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The E. part of the co. is flat, finely wooded, and well cultivated; and the valley of the Forth along the N. boundary includes some of the finest land in Scotland." Welcome to our Stirlingshire family history research page. This record set contains 138 entries (in PDF format), and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before.We are adding hundreds of thousands of extracted historical records to our website - including rolls of male heads of families, baptismal and marriage registers, Kirk Session records and Poor Law records.
Parish #490. Many census records have been indexed by surname.
Stirlingshire is a county in the eastern part of Scotland, bounded on the north by Perthshire and Clackmannanshire, on the east by the county of Linlithgow, on the south-east by part of Lanarkshire, and on the south and the west by the county of Dumbarton. Extraction of baptisms for Denny Free Church 1843 - 1863. Stirlingshire records.
Kenneth II is said to have obtained his victory over the Picts (c.971) at a location near the city of Stirling.
Denny Free Church Baptisms 1843 - 1863. A service provided by
Scotland. NRS Reference CH3/1551/41. We don't yet have records for every parish, but remember to keep coming back, as we are adding new records every day. To see the records currently available for each parish, follow the links below.
Jump to navigation Jump to search. Search United Kingdom Scotland Stirlingshire Stirlingshire . The county also includes the burgh of Falkirk and several thriving and pleasant towns and villages. Census General advice on census records and indexes can be found on our Scotland Census page.
Some indexes cover one parish (and will be listed in the Wiki on the parish page) and some indexes are for the county as a whole. The comprehensive choice of Scottish records includes: This place, which is situated on the ancient boundary between the Roman territories on the south, and those of the Caledonians on the north, is supposed to have derived its former name, Eccles-brae, from the position of its church on the brow o…
The sheriff's court is at Stirling which is the county town and the only royal burgh. Background [edit | edit source].
In the reign of the Stuarts (from 1371) Stirling castle became a royal residence, and the history of Stirlingshire has been closely identified with the general history of Scotland ever since. … £3.00 View Details. Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Genealogy. I… FALKIRK, a burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Stirling including the villages of Barleyside, Bonnybridge, Camelon, Glen, and Laurieston, with part of the late quoad sacra district of Grange-mouth; 11 miles (S. E.) from Stirling, and 24 (W. by N.) from Edinburgh. from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887: Genuki - Stirlingshire Genuki is the largest collection of research information on the net for UK
Click on this link for an A description with drawings and photos of the workhouses today along with databases of those living there from the 1881 Census are provided on the links above located on the site entitled This website requires a paid subscription for full access.
The county contains 21 parishes, including the detached parish of Alva. Click on a parish name for information about records. Ⓒ 2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Here you'll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your Stirlingshire ancestors.
Guide to Stirlingshire, Scotland Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Guide to Stirlingshire, Scotland Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogyparish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.Stirlingshire is a county in the eastern part of Scotland, bounded on the north by Perthshire and Clackmannanshire, on the east by the county of Linlithgow, on the south-east by part of Lanarkshire, and on the south and the west by the county of Dumbarton. Stirling.
The Family History Library has county-wide census placename indexes for Stirlingshire for For details on information found in statutory registers and other methods of searching them, see Some of the Stirling-shire parish records are indexed in Here is a list of historic parishes for the county of Stirling.
"Monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) in West Stirlingshire", John F Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell, published Edinburgh, 1973 (Scottish Genealogy Society). There are many Roman remains in the county. Aug 12, 2017 - Guide to Stirlingshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. More information Stirlingshire, Scotland Genealogy Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki Stirlingshire. It is about 45 miles in length and 19 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of about 489 square miles or 312,960 acres. This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Stirling.
The Northumbrian Saxons had control over the area until it was recovered by Kenneth III (c.997). From FamilySearch Wiki.