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Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland , Fife parishes A - C
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The Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland, published 1872, provides information about the content of, and the gaps within, the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) of births / baptisms, marriages / proclamations, and deaths / burials.
It has two pieces of information for each parish in Scotland -
- the number of volumes containing the Old Parish Registers and the dates they embraced. This was further broken down into those volumes in the custody of the Registrar-General (covering periods up to 1819), and those then in the custody of the Local Registrar (covering the period 1820 - 1854).
- a list of 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.'
As an example, for Abdie parish:
No. Parish No. of Vols. In the custody of the Registrar-General
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Dates embracedNo. of Vols. In the custody of the Local Registrar
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Dates embraced400 Abdie 2
(1) B. 1620-1786; M. 1691-1785; D. 1784-85; (2) B. and M. 1786-1819. 1
B. and M. 1820-54 B. No entries between Dec. 1624 and Oct. 1625. Imperfect leaf at June 1680. Blank Jan. 1717 - May 1719. Leaves of Record 1660 - 1677 much frayed. Mothers' names not recorded till March 1783.
M. blank July 1713 - Oct. 1719, and (exc. entries of Contract or Proclamation Money 1759 - 1767) July 1759 - May 1784. No entry for 1787.
D. (Burials.)
Since the publication of the book, all the Old Parish Registers have been taken into the care of the Registrar General in Edinburgh and some more information has been found, particularly in Kirk Session records, which adds to and has been included in the current known OPR records.
The information contained in the Detailed List'stables showing the number of volumes and the embracing dates (1. above) has been superseded by more up-to-date information provided by the Registrar General. This current information is given here. It is also in the 'Church Records' section on each parish page and is available as Coverage of the Old Parish Registers in the "Research Guides" section of the National Records of Scotland website.
The 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.' (2. above) for the parishes in Fife is reproduced here in its entirety. Some later information has been provided by the National Records of Scotland. The later information and my editorial additions are given in [square brackets].
The original records have all been made available on microfilm, and the births / baptisms, marriages / proclamations, and deaths / burials are all available on the internet at the ScotlandsPeople website.
B. = Baptism / Birth; M. = Marriage; D. =Death. p. = page; pp. = pages; col. = column
Parishes A - C (this page) Parishes D - L Parishes M - W
Abbotshall
Abbotshall OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 399/1a 1650-1691 1651-1691 399/1b 1692-1711 1692-1712 399/2 1710-1785 1710-1744 399/3 1785-1819 1741-1819 399/4 1820-1854 (+ index) 1820-1855 (+ index) 399/5 1750-1806 399/6 1806-1843 399/7 1818-1850 399/8 1851-1860
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. Only one entry Oct. 1662 - Feb. 1664. Record, 1692 - 1705, tabulated. Irregular entries about 1763, and 11 leaves at end of Record for 1806, containing such entries, dated 1784 - 1808; they are also of frequent occurrence after 1807.
M. From 1710 - 1744 the entries occur among B. for same period. Separate Record of M., however, recommences June 1741. Blank June 1762 - Jan. 1764. After Record for 1806, are four leaves containing 'Clandestine Marriages', 1784 - 1807.
[Vol 399/1b contains handwriting samples on fly-leaf. Vol. 399/4 contains an index to B. 1841 - 1855 (surname followed by forename of child), and an index to M. 1843 - 1855 (both parties' surnames, bridegroom's first).]
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, the 4 volumes with Death records were added (399/5, 399/6, 399/7, 399/8).]
Abdie
Abdie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 400/1 1620-1786 1691-1785 1784-1785 400/2 1786-1819 1786-1819 400/3 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. No entries between Dec. 1624 and Oct. 1625. Imperfect leaf at June 1680. Blank Jan. 1717 - May 1719. Leaves of Record 1660 - 1677 much frayed. Mothers' names not recorded till March 1783.
M. blank July 1713 - Oct. 1719, and (exc. entries of Contract or Proclamation Money 1759 - 1767) July 1759 - May 1784. No entry for 1787.
D. (Burials.)
Aberdour
Aberdour OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 401/1 1663-1749 1650-1682
1702-17491658-1669 401/2 1749-1819 1749-1819 1790-1819 401/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. blank Jan. 1689 - Feb. 1691. Mothers' names not regularly recorded till about 1763.
M. only transcribed entries of Contracts, etc. prior to Dec. 1669; blank July 1682 - Oct. 1702.
D. (Burials.) Exc. entries of Earl of Morton's family, 1739 - 1848, on one page after M. for1819, the Record is blank from Oct. 1669 - April 1790. Mortcloth Dues, 1790 - Dec. 1816, after which Deaths and Burials are recorded.
Abernethy
Abernethy OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 326/1 1690-1733 1690-1727 1690-1727 326/2 1749-1819 1783-1794 1783-1794 326/3 1820-1854 326/4 ? 1845-1854 ?
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. M. and D. prior to1702 generally recorded in parallel columns of the Register. After 1702 Births recorded separately. Blank (exc. two entries) Jan. 1734 - Jan. 1749. Mothers' names not recorded.
M. and D. Proclamations and Mortcloth Dues till 1727. Blank 1727 - 1783, after which date Marriages and Burials are recorded. M. terminate March 1794, exc. one entry for 1823; and D. terminate Sept. 1794.
Anstruther Easter
Anstruther Easter OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 402/1 1641-1699 1641-1697 402/2 1699-1796 1699-1795 1746-1798 402/3 1796-1819 1796-1819 402/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1833-1846 Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till May 1643. Separate Records of B. June 1643 - Dec. 1649. Blank Dec. 1649 - Jan. 1657, after which B. and M. are again intermixed till 1670. Blank June 1670 - July 1672. Separate Record of B. from July 1672. Only six entries July 1681 - Aug. 1684. Entries 1736 - 1773 tabulated. Exc. June 1643 - Dec. 1649, Mothers' names not recorded in B. till Jan. 1670, and sometimes omitted after that date.
M. blank March 1654 - Jan. 1657, May 1670 - April 1678, March 1681 - Oct. 1684, and July 1690 - Nov. 1691. One entry May 1696 - Oct. 1698. Blank Dec. 1718 - July 1720, Jan. 1724 - Oct. 1725, and Aug. 1795 - Oct. 1796. No entry 1810. Duplicate of Record 1796 - 1824. After 1773, fact of Marriage rarely added to the entry of Contract or Proclamation.
D. Deaths and Burials till June 1779, then Deaths only. Blank (exc. one entry for 1829) Sept. 1798 - 1833.
Anstruther Wester
Anstruther Wester OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 403/1 1577-1601 1577-1601 1549-1817 403/2 1601-1757 1601-1611 1601-1754 403/3 1757-1819 1757-1819 1783-1819 403/4 1651-1699 403/5 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854) 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854) 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854)
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till Feb. 1601, and entered in parallel cols. of the same Record 1601 - 1612. Imperfect leaf of B. after Dec. 1645. Blank Feb. 1683 - March 1684. Mothers' names seldom recorded Oct. 1587 - Oct. 1609. The early portion of the Register contains entries for the neighbouring parishes of Abercrombie or St Monance, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem.
M. blank (exc. three entries 1611 - 1612) Oct. 1609 - Oct. 1651, also Nov. 1699 - Nov. 1757; from which last date they are recorded among the B. Record for 1651 - 1699 generally embraces Contracts, with occasional entries of M. After 1757 the entries relate to Proclamations.
D. Exc. Burials for 1579, and 1585 - 1587 among B. and M., one p. of entries without year (circa 1600), and a few entries 1601 - 1603, there is no regular Record till Nov. 1747. Blank Oct. 1754 - Nov. 1783, and July 1794 - Jan. 1839. There are, however, Mortcloth Dues 1791 - 1837, exc. 1818 - 1820. Entries of D. 1783 - 1794 among B. and M. for same period. There is also a Record of D. of parishoners, collected from various sources by Rev. Hew Scott, D.D., embracing period 1549 - 1838.
[Vol. 403/5 contains indexes to B. M. and D. 1838 - 1854 (surname followed by forename).]
Arngask
Arngask OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 404/1a 1688-1706 1688-1706 1702-1703 404/1b 1707-1726 1707-1726 1707-1726 404/2 1726-1747 1726-1748 1726-1748 404/3 1748-1782 1748-1780 1748-1780 404/4 1783-1819 1780-1819 1780-1819 404/5 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. (Baptisms), M. (Proclamations and Marriages), and D. (Burials and Mortcloth Dues) prior to 1711 intermixed with other matters. B. and M. blank Sept. 1699 - Dec. 1704. No entry of M. Nov. 1730 - July 1732. B. and M. intermixed 1711 - 1747. Separate Record of B. after Jan. 1748. Exc. Jan. 1748 - Jan. 1752, Mothers' names not recorded. From 1711 - 1748, Proclamations and Burials, and Mortcloth Dues, and from 1748, Proclamations and Mortcloth Dues, are intermixed with other matters. There is also, however, a separate Record of Deaths and Burials April 1748 - May 1753 on a leaf at end of vol. 3.
Auchterderran
Auchterderran OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 405/1 1664-1819 1681-1819 405/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. blank Dec. 1667 - Aug. 1684. Leaf at Sept. 1690 destroyed. No entries March 1696 - May 1697. Irregular about 1783 - 1793. Separate Record for Children of Dissenters at Lochgelly 1769 - 1805, the portion of which prior to 1779 is almost illegible.
M. blank May 1684 - Oct. 1697, from which date till 1760 the entries are mixed with B. for the same period. M. 1760 - 1790 occur on occasional pages of Record of B. Separate Record from No. 1791. The entries for 1793 are Contracts (exc. one M.). Only two entries Oct. 1795 - Feb. 1798. From 1797 - 1806 incl., the entries are chiefly Contracts, with the fact of Marriage sometimes added 1798 - 1800.
Auchtermuchty
Auchtermuchty OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 406/1 1649-1819 1649-1794 1649-1667 406/2 1795-1819 1744-1819 406/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1851 Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. blank Dec. 1661 - Mar. 1663, and Aug. 1667 - Sept. 1702. After 1794, blank spaces occur, apparently intended for neglected registrations.
M. blank Dec. 1661 - Aug. 1663, and July 1667 - Oct. 1702. Record, 1702 - 1786, well kept. Blank (exc. five entries for 1794) June 1786 - April 1795, from which date till 1817 entries of Proclamations merely, and these defective till April 1797. Entries of sums 'mortified' by bridegrooms before Marriage 1701 - 1794 in vol. 2.
D. blank Feb. 1662 - Feb. 1663, and June 1667 - Nov. 1774. Mortcloth Dues from latter date till Jan. 1817, when a Record of Deaths again commences. From 1704 - 1799, occasional entries relating to funeral Expenses of Paupers, mixed up with other matters in vol. 2.
Auchtertool
Auchtertool OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 407/1 1708-1819 1708-1819 407/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 407/3 1830-1855
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed throughout. Proclamations and Marriages often separately recorded.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/25/4) which contain Deaths 1830 - 1855. These are now included in the OPR Records as 407/3.]
Ballingry
Ballingry OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 408/1 1670-1819 1670-1819 1669-1793 408/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 408/3 (not on OPR microfilm) 1701-1721 1706-1721 1729-1798
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. M. and D. 1670 - 1701 are recorded in parallel cols. of the same pages. M. appear defective 1695 - 1701; but there are separate entries of Contracts, which to some extent supplement the Record. B. and M. blank 1701 - 1722, from which date till 1745 they are usually entered on alternate pp. of the same Register. Blank (exc. a few irregular entries) 1745 - 1754. No entry of M. for 1819.
D. Burials to Dec. 1684; Deaths 1685 - 1701 inclusive. Record wanting 1701 - 1783; there is, however, a leaf containing irregular entries1640 - 1717.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/382/2) which contain Baptisms 1701 - 1721, 1755 (1 entry), Marriages 1706 - 1721 and Deaths 1729 - 1798 (one leaf). These are now included in the OPR Records as 408/3.]
Balmerino
Balmerino OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 409/1 1632-1779 1632-1779 409/2 1779-1819 1779-1819 1747-1762 409/3 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till 1782; after which they occur on alternate pp. of the Register. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1657, and 1690 - 1712. B. defective 1782 - 1784; M. defective 1782 - 1787. Not very carefully kept after 1782. Mothers' names not recorded in entries of B. till 1784, and frequently omitted even after that date.
D. (Burials.)
Beath
Beath OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 410/1 1643-1819 1643-1819 1802-1819 410/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1852
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. blank April 1649 - Feb. 1676, May 1683 - Jan. 1686, and Aug. 1714 - Feb. 1718.
M. Prior to 1649, entries among B. for same period. Blank May 1649 - Nov. 1673, from which date to 1678, only entries of Contracts. Blank Oct. 1678 - May 1692, June 1714 - Jan. 1720, and Aug. 1794 - Jan. 1796. No entry for 1805 nor 1815. After 1775, entries of Clandestine Marriages (chiefly celebrated at Edinburgh) not unfrequent.
D. (Burials.)
Burntisland
Burntisland OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 411/1 1672-1686 1653-1686 411/2 1701-1777 1701-1777 1734-1743 411/3 1778-1819 1778-1819 1806-1818 411/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1825-1848 Register of Neglected Entries 1853-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. blank July 1686 - May 1701. Prior to 1733, the entries are tabulated. Only five entries Dec. 1743 - Jan. 1747. Not very carefully kept 1782 - 1806.
M. Contracts and Proclamations prior to 1686. Blank May 1686 - June 1701. Contracts and Marriages 1701 - 1762. Blank Dec. 1702 - July 1705. No entry Jan. 1743 - April 1744. Marriages after 1762, exc. a few entries of Contracts and Proclamations about 1770 - 1777.
D. Deaths prior to 1743. Blank May 1743 - April 1806, after which date generally Deaths and Burials. Only nine entries 1806 - 1818 incl., then none till 1825; five entries 1825 - 1828 incl.; again blank till 1838, and very defective to end of Record in 1848.
Cameron
Cameron OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 412/1 1695-1819 1695-1819 412/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1832-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till 1709. Separate entries of Contracts and of Marriages prior to that date. Both Records blank June 1709 - 1717, after which separate Registers kept. The fact of Marriage very frequently omitted about 1782 - 1797 incl.
Carnbee
Carnbee OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 413/1 1646-1664 1646-1699 1677-1699 413/2 1662-1819 1726-1819 1782-1819 413/3 1705-1725 1706-1760 413/4 1820-1854 1820-1848 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till 1654. Four leaves imperfect at 1650, and four at 1660.
B. Blank Oct. 1654 - Jan. 1662, from which date there is a separate Record. Blank Oct. 1674 - Oct. 1692, Sept. 1698 - Jan. 1701, and Nov. 1704 - July 1705. Mothers' names not recorded till 1692.
M. Contracts prior to 1654. Blank (exc. entries of indirect reference to M.) June 1654 - July 1669. Contracts and Marriages 1669 - 1684. Blank June 1684 - May 1687, from which date Contracts till 1699. Blank Oct. 1699 - July 1705, and May 1752 - Sept. 1761. No entries Dec. 1781 - Nov. 1783, from which date the M. again occur among the B. Entries more full after 1786.
D. Mortcloth Dues intermixed with other matters till 1760. Blank 1699 - 1706, and 1760 - 1784. Burials 1784 - 1786, then blank till Dec. 1790, from which date Deaths.
Carnock
Carnock OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 414/1 1652-1756 1642-1721 1653-1721 414/2 1753-1819 1780-1819 1753-1819 414/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1679. Blank Jan. 1694 - Jan. 1706. Exc. Dec. 1660 - Feb. 1679 in one Record, and 1706 - 1713, Mothers' names seldom recorded till 1752.
M. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1678. No entry for 1691. Blank March 1694 - March 1700, from which date till Aug. 1721 only entries of fees paid by persons when contracted. Blank Aug. 1721 - Oct. 1780. Proclamations and Marriages after 1780.
D. Deaths and Burials prior to 1678. Duplicate of Record 1653 - 1678. Blank Nov. 1688 - Dec. 1699. Transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues 1699 - 1721. Blank Aug. 1721 - Dec. 1753, after which Burials.
Ceres
Ceres OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 415/1 1620-1700 1620-1700 1620-1655 415/2 1700-1763 1700-1763 1707-1763 415/3 1763-1819 1763-1819 1763-1819 415/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. M. and D. (Burials) intermixed till 1644, and recorded in parallel cols. of the same pp. from 1645 - 1817, after which three separate Records are kept. Blank Jan. 1644 - March 1645, and Dec. 1646 - March 1649. Margins of leaves 1642 - 1680 much wasted, rendering many entries of M. imperfect, and some altogether illegible. Blank in Record of Burials May 1655 - Jan. 1708. After Jan. 1817, Deaths.
Collessie
Collessie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 416/1 1696-1819 1696-1819 1727-1819 416/2 1696-1773 1723-1773 416/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed till 1757. Upper portion of leaves of Record 1724 - 1757 very much wasted. and many entries partially, some entirely, destroyed. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. till 1817.
M. blank Dec. 1757 - Nov. 1783. There is, however, a separate Record containing Proclamations Dec. 1696 - April 1773, the leaves of which (1723 - 1734) are partially destroyed by damp.
D. (Burials.) Entries May 1727 - Jan. 1817, recorded on alternate pp. of the Register of B., after which date there is a separate Record. Mortcloth Dues 1723 - 1773 recorded among the Proclamations of M.
Crail
Crail OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 417/1 1684-1745 1655-1745 1684-1693 417/2 1745-1819 1745-1819 417/3 1685-1721 417/4 1722-1751 1750-1752 417/5 1752-1779 1753-1793 417/6 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) From 1685 till 1693 B. M. and D. are entered in parallel cols. of the same pages.
M. Contracts and Marriages, 1655 - 1684 inclusive, separately recorded. M. and D. are recorded in parallel cols. after 1693. Separate Record containing Contracts of M. 1685 - 1779.
D. (Burials.) Blank Nov. 1693 - Jan. 1750. After Jan. 1753, the entries occur on occasional pp. of the Record containing Contracts for same period.
Creich
Creich OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 418/1 1695-1819 1694-1819 1783-1819 418/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed 1694 - Dec. 1711, and Jan. 1720 - Nov. 1806. Entries prior to 1703 irregular. Only one entry of B. Aug. 1704 - June 1706. Mothers' names not recorded in entries of B. till Dec. 1743. Only one entry of M. July 1783 - Nov. 1785. There are also separate Records of B. and M. commencing 1797.
D. Burials intermixed with B. and M. Oct. 1783 - Sept. 1794, then blank till April 1817, after which a separate Record of Deaths and Burials.
Culross
Culross OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 343/1 1641-1687 1640-1687 1640-1685 343/2 1687-1791 343/3 1797-1819 1687-1819 343/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1824-1854 343/5 Index 1687-1819
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. Record appears to have been regularly kept. Mothers' names not recorded till Oct. 1667, and not unfrequently omitted 1672 - 1700 incl.
M. Portion of second leaf lost. Record 1653 - 1661 very much wasted, large portions of the leaves being decayed, and from 1661 to Aug. 1670, it is entirely lost. Only three entries Nov. 1698 - July 1700. Blank Jan. 1734 - April 1746, and only one entry, 1811, Dec. 1807 - Dec. 1812. No entry June 1818 - May 1820. After 1706 (exc. 1746 - 1754 incl.) the fact of Marriage is seldom added to the entries of Proclamation or Contract.
D. Blank Dec. 1641 - May 1647, and Nov. 1648 - Aug. 1667. Only one entry July 1674 - Nov. 1679.
Cults
Cults OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 419/1 1693-1819 1693-1819 1704-1819 419/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) B. and M. intermixed 1693 - 1748, and D. (Mortcloth Dues) also included from Feb. 1704. United Record blank July 1709 - Sept. 1726, and no entries of M. Dec. 1708 - Jan. 1727. From Feb. 1751, the B. M. and D. (Burials) for each year are recorded by turns in the same Register, exc. that the Burials are blank Oct. 1765 - 1773. There are, however, Mortcloth Dues for this last period. From 1751 - 1764 inclusive, both Contracts and Marriages are recorded. Mothers' names inserted in entries of B. after Dec. 1696.
Cupar
Cupar OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths 420/1 1654-1715 1654-1716 1654-1716 420/2 1717-1777 1719-1777 1719-1777 420/3 1778-1819 1778-1819 1778-1819 420/4 1820-1854 420/5 1820-1854 1820-1854 Register of Neglected Entries 1801-1850
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland) From 1654 - 1817, B. M. and D. occur in the same Register book:- B. on left hand pages; M. and D. on right hand pages.
B. defective 1696 - 1701, and blank (exc. three entries) Feb. 1716 - Nov. 1718. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. 1688 - July 1769.
M. blank Jan. 1697 - Nov. 1703, and Dec. 1715 - June 1719; defective 1738 - 1740.
D. (Burials.) Blank March 1697 - Dec. 1702.
Separate Records of B. M. and D. after Jan. 1817.