Does anyone have access to, or know the whereabouts of, 1850s Free Church records for Helmsdale (by then in Kildonan parish, I think) ? I've never been able to find a birth record for John Ross, born in Helmsdale in 1855 or 1854, despite repeated searching in civil registration and the OPR. His parents were William Ross, baker, Bonar Bridge, and Margaret Sutherland, who was originally from Helmsdale. If John's birth was recorded at all, it must have been by the Free Kirk. Free Church records are so important for Highland research after 1843, but tracking them down and getting access to them still seems to be a very haphazard process. Is there, somewhere, an inventory of those that have survived and where they can be found? Are any available online? (As a newcomer to your list - having looked through the window now and again, but only now approaching the fireside - can I just say what a great ceilidh you've got going here. I just had to come in!) Duncan Ross Dornoch, Sutherland > From: "Christine Stokes" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:45:08 -0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SUT] Free Church records of Rogart - Marriages > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:45:08 -0700 > > This is a test to see if this comes through okay on to the list. These are > marriages from the Free Church records of Rogart. I recently was lucky > enough to see these in Rogart. They are still held by the church. If this > works okay and you can all see them okay I will be able to post others. > They are alphabetical by surname. > > > 1878 > 26 Apr > BANNERMAN Alexander > Golspie > SIMPSON Jessie > Badachraskie > 1875 > 5 Feb > CAMPBELL Duncan > Ardachu > ROSS Anne > Blarich > 1874 > 18 Dec > CAMPBELL John > Banscoll > SUTHERLAND Catherine > Morness > 1877 > 3 Aug > FINLAYSON William > Kildonan > SUTHERLAND Anne > Culdrain > 1886 > 26 Feb > FORBES George > Davoch > MACKAY Elspet > Achvrail > 1880 > 18 Aug > GORDON Alexander > Rhelochan > MACDONALD Barbara > Morness > 1876 > 29 Dec > GORDON Duncan > Muie > MACKAY Jessie > Achusal > > > Christine > Northamptonshire, England > www.highlandhearts.com > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >