Update from NRS on the kirk session records additions delays

I requested that the National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk) add two particular kirk session volumes from the early to mid-19th century onto ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). The following response from one of its team outlines efforts to resolve the ongoing delays in getting the rest of these records online:

NRS are in the process of readying a substantial number of CH2 volumes for addition to the Virtual Volumes area of ScotlandsPeople. After the initial release of church court records in 2020/21, it was hoped that remaining in-scope CH2 records would be added during late 2021/early 2022. Unfortunately, limited resources and other priorities haven’t allowed this work to begin until earlier this year, but an archivist is now in place to supervise this work.

The records of other Presbyterian churches that later joined or re-joined the Church of Scotland (catalogue ref. CH3) are a priority candidate for upload and release after the CH2 records have been completed to a satisfactory level. Once we have completed adding the records of Church of Scotland kirk sessions, presbyteries and synods (a process that will be ongoing for several months), we anticipate that CH3 will be the next record series to be added and that work on this will hopefully begin before the end of the year.

Comment: So we can hopefully see more Church of Scotland volumes added this year, they 'anticipate' that the kirk session records from dissenting presbyterian denominations will be next, and that work will 'hopefully' begin before the end of the year...

Chris

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