More than a million pages of kirk session and other Church of Scotland court records released on ScotlandsPeople


 

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ScotlandsPeople announced this week that thousands of volumes of historical records from the collections of National Records of Scotland (NRS) are now available online for the first time.

Images of more than a million pages from the kirk session and other court records of the Church of Scotland can now be viewed and downloaded on ScotlandsPeople. These records contain details of key events in communities across the country between 1559 and 1900 and are one of the most important sources for Scottish historical research.

Read more about this new records release in their news article.

You are able to browse through the kirk session records for free, only using credits when you would like to save an image, as these records are made available without intensive indexing of their contents by personal name, place or other subjects.

ScotlandsPeople have also produced a series of guides to help you understand how to use the records and how to navigate the virtual volumes system.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/news-article-virtual-volumes-records-releasedhttps://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/news-article-virtual-volumes-records-released

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