Parish Number - 112
Births: (Film # 990671 - Item 2) 1823 to 1854.
Marriages: (Film # 990709 ) 1823 to 1854.
Census: 1841 (Film #101851), 1851 (Film #103689), 1861 (Film #103836)
1871 (Film #104001), 1881 (Film #203426), 1891 (Film #208642)Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
KILMUIR, a parish, containing a post-office station of its own name and comprehending the Northern extremity of the island of Skye, together with islets of Lasgair, Altavig, Fladda, Fladdachuain, Tulm and Trodda, in Inverness-shire. It is bounded on the south by
Snizort and on all other sides by The sea… Its coast is indented by numerous bays and has an aggregate extent of upwards of 30 miles. Its shores abut in some grand promontories and display some magnificent ranges of cliff scenery… The arable lands comprise the largest continuous piece of cultivated country in the island, called the plain of Kilmuir… The central and interior tract, down to the northern sea-board, is the extremity of a mountain range which extends through the parishes of Snizort and Portree and which has here a maximum elevation of about 1,200 feet above the level of the sea. In the mountains, at an altitude of nearly 1,000 feet, there is a singular secluded piece of ground, called Quiraing, surrounded on all sides by high rocks and accessible only in three or four places. This valley appears to have been a place of concealment for the natives. When obliged to leave their houses on account of invasion and is so capacious that it could hold conveniently 4,000 head of black cattle. There is a pool of beautifully limpid water, called Loch-Shiant or Sianta - the sacred lake", long famed as a cure for many ailments… The celebrated Flora Macdonald, the guide of Price Charles Edward, lies buried in Kilmuir church-yard…" -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 1851.
