Heading into a second wave

It's not looking particularly great just now with Scotland, the UK, and much of Europe well and truly heading into a second wave of coronavirus infections. Today in Scotland it's been announced that we can no longer visit other households (similar to restrictions also just put in place in Northern Ireland), and it looks like we may have some further measures due soon.

In Dublin, the National Library of Ireland, the National Archives of Ireland and other institutions are also now restricting access again (see Claire Santry's post at https://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2020/09/major-irish-genealogy-repositories-back.html). It's not all doom and gloom though - for example, the NLS has re-opened its Glasgow facility today (see https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/09/national-library-of-scotlands-kelvin.html)

The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, PRONI and TNA are still currently operating on a restricted access basis, but there is access. And the National Records of Scotland... well no-one really knows what its plans to re-open are just now, but it has been heavily involved in gathering Covid statistics in the last few months, so clearly has a lot on its plate. 

Things may or may not start to close down again, but if they do, hopefully things will improve soon. I'll try to announce any developments as they happen, but if you're in a family history society wanting a plug for some news or events, feel free to drop me a note at chrismpaton@outlook.com.

Don't forget that if you are struggling on any fronts during this pandemic, I have a page with some handy lines that may help, at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/p/crisis-lines.html.

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.