Flisk, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #430

= History =

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The births are intermixed with marriages throughout and are incomplete 1803–1810. Marriages: Marriages are incomplete 1803–1810. Up to 1708, proclamations and marriages are separately entered. Deaths: There is neither death nor burial entries, except one, September 1791–January 1796. The death records are incomplete after August 1797 and there are no entries recorded November 1815–June 1820. 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 1697–1971 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/1545.

Flisk and Creich Free Church
History— Minister of Flisk, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption. The adherents of the Free Church in Flisk and Creich and in the adjacent parts of Balmerino and Kilmany were organized as a congregation. The church was erected on a convenient site in 1843. The population of the district was mainly agricultural and very sparse. It declined somewhat with the disappearance of handloom weaving. Membership: 1848, 130; 1900, 71. 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— Baptismal Register 1843–1886 Marriage Registers 1843–1872 Deacon’s Court Minutes 1849–1929 Baptismal Register of Grangemouth 1839–1843 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH3/1582.

= Civil Registration Records =

Government or civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths (also called statutory records) began on January 1, 1855 in Scotland. Each parish has a registrar's office and large cities have several. The records are created by the registrars and copies are sent to the General Register Office in Edinburgh. Annual indexes are then created for the records for the whole country. See the article on Scotland Civil Registration for more information and to access the records.

= Probate Records =

[Parish] was under the probate jurisdiction of the Commissary Court of [Court name] until 1823, and since then has been under the Sheriff's Court of [Court name]. Probate records for 1513- 1901 are indexed online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. You must register on the website but use of the index to probate records, called 'Wills &amp; Testaments,' is free. You may then purchase a copy of the document or, if the document is before 1823, it will be on microfilm at the Family History Library. To find the microfilm numbers, search in the library catalog for the 'Place' of [County] and the subject of 'Probate records.' Then click on the link to the records of the Commissariat of [Court name]. The library also has some post-1823 probate records for [County]. Look in the library catalog for the 'Place' of [County] and the subjects of 'Probate Records' and 'Probate Records - Indexes.' [This above part of the statement is optional depending on the county and what the library has for it.]

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