Helllo Sue!!!!! Would you mind taking a minute for a short question please? Is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk the best place to view the Kirk sessions you mentioned in your response to Mr. Sammis or is there a better location? I will be searching Prestonkirk, and several other parishes in East Lothian, Tain / Ross Cromarty, etc. Thank you for your time :-) Alba gu bràth! Regards, Jim Walker scotlandforever7@aol.com      http://hometown.aol.com/scotlandforever7/myhomepage/profile.html http://www.electricscotland.com/tourist/tours/tour26.htm Researching: Walker, McCleod, Anderson, Bauer, Barrie, Begbie, Black, Blakie, Blyth, Bolton, Bowers, Brown, Brydon, Clark, Clemente, Cockburn, Crawford, D algleish, Davidson, Daniels, Denham, Denholm, Douglas, Edington, Idington, F oggo, Glasgow, Goodal, Grieve, Guyler, Haworth, Henderson, Hogg, Hope, Hunter, J ohnstone, Kinnaird, Logan, Lorimer, MacCalley, Mackadam, McFadden, McLeish, McMorran, Miller, Olson, Paulos, Peffers, Pendridge, Pennycuik, Pow, Proudfoot, R ichardson, Scott, Sligo, Storie, Sweet, Thompson, Watt, Wright, Yelineck.... Mostly from Scotland, East Lothian / East Linton / Prestonkirk, Tain, areas! Also England, France, California, Wisconson, South Dakota, Menlo Park, San Jose, Campbell

Is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk the best place to view the Kirk sessions you mentioned in your response to Mr. Sammis or is there a better location? I will be searching Prestonkirk, and several other parishes in East Lothian, Tain / Ross Cromarty, etc. Good evening Jim,, What , I think ,Sue was referring to were the "KIRK SESSION MINUTES" These are held at Nat Arch of Scot, Edinburgh and are the original handwritten volumes.. They are a fund of information on all aspects of the parish life and can be of great help to the family and local historian alike. Many of the Session Clerks kept their own records , at the back of the volume, relating to christenings, marriages, deaths and the Mort Cloth ,( all the things the church could make income out of !) plus items of interest that might have ocurred in relation to the church and congregation. Where the source for research is a coastal parish often the loss of local fishing vessels and their crews are mentioned - very helpful in the days before registration Regards. John. John D. Stevenson, Trinity Research Services, Scottish Maritime History Research. Edinburgh.