Keir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy

Keir (#833)

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and familly history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are no birth entries December 1728–June 1730. Mother's names are not recorded until 1791. Marriages: Marriage records are incomplete 1770–1773 and there are no entries December 1790–June 1827 except one for 1800. Deaths: There are no death entries October 1791–April 1827 except one for 1800. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes, with lists of poor 1834–1854 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/1206.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known nonconformist groups, though in 1836 there were 6 families who belonged to the Relief church, 8 to the Secession, 8 to the Reformed, and 3 to the Roman Catholic.

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