Knockbain, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Knockbain, (formerly Kilmuir-Wester &amp; Suddy) # 73

Condition of Original Registers—
Births:There are nine entries for 1749–1751 and no entries 1751–1782, except six for 1764–1766. There are only a few entries 1782–1787 after which the record appears to be regular. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1750–1762, 1836–1934 Minutes and Accounts 1789–1847 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/913.

Knockbain Munlochy Free Church
History— The minister and congregation of Knockbain, although the membership only numbered 83, "came out" in 1843. No site in the parish could be obtained, so the church and manse were built in the neighboring parish of Killearnan. The congregation split into two nearly equal parts over the building of a new church in 1886 at Munlochy. The part remaining in the original church became the congregation of Knockbain, West. Emigration and migration to the larger towns greatly reduced the population. Membership: 1855, 900; 1900, 81. 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— Minutes 1844–1930 Register of Births 1843–1854 Register of Marriages 1843–1850 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1200.