Source Information

Ancestry.com. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. The succession of ministers in the parish churches of Scotland [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. The succession of ministers in the parish churches of Scotland. 3 volumes. Perth, Scotland: Perth and Kinross Council Archive.

About Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. The succession of ministers in the parish churches of Scotland

This popular reference work for Scottish genealogy, the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, provides details on more than 2,000 Scottish ministers (and often their families) in synods from Aberdeen to Zetland for the years 1560–1866. The records can include information such dates and places of service, ordination, and study; names of father and other family members; marriages and children; and notable details from their lives, such as writings, achievements, or even proceedings brought against them.

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