Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #887

This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Kirkcolm. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: Research Strategies.

= History =

Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages via the parish reports.

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= Census Records =

A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by household. Read more about census records.

= Church Records =

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 family history centers. Some of the records may be indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true International Genealogical Index. ] Births: The original record appears to have begun about 1790, but prefixed to it are four pages of irregular entries, dated 1779–1814 with one entry for 1775. After 1819 there is a copy of the record in which the irregular entries seem to be incorporated in chronological order. Marriages: There are proclamations of banns, in duplicate. Deaths: Burials; there is only one entry before January 1796. Original record is blank May 1812–January 1818 and ends October 1818, but there is a copy, in which the blank is only May 1812–March 1815 with three entries under 1815 and which is continued as the principal register. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1822–1884 Communion Roll 1834–1952 Sabbath School Library Subscribers Book 1849–1862 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/788.

Kirkcolm Free Church
History— Supply of sermon was arranged for the congregation here from July 1843. Church and manse were built in 1844–1845 on a site granted by Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw. Membership: 1848,165, 1900, 137. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source

Records— FHL Film Number Baptisms: 1843–1854 0304671 item 14 Other: Minutes 1849–1950 Deacons' Court Minutes 1850–1936 Communion Rolls 1844, 1854–1855 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/198.

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