Sunday 2 August 2020

Update on forthcoming Scottish Indexes conference on August 30th

Some further detail on the forthcoming Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference on August 30th:

We’re still putting the finishing touches to the next Scottish Indexes Conference, but here are some of the presentations you can look forward to:
  • ‘Discover Scottish Land Records’ by Chris Paton, genealogist at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk and author of ‘Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry through Church and State Records’, available here.
  • ‘DNA Case Studies: How to Successfully Combine DNA & Traditional Research Methods’ by Michelle Leonard of Genes & Genealogy, co-author of ‘Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA: A Guide for Family Historians’, available here.
  • 'The Resources of the Fife Family History Society' by Ali Murray, Chair and Genealogist at Fife Family History Society.
  • 'The Resources of the Scottish Genealogy Society' by Jean Dickson, Genealogist and volunteer at the Scottish Genealogy Society.
  • ‘Caring for Collections: protecting and preserving the family archive’ by Shona Hunter and Joe Jackson of the National Library of Scotland.
  • ‘Genealogy in the Scottish Borders Archives’ by Hannah Bell, from the Hawick Heritage Hub.

For further details on how to participate, please visit www.scottishindexes.com - and I'll hopefully see you there!


Chris

My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts August 31st - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, 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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