East Lothian Library Service Family History Fair

East Lothian Library Service is hosting a 50th anniversary Family History Fair on Monday 20 April 2026 from 3.30-6.30pm, at the Star Room in the John Gray Centre in Haddington.

For further details please visit https://www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/172445-east-lothian-library-service-local-history-centre-family-&-local-history-fair/.

 

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.

Dumfries and Galloway FHS Research Centre to re-open

From Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society (https://dgfhs.org.uk):

NOTICE OF RE-OPENING

We are re-opening our Research Centre on Tuesday 12th April. Our opening times will be 10:00am to 4:00pm on a Tuesday and a Friday but visits will be by appointment only.

To book an appointment please email secretary@dgfhs.org.uk. Should anyone wish to visit on other days we will endeavour to fit you in if volunteers are available. These opening times will be kept under review.

(With thanks to DGFHS via email)

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.