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*A chapelry or chapel of ease is a small church which serves a distant part of a parish. | *A chapelry or chapel of ease is a small church which serves a distant part of a parish. | ||
The two main types of records are '''Old Parochial Registers (OPR)''' and '''Kirk Session Records'''. OPR's list baptisms, marriages and burials. Kirk Session records are the records of the Church Courts. They often list information relevant to genealogy. Additional records to utilize can include [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AScotland%20%2Bkeywords%3ABlotter Blotter Registers] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79310 | The two main types of records are '''Old Parochial Registers (OPR)''' and '''Kirk Session Records'''. OPR's list baptisms, marriages and burials. Kirk Session records are the records of the Church Courts. They often list information relevant to genealogy. Additional records to utilize can include [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AScotland%20%2Bkeywords%3ABlotter Blotter Registers] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79310 Neglected Entries Register] (considered to pertain to civil registration, but many entries start well before C.R. even began--1809-1860). | ||
*Descriptions of parishes can be found at: | *Descriptions of parishes can be found at: | ||