Mains and Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland Genealogy
Mains and Strathmartine #307
History
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Established Church—Old Parochial Registers[edit | edit source]
| Record Type | Years Covered | FHL Film Number |
Years Covered FHL Film Number
Births: 1635–1740 - Mains 0993488
1740–1854 - Mains 0993489
1744–1854 - Strathmartine 0993489
Marriages: 1635–1740 - Mains: 0993488
1740–1805, 1826–1854 - Mains 0993489
1744–1854 - Strathmartine 0993489
Deaths: 1746–1759, 1826–1854 - Mains 0993489
1783–1789, 1820–1854 - Strathmartine 0993489
Condition of Original Registers—[edit | edit source]
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index.
Births: Mains births are intermixed with marriages and other matters up to 1648. They are blank November 1637–September 1640, May 1707–December 1710, August 1717–February 1719, and April 1730–April 1732. Mothers' names are not recorded before 1657, or between 1710 and 1729.
Strathmartine birth record prior to September 1784 is a copy which is continued to January 1806. Original records exist from 1784. There is one family, 1832–1849, recorded on a page after January 1806.
Marriages: Mains marriages are intermixed with births and other matters up to 1648. They are blank November 1637–September 1640, June 1701–October 1722, November 1728–May 1731, and December 1805–1826.
Strathmartine marriages were regularly kept.
Burials: Mains burials are blank July 1759–1826.
Strathmartines burials after September 1789 have only three entries, dated 1811, 1831, and 1847.
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 and Accounts 1711–1800, 1826–1915
Note: On microfilm at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/256; the originals are at the Dundee City archives.
Nonconformist Church Records[edit | edit source]
Mains and Strathmartine Free Church[edit | edit source]
History—
The congregation here was formed at the Disruption in 1843, and evening service provided. Steps were taken for the building of a church forthwith. The charge was sanctioned in 1844.
Membership: 1848, 160; 1900, 183.
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.
Records—
The extent of records is unknown.
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