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[[Image:United Presbyterian Church at Stonehouse, Scotland.jpg|thumb|right|197x293px]]The Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland) has been the 'established' or state church of Scotland since 1690. The organization of the Church of Scotland is as follows: | [[Image:United Presbyterian Church at Stonehouse, Scotland.jpg|thumb|right|197x293px]]The Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland) has been the 'established' or state church of Scotland since 1690. The organization of the Church of Scotland is as follows: | ||
*The General Assembly is the highest | *The General Assembly is the highest organizational body and serves as the final ecclesiastical court of appeals. | ||
*A Synod | *A Synod is made up of several presbyteries and serves as the court of appeals for those presbyteries. | ||
*A Presbytery | *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 parish is the lowest governing body. | ||
*A chapelry or chapel of ease is a small church which serves a distant part of a parish. | |||
Each local parish ( | Each local parish (parochin) keeps records. The two major record types are ''parochial or parish registers'' and ''kirk session records.'' See details below under '''Old Parochial Registers (OPR'''). | ||
For more information, see [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records|Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]. | For more information, see [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records|Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]. | ||