Hi,
I'm having no luck with my Mull, Argyll MCKINNONs. Part of the trouble is the repetition of names. Also, it was believed they may have been Free Church & therefore maybe not in established church records. Now I hear a rumour or legend or such that many/all the records for Kilfinichen and/or Kilvickeon were lost in a storm while being transported across a loch? (Loch Sciarmid or something similar - help!) This would certainly explain why we have never managed to find the whereabouts of my GGGrandparents, Archibald MCKINNON or his wife, Catherine MCARTHUR, after abt. 1847. Is there any truth to this tale? Anyone?
Mary
in Canada
Is it True that the Records were Lost?
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Re: Is it True that the Records were Lost?
Hi Mary,
It might well have been me you heard the rumour from! This first part is from the Rootsweb Archives.
The second parts are from the Mullgenealogy page. http://www.mullgenealogy.co.uk/
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"...Here's the story: The Parish Registers for the united parishes of
Kilfinichen and Kilviceon prior to 1804 were said to have been lost into
Loch Scridian as they were being taken from Kilfinichen to Kilviceon.
McCormick tells this in his 1925 history of Mull. I don't know what his
source is, but there are no Parish records for this parish on Mull prior to
1804.
This would also include the records for the parish of Iona prior to
1804, as they were included in the registers for Kilfinichen & Kilviceon.
The other parishes--Kilninian and Kilmore, Torosay, etc. have records back
to about the mid-1750's..."
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542 (part) Kilfinichen - from the head of Loch Scridain clockwise round the coast to Creag Mhor and including the Inch Kenneth (group of) islands and the land west of Ben More.
Births - 1804 to 1854
Marriages - 1804 to 1854
Deaths - None
&
542 (part) Kilvickeon - the Ross of Mull westward, from its march (common boundry) with (538) Iona, to the head of Loch Scridain and Carsaig on the south coast.
Births - 1804 to 1854
Marriages - 1804 to 1854
Deaths - None
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True or not how they were lost, the sad thing is that they are.
Jack
It might well have been me you heard the rumour from! This first part is from the Rootsweb Archives.
The second parts are from the Mullgenealogy page. http://www.mullgenealogy.co.uk/
--
"...Here's the story: The Parish Registers for the united parishes of
Kilfinichen and Kilviceon prior to 1804 were said to have been lost into
Loch Scridian as they were being taken from Kilfinichen to Kilviceon.
McCormick tells this in his 1925 history of Mull. I don't know what his
source is, but there are no Parish records for this parish on Mull prior to
1804.
This would also include the records for the parish of Iona prior to
1804, as they were included in the registers for Kilfinichen & Kilviceon.
The other parishes--Kilninian and Kilmore, Torosay, etc. have records back
to about the mid-1750's..."
---------------
542 (part) Kilfinichen - from the head of Loch Scridain clockwise round the coast to Creag Mhor and including the Inch Kenneth (group of) islands and the land west of Ben More.
Births - 1804 to 1854
Marriages - 1804 to 1854
Deaths - None
&
542 (part) Kilvickeon - the Ross of Mull westward, from its march (common boundry) with (538) Iona, to the head of Loch Scridain and Carsaig on the south coast.
Births - 1804 to 1854
Marriages - 1804 to 1854
Deaths - None
--------------------
True or not how they were lost, the sad thing is that they are.
Jack