New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #893

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= History =

Available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages via the parish reports.

History coming soon.

= Census Records =

A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by household. Read more about census records.

Here is a list of the Family History Library microfilm numbers for the census records of New Luce as well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available:

The 1901 census of Scotland is indexed on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. All available censuses, 1841-1901, are indexed on this website. It may be easier for you to pay to use the website rather than access indexes through the library.

= Church Records =

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 and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are only two entries, 1695–1698, prior to June 1701. There are no entries October 1710–December 1725, except four for 1711–1722. All the pages of the record until 1797 are very much wasted, numerous entries are partial, and many were entirely destroyed. Marriages: There are no entries January 1711–January 1726, except three for March–April 1725 and no entries 1796–December 1798 or 1816. Deaths: Thirty entries prior to January 1730 with dates have been destroyed. There are no entries 1738–1745, 1747–1750 and 1755–1766 inclusive and September 1772–August 1800, except for two, November 1811–February 1818. There are no entries November 1819–1822 and 1829–1846. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Minutes 1694–1893 Accounts 1803–1847 Parish Board Minutes 1847–1866 Poor Fund Accounts 1826–1847 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/700.

New Luce Free Church
History— This congregation was formed on the footing of a preaching station in 1862. Worship was held for three years in Waterfoot Barn, a thatched building near the river Luce. In 1865 what is known as the Old Manse was erected. The minister lived on the ground floor and the upper was used for public worship. The church was built in 1871. On a stone above the western window is the inscription: Peden Memorial Church, 1871, commemorating Peden's brief ministry at New Luce, from which he was ejected in 1663. The church was renovated in 1894. Owing to the small population, New Luce never reached the status of a sanctioned charge. Membership: 1870, 51; 1900, 65. 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.

Records— Extent of records is unknown.

Baptist Church
Wilson’s Gazetteer of Scotland 1882 lists New Luce as having had a Baptist congregation. However, sources for the history of the Baptist church in Scotland do not mention a congregation there. It may have been short lived and records may not survive.

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