Discover Scottish church records / Chris Paton
- Bib ID:
- 7046962
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Paton, Chris, 1970-, author
- Edition:
- 2nd edition
- Description:
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- St Agnes, SA : Unlock the Past, 2016
- ©2016
- 90 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 portrait ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781925323351 (paperback)
- Series:
- Unlock the past.
- Summary:
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"In this newly updated and much expanded second edition of his best selling book, family historian Chris Paton explores the history and records of the various churches in Scotland prior to 1855, the year in which civil registration commenced within the country. He describes the theological changes imposed by the Reformation of 1560, the nature of the state's battles with the Kirk, and the Kirk's subsequent battles within itself. Most importantly, he also discusses the nature of the records generated by various Scottish churches, how to interpret them, and above all else, how to find them."--Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Godly Commonwealth: The Reformation ; The Stuarts ; Secessions and dissenters ; Disruption ; Multi-faith Scotland
- Church of Scotland research: The vital records (OPRs) ; Baptisms (Naming patterns, Illegitimacy, Foundlings, Missing baptisms) ; Marriages (Marriage customs, Irregular marriages)
- Burials
- Accessing the records: ScotlandsPeople ; FamilySearch ; Other OPR sources
- Irregular marriages ; Monumental inscriptions
- Church governance: Kirk Session records (Establishing what exists) ; Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly ; Heritors ; Estate papers
- Nonconformist Presbyterian churches: Looking for clues ; Finding Nonconformist records ; Locating the right church ; Switching churches ; Catalogues
- Other church denominations: the Scottish Episcopal Church (locating Episcopal church records) ; Roman Catholicism (locating CPR records, Other Catholic records), Quakers, Methodists, Salvation Army, Congregationalists, Evangelical Union, Baptists, Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingites), Moravians, Bereans, Universalists, Unitarians, Swedenborgians, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs
- Working for the Church: Church of Scotland ministers ; Other ministers ; Newspapers ; School teachers
- Appendix 1: Basic research strategy
- Appendix 2: Further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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