Kingarth, Buteshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kingarth, Bute, Scotland (#555)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered     FHL Film Number  Births:'        1727-1820            1041084 item 4                  1820-1854            1041085 item 1 Marriages:' 1837-1855            1041085 item 1 Deaths:      1727-1820            1041084 item 4

Condition of Original Registers—
Births: Mothers' names are not recorded until 1759. Marriages: No marriage record prior to 1837. Deaths: Deaths and/or burial entries are recorded on alternate pages of the register of births. Record terminates January 1786. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1648-1651, 1664-1700 Scroll Minutes 1669-1703 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/219.

Kingarth, Ascog Free Church
History— The church here, known locally as Ascog was erected in 1842–1843; and was designed as a chapel of ease under Kingarth Parish Church. It was opened as a Free Church immediately after the Disruption and a minister was settled in September 1843. With the growth of the population two new churches were erected between this church and Rothesay. Membership: 1855, 60; 1900, 80. Source: ''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— Minutes 1853-1898 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/969.

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