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===Church of Scotland===
===Historical Background===
''See also: [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]''


The Church of Scotland (a Presbyterian church) has been the recognised national church of Scotland since 1690. It is not a state or "established" church (although that latter description has found its way into various official documentation such as marriage registers); that independence from the state was eventually acknowledged in the Church of Scotland Act 1921. The organization of the Church of Scotland is as follows:
The Church of Scotland (a Presbyterian church) has been the recognized national church of Scotland since 1690. It is not a state or "established" church (although that latter description has found its way into various official documentation such as marriage registers); that independence from the state was eventually acknowledged in the Church of Scotland Act 1921.  
 
*The General Assembly is the highest organizational body and serves as the final ecclesiastical court of appeals.
*A Synod is made up of several presbyteries and serves as the court of appeals for those presbyteries.
*A Presbytery is made up of several parishes and serves as the court of appeals for those parishes.
*A parish is the lowest governing body.
*A chapelry or chapel of ease is a small church which serves a distant part of a parish.


The two main types of records are '''Old Parochial Registers (OPR)''' and '''Kirk Session Records'''. OPR's list baptisms, marriages and burials. Kirk Session records are the records of the Church Courts. They often list information relevant to genealogy. Additional records to utilize can include [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AScotland%20%2Bkeywords%3ABlotter Blotter Registers] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79310 Neglected Entries Register] (considered to pertain to civil registration, but many entries start well before C.R. even began--1809-1860).   
The two main types of records are '''Old Parochial Registers (OPR)''' and '''Kirk Session Records'''. OPR's list baptisms, marriages and burials. Kirk Session records are the records of the Church Courts. They often list information relevant to genealogy. Additional records to utilize can include [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AScotland%20%2Bkeywords%3ABlotter Blotter Registers] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79310 Neglected Entries Register] (considered to pertain to civil registration, but many entries start well before C.R. even began--1809-1860).   
 
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*Descriptions of parishes can be found at:  
*Descriptions of parishes can be found at:  
**[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]
**[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]
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