Parish Number - 92
Births: (Film # 990663 [2] ) 1737 to 1854
[A catalog of LDS films notes the following: for Boleskine, there is only one entry April 1781-April 1784 and there are many irregular entries thereafter; for Fort Augustus, the record commences Jan. 1760, and any entries prior to that date are irregular.]
Marriages: (Film # 990663 [2] ) 1759 to 1854
[ A catalog of LDS films notes the following; for Boleskine, there is only one entry for 1804 and two for 1813; for Fort Augustus, there are no entries Jan. 1761 to June 1765 and Sept. 1771 to Feb. 1773. entries thereafter are irregular.]
Census: 1841 (Film # 101848), 1851 (Film # 103685), 1861 (Film # 103833)
1871 (Film # 103996), 1881 (Film # 203417), 1891 (Film # 208634)Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
BOLESKIN & ABERTARF, a united parish, containing the small post-town of Fort Augustus and the village of Balfrishel, in Inverness-shire. It lies on both sides of Loch Ness, and is bounded by Urquhart, Dorres, Daviot, Laggan and Kilmanivaig. Its length north-eastward is about 21 miles; and its average breadth is about 10 miles. Abertarf lies principally on the north-west side of Loch Ness, and formerly comprised also the destrict of Glenmoriston. The inhabited parts of it are separated from the inhabited parts of Boleskine by a lofty hill of seven miles in length. Boleskine comprises part of Stratherrick, part of the upland country of Corryarrick, and part of the Monadleadh mountains. There are also one or two small detached tracts. The district at the western extremity of Loch Ness is level; the eastern is mountainous. There are a great many sheep fed in the hilly part of the country. Much natural wood still remains; and from the large trunks of oak trees found in all the mosses, we may conclude the country has at one period been an extensive oak forest. The parish abounds with lakes, which contain a variety of fish. Several streams also intersect it, of which the principal are the Oich, the Tarff and the Foyers - the last famous for its falls....The principal landowners are the Frasers of Abertarf, Lovat and Foyers....The parish is in the presbytery of Abertarf and synod of Glenelg. 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.