Free to attend Scottish Indexes Conference online May 1st 2020

The next virtual Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference will be held this week on Friday May 1st, across two sessions, with the second session replicating the first, to cater for worldwide time zones and overseas attendees. A variety of topics and speakers will be featured at the following scheduled times for Scotland and the UK/Ireland:

First session

07.00 Welcome by Emm Maxwell
07.10 Buccleuch Estate Rentals - Andrew Armstrong
07.40 Sources in Scotland for Tracing Scottish Emigrants - Kirsty Wilkinson
08.35 Using Sheriff Court Records for Genealogy Research - Emma Maxwell
09.35 Tracing Living People - especially where adoption is involved - Jean Dickson
09.55 Tracing the Irish in Scotland - Chris Paton
11.00 Genealogy Q&A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
12.00 Scottish Poor Law and its Records - Anne Henry
12.40 ...bread & cheese & kisses is not enough… - George MacKenzie
13.15 DNA Testing for Family History - Michelle Leonard
14.15 An Introduction to High Court Records - Emma Maxwell

Second session

15.00 Welcome by Emm Maxwell
15.10 Buccleuch Estate Rentals - Andrew Armstrong
15.40 Sources in Scotland for Tracing Scottish Emigrants - Kirsty Wilkinson
16.35 Using Sheriff Court Records for Genealogy Research - Emma Maxwell
17.35 Tracing Living People - especially where adoption is involved - Jean Dickson
17.55 Tracing the Irish in Scotland - Chris Paton
19.00 Genealogy Q&A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
20.00 Scottish Poor Law and its Records - Anne Henry
20.40 ...bread & cheese & kisses is not enough… - George MacKenzie
21.15 DNA Testing for Family History - Michelle Leonard
22.15 An Introduction to High Court Records - Emma Maxwell

Additional programme shedules adjusting for overseas time zones are listed at www.scottishindexes.com

New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) - 1-2 May 2020
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - 1-2 May 2020
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 1 May 2020
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) - 30 April-1 May 2020


As noted, I will be giving a talk on how to trace the stories of Irish migrants who settled in Scotland, but also to offer some clues that might help you to determine where in Ireland your Scottish bound ancestor may have hailed from in the first place. This will be at 9.55am and again at 5.55pm, UK time. As with my colleagues, I'm happy to take questions after the talk has finished (we had some fun on the last conference on this front!)

It should be another great event, and will be hosted the day after the release of my next book, so there may be a plug or two in there...!

For further details on how to register for the event on Zoom or to watch on Facebook, visit www.scottishindexes.com - the event is FREE to attend.

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts May 4th - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is out shortly, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.