Parish Number - 95
Births: (Film # 990664 [2] ) 1774 to 1854 [ A note in the LDS Catalog states that from 1781 to 1810 there are numerous irregular entries - whole families frequently recorded together. ]
Marriages: (Film # 990664 [2] ) 1774 to 1836 [For marriages, there are only seven entries for the period of 1791 to 1804.]
Census: 1841 (Film # 1042637), 1851 (Film # 1042063), 1861 (Film # 103833)
1871 (Film # 103996), 1881 (Film # 203418), 1891 (Film # 208634)Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
DAVIOT & DUNLICHITY, a united parish....extends both sides of the river Nairn, with a length of about 23 miles, and a breadth of from 2 to 4. It lies nearly due east and west; and is bounded on the north by Croy, on the east by Moy, on the south by Kingussie, and on the west by Dores. It's appearance is wild and romantic in the highest degree. The heights along its south side are part of the range of the Monadhleagh Mountains. Those on the west are a rugged chain, enclosing some lakes, and attaining an altitude of from 1,500 to 1,600 feet. Those along the north are part of the inclined sandstone ridge of Drummossie moor, which has here an altitude of about 800 or 900 feet, and which declines to the eastward of the parish into the moor of Culloden. Two lakes, Ruthven and Dundelchack lie on the boundary with Dores, and other two, Coire and Clach, lie in the interior. In the low grounds are large tracts of peat moss, incapable of cultivation, but which seem, in general well suited for the growth of forest-trees. The parish is in the presbytery of Inverness, and synod of Moray. The two parishes which constitute it were united in 1618, but are yet so much distinct as to have their respective glebes, churches and parachial schools. The church of Daviot stands 4 miles from the east end of the parish, and was built in 1826. The church of Dunlichity stands 12 miles from the west end of the parish, and 7 miles west of the church of Daviot; it was built in 1759, and repaired in 1826. 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.
The following information of Kirk Session records for this parish was taken from the Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, vol. 1, Aberdeen. 1890
Minutes: 22 April 1771 to 7 May 1835 (but blank from 10 Dec. 1788 to 7 May 1834)
Minutes: 1 November 1843 to 1890.
