Scottish Indexes uploads additional prison records

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has released a further 100,000 prison records held at the National Records of Scotland, bringing the total to 1 million entries in its Scotland's Criminal Database, with records from 49 prisons included. 

The following are the prisons for which new records have been added: 

• Linlithgow
• Stonehaven
• Ayr
• Greenock
• Cumnock
• Kinross
• Customs & Excise
• Paisley
• Port Glasgow
• Hamilton
• Inveraray
• Kilmarnock
• Duke Street (Glasgow)

To access the database visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCriminalDatabase.aspx.

Chris 

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Date for the next Scottish Indexes conference

Just a quick heads up that the next Scottish Indexes conference is to be held on Saturday 19 September 2026.

No speakers have been announced for this yet, but keep an eye out at https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx for further details.

 

Chris 

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Scottish Indexes conference on 28 February

The next Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference takes place on Saturday 28 February, with the following talks confirmed:

• ‘Family History Research at the National Library of Ireland’ by Steven Skeldon
• ‘Researching British Prisoners of War, 1914 –1919 and 1939 –1946’ by Ken Nisbet
• ‘Patients and staff: stories of health and wellbeing’ by Lorna Steele-McGinn
• 'Introducing the Archives and Manuscripts of the National Library of Scotland' by Chris Cassells
• ‘Braking Brick Walls: How local Family History Societies can help’ by Alan Beattie

For further details visit the Scottish Indexes website.

Chris 

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Date announced for next Scottish Indexes conference

Thanks to those who attended my DNA talk at yesterday's Scottish Indexes genealogy conference, run by Graham and Emma Maxwell, I hope it helped!

Graham and Emma have announced that the next Scottish Indexes conference will take place online on Saturday 28 February 2026. 

For further details keep an eye out at https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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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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The first Scottish Indexes conference of 2026

A quick note that the first Scottish Indexes conference of 2026 will take place on Saturday 31 January 2026. 

You can find details of this, and register, via https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

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.

Scottish Indexes 30th anniversary conference

The 30th Scottish Indexes Conference will take place on Saturday 22 November 2025, with the following speakers and talks lined up for the event:

• Introducing the Ordnance Survey Name Books and historical tax rolls on Scotland's People by Tessa Spencer, Head of Learning at the National Records of Scotland
• An Arran Jigsaw: some records relating to people and places between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries by Robert Urquhart of Abbotshall Palaeography
• 5th Duke of Buccleuch: a forward thinking landed aristocrat by Craig Thomas, Assistant Archivist at Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust
• The Doctor will see your ancestors now by Fiona Musk NHS Grampian Archivist
• Weaving the threads of time: exploring the lives of Dundee textile workers by Caroline Brown, University Archivist and an Assistant Director in the Library Academic and Cultural Services at the University of Dundee
• Scottish Genealogy Q&A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell  

Congratulations to Graham and Emma on reaching this milestone event. The conference is free to attend, and you can find out more details on how to do so at their conferences page at https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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Scottish Indexes adds new prison records and announces next conference date

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has announced the addition of the following prison records to its site, searchable at https://www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCriminalDatabase.aspx :

• Calton Jail (Edinburgh): 1858
• Edinburgh Police Prison: 1841
• Leith Police Prison: 1842-1848
• Helensburgh: 1855-1878
• Linlithgow: 1844-1851
• Musselburgh: 1852-1861
• Wick: 1848-1862
• Dumbarton: 1840-1847,1871-1883
• Inveraray: 1828-1841,1848-1873
• Paisley: 1864-1865,1875-1882
• Rothesay: 1877-1882
• Aberdeen: 1911,1916-1918 

(For the full coveage of prison records in the database, and other datasets contained within, see https://www.scottishindexes.com/coveragescd.aspx)

Emma and Graham Maxwell, the duo behind the site, have also announced that their next Scottish Indexes conference will be on Saturday 22nd November 2025. This will be the 30th Scottish Indexes conference, a major anniversary for the series which first started during the Covid lockdown on April 9th 2020. 

For further details on the event, keep an eye out at https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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Scottish Indexes conference on 13 September 2025

The next Scottish Indexes conference (www.scottishindexes.com) takes place in a week's time on Saturday 13th September 2025. The following talks will be offered at the event:

• 'Tracing your Family History: Church Records' by Irene O'Brien
• 'Discovering Ancestors Through Royal Commission Reports and Published Sources' by Emma Maxwell
• 'Searching For Your Scottish Ancestors' by Hilary Hartigan
• 'I want to research my family history – how do I start?' by Lorraine Stewart
• 'Women of Glamis: Privilege and Privation' by Ingrid Thomson 
• 'The Servants in Traquair House' by Margaret Fox

The speakers will also be involved in Q&A sessions on the day. For further details please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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Emma Maxwell on WDYTYA

Fans of Emma and Graham Maxwell, the dynamic duo behind Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com), will be interested to know that Emma appeared on this week's Who Do You Think You Are? episode, which followed the ancestry of comedian Diane Morgan. In the programme Emma demonstrated the use of Scottish sheriff court records.

You can find the programme on the BBC iPlayer (UK and Ireland only). 

 If based overseas, a clip is available at https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19SQkGriZW/.

Chris 

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Next Scottish Indexes conference will be on 13 September 2025

One to put in your diary folks - the next Scottish Indexes conference will be on 13 September 2025.

Amongst the presentastions already announced:

• 'I want to research my family history – how do I start?' by Lorraine Stewart
• 'Women of Glamis: Privilege and Privation' by Ingrid Thomson
• 'The Servants in Traquair House' by Margaret Fox

For further details, and to register (it's free), visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx

Chris

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Schedule for this Saturday's Scottish Indexes conference

Graham and Emma at Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) have released the schedule for this coming Saturday's free to attend online genealogy conference. The following are the UK timings:

First Session
07:00 Introduction
07:15 'Researching Scottish Border Reiver Families 1600-1800' by Andrew Armstrong
08:30 'Commissioners of Supply' by Lorna Steele-McGinn
09:30 'My Ancestor Was' by Dr Irene O'Brien
10:30 ‘Your Scottish Archives’ by John Pelan
11:30 ‘There's Been a Murder - The Mount Stewart Murder of 1866’ by Chris Paton
12:30 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
13:30 'Using the Sheriff Court to trace 18th-century Ancestors' by Emma Maxwell
14:40 'What's New on Scottish Indexes' by Graham Maxwell

Second Session
15:00 Introduction
15:15 'Researching Scottish Border Reiver Families 1600-1800' by Andrew Armstrong
16:30 'Commissioners of Supply' by Lorna Steele-McGinn
17:30 'My Ancestor Was' by Dr Irene O'Brien
18:30 ‘Your Scottish Archives’ by John Pelan
19:30 ‘There's Been a Murder - The Mount Stewart Murder of 1866’ by Chris Paton
20:30 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
21:30 'Using the Sheriff Court to trace 18th-century Ancestors' by Emma Maxwell
22:40 'What's New on Scottish Indexes' by Graham Maxwell  

For equivalent worldwide timings, and information on how to attend, please see https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Comment: As shown, I'll be giving a talk on the Mount Stewart Murder from 1866 at 11.30am, and again at 7.30pm UK time. I unfortunately have a Gaelic language event commitment in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, so will be unable to do the first general Q&A session at 12.30 immediately after my first talk showing, but I will be on hand for the evening session at 8.30pm. I hope to see you there, it should be another great event!

(With thanks to Graham and Emma at Scottish Indexes)

Chris

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Scottish Indexes conference on January 18th 2025

Next Saturday 18th January sees the 27th Scottish Indexes Conference from Graham and Emma Maxwell.

The following talks will be given, with an pportunity to ask the speakers questions after, and at two dedicated hour long Q&A sessions during the day:

Researching Scottish Border Reiver Families 1600-1800 by Andrew Armstrong 

There's Been a Murder - The Mount Stewart Murder of 1866 by Chris Paton 

Using the Sheriff Court to trace 18th-century ancestors by Emma Maxwell 

Commissioners of Supply by Lorna Steele-McGinn 

What's New on Scottish Indexes by Graham Maxwell 

Your Scottish Archives by John Pelan 

For further details please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx#c3 - and I hope you can join us!

Chris

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Scottish Indexes conference on November 23rd

Graham and Emma Maxwell will be hosting their next Scottish Indexes conference, the twenty-sixth conference, on November 23rd 2024, with registration now open.

The following speakers have already been confirmed:

• 'Housing the Miners' by Kay Williams 
• 'Town and Gown – St Andrews University Archive' by Sarah Rodriguez.
• ‘Historic Scotland in the archives: Using Historic Environment Scotland Archives to explore historic sites around Scotland’ by Joseph Waterfield.
• 'Using the internet & PRONI for Northern Irish research' by Chris Paton.
• 'Beyond ScotlandsPeople: Breaking Down Brick Walls in Scottish Research' by Alison Spring.

For further details, and to register, please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris 

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Sheriff Court additions to Scottish Indexes, and next conference date

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has added the following Sheriff Court indexes from the Borders counties to its database, following on from recent releases for Wick and Dumfries over the summer:

Banff Sheriff Court
Jury Trials (NRS Ref SC2/47/2-7, 17) 1835-1857 and 1869

Selkirk Sheriff Court
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC63/42/1,2) 1832-1850
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC63/44/1-3) 1813-1860

Peebles Sheriff Court
Jury Trials (NRS ref SC42/26/1,2) 1853-1894
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC42/23/2,3) 1758-1910

Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court
Summary Trials (NRS ref SC16/51/2-6) 1834-1849

Some of these records have enhanced indexes, also listing witnesses and jurors in cases. The records can be searched in the site's Scotish Criminal Database.

The next Scottish Indexes conference will be held on November 23rd, with the confirmed talks so far including the following:

• 'Housing the Miners' by Kay Williams
• 'Town and Gown – St Andrews University Archive' by Sarah Rodriguez
• ‘Historic Scotland in the archives: Using Historic Environment Scotland Archives to explore historic sites around Scotland’ by Joseph Waterfield
• 'Using the internet & PRONI for Northern Irish research' by Chris Paton
• 'Beyond ScotlandsPeople: Breaking Down Brick Walls in Scottish Research' by Alison Spring

For further details, and to register, please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

(With thanks to Emma and Graham Maxwell)

Chris

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Schedules now available for Scottish Indexes conference 7 September

The following is the UK schedule for talks at next Saturday's Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference:

Saturday 7 September 2024

First Session
07:00 Introduction
07:15 'Searching for ancestors in The Royal Mail Archive' by Susannah Coster
08:15 'Parochial Matters: parishes, districts and counties' by Robert Urquhart
09:15 'An introduction to the Forfeited Estates papers in the National Records of Scotland' by Tessa Spencer
10:15 ‘Scottish Burghs and Trade Incorporations’ by Chris Paton
11:30 ‘Catholicism at Traquair House – from locked doors to open doors’ by Margaret Fox
12:30 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
13:30 'Criminal Ancestors: piecing together their story from a variety of sources' by Emma Maxwell
14:30 'What's New at Scottish Indexes' by Graham and Emma Maxwell

Second Session
15:00 Introduction
15:15 'Searching for ancestors in The Royal Mail Archive' by Susannah Coster
16:15 'Parochial Matters: parishes, districts and counties' by Robert Urquhart
17:15 'An introduction to the Forfeited Estates papers in the National Records of Scotland' by Tessa Spencer
18:15 ‘Scottish Burghs and Trade Incorporations’ by Chris Paton
19:30 ‘Catholicism at Traquair House – from locked doors to open doors’ by Margaret Fox
20:30 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
21:30 'Criminal Ancestors: piecing together their story from a variety of sources' by Emma Maxwell
22:30 'What's New at Scottish Indexes' by Graham and Emma Maxwell

For details on how to register, and on equivalent schedules for other worldwide time zones, please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

Chris

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Scottish Indexes Conference on September 7th

The next Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference, the twenty-fifth, takes place online on September 7th, with the following talks already confirmed:

• Catholicism at Traquair House – from locked doors to open doors by Margaret Fox
• Searching for ancestors in The Royal Mail Archive by Susannah Coster, Archivist at The Postal Museum in London
• Parochial Matters: parishes, districts and counties by Robert Urquhart
• An introduction to the Forfeited Estates papers in the National Records of Scotland by Tessa Spencer, Head of Outreach and Learning at the National Records of Scotland.
• Scottish Burghs and Trade Incorporations by Chris Paton
• Criminal Ancestors: piecing together their story from a variety of sources by Emma Maxwell 

For further details, and to sign up (it's free!), please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - 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. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Scottish Indexes expands sasines index coverage

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has expanded its land records collection with additional indexes to the sasines registers. The site now offers the following indexes:

• General Register of Sasines covering all counties from 1 January 1777 to 31 December 1779.
• Particular Register of Sasines for the counties of Stirling, Clackmannan and the Stewartry of Menteith (part of Perthshire) covering from 30 November 1726 to 27 December 1734.
• Particular Register of Sasines for the counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles covering from 14 February 1622 to 16 March 1622 and the year 1780, as well as entries from the General Register for the same counties in 1780. 

For access to the indexes visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/sasinesearch.aspx. For more on the records visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/learningsasines.aspx.

Chris 

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Ancestry adds third party index to Scottish Indexes Court of Session records database

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added a third party Web: index to the Scottish Indexes database on Court Session records:

Web: Scotland, Court of Session Index, 1616-1920
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63081/
Source: Scottish Indexes. https://www.scottishindexes.com/ Accessed: 2024.

About Web: Scotland, Court of Session Index, 1616-1920
All data in this third-party database was obtained from the source’s website. Ancestry.com does not support or make corrections or changes to the original database. To learn more about these records, please refer to the source’s website.

Chris

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Ancestry adds Scottish Indexes poor registers records indexes

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added the following third party web index:

Web: Scotland, Select Poor Register Indexes, 1845-1930
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63082/
Source: Scotland, Select Poor Register Indexes, 1845-1930. Scottish Indexes. https://www.scottishindexes.com/ Accessed: Mar 2024.

There is no description for the collection, but you can find this on the Scottish Indexes websites at https://www.scottishindexes.com/coveragepoor.aspx

Chris

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