Parish Number - 119
Births: (Film # 990672 - Item 5 ) 1820 to 1854.
Marriages: (Film # 990672 - Item 5 ) 1823 to 1854.Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
STRATH, a parish, containing the post office villages of Broadford and Kyleakin, and the post-office station of Strathaird, in the Skye division of Inverness-shire. It comprises the islands of Scalpa, Pabba and Longa, and part of the south-east district of the island of Skye. It is bounded partly on the west by Bracadale, partly on the east by Sleat, and everywhere else by the sea. Its length east-south-easward is 28 miles; and its greatest breadth is 5 miles...The northern part of the main body of the parish, or that in the island of Skye, comprehends magnificent scenery of mountain, sea-loch, glen and spar-cave...All of the main body of the parish, excepting about 2,100 acres of arable grounds, and 600 acres of woodlands, is upland waste or pasture. The flat or low grounds lie chiefly in the centre. The hills in the north are conical, peaked, soaring, and naked, and those in the other districts are prevailingly heathy....Deep bays and sea-loch numerously indent the coast, and afford safe and commodious anchorage for vessels of any burden. Of these, the chief on the east are Loch-Ainort, Broadford-bay, and Loch-na-Beste; and on the west are Lochs Eishart, Slapin and Scavig. The landowners are Lord Macdonald and Mcalister of Strathaird. Ruins of ancient chapels exist at Aisk, Kilbride and Kilmorie....The parish church was built at Broadford in 1841.... 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 from 1886.