Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #354

History

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Established Church—Old Parochial Registers

Record Type	Years Covered	FHL Film Number
Births:	1710-1713 - baptisms	1040353 item 4-5
	1720-1820 - baptisms	1040353 item 4-5
	1820-1854 - miscellaneous notes	1040116 item 1-2
Marriages:	1724-1738 - proclamations	1040353 item 4-5
	1710-1713 - proclamations	1040353 item 4-5
	1720-1789 - proclamations	1040353 item 4-5
	1763-1789	1040116 item 1-2
	1831-1852	1040116 item 1-2
Deaths:	1710-1713 - mortcloth dues	1040353 item 4-5
	1720-1789 - mortcloth dues	1040353 item 4-5
	1766-1854 - burials, morthcloth dues	1040116 item 1-2

 

Condition of Original Registers—

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: There are no entries December 1713–April 1720. Mothers' names are seldom recorded until 1774.
Marriages: Marriage records prior to 1789 are mixed with other matters. There are no entries November 1789–November 1831.
Deaths: Mortcloth Dues are mixed with entries of marriage. There are few entries and none for 1786–December 1831.
Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records

Minutes 1727-1728 (a copy), 1768–1809, 1812–1817, 1824–1890
Accounts 1789–1855
Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1243.

Nonconformist Church Records

There were no known nonconformist groups in the parish.

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