Presbyterian Ministers - How to find yours.....

[Pat Bostock]

Is there somewhere I can research a person who I believe was a Presbyterian Minister - he went to the US from Scotland & was a Missionary & a Doctor. I believe he would have been ordained in Scotland.

How to try and find this person? Can anyone give some advice?

Kind regards,
Pat Bostock.

[LesleyB]

Hi Pat
You could try this site:
http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Map.htm

Only vols 1& 2 are here though - you may need to see if you can get hold of the complete "Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae" at a Library.

Best wishes
Lesley

[DavidWW]

SCOTTISH MINISTERS
The Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae
The succession of Scottish ministers in the
Church of Scotland from the Reformation,
by the Rev. Hew Scott, D.D.

The full list of the volumes of the 3rd edition are:

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. – Vo l.: Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. – Vo II. Synods of Merse and Teviotdale Dumfries & Galloway - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. – Vo III. Synod of Glasgow & Ayr - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. – Vo. IV. Synods of Argyll and of Perth and Stirling - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. - Vol. V: Synod of Fife, and of Angus and Mearns. - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1925

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. - Vol. VI: Synods of Aberdeen and of Moray. - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1926

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland. - New Edition. - Vol. VII: Synods of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Glenelg,. - Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1926

Which way round it is in terms of better or worse I cannot recall, but do know that the various editions differ in the amount of biographical information that they contain.

There are similar compilations of the ministers of the Free Kirk, the Episcopal Church, and one or two others, but they don't all contain the same amount of genealogically valuable biographical information.

I'll post a FAQ shortly on this and other fasti and equivalents.

David

PS In addition, try a Google, - it's surprising how often something turns up!
dww

[Pat Bostock]

Hi,

Many thanks for telling me about the above books re Presbyterian Ministers, I had a look for William Cargen - in Volume 1 (available on the Internet) without success.

However, I have discovered that William Cargen studied to become a Doctor at Rush Medical College, Chicago, USA - so I wonder whether he also studied to become a Minister in the US.

He then travelled from New York, with his wife as missionaries, by boat to Milwaukee, then to Lake Ripley by team in a heavy wagon without springs.

So, he must have left Scotland reasonably early in his life (born: 1796 in Saltcoats). Would there by any records of people leaving, etc. or is this too early?

Kind regards,
Pat Bostock.

[Pat Bostock]

Hullo,

Thanks to all for the advice - I have found the Church Rev. Wm. Cargen founded in 1846 in Cambridge, WI.

http://www.smallbytes.net/~ocpres/about_us.htm

Kind regards,
Pat B.