Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Scottish Indexes conference programme for June 8th

The programme for the third free to attend Scottish Indexes Conference is now available online via the company's website at www.scottishindexes.com. These are the talk times for the UK (worldwide time equivalents are listed on the website):

Scottish Indexes Conference Monday 8 June 2020

● All times given in this schedule are British Summer Time (BST).
● Most presentations will be followed by a live Q&A with our expert genealogists.
● This event is free, to donate please go to www.scottishindexes.com
● To access this event please join our Facebook Group ( www.facebook.com/groups/scottishindexes ) or see www.scottishindexes.com

Programme

First session
07:00 ‘Finding your Scottish Ancestors in Australia’ by Kerry Farmer.
08:15 ‘Using Deeds to Trace Your Scottish Family History’ by Graham Maxwell.
09:20 ‘Scottish Burgh and Trade Incorporation Records’ by Chris Paton.
10:30 ‘Referencing for Genealogists: or how to show where you found the data’ by Tahitia McCabe.
11:30 ‘Sounds like Family - Using Audio Recordings for Research’ by Jeni Park.
12:15 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell.
13:00 ‘Finding Scottish Origins in U.S. Records’ by B.J. Jamieson.
13:30 ‘Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada’ by Christine Woodcock.

Second Session
15:00 ‘Referencing for Genealogists: or how to show where you found the data’ by Tahitia McCabe.
16:00 ‘Sounds like Family - Using Audio Recordings for Research’ by Jeni Park.
16:40 ‘Using Deeds to Trace Your Scottish Family History’ by Graham Maxwell.
17:45 ‘Scottish Burgh and Trade Incorporation Records’ by Chris Paton.
19:00 Quiz
19:30 ‘Finding Scottish Origins in U.S. Records’ by B.J. Jamieson.
20:00 ‘Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada’ by Christine Woodcock.
21:00 Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell.
21:45 ‘Finding your Scottish Ancestors in Australia’ by Kerry Farmer.

As noted, I'll be giving a talk on Scottish Burgh and Trade Incorporation Records at 9.20am and again at 5.45pm, and will pop in for other sessions throughout the day, including the two Q&As. There might even be a wee competition prize going...!


This is the most international conference yet, and once again, should be a lot of fun - hope to see you
there!!!


(With thanks to Emma and Graham Maxwell)

Chris


My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts June 8th - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is out shortly, also available are 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.

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