Culross, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #343

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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: Birth record appears to have been regularly kept. Mothers' names are not recorded until October 1667 and are frequently omitted 1672–1700. Marriages: A portion of the second page is lost. Entries for 1661–August 1670 have been lost. There are only three entries November 1698–July 1700, none for January 1734–April 1746, and one for December 1807–1812. There are no entries June 1818–May 1820. After 1706, except for 1746–1754, the fact of marriage is seldom added to the entries of proclamation. Deaths: There are no death entries December 1641–May 1647 and November 1648–August 1667, and one for July 1674–November 1679. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church─Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1630–1662, 1676–1684, 1693–1862 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/77.

Culross Free Church
History— A church was built in 1847. The charge was sanctioned in 1867. Membership: 1869, 92; 1900, 113. 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— Extent of pre-1855 records is unknown. No records deposited at the National Archives of Scotland.

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