ScotlandsPeople to publish kirk sessions
ScotlandsPeople ( scotlandspeople. gov.uk) is set to release Scottish kirk-session records in early 2021. Emma Maxwell of Scottish genealogy business Scottish Indexes ( scottishindexes. com) announced the news at the virtual Scottish Indexes Conference on 6 December. The records consist of minutes of the disciplinary procedures that ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church held for parishioners. It is understood that the records will be digitised but not indexed, and will be part of a “gazetteer-based search system” according to the ScotlandsPeople website.