Dear Anne Thank you for this. Leonie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Burgess" <anne.burgess@btinternet.com> To: <moray@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] parish records-NOT OPRs >> I am familiar with OPRs and civil registration records, but my >> query is regarding >> the parish records AFTER 1855. >> What happened to them? Do they remain with the church of >> origin, or are they >> sent off to a central repository? >> Surely the churches still kept records of baptisms, marriages >> etc after 1855, but >> where can I find them? >> I am most interested in Forres and Rothes records. > > As far as I am aware the post-1855 ones were never collected > centrally. I would expect them still to be with the original > churches. I rang the Session Clerk of Rothes, but he is away > from home, and there was no reply from the minister's number. > You could e-mail the minister, Mr Robert Anderson, at > robert@carmanse.freeserve.co.uk. > > There are two Church of Scotland kirks in Forres. The Session > Clerk of St Leonard's Church is Mr Roy Anderson > royand@btinternet.com and the minister at St Laurence's is Mr > Barry Boyd barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com > > For other kirks in the Presbytery of Moray see > http://www.moraypresbytery.org.uk/churches/index.php > > HTH > > Anne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message