MI’s Balmaclellan Churchyard....HELP needed

[kall]

Hi
Does anyone have access to MI’s of Balmaclellan churchyard. I am looking for any McMinns...especially George who died in 1856
Many thanks
Karen

[Gadget]

Hi Karen

I've just looked at the Balmaclellan MIs in my booklets but no McMinns before 1855. The published booklets only go to 1855. I think they assumed that the death registrations would then take over.

Gadget

[DonM]

I didn't them either but there are lots in some of the other churchyards.

http://www.kirkyards.co.uk

Don

[Gadget]

Yes there are and appear in various parishes in the booklets. I have all the KKD booklets but I'd like to know more from Karen about her McMinns before I look elsewhere.

It could be that Karen's McMinns don't have stones, just burials. In which case it would be looking for lair books, kirk sessions minutes, etc.

Gadget

[kall]

Gadget
George was married to Mary Shaw. He was born about 1781 in Kirkcudbrightshire . In 1841 he lived at Gowk Morn..they had 5 children that I know of.

[Gadget]

If he died in Balmaclellan in 1856, do you have the death cert?

There were lots of Shaws in the area. When/where did Mary die?

Added - if you are trying to trace his parents, do you have the name of the children in birth order. They might well have use the naming conventions.

[kall]

Yes I have the death certificate..his parents are James Mcminn and Grizzel Robison. I can’t find Marys death

His children were Mary , James , Elizabeth Isabella , John and George

[Gadget]

It looks as if she was still alive at his death. Have you found her on later censuses?

Which McMinns are you trying to find - his siblings  or who?

[kall]

I was looking to find his grave to see when Mary died