Parish Number - 99
Births: (Film # 990709) 1674 to 1854
Marriages: (Film # 990709 ) 1674 to 1708
Deaths: (Film #990709) 1674 to 1708Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
KILMORACK,a parish, containing the post-office village of Beauly, in the north-east of
Inverness-shire. It is bounded on the west, the north, and the north-east by Ross-shire, and on other sides by the River Beauly and by the parishes of Kirkhill and Kiltarlity. Its length north-eastward is 34 miles; and its greatest breadth is about 13 miles. Its upper or south-western division has a rough, wild, alpine character, and comprises the glens of the Affrick, the Farrer, and the Cannich, with their many diversities of hill and lake; its middle division comprehends the rich picturesque valley of the Beauly, from the point where that river is formed by its three head streams, down to the point where it precipitates itself in the falls of Kilmorack; and the north-eastern division is a fine open plain, about 3 miles in diameter, bounded along the south side by the now placid Beauly… The falls of Kilmorack constitute one of the finest pieces of scenery in Scotland, yet are remarkable less for their height than for their breadth and volume, and for the beautiful assemblages of lofty rocks, green banks, and hanging woods which encircle them. The river, emerging from a narrow
channel into which it has been confined by high rocky banks suddenly expands into a fine
semi-circular basin, over the lower edge of which it is precipitated in a series of small cataracts… The landowners are Lord Lovat and Chisholm of Chisholm. The chief antiquities are remains of Druidical temples, a chain of ancient Forts, the ruins of Beauly priory, and two upright monumental pillars nearly 6 feet high. These last are on the Moor of Ord, where the most important cattle market in the north of Scotland is held. "--Kirk Session Records
The Kirk Session of a parish consists of the the minister of the parish and the elders of the congregation. It looks after the general well-being of the congreation and, particularly in centuries past, church discipline within the parish. These records can sometimes provide invaluable information that is available nowhere else. An example would be the case of an illegitimate child. In many cases, the fornication resulting in the birth of the child would be a matter of church discipline and would thus be recorded in the minutes of the Session. It has been known ot occur that the parish register recorded the name of the mother of an illegitimate child in error, such error being brought to light by examing the Kirk Session records dealing with the birth of the child. There is also a possibility that other valuable information concerning the parents might be contained in the Kirk Session records. Kirk Session records are generally held at the Scottish Record Office in Edinburg. These records have not in most cases beeen microfilmed by the LDS Church.