Alness, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Alness, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland (#57)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers

Years Covered FHL Film Number
Births: 1783–1854 0990577 item 1
Marriages: 1784–1854 0990577 item 1
Deaths: No entries

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.”
Births: Intermixed throughout with marriages, otherwise, regularly kept.
Marriages: Same as for births.
Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records

No pre-1855 records.

Nonconformist Church Records

Alness Free Church

History—
The minister and a large part of the congregation of Alness "came out" in 1843. Sites for the church and manse were given in perpetuity, at a nominal rent. The church was built in 1843, and renovated in 1893. A school was provided. The congregation suffered heavily through young people leaving the parish.
Membership: 1848, 80; 1900, 79.
Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source, including ministers.
Records—
Marriages 1847–1912
Baptisms 1843–1929
Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/750.

 

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