Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy: Difference between revisions

This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Ellon. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the [[Scotland: Research Strategies for Locating Births, Marriages and Deaths|Scotland: Research Strategies.]]  

<br>''The New Statistical Account of Scotland'' (pub. 1834-45) offers uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including history, agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. The reports, written by the parish ministers, are available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Click on ‘Browse scanned pages’ then search the parish reports for your parish of interest. Also available at the {{FHL|new statistical account of scotland|title|disp=Family History Library.}}  

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

Here is a list of the Family History Library microfilm numbers for the {{FHL|630634|title-id|disp=census records of Ellon}} as well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available:  

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The 1901 and 1911&nbsp;census of Scotland is indexed on [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/?gclid=CLKJyYGQ4ZUCFQQCagod1gp0Ww www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.] To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. All available censuses, 1841-1911, are indexed on this website. It may be easier for you to pay to use the website rather than access the separate indexes through the library.  

== Established Church–Old Parochial Registers  ==

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'''Index:''' For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centeres.&nbsp; The records may be indexed in the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=EUROPE International Genealogical Index.]<br>'''Births:''' Birth records are blank September 1650–April 1680, and September 1711–May 1713. There are six leaves containing irregular entries dated 1760–1806, after the record for 1800. Irregular entries are of frequent occurrence. Several leaves of the early portion are partially destroyed by dampness and want of care. Mothers’ names are not recorded in the entries until 1762, and very seldom between 1769–1806. There are fourteen imperfect entries in 1763, and such entries occasionally occur elsewhere in the record. <br>'''Marriages:''' Marriage records are blank November 1645–April 1647. The page containing records for 1649–1650 are illegible. The records are blank August 1669–November 1670, December 1673–October 1676, May 1678–November 1679, April 1682–May 1685, July 1688–September 1709, and November 1712–April 1720.<br>'''Deaths''': Death records are blank 1649–1655, and November 1658–May 1718. The record prior to 1658 is much wasted. The register of burials terminates August 1741. Mortcloth Dues continue the record down to August 1778. The records are blank until October 1783, when a burial record is again resumed. Except for a few entries of expenses of pauper’s funerals, the record is blank October 1787–October 1808, from which last date a register of burials was kept by the Sexton.<br>'''Source:''' ''Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland'', by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book {{FHL|941 K23b|disp=941 K23b}}.  

CH2/147 Records of Ellon Kirk Session 1603-1942 [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ Online catalogue at the National Archives of Scotland]  

=== Ellon Presbytery  ===

CH2/146 Records of Presbytery of Ellon 1597-1929 [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ Online catalogue at National Archives of Scotland]  

== Monumental Inscriptions  ==

Online listing is available through the: [http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databank/miindex/miindex.php Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society]  

== Nonconformist Church Records  ==

'''Records—'''<br>Minutes 1827–1843<br>Accounts 1795–1824<br>Miscellaneous Papers 1826–1887<br>Other post-1855 records<br>'''Note:''' Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1148.  

'''History— '''<br>At the Disruption the adherents of the Free Church here formed a congregation, and acquired possession of an Independent church in the place. A missionary was forthwith appointed. The charge was sanctioned in 1845. Later the church was rebuilt on the same site.<br>'''Membership:''' 1848, 212; 1900, 198.<br>'''Source:''' ''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–190''0, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #{{FHL|918572|film|disp=918572}}. More details are given in the source.  

'''Transcribed Records—'''<br>Some of the church records have been transcribed by Archibald Maxwell Strath and were self published as "The Registers of St Mary on-the-Rock Episcopal Chapel, Ellon, Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Scotland&nbsp;: 1763-1871".  

=== Bairnie and Tillydesk, near Ellon Episcopal Church  ===

For more information write to:<br>The Rectory<br>Ellon,<br>Aberdeenshire AB41 9NP<br>Scotland  

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. <br>See the article on [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Scotland Civil Registration]] for more information and to access the records.  

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