Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #221

History
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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: Records are blank January 1716–January 1721. The record from latter date to 1737 has been partially destroyed by dampness and want of care, and many entries are illegible. Mothers’ names are not recorded. Marriages: Record seems to have been regularly kept. Deaths: Burials, two entries July 1704–March 1707, and two entries April 1717–July 1719. The record is defective 1721–1731 inclusive. There is no entry February 1747–February 1748. It is blank October 1791–October 1794, and February 1796–1821, except for two entries 1801, 1803. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
No known surviving Records.

Methlick Free Church
History—  Immediately after the Disruption a congregation was formed here. In response to a petition from the people, regular supply was granted in the summer of 1846. For two years public worship was held in the hall of William Grant, merchant. The church was erected in 1848. The charge was sanctioned in 1849. The manse was built in 1850. The congregation suffered from rural depopulation and emigration. Membership: 1854, 147; 1900, 203. 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— No known surviving Records.

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