West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #701

History[edit | edit source]

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers[edit | edit source]

	Years Covered	FHL Film Number
Births:	1645-1854 baptisms	1067792 items 5-6
	1804-1871 baptisms	1067793 items 1-2
Marriages:	1677-1840	1067792 items 5-6
	1839-1854	1067793 items 1-2
Deaths:	1678-1840 - burials	1067792 items 5-6
	1839-1854 - burials	1067793 items 1-2

Condition of Original Registers—[edit | edit source]

Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index.
Births: There are no entries April 1664–November 1674 and November 1687–May 1705. Mothers’ names are not recorded until July 1677.
Marriages: There are no entries November 1683–July 1685 and October 1687–June 1752 except five entries of marriage money, 1746–1747. The lower portion of the page at January 1754 is cut off. There are no entries October 1754–June 1776. After November 1781 there are only a few transcribed entries, most of them of irregular marriages, 1797–1817, until 1820.
Deaths: Transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues, etc., prior to 1850, except burials for 1818–1828. No dates prefixed to entries prior to 1739.
Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records[edit | edit source]

Minutes 1677–1687, 1707–1847
Cash Book 1692–1701, 1741–1826
Scroll Minutes 1770–1775, 1781–1786
Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/366.

Nonconformist Church Records[edit | edit source]

West Calder United Secession Church[edit | edit source]

History—
This congregation originated in the settlement of an unacceptable minister in the parish in 1794, and by disjunctions from the Secession congregations of Longridge and East Calder. The church was built in 1795.
Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. FHL Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records—
Extent of records is unknown.

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