Tullochgorm Parish records

[ShalaJ]

Can anyone tell me where I would locate the parish records for a birth in Tullochgorm, Boat of Garten. Can find nothing on the LDS. One more question from a geographically challenged Australian. Is Nairn near Tullochgorm?
Regards
Joy

[Isles]

Hi Joy,

Tullochgorm and Boat of Garten are widely separated, Tullochgorm being a village in the County of Argyll in the West of Scotland, and Boat of Garten in the County of Inverness, distant from each other by 100 miles.
Nairn is in the County of Nairn, 120 miles from Tullochgorm, and 32 miles from Boat of Garten.  All distances 'as the crow flies'.

Isles.

[Isles]

Hi again Joy,

On reflection I think you may have meant Tullochgorum instead of Tullochgorm.  Tullochgorum appears to be the name of a pre-historic stone circle near Boat of Garten.
If you Google: www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1321 you'll find more information.

Isles. 

[Little Nell]

Boat of Garten was not a parish in its own right.  I think, but am not certain, that it lies in the parish of Duthill & Rothimurchus.  Whichever parish it is in, the records are all kept at New Register House in Edinburgh and are available to search online at

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

I don't know what date you are looking at but if it was prior to 1855 when civil registration began in Scotland, then sometimes the registers were not maintained as well as they could be, especially in the more remote areas of the country. 

Nell

[Isles]

I would agree with Nell that Boat of Garten is in the Parish of Duthill.  The pre-1855 Parish Records consist of the following:

       Baptisms:  1766-1854
       Marriages: 1778-1854
       Deaths:`          NIL

and those of Rothiemurchus:-

        Baptisms:  1774-1854
        Marriages: 1775-1854
        Deaths:            NIL

Isles.

[ShalaJ]

Many thanks for helping me get on the right track. I got misled by the Google search for the Grant clan and it came up Tullochgorum so I assumed (Dangerous activity) that there was only one place and hence my confusion. It was the Boat of Garten link that obviously pointed out my error to those more conversant with the geography.
Perhaps you can answer something that has puzzled me about Scottish parish registers. I have consulted the Nairn ones and now you have given me the Tullochgorm, why are there no burial records. Is this common throughout Scotland or is it only the ones I want.
Joy

[Isles]

Hi again Joy,

I'm afraid  you've been unlucky in that the two parishes I mentioned have no burial records.  In the case of those parishes which do have records, these, usually, just give the name of the deceased, and the charge for the hire of the mortcloth from the church.  The mortcloth was a velvet cloth laid over the coffin.
In some country parishes the address (ie. the name of the farm) is given. The burial records of cities and large towns may give more information.
Hope this helps.

Isles.

[ShalaJ]

Thanks for the information on burials. Just makes things a little more complicated
Joy

[BronwynJ]

Thank-you Isles for this useful piece of information, that Nairn is 32 miles from Boat o'Garten.

It's lucky for us that some of our ancestors were born, lived, & died without straying too far, makes them easier to trace.

Hi Joy,

Tullochgorm and Boat of Garten are widely separated, Tullochgorm being a village in the County of Argyll in the West of Scotland, and Boat of Garten in the County of Inverness, distant from each other by 100 miles.
Nairn is in the County of Nairn, 120 miles from Tullochgorm, and 32 miles from Boat of Garten.  All distances 'as the crow flies'.

Isles.