A more detailed itinerary has been revealed for the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor… Routes to your Scottish Roots conference to be held from June 19th - 21st 2009 at The Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, and organised by Stirling Council Library and Archives Department.
Friday 19th June 09 - Theme: Stirling’s resources
The Conference gets off to a strong start by examining the types of records usually available to family historians locally, and although the focus is on Stirling’s records they are representative of those held elsewhere in Scotland. The morning sessions deal with local authority material, with the afternoon’s speakers discussing more specialised sources.
Registration: 9.00 – 9.45 Welcome: 9.45 – 9.50
9.50 Registrars’ Records - Speaker: Jacqueline Taylor, Senior Registrar, Stirling Council
10.20 Final Resting Place - Speaker; Barbara Docherty, Cemeteries Officer, Stirling Council
Questions 10.45 – 11.00
11.30 Not just a load of old books: resources in Central Reference Library - Speaker: Elma Lindsay, Local History Officer, Stirling Council
12.00 Resources for Family History Research in Stirling Council Archives - Speaker: Pam McNicol, Archivist, Stirling Council
Questions: 12.25 – 12.45, followed by Lunch (Not supplied)
2.15 Special Collections at the University of Stirling - Speaker: Helen Beardsley, Senior Subject Librarian (Arts), University of Stirling
2.45 600 Glengarried Men – and a few more: resources at the Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Speaker: Joyce Steel, Museum Manager, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum
3.15 People, Places and Pictures of the Past: Family History Resources in the Local Museum - Speaker: Dr E King, Director, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Questions 3.40 – 3.55
Stalls open until 4.30.
Saturday 20th June 09 - Theme: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…
Today’s speakers discuss the diversity of situations in which our forebears may have found themselves; from rich to poor, from tradesman to traveller; those who fought and fell for their country or who sailed the seven seas; those whose personal circumstances ensured them a comfortable life - or those who fell foul of the law. The emphasis of each lecture will be the sources we can use to help us find these forebears, and where the sources are held.
Registration: 9.00 – 9.45 Welcome: 9.45 – 9.50
9.50 Wanderers of the Mist - Speaker: Jess Smith, traveller and author
10.20: Tailors – Trades and Crafts from Medieval Guilds to Victorian Shops. - Speaker: John Harrison, historian and writer
Questions 10.45 – 11.00 followed by break
11.30 Researching the Soldier: A Church Perspective - Speaker: David Brown, Local Historian
12.00 The Kincardine Sailors’ Box - Speaker: Sue Mowat, historian and writer
Questions: 12.25 – 12.45 followed by Lunch (not supplied)
2.15 ‘Fresh Laurels to the old Family Tree’: the papers of the Murray Family of Polmaise - Speaker: Elma Lindsay, Local History Officer, Stirling Council
2.45 Providing for Tomorrow: Friendly Societies in an Unfriendly World - Speaker: Dr Alastair Durie, University of Stirling
Questions: 3.10 – 3.30 followed by break
3.50 The Welfare of Families: records of the Poor Law - Speaker: Pam McNicol, Stirling Council Archivist
4.20 In Search of Thieves, Felons and Other Stirlingshire Folk - Speaker: Dr Tristram Clarke, National Archives of Scotland
Questions: 4.45 – 5.00
Stalls remain open until 5.30
Saturday evening: Smith Art Gallery
You’ve heard the speakers, you’ve bought out the bookstalls; it’s time to relax and chat to fellow enthusiasts. Head along to the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum on Saturday evening; enjoy a glass of wine, a buffet supper, then listen ‘Travellers Tales’ - songs and stories from Jess Smith who is making a second appearance in the Conference programme, having given a presentation in the morning. Jess is one of Scotland’s most popular authors and is a member of a well-known travelling family. A truly charismatic speaker with innate storytelling ability, Jess is also a keen family historian herself.
Day 3 Sunday 21st June - Theme: A Fine and Private Place: the importance of graveyards to the family historian
Sunday’s lectures examine the value of burial grounds and why they should be high on the list of must-sees for anyone researching their family’s roots. The importance of good maintenance will be discussed as will the history of the garden cemetery movement which swept Europe, and the morning closes with an explanation of the many intriguing headstone symbols, knowledge of which can unlock secrets of your family’s past. Join us for guided walks in the Old Town Cemetery in the afternoon.
Registration: 10.00 – 10.30 Welcome: 10. 30 – 10.35
10.35 Stirling’s Old Town Cemeteries Come Alive - Speaker: Barbara Irwin, Senior Project Officer, Turner and Townsend Project Management
11.05 ‘A Pleasure Ground of Graves’ – Landscaping for the Dead. - Speaker: Christopher Dingwall, Garden Historian and Consultant
11.35 Gravestone Symbolism - Speaker: John Harrison
Questions 12.00 – 12.25
Stalls remain until 12.45
Afternoon
Walks round the Old Town Cemetery
For more information on the conference, please contact:
Elma Lindsay, Local History Officer, Central Library, Corn Exchange Road, Stirling, FK8 2HX
Tel: 01786 432107 Email: lindsaye@stirling.gov.uk
Chris
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