Genealogical Resources for Kilbrandon and Kilchatten Parish held by Luing History Group
Censuses:
1841 index from Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS
1841 whole parish print out from internet site
1851 whole parish index only print out from internet site
1861 whole parish print out from internet site
1871 whole parish print out from internet site
1881 – Latter Day Saints C.D’s. Kilchatten (Luing) pages printed out.
1891 photocopied Luing pages (from General Register Office) for reference only.
1901 photocopied Luing pages (from General Register Office) for reference only.
Photocopies of, or in some cases transcripts of, documents in Argyll & Bute Archives:
List of men within the sub-division of Lorn liable/not liable to serve in the Militia from aged 18-45 years, 1804 (gives where they lived, occupation and if relevant, reason for not being able to serve)
Register of Voters 1832
List of men liable to be balloted, 1799
Statute labour lists for parts of the parishes of Kilbrandon & Kilchatten and Kilninver and Kilmelfort 1826-27
Signatures of men in Luing offering free labour for Blackmillbay Pier, 1893
Appointment of Duncan Campbell in Bardrissich by the Elders, etc. of Kilbrandon & Kilchatten to present a Call to Mr James Campbell, Minister of the Gospel 1693 – eleven signatures.
Rentals of the Earl of Breadalbane’s Estate in NetherLorn of 1730 and 1834 (From the Breadalbane papers in the NAS)
Note of the tenants’ names in the Isles of Shuna, Torsa, Luing and Seil, that are to be warned to remove 1669.
Part of the Poor’s roll, 12th Feb 1861
Pages 224 and 225 of Pigot’s Directory 1837 – Easdale and its vicinity.
Other sources:
Register of Voters 1898-99
Parish ministers from 1866
Luing elders of the parish from 1866
Ministers of the Episcopal Church on Luing 1868-1945
Cullipool Teachers 1895-1910
Cullipool School – list of pupils removed from the register, June 1900.
Head teachers/teachers at Luing Primary School
Valuation roles 1860/1861 and 1902/1903
Statistical Accounts, 1791-99, 1843, 1961
Rentals and leases, Cullipool, first half of C20th
List of the Luing Home Guard WW2
Monumental Inscriptions:
(These are useful because there are no extant pre 1855 death registers for this combined parish.)
Kilbrandon and Kilchattan graveyards (Kilchattan Kirkyard book available to purchase)
Scarba burial ground
