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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'''), or go to [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records|Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]. | 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'''), or go to [[Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records|Scotland Established (Presbyterian) Church Records]]. | ||
The [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] maintains these records under the following references: [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH1], [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH2], [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH3]. A more detailed description of each of these record types is available online at the [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ University of Glasgow (Archive Services).] | The [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] maintains these records under the following references: [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH1], [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH2], [http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ CH3]. A more detailed description of each of these record types is available online at the [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ University of Glasgow (Archive Services).] | ||
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 [[Scotland Gazetteers|Scotland Gazetteers]]. Gazetteers may 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 [[Scotland Gazetteers|Scotland Gazetteers]]. Gazetteers may provide: | ||
*Descriptions of parishes. | *Descriptions of parishes can be found at [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]. | ||
*Maps showing parish boundaries to help determine which parish records to search | *Maps showing parish boundaries to help determine which parish records to search | ||
*Lists of neighboring parishes | *Lists of neighboring parishes can be found at [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ Genuki.org.uk]. | ||
==== Nonconformists ==== | ==== Nonconformists ==== | ||
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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 as clergyman; after 1834 they could perform marriages if the banns had first been read in the parish church. Total authority was granted in 1855.In the context of Scots Law as it applied until 1939 this only in practice affected the mode of marriage as until then any declaration of marriage in front of witnesses was valid although many might have failed to be recorded. | 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 as clergyman; after 1834 they could perform marriages if the banns had first been read in the parish church. Total authority was granted in 1855.In the context of Scots Law as it applied until 1939 this only in practice affected the mode of marriage as until then any declaration of marriage in front of witnesses was valid although many might have failed to be recorded. | ||
The [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] maintains these types of records under the following references: [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ CH4-CH16.] A detailed description of the record types is available online at the [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ University of Glasgow (Archive Services).] | The [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] maintains these types of records under the following references: [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ CH4-CH16.] A detailed description of the record types is available online at the [http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/news/dunaskinnews200207/sourcesforscottishchurchhistoryinthenas/ University of Glasgow (Archive Services).] | ||
For more background information on churches in Scotland, including a historical time-line, read the article [[Scotland Church History|Scotland Church History]]. | For more background information on churches in Scotland, including a historical time-line, read the article [[Scotland Church History|Scotland Church History]]. | ||