Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Rosskeen # 81

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.” Births: The first two pages of birth entries are missing. These probably contained the record from 1781 to December 1783. Between August and September 1784 eight or nine families are recorded in groups, covering the years 1767–1813. Marriages:Marriages were regularly kept. Deaths: Deaths also were regularly kept. There is one death entry in 1853. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1754–1778, 1780–1820, 1875–1942 Poors’ Fund Minutes and Accounts Minutes of Heritors and Kirk Session 1844–1845 List of Male Heads of Households who are Communicants 1835–1842 Notes Including Dispositions of Lairds in Burying Ground 1796–1842 Note:Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1136.

Rosskeen Free Church
History— The minister of Rosskeen, and his congregation, adhered to the Free Church in 1843. The church and manse were erected, but no information as to dates is available. Membership:1855, 1400; 1900, 123 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 records is unknown.