Deaths Recorded in Kirkcudbright OPR's

Thanks to such internet resources as FamilySearch, old records of births and marriages are fairly well accessible to researchers all over the world. Some Old Parish Registers also contain records of parishioner's deaths, but these are seldom made available to home researchers.

Kirkcudbright Parish Registers list a number of those who died, with a little personal information. In particular, between 1826 and 1853, nearly 1000 are recorded. This was by no means all deaths which must have occurred over this period, but as so many parishes have no records of deaths at all, these records must be considered valuable.

They are remarkable for the large numbers of people who died young through 'Consumption' (which I believe refers to what we now call respiratory tuberculosis), with references also to Whooping Cough, Small Pox and Measles.

Thanks to a correspondent, Dr Shepherd, the following is a suggested glossary of the old medical terms used in these records: