Parish Number - 109
Births: (Film # 990718, Item 2) 1802 to 1854.
Marriages: (Film # 990718, Item 2 ) 1802 to 1854.
[There is a separate record for Minginish commencing in 1803 for births and from 1802 to 1818 for marriages.]
Deaths : (Film # 990718, Item 2) 1834 to 1854Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
BRACADALE, a parish, containing the post-office stations of Bracadale and Struan, in the island of Skye. It is bounded on the south and south-west by the sea, and on other sides by the parishes of Duirinish, Snizort, Portree and Strath. Its length is about 20 miles, and its exteme breadth is about 8 miles. It is intersected by arms of the sea in defferent directions. The surface, in general, is hilly, with some level spots adjacent to the sea...There are no considerable rivers, and none that are navigable; thouhg there are many rapid waters, which are frequently attended with inconvenience and even danger to people travelling from one part of the parish to another. The shore is flat in some places, but for the most part high and rocky. The islands in this parish are Soay, which in 1841 had 113 inhabitants, Vuiay, which in 1841 had 6 inhabitants, and Haversay and Oronsay, which have no inhabitants, but are only pendicles to the different farms on the shore opposite to them, and afford pasture for cattle during part of the summer and winter seasons. There are no remarkable mountains within the greater part of the parish; but the unique, curious, darkly sublime groups of the Cuchullin mountains form the chief feature of the southern district and of the boundary with Strath...The natives of Skye, and most of all, those of Bracadale have been celebrated for the second sight.... 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.
Kirk Session records for this parish are available from 1802.