St. Ninians, Stirlingshire

[NadineS]

I remember reading somewhere that there was a fire in this church. I'm looking for OPR records from around 1800-1835. Does anyone know if recods during this time were destroyed?

Thanks,
Nadine

[nelmit]

I remember reading somewhere that there was a fire in this church. I'm looking for OPR records from around 1800-1835. Does anyone know if recods during this time were destroyed?

Thanks,
Nadine

According to the Hugh Wallis site they exist but maybe somebody else knows different.

Saint Ninians
C114881 1855-1867 M114881 1855-1875
C114882 1643-1687 M114882 1643-1687
C114883 1868-1875 M114887 1688-1754
1774-1870
C114884 1688-1731 M114888 1820-1866
C114885 1731-1783 M114889 1707-1804
C114886 1783-1819 M195342 1646-1664
C114888 1820-1854
C195321 1731-1783
C195341 1690-1727
C195342 1644-1687

Regards,
Annette

Just noticed a gap in marriages between 1804 - 1819

[AndrewP]

Hi Nadine,

The OPR list from the GROS website shows the following bolumes in the OPRs for St Ninian's.

488 St Ninian's, Stirlingshire
488/1 . . B 1643-1687 . . M (none) . . . . . D (none)
488/2 . . B 1688-1731 . . M (none) . . . . . D (none)
488/3 . . B 1731-1783 . . M (none) . . . . . D (none)
488/4 . . B 1783-1819 . . M (none) . . . . . D (none)
488/5 . . B (none) . . . . . M 1688-1819 . . D (none)
488/6 . . B 1820-1854 . . M 1820-1854 . . D (none)
RNE

The thing that these lists don't tell you is if there are any gaps in the years of coverage of these volumes. In theory, this list ought to have the same coverage pre-1855 as the list Annette found on the Hugh Wallis website.

All the best,

AndrewP

[NadineS]

Thank you both for your replies.

Nadine

[Currie]

Hello Nadine,

The state of St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, was described on page 152 of this google book in 1849 (but may have been updated since)

Scottish Parochial Registers: by William Barclay Turnbull - 1849

http://books.google.com/books?id=aCELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3

SAINT NINIANS.—" The oldest parochial register is that of births and baptisms, commencing at 1643, and continued downwards with a blank betwixt 1711 and 1717. Proclamation of banns, at 1688, has two blanks, viz., from 1719 to 1725, and from
1754 to 1774. The session records, down to 1838, are contained in ten volumes folio. The first volume now in existence, commences November 1653, but there is part of a minute, dated 1608, and two extracts from a former volume, 1631, and 1639, are entered anew under 1699.—The record of births is very imperfect, and none of deaths is kept."

Alan

[NadineS]

Thanks Alan, a great reference.

Nadine