Another great Scottish Indexes conference!

Saturday's eighth Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) conference was great craic and appears to have been the best attended yet from what I could see from the online Facebook and Zoom counters noting attendees! 

I gave a talk on the topic of my new book Sharing Your Family History Online (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharing-Your-Family-History-Online-Paperback/p/18718), and had agreed to give away a copy as a prize for the best question asked. 

As it happened, I upped this to two books to give away, as we had two great questions, one asking about whether photographs of unknown relatives should be placed online, and another very specific Scottish question asking what the difference was between an 'indweller' and a 'residenter' in an OPR record, which prompted a lot of debate amongst the panellists! (As noted in the conference, I have yet to receive my authors' copies, but as soon as I do, I'll get them out to the two winners.) Thanks also to those who have shown an interest in the book - at the start of the day it was noted as Pen and Sword's 17th best selling title of the week, I noticed this morning that it had jumped up to 2nd, I hope it helps!

There were some great talks, and the Q&A panels were a lot of fun (they always are!), with Helen Tovey and Emma Jolly joining in from London, and B.J. Jamieson from the USA, amongst some of us usual suspects from Scotland!

No word yet on the date for the next one - other than that there will be a next one - and there will also be another transcription event from Scottish Indexes soon, in the aftermath of its recent successful prison records evet, details TBC also.

Thanks again folks, and to Emma and Graham especially!

Chris

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