Scottish Indexes announces speakers and talks for Dec 6th conference

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has announced the speakers and topics for its forthcomign conference on December 6th:

Here are the presentations we are looking forward to on Sunday 6 December 2020:

‘The Highlands: Jacobites, Clearances and Emigration’, by Lorna Steele, Community Engagement Officer at the Highland Archive Centre.

'Understanding Scottish Inheritance Records' by Chris Paton, genealogist at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk and author of ‘Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry through Church and State Records’, available here.

'Researching Scottish Ancestors from a Distance', by B.J. Jamieson, genealogy reference specialist at Maine State Library.

'Using FindMyPast to go Beyond Basic Birth, Marriage & Death Records', by Myko Clelland, genealogist at FindMyPast.

‘Your Burning DNA Questions’, by Michelle Leonard of Genes & Genealogy, co-author of ‘Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA: A Guide for Family Historians’, available here.

'Borders Family History Society', an interview with Elma Fleming, chair of Borders Family Society.

'Orkney Family History Society', by Jackie Harrison of Orkney Family Society.

‘Using Kirk Session Records’ by Emma Maxwell, Genealogist at Scottish Indexes.

Genealogy Q&A, hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell

The schedule itself will be annlounced shortly at www.scottishindexes.com. 

Once again it should be fun!

Chris

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