Weem, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #398 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 indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births intermixed with marriages up to 1742. There are very few entries April –June 1705. No entries September 1707–March 1738, except a few irregular entries dated 1710–1723. Births are separately registered after September 1743. At June 1811 is a page of irregular entries, followed by a list of births from "Cranich" March 1802–1811 inclusive. Regular record resumed at January 1813. There is a page of irregular entries, 1810–1821, before January 1819. Marriages: Marriages intermixed with births up to 1742. No entries November 1704–March 1738. From 1738–1743 the entries of marriages are more numerous than those of the births. Marriage records among baptisms until 1742. Separate record from 1742, regularly kept. Deaths: Only two death entries, dated 1800 and 1813. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Account 1705–1756, 1770–1819 Minutes 1741–1768, 1828–1869 Accounts 1819–1820 Collections 1747–1769 Distributions 1748–1769 Baptisms of the Family of Menzies of that Ilk 1817–1855 List of Ministers and Elders 1560–1935 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1384.

Nonconformist Church Records
There were no known nonconformist groups in this parish.

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