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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Parish #44</span> | <span style="font-weight: bold;">Parish #44</span> | ||
This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Assynt. 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]]. | |||
= History = | |||
The word ''Assynt,'' is supposed to be a Gaelic compound, ''“ as agus innte,”'' signifying out and in, evidently referring to, and describing the general outline of the parish. Other derivations have been given, connected to legendary traditions; but this seems to be the preferred one. The parish is situated in the north-west part of the county of Sutherland, and is thus bounded: on the north, it is divided from the parish of Edderachillis, in the Reay country, by an arm of the sea of considerable breadth, called the Kyle, which runs between both parishes from west to east; on the east and south, by Kincardine, Creich, Lairg, and Lochbroom; and on the west, by the Atlantic. | The word ''Assynt,'' is supposed to be a Gaelic compound, ''“ as agus innte,”'' signifying out and in, evidently referring to, and describing the general outline of the parish. Other derivations have been given, connected to legendary traditions; but this seems to be the preferred one. The parish is situated in the north-west part of the county of Sutherland, and is thus bounded: on the north, it is divided from the parish of Edderachillis, in the Reay country, by an arm of the sea of considerable breadth, called the Kyle, which runs between both parishes from west to east; on the east and south, by Kincardine, Creich, Lairg, and Lochbroom; and on the west, by the Atlantic. | ||
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This account was drawn up November 1837, and revised March 1840. | This account was drawn up November 1837, and revised March 1840. | ||
'''Source:''' ''New Statistical Account of Scotland,'' FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2, vol. 15.<br> | '''Source:''' ''New Statistical Account of Scotland,'' FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2, vol. 15.<br> | ||
Also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under ‘For non-subscribers,’ then search for the parish report. | |||
= Census Records<br> = | |||
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]] | |||
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Here is a list of the Family History Library microfilm numbers for the census records of Assynt as well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available:<br> | |||
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| <u>Years</u><br> | |||
| <u>FHL Film Number</u><br> | |||
| <u>Surname Indexes</u><br> | |||
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| 1841<br> | |||
| 1042623 <br> | |||
| none<br> | |||
|- | |||
| 1851<br> | |||
| 1042005 <br> | |||
| none<br> | |||
|- | |||
| 1861<br> | |||
| 0103918 <br> | |||
| none<br> | |||
|- | |||
| 1871<br> | |||
| 0104108 <br> | |||
| none<br> | |||
|- | |||
| 1881<br> | |||
| 0203404 <br> | |||
| 6086688 (1 fiche)<br> | |||
|- | |||
| 1891<br> | |||
| 0208619 <br> | |||
| none<br> | |||
|} | |||
The 1901 census of Scotland is indexed on [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk]. To use it, you must register and pay a small access fee. All available censuses, 1841-1901, 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. | |||
= Church Records<br> = | |||
The Established Church of Scotland was Presbyterian. Read more about [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Church_Records church records.] | |||
Here are the pre-1855 records that exist for this parish. | |||
== Established Church—Old Parochial Registers == | == Established Church—Old Parochial Registers == | ||
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== Established Church—Kirk Session Records == | == Established Church—Kirk Session Records == | ||
The Kirk session was the court of the parish. The session was made up of he minister and the land owners and business men of the parish, chosen to serve on the session. The Kirk session dealt with moral issues, minor criminal cases, matters of the poor and education, matters of discipline, and the general concerns of the parish. Kirk session records may also mention births, marriages, and deaths. | |||
'''Here is a list of the surviving Kirk session records for this parish:'''<br> | |||
Minutes 1818–1843<br>'''Note:''' Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/894 <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | Minutes 1818–1843<br>'''Note:''' Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/894 <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
== Nonconformist Church Records == | == Nonconformist Church Records == | ||
A nonconformist church is any church that is not the Established church. Read more about nonconformity in Scotland in the article on the [[Scotland_Church_Records_Union_Lists|Scotland Church Records Union List.]] | |||
=== Assynt Free Church === | === Assynt Free Church === | ||
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'''History—'''<br>Peter Davidson, minister of Stoer, and a large number of his people, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption. At the settlement of Mr. Davidson's successor in 1848, the district of Klyeside was disjoined from Assynt and annexed to Stoer. Church and manse were provided.<br>'''Membership:''' 1859, 600; 1900, 17. <br>'''Source:''' ''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900,'' ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., pub. 1914. Film # 918572. More details may be given in the source, including ministers. | '''History—'''<br>Peter Davidson, minister of Stoer, and a large number of his people, adhered to the Free Church at the Disruption. At the settlement of Mr. Davidson's successor in 1848, the district of Klyeside was disjoined from Assynt and annexed to Stoer. Church and manse were provided.<br>'''Membership:''' 1859, 600; 1900, 17. <br>'''Source:''' ''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900,'' ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., pub. 1914. Film # 918572. More details may be given in the source, including ministers. | ||
= Civil Registration Records<br> = | |||
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-_Vital_Records|Scotland Civil Registration]] for more information and to access the records.<br> | |||
= Probate Records<br> = | |||
Assynt was under the probate jurisdiction of the Commissary Court of Caithess until 1823, and since then has been under the Sheriff's Court of Dornoch. Probate records for 1513- 1901 are indexed online at [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.] You must register on the website but use of the index to probate records, called 'Wills & 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 catalog] for the 'Place' of Sutherland and the subject of 'Probate records.' Then click on the link to the records of the Commissariat of Caithness. | |||
The library also has some post-1823 probate records for Sutherland. Look in the library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 catalog] for the 'Place' of Sutherland and the subjects of 'Probate Records' and 'Probate Records - Indexes.' | |||
Read more about [[Scotland_Probate_Records|Scotland Probate Records.]] | |||
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