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Old Parish Registers or Old Parochial Records (OPRs)

Records kept by individual parishes listing the baptisms, marriages, deaths and sometimes funerals of the individual parishioners within the congregation.

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Filius

Latin for Son

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Filia

Latin for Daughter

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Baptizavi

Latin for Baptism

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Matrimanium

Latin for Marriage

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Mort Cloth

A shroud or covering positioned over the coffin (or the body if funds were not available for a coffin).

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Kirk

Local church in Scotland

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Kirk session records

Scottish local church records documenting the administration of the congregation

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Public Roup

The selling off of the deceased’s property for the purpose of paying funeral expenses.

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Wake

A “round-the-clock” watch of the deceased’s body until burial. Done to keep the spirit of the departed safe from the devil until they were buried.

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