Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2) Today’s date: 3-Mar-08

Vol. # ___5__ County: _____Ayr______________ Parish: ____Craigie _______________ For each parish, browse through the write-up and extract the following information:

1- Year written (usually found at the end of the parish write-up): 1842

2- Anything about the origin of the parish:

3- Its location in relation to major county towns: Torbolton

4- A particular feature, person, or event the parish was known for: Craigie Castle, a very ancient building, was at one time the residence of the Wallaces of Caraige, but is now in a state of dilapidation

5- What the land was primarily used for, such as raising grain or cattle: pasture, oats, beans, ryegrass, wheat, potatoes, meadow, barley, turnips, horses, milk cows, swine, sheep

6- What the population was in about 1790 and at the last listed census (give year): 1801=786 1841=779

7- Info as to the condition and keeping of the parish registers, or lack of, including any notes as to the reason for the loss of earlier registers: The first baptism recorded is in 1679, and for many years this register appears to have been irregularly kept. The births commence to be recorded along with baptisms in1807, and from that time the records have been kept pretty regularly.

8- The religious attendance of the parishioners and whether there were any places of worship, besides the parish church, within the parish: Established Church---128 families United Secession3 families Part Established and part Secession---9 families