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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:
**[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]
**[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ VisionofBritain.org.uk]
**[https://electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/index.htm Scotland Ordnance Gazetteer]
*Lists of neighboring parishes can be found at:
**[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]
*Parish outline maps are also available online at:
**[http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-maps.htm Scotlandsfamily.com]
*Atlas and index to parish registers can be found at:
**[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8830 Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers] ($)
*Printed Resources:
**Books detailing the overall dates of old parochial records in civil parishes or counties in northeast Scotland (by the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society) ({{FHL|941 E7c|call number-id|disp=FHL Map Case 941 E7c pt. 4}})
**Parish Maps of Scotland. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. ({{FHL|6036350|Fiche-id|disp=FHL Book 941 E7ch}})
**Phillips’ Handy Atlas of the Counties of Scotland 1881. London, England: G. Phillip, 1881. ({{FHL|941 E7p|call number-id|disp=FHL Book 941 E7p}})
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