Records of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney This collection comprises records of the (pre-1865) Diocese of Aberdeen and the (post-1865) United Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney. Records of the (pre-1865) Diocese of Orkney and its churches are not included in this collection. The records contained within this collection relate to both the wider Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, and 48 individual church congregations throughout Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Kincardine. The extent of the material held for individual churches varies greatly, from single items to fairly comprehensive series. Commonly held items include sacramental registers, minute books, financial accounts, constitutions and plans. Registers of births, marriages and deaths are not held for every church with many remaining with the individual church's officials. The collection also contains registers, minute books and associated material for the wider Diocese, which record the activities of church at a higher operational level such as the Episcopal Synod and the Aberdeen Diocesan Association. In additional this collection contains records relating to: the various societies associated with the Episcopal Church including the Aberdeen Clerical Society; Trust and funds benefiting the church; Records relating to the Episcopal Church in America, particularly relating to the Seabury memorial. A large 'deposited records' series has been created from many smaller series of documents collected by individuals. There are a number of sub-series relating to individuals, such as John Skinner and Canon Arthur Austin Foster. There are sub-series of Bishops' papers and correspondence and a good collection of manuscript sermons and liturgical works dating from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. This series is particularly rich in historical documents and related material, particularly relating to the many disputes and persecutions of the Episcopal Church. In addition the series includes some papers relating to Jacobite activities and a small piece of plaid said to have belonged to Bonnie Prince Charlie. The individual church congregations also contain personal papers belonging to individuals associated with the specific church, for example the papers relating to St Peter's Church in Peterhead contain the common place book of Bishop Robert Kilgour and St George's Church in Mieklefolla has an 18th century manuscript written by William Leslie and Arthur Petrie. The personal papers held by individual churches are complementary to the material held in the 'deposited records' series of this collection. Records of schools associated with individual churches and congregations are also held in this collection. The churches with associated schools are: St David's Mission in Boyndlie, St George's at Mieklefolla, St Johns in New Pitsligo, St Peter's in Peterhead and All Saint's in Strichen. The records are not comprehensive and are in the main reports and correspondence relating to the management of the schools rather than teaching or attendance registers c 1600 - [ongoing]