Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Locharron # 76

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: Records begin October 1819. Marriages: Records begin November 1819. The earlier records are said to have been accidentally burned. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1724–1929 Separate Register 1727–1929 Note:Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/567.

Lochcarron Free Church
History— The whole congregation of Lochcarron, with the exception of a few individuals, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption in 1843. The church was built in 1846 and the manse in 1859. One third of the congregation seceded to the Free Presbyterians in 1893. More than half of those who remained did not enter the Union in 1900. Membership: 1861, 550; 1900, 41. 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— No pre-1855 records known.