Parish Number - 118
Marriages: (Film # 990672 - Item 4 ) 1839 to 1845.
Census: 1841 (Film #101853), 1851 (Film #103691)Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
UIST (South), a parish in the part of the Outer Hebrides which belongs to Inverness-shire. It comprehends the islands of South Uist, Benbecula, Eriska and Fladda, and some smaller islands. Its length southward is 38 miles; its greatest breadth is 8 miles....The island of South Uist is bounded on the north by a strait which separates it from Benbecula, and which is shallow, packed with rocks and flat islets, surpassingly intricate, and nearly dry in one part at low water; on the east by the Little Minch; on the south by a sound of from 5 to 8 1/2 miles broad, which has several considerable isles, and is interspersed with sunk rocks; and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean....The western side of South Uist presents an uniform alluvial plain of peat...interspersed with numberous lakes; and skirted along with the shore with a fine white sand...The easter division is upland...." - 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.
There are no Kirk Session records available for this parish.
