Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #679

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers

	Years Covered	FHL Film Number
Births:	1651-1819	1066675
	1819-1854	1066676 item 1-2
Marriages:	1651-1855	1066676 item 1-2
Deaths:	1816-1854	1066676 item 1-2

Condition of Original Registers—

Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers.  Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. 
Births: Page lost with entries for July–December 1677.
Marriages: There are no entries July 1719–October 1726, December 1761–June 1767. After record for 1819, are transcribed entries, certified by the sheriff, mainly of irregular marriages, 1689–1819.
Deaths: There are only six entries prior to 1820.
Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records

Minutes 1651–1878
Poor Accounts 1793–1795
Scroll Minutes 1735–1744, 1748–1750
Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/426.

Nonconformist Church Records

Cramond Free Church

History—
Dr. George Muirhead, minister of the parish, then in his eightieth year, with a large part of his congregation “came out” in 1843. The parish covered a wide area lying partly in each of the adjoining counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow. The eastern section of the congregation met for the first time on May 21st, 1843, in the schoolhouse Davidson’s Mains. The western section met first in a barn at Braehead and afterwards in a barn at the farm at Fair-a-far. By decision of Presbytery the church was placed in Davidson’s Mains. It was opened on December 17th, 1843. A school and schoolhouse were built in 1846.
Membership: 1846, 167; 1900, 282.
Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records—
Minutes 1843–1926
Deacons Court Minutes 1844–1926
Cash Book 1844–1849
Communion Roll 1844–1872
Miscellaneous Vouchers 1843–1892
Note: Available at National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1133.

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