This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Forfarian Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5561.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By definition, the church in the parish of Liff and Benvie would have been Liff and Benvie Parish Church, and it would have been Church of Scotland. In the Statistical Account of Scotland (1793), the Rev Thomas constable notes that the parishes of Liff and Benvie were united in 1758, and that the older parishes of Logie and Invergowrie had been previously united to Liff. However the quoad sacra parish of Logie, including Blackness and Balgay, belonged to Dundee, because (he thought) some of the principal streets of Dundee had encroached on Logie. Fullarton's Gazetteer (1842) notes that the eastern part of the parish of Liff and Benvie belonged to the civil parish of Lochee. By 1901 a substantial part of the parish of Liff and Benvie had been built over by the expanding city of Dundee, so that a street address in that parish is usually also part of the city. In 1793, apart from the Church of Scotland, Liff and Benvie had a Seceder meeting house, but no minister to look after the 120 or so members of its congregation. No other denomination is mentioned in the Statistical Account. By 1901, there were almost certainly churches of other denominations in the Dundee part of Liff and Benvie. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.