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*The parish is the lowest governing body. | *The parish is the lowest governing body. | ||
Each local parish ( | Each local parish (parish, parochin) keeps records. The two major record types are ''parochial or parish registers'' and ''kirk session records ''(see details below under '''The Records'''). | ||
For more information, see [[ | For more information, see [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records|Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]. | ||
It ''may be'' necessary to know the parish where your ancestor was born, married, or died so you can search parish registers. If you do not know the parish but know the name of a village or town, you may use a gazetteer to locate the parish. For more information, read the article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Gazetteers Scotland Gazetteers]. The gazetteers provide: | It ''may be'' necessary to know the parish where your ancestor was born, married, or died so you can search parish registers. If you do not know the parish but know the name of a village or town, you may use a gazetteer to locate the parish. For more information, read the article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Gazetteers Scotland Gazetteers]. The gazetteers provide: | ||
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Nonconformists had their own congregations and kept their own records. They could go to church whereever they wished and were not confined to parish boundaries. However, before 1834, nonconformist ministers were not authorized to perform marriages. After 1834 they could perform marriages if the banns had first been read in the parish church. Total authority was granted in 1855. | Nonconformists had their own congregations and kept their own records. They could go to church whereever they wished and were not confined to parish boundaries. However, before 1834, nonconformist ministers were not authorized to perform marriages. After 1834 they could perform marriages if the banns had first been read in the parish church. Total authority was granted in 1855. | ||
For more background information on churches in Scotland, including a historical time-line, read the article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Church_History Scotland Church History]. | For more background information on churches in Scotland, including a historical time-line, read the article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Church_History Scotland Church History]. | ||
== Identifying Churches == | == Identifying Churches == | ||