First speakers confirmed for next Scottish Indexes conference

The following speakers are already confirmed for the next Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference event on 31 January 2026:

• 'How did my Scottish ancestors get married?' by Tahitia McCabe
• 'Taking The High Road' by Andrew Armstrong
• ‘The Edinburgh Public Dispensary, Patients and Doctors’ by Daisy Cunynghame
• ‘Dive Deeper Into Scottish Church Records’ by Alison Spring 

For further details on the conference, including additional speakers to be announced in due course, please keep an eye on https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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ScotlandsPeople hints at its 2026 online records releases

ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) has given a hint on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ScotlandsPeople) about some forthcoming records releases this year:

"Keep your eyes peeled for the annual release of birth, death and marriage records, coming in January.

You’ll also be able to browse new Scottish Women's Land Army records and, later in the year, we'll add new prison registers and church court records."

Chris 

Order Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland in the UK at https://bit.ly/4jJWSEh. Also available -Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, 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. To purchase in the USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page.