Church of Scotland Records
The Church of Scotland records held by Aberdeen City Archives date back to 1562, and can include notes on contracts of marriage, poor relief and the payments of fines. Again, these records are not indexed and it is useful to have an approximate date when looking for a specific event. These records are held at our Town House office.
Guide to Church of Scotland Records
Church Court Records to be Available Online
Online access to about 11,000 volumes representing some of Scotland's most important church records will be available at Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives at the end of October. 
In May 2003, the National Archives of Scotland, under an agreement with the Church of Scotland and Family Search, began the digital capture of the records of kirk sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly (from the sixteenth century to 1901) deposited in the NAS and other Scottish archives.
The digitisation project encompasses a wide range of records created by the four levels of the church courts, including minute books, act books, proclamation registers, communion rolls, seat rent books, poor relief accounts etc. It also includes the records of secession churches which later rejoined the Church of Scotland. These records constitute a major body of historical information and are used by a wide variety of professional and amateur historians.
Archive staff will be demonstrating this online resource at Union Square on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October so make sure you come along!
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