Family Tree's Scottish Family History Month talks - schedule change

This is just a quick note to say that there is a slight change to the schedule for next month's Scottish Family History Month talks programme from Family Tree magazine (www.family-tree.co.uk), which kicks off next week. The talk by Michelle Leonard will now be on Tuesday 22 FEB 2022 at 6pm, whilst my talk from the 22 FEB is being brought forward to Tuesday 8 FEB 2022 at 6.30pm. 

The schedule is thus now as follows:

• Making sense of the Scottish census, Emma Maxwell, 1 February, 6.30pm
• Civil cases in the sheriff courts, Fergus Smith, 4 February, 2pm
• Scottish research resources before 1800, Chris Paton, 8 February 6.30pm
• Tracing Scottish women, Kirsty Wilkinson, 17 February, 6.30pm
• Using DNA for Scottish family history research, Michelle Leonard, 22 February, 6.00pm
  

I'm delighted to be the host for all five sessions, and also to be giving my own talk, Scottish research resources before 1800, which is described as follows:

In this talk Chris Paton, author of 'Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records', takes us to pre-19th century Scotland, when things begin to get a little more complicated with our ancestral research.

From Kirk to state, a variety of records are available, but it's one thing to find them, and quite another to understand them, with different handwriting styles, language problems and the feudal nature of Scottish society forming some of the many challenges that make earlier Scottish research fun but challenging.

Chris will explore the various record types available, and how to access them both online and offline.

To sign up for this talk, please visit https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3316377463895/WN_BruyImi3SEmSYjTQv4Yqbw, whilst links are available for all five sessions at https://www.family-tree.co.uk/news/scottish-family-history-month-2022/. Each event will comprise a 50-min Zoom talk, followed by a 30 minute Q&A, and they are each priced at £10 each. 

Please note that there is also a bundle price of £40 if you sign up for all five, and if you're a magazine subscriber, there's an even better bargain going for all five at just £35!

I look forward to hopefully seeing you there!

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.