North Bute, Buteshire, Scotland Genealogy

North Bute, Buteshire, Scotland (#557)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1844-1854 1041085 item 2 Marriages: 1844-1854 1041085 item 2 Deaths: No Entries

Condition of Original Registers—
Note: There are no separate birth and marriage records until 1844. Prior to that year North Bute was part of the parish of Rothesay. See Rothesay parish. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
There are no known pre-1855 records.

North Bute Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and the majority of his congregation "came out" in 1843. The church was built in Port-Bannatyne in that year. A manse also was erected. In 1879 a new church, with hall and vestry below, took the place of the old one. Membership: 1855, 90; 1900, 204. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— There are no known pre-1855 records.

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