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To help you determine which commissariat court had jurisdiction over which parishes and counties, see the following guides: | To help you determine which commissariat court had jurisdiction over which parishes and counties, see the following guides: | ||
''Testaments and Commissariat Records of Scotland.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (Family Hitory Library book 941 P2gs; fiche 6054479.) | ''Testaments and Commissariat Records of Scotland.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (Family Hitory Library [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 book 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 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]). | ||
After 1823, testaments were proven by commissariat departments within the sheriff courts. The boundaries of these courts’ jurisdictions are the same as the county boundaries, but the names of the courts are not necessarily the same as the names of the counties. | After 1823, testaments were proven by commissariat departments within the sheriff courts. The boundaries of these courts’ jurisdictions are the same as the county boundaries, but the names of the courts are not necessarily the same as the names of the counties. |
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