Palaeography and the Kirk Session Records talk on Sat 20th Nov

The Anglo-Scottish Branch of the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society (https://www.mlfhs.uk/anglo-scots/events) is hosting a talk this coming Saturday 20th:

Palaeography and the Kirk Session Records: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Writing.
Robin Urquhart

Robin Urquhart was Head of Digitisation at the National Records of Scotland until March, when he retired. Prior to that he worked in local archives in the west of Scotland. He was the creator of the Scottish Handwriting website , namely www.scottishhandwriting.com

We have had a few talks about Kirk Session records over the years, but now that a large tranche of Kirk Session records have been released online, we might want to look at the originals, and get that 'feel' for and insight into the events recorded therein.

The Kirk Session Records are held on the Scotlands People website; they are court records of the times, whilst they contain legal terminology they are not too difficult to read. The earliest of these records, from perhaps before the 1780s are more difficult to read, and this is where the experience of Robin Urquhart, formerly of the National Records of Scotland will become invaluable as he shows us read and understand these older scripts.

The Zoom invitation will be sent to those who have booked at 6.00 am on Friday 19th November. If you do not receive your invitation at that time please contact angloscots@mlfhs.org.uk

For further details, and to sign up, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anglo-scottish-fhs-meeting-palaeography-and-the-kirk-session-records-tickets-169493548767

 Chris

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