Hi Edward, Sounds as if you were very busy! Could I just ask you what you meant when you said: "The churches show what the effects of the disruption were"? My minister ancestors 'came out' at the Disruption of 1843 that is, if they hadn't already parted from the Established Church at the time of the Secession). They preached anywhere they could if they were chucked out of the church building and eventually the congregation scraped together enough money to built their own churches. If they were lucky, a local landowner gave them land for the church and manse. I'm sure the Free Church (as they were called) never damaged any church buildings, if that's what the effects were that you refer to. Sara
Am I right in thinking that the Sutherland estate among others steadfastly refused land for new churches? Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Thomas <Sethomas@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:32 PM Subject: [SUT] Effects of the Disruption (was: RE POSH PHOTOGRAPHY) > Hi Edward, > > Sounds as if you were very busy! > > Could I just ask you what you meant when you said: > "The churches show what the effects of the disruption were"? > My minister ancestors 'came out' at the Disruption of 1843 that is, if > they hadn't already parted from the Established Church at the time of > the Secession). They preached anywhere they could if they were chucked > out of the church building and eventually the congregation scraped > together enough money to built their own churches. If they were lucky, > a local landowner gave them land for the church and manse. I'm sure > the Free Church (as they were called) never damaged any church > buildings, if that's what the effects were that you refer to. > > Sara > > > ==== 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 > >