Scottish GENES - weekly digest

It's been a grim week worldwide on the coronavirus front, with some genealogy developments included, but there are some other more positive stories also. If you missed them during the week, here are the latest posts from Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com):

Free access to Ancestry's Irish records until March 18th
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/free-access-to-ancesrtys-irish-records.html

RootsIreland 25% discount offer on annual subscription
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/rootsireland-25-discount-offer.html

Saint Patrick's Day parades in Ireland cancelled
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/saint-patricks-day-parades-in-republic.html

Who Do You Think You Are? April 2020 ediiton now on sale
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/who-do-you-think-you-are-april-2020.html

Family Tree April 2020 edition now on sale
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/family-tree-april-2020-edition-now-on.html

From Shore to Shore - historic Scottish coastal photographs
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/from-shore-to-shore-historic-scottish.html

Ireland to temporarily close cultural institutions and schools
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/ireland-to-temporarily-close-cultural.html

DeceasedOnline adds further Cheshire burials
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/deceasedonline-adds-further-cheshire.html

Ettrick Shepherd's gravestone flattened by Borders Council
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/ettrick-shepherds-gravestone-flattened.html

FindmyPast adds Galways and Waterford records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/findmypast-adds-galways-and-waterford.html

Bristol nonconformist records added to Ancestry
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/bristol-nonconformist-records-added-to.html

LDS Church suspends gatherings worldwide
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/lds-church-suspends-gatherings-worldwide.html

Documenting the present
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/documenting-present.html

RootsTech London 2020 postponed
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/rootstech-london-2020-postponed.html

University of Guelph's Centre for Scottish Studies temporarily closed
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/university-of-guelph-centre-for.html

Have you used... Scottish Post Office directories?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/have-you-used-scottish-post-office.html

Forces War Records updates RAF records 1918-1975 collection
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/forces-war-records-updates-raf-records.html

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.