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From: "Jim Bundy" <>
Subject: [AYR] Fw: [LKS] Kirk Session records?
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:32:11 -0700

Hi Listers,
Thought I'd share this note from Mark with the Ayrshire list. Don't know
about everyone else, but I wasn't really aware of the current situation as
regards the Kirk Session and Presbytery ( and the Queen's attendance).
Jim Bundy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sutherland-Fisher" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [LKS] Kirk Session records?


> Hi Folks,
> Just in case members don't realise, under Scots Law the Kirk Session is
> still to this day a court of law within each Parish in respect of matters
> Ecclesiastical though with almost no power. The Parish Minister must
consult
> his Kirk Session on matters spiritual as regards the parish and each Kirk
> Session has two or more representatives plus the Minister on the
Presbytery
> Council. There is a Presbytery in virtually every county and comprises
each
> parish in the Presbytery. Each Presbytery sends representatives to the
> General Assembly which meets each year for a week. It met just over a week
> ago in its HQ on the Mound, Edinburgh which is why the Scottish Parliament
> had to move out and go to Aberdeen. For the first time in years the Queen
> actually attended in person. Normally she is represented by the Lord High
> Commissioner who is usually either a member of the Royal family or a Peer.
> The Free Church of Scotland operates a very similar system.
> Regards,
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Bundy" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [LKS] Kirk Session records?
>
>
> > Hi Andrea (and Renee also),
> > The Kirk Session consisted of the parish minister and Elders, and was
> > responsile for many aspects of church life, especially the moral
disipline
> > of the Congregation. Kirk Session minutes were ususally maintained by
the
> > praish clerk, chosen from among the Elders. I notice in the FHL catalog,
> > that many of the UP church Session minutes for Avondale have been filmed
> by
> > the LDS, and thus can be rented and viewed at your local FHC. I don't
see
> > the ones for the Established church in the catalog, which may mean that
> they
> > exist unfilmed at the NAS at Edinburgh. These minutes can be really
> > informative. I've had many pages of them copied for me at Edinburgh by a
> > researcher. Hope this helps.
> > Jim Bundy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "andrea sef" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:08 PM
> > Subject: [LKS] Kirk Session records?
> >
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > > I have heard a few of you refering to viewing 'The Kirk Session
> > records'. What are these? Were they held in every parish? Where can I
view
> > them? And would there be any for Avondale around 1844-48?
> > > Thanks for any help.
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