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 Scotland is organized&nbsp;into counties, parishes, and towns, villages, or hamlets. Ecclesiastical (church) boundaries for parishes are similar to civil (government) boundaries for the same.&nbsp;Parishes were the&nbsp;basic unit of society for life and for record&nbsp;keeping.
-Gazetteers and maps help you to understand the relationship between places. Since the 1500’s, place name spellings and jurisdictions have not changed in major ways. Start with a gazetteer first to learn brief information&nbsp;about your place of interst then find the place on a map and see where it lies in relation to other places in the area.
+Gazetteers and maps help you to understand the relationship between places. Since the 1500’s (and until 1974), place name spellings and jurisdictions have not changed in major ways. Start with a gazetteer first to learn brief information&nbsp;about your place of interst then find the place on a map and see where it lies in relation to other places in the area.
 Gazetteers vary, but they generally state brief information about the civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions of a place, where it is located in relation to a larger place, and historical facts. Consider looking in several gazetteers and comparing information given. One published in 1837 may state different information than one published in 1865, though both are correct.