diff --git a/include/mcc/mcc_keyvalue.h b/include/mcc/mcc_keyvalue.h
index 77ce774..c1de7da 100644
--- a/include/mcc/mcc_keyvalue.h
+++ b/include/mcc/mcc_keyvalue.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ public:
         OPOLICY_FULL           // serialize entire set of key-value pairs
     };
 
+    static constexpr std::string_view DEFAULT_RECORD_DELIMITER{"\n"};
+
     static constexpr std::string_view COMMENT_SEQ{COMM_SEQ == nullptr   ? constants::MCC_KV_COMMENT_SEQ_ARR
                                                   : COMM_SEQ[0] == '\0' ? constants::MCC_KV_COMMENT_SEQ_ARR
                                                                         : COMM_SEQ};
@@ -226,7 +228,8 @@ public:
               traits::mcc_input_char_range RecDelimT = std::string_view,
               mcc_serialization_params_c SerParamsT = mcc_serialization_params_t>
     std::error_code fromCharRange(const R& buffer,
-                                  RecDelimT rec_delim = std::string_view("\n")  // records delimiter
+                                  size_t skip_records = 0,  // number of skipped records (from the beginning)
+                                  RecDelimT rec_delim = DEFAULT_RECORD_DELIMITER  // records delimiter
                                   )
         requires std::ranges::contiguous_range<R>
     {
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ public:
         // set values to its defaults
         setToDefaults();
 
-        auto recs = std::views::split(buffer, std::move(rec_delim));
+        auto recs = std::views::split(buffer, std::move(rec_delim)) | std::views::drop(skip_records);
 
         for (auto const& el : recs) {
             rec = mcc::utils::trimSpaces(el, utils::TrimType::TRIM_LEFT);
@@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ public:
     template <OutputPolicy OPOLICY = MccKeyValueHolder::OPOLICY_CHANGED_ONLY,
               traits::mcc_output_char_range R,
               traits::mcc_input_char_range RecDelimT = std::string_view>
-    std::error_code toCharRange(R& output_buffer, RecDelimT rec_delim = std::string_view{"\n"})
+    std::error_code toCharRange(R& output_buffer, RecDelimT rec_delim = DEFAULT_RECORD_DELIMITER)
     {
         if (std::is_pointer_v<std::decay_t<RecDelimT>>) {  // char*, const char*, char[], conat char[]
             return toCharRange(output_buffer, std::string_view{rec_delim});
@@ -485,7 +488,7 @@ struct mcc_simple_kv_record_t {
 };
 
 template <mcc_variant_valid_type_c T>
-mcc_simple_kv_record_t<T> mcc_make_simple_kv_record(
+static mcc_simple_kv_record_t<T> mcc_make_simple_kv_record(
     std::string_view key,
     T const& def_value,
     mcc_serialization_params_t const& spars = mcc_serialization_params_t{})