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After the reformation in 1560, fifteen (eventually 22) commissariats were established by royal authority. The principal commissariat court was in Edinburgh, and it had both local and general jurisdiction. The territorial extent of the commissariat courts paid little attention to county boundaries. | After the reformation in 1560, fifteen (eventually 22) commissariats were established by royal authority. The principal commissariat court was in Edinburgh, and it had both local and general jurisdiction. The territorial extent of the commissariat courts paid little attention to county boundaries. | ||
To help you determine which commissariat court had jurisdiction over which parishes and counties, go to the ''[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551 ScotlandsPeople]'' website and its 'Help & Other Resources' page, or see the following guides: | To help you determine which commissariat court had jurisdiction over which parishes and counties, go to the ''[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551 ScotlandsPeople]'' website and its 'Help & Other Resources' page, where the listings identify which courts operate in a given county; or see the following guides: | ||
*''Testaments and Commissariat Records of Scotland.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=425488&disp=Testaments+and+commissariot+courts+of+Sc%20%20&columns=*,0,0 941 P2gs; fiche 6054479].) | *''Testaments and Commissariat Records of Scotland.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=425488&disp=Testaments+and+commissariot+courts+of+Sc%20%20&columns=*,0,0 941 P2gs; fiche 6054479].) | ||
*Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+D27s 941 D27s]). | *Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+D27s 941 D27s]). | ||
*Kathleen Cory. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, Third Edition''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Appendix III provides a table listing all parishes, among other things identifying Commissariot(s) which included that parish, and date of first testament or inventory for the parish. | |||
But bear in mind there was no compulsion to have a testament confirmed in any particular commissariat, and many chose to use the Edinburgh court (as the premier one). So it may be necessary to search them all. | But bear in mind there was no compulsion to have a testament confirmed in any particular commissariat, and many chose to use the Edinburgh court (as the premier one). So it may be necessary to search them all. | ||