Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy

Tongland (#881)

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history the Network." Births: There is one entry for 1691 on the flyleaf of the volume. The record between March 1755 and December 1771 is irregular. There are no entries July 1781–January 1790, except six for 1784 and four entries for 1785–1789. Mothers' names are rarely recorded until August 1806. Marriages: There are no entries 1753, August 1744–May 1807, June 1815–January 1817, except one. Deaths: Two entries dated 1712 and 1746 are on the flyleaf of the record of marriages. There are no entries February 1812–January 1816 and May 1816–January 1824 and the record ends February 1827. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records

Minutes 1822–1841, 1857–1909 Accounts 1748–1756 Cash Books 1822–1852, 1858–1885, 1903–1912 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1244.

Nonconformist Church Records

Tongland and Twynholme Free Church

History— Neither minister nor elder in these two parishes “came out” in 1843. The adherents of the Free Church were formed into a congregation as a preaching station. The charge was sanctioned in April 1844. The church was built in 1845 and was several times renovated. Few of the local farmers joined the Free Church. W. M. Neilson of Queenshill, one of the local land owners, was a benefactor of the congregation. Membership: 1848, 120; 1900, 108. 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 including lists of ministers.

Records— Baptismal Register 1843–1932 Various Minutes 1844–1932 Communion Roll 1844–1894 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1241.