Tarbat, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Tarbat # 83

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Note: These records appear to have been regularly kept. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1750–1957 Baptisms 1823–1851 - with gaps Marriages 1823–1859 Accounts 1823–1858 Note:Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/350.

Tarbat Free Church
History— The minister and nearly all the congregation adhered to the Free Church in 1843. The church and manse were completed in 1845. A new church was later built in 1893. This was a very large congregation but it suffered heavily through rural depopulation and failure of the fishing industry. Membership:1855, 900; 1900, 142. 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 ministers.

Records— The extent of the records is unknown.