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*Seceders -- Those who seceded from the main church but were still Presbyterian in form. | *Seceders -- Those who seceded from the main church but were still Presbyterian in form. | ||
*Dissenters -- Those who were not Presbyterian in form, such as | *Dissenters -- Those who were not Presbyterian in form, such as Episcopal, Methodist, or Catholic. | ||
Nonconformists had their own congregations and kept their own records. They could go to church wherever 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 wherever 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. | ||
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* All Church of Scotland OPRs can be accessed on the website of [[ScotlandsPeople]]. There is no fee to search for names, but there is a fee of several pounds per original image. The original images can also be browsed for free through the FamilySearch Catalog. You must be at a Family History Center or Affliate Library. | * All Church of Scotland OPRs can be accessed on the website of [[ScotlandsPeople]]. There is no fee to search for names, but there is a fee of several pounds per original image. The original images can also be browsed for free through the FamilySearch Catalog. You must be at a Family History Center or Affliate Library. | ||
* Microfilm and Microfiche indexes are also available. See the article [[Scotland Old Parochial Registers (OPR)]] | * Microfilm and Microfiche indexes are also available. See the article [[Scotland Old Parochial Registers (OPR)]]<nowiki/>records can be searched at the FamilySearch.org "Search" page, or in its Historical Records page where numerous database collections are located name entries have been included in the its databases. See: | ||
**[[Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]], | |||
**[[Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
**[[Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | **[[Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
* [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeReg] is a site that transcribes records from across the UK. A few Scotland Church Records are included. No images are available. | * [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeReg] is a site that transcribes records from across the UK. A few Scotland Church Records are included. No images are available. | ||
* | * Hardly one half of Scotland's population aligned with or were members of the Church of Scotland. See below for guidance on discovering and tracing non-subscribing ancestors | ||
=== Kirk Sessions === | === Kirk Sessions === | ||