To see just what the Family History Library in Salt Lake City has....go to familysearch.org....then click where it says: Search the Family History Library Catalog....then click on PLACE search....enter in the blanks Kilmarnock then Scotland...press search...when Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland comes up...click on that....that will then give you a list of what they have microfilmed from that area. You can then click on the one that interests you. Whenever you see VIEW FILM NOTES in the upper right hand corner, click on that and it will tell you what is on that microfilm or microfiche. I looked at the entry and it said Church of Scotland. Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for > these churches? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah Boyd [mailto:dboyd@duurstede.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 6:06 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > Janet - some more info - don't know if it helps you? > > Kilmarnock, St Andrew's Free Church began at the Disruption, when the > minister of an existing quoad sacra church and most of his > congregation adhered to the Free Church. A church was built in 1844 > (reconstructed, 1886). It passed successively to the United Free > Church and the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Kilmarnock > St Andrew's North, which was in the presbytery of Irvine and > Kilmarnock and the synod of Ayr. It united with Kilmarnock Howard as > Kilmarnock Howard St Andrew's in 1984. > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Janet Hallahan wrote: > >> Found this on the Internet - any help? >> >> "St Andrew's Parish Church, Kilmarnock, was built as a chapel of ease >> for the mill-workers in its vicinity in 1841. In the wake of the 1843 >> Disruption, which led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland, >> they revolted and joined the Free Church in 1844 and formed a new >> congregation called Free St Andrew's in Faulds Street, Kilmarnock, >> depleting what was still the relatively new congregation of St >> Andrew's >> Parish Church. At the 1929 union of churches, Free St Andrew's became >> part of the Church of Scotland and became known as St Andrew's North >> Church." >> >> Also - my ancestors are from the United Church of Scotland, any >> thoughts >> if that is the same/different as the Free Church of Scotland? >> >> > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >