Parish Number - 90b
Births: (Film # 990793) 1713 to 1854 [No entries from Aug. 1721 to Feb. 1736 - other irregular entries thereafter]
Marriages: (Film # 990793) 1713 to 1854Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
ALVIE, a highland parish, containing the post office station of Lynwilg, in the district of Badenoch, Inverness-shire. Its form is very irregular. The principal inhabited division lies along the northern side of the river Spey, here running from south-west to north-east; and is from north-east to south-west about 10 miles long, and from 1 to 2 broad. It is bounded by the parish of Kingussie on the south-west, Moy on the north-west, and Duthel on the north-east. On the southern side of the river, Alvie parish extends along the course of the Feshie about 10 miles by 3 and is bounded on the east by Rothiemurchus; on the south by Blair; and on the west by Kingussie....The mountains are in general extremely barren, covered with heath, and frequently rocky. Those to the south of the Spey, 4,500 feet above the sea-level. The interjacent valleys afford a plentiful and rich pasture in summer, but are for the most part inaccessible in winter...The river Spey here abounds with salmon, trout and pike. The Fishie affords trout and salmon. It rises on the northern side of the Grampian range, in the southern extremity of the parish.... An elegant mansion was built here, named Belleville, by James Macpherson, Esq., translator of Ossian's poems, who was a native of Badenoch....At no great distance from Loch Alvie is the burial-place of the chief of the Macphersons. Another fine mansion in the parish is Kinrara house...This parish is in the presbytery of Abernethy and synod of Moray. 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 are available for this parish from 1806.