable of accommodating 160 sitters. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.