Revised talks schedule for tomorrow's Scottish Indexes conference

Due to ScotlandsPeople's release of Scottish kirk session records this week, Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has announced a revised programme for tomorrow's (Saturdays's) 9th Scottish Indexes Conference (20th March 2021), with a new talk from archivist Tessa Spencer about the new records set. The talks will be run twice in the day to cater for worldwide time zones. 

First Session

07.00  Introduction
07.15  'Kirk Session Records ion ScotlandsPeople' by Tessa Spencer
08.00  'Family History at the Mitchell' by Dr. Irene O' Brien
09.00  'There's Been a Murder - The Mount Stewart Murder of 1866' by Chris Paton
10.00  'Beware the Babbet Bapper and Other Cautionary Tales' by Kate Keter
11.00  'Scottish Records in the National Archives' by Audrey Collins
12.00  Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
13.00  'Researching Kincardineshire Ancestors' by Emma Jolly
14.00  'DNA Match Lists, Shared Matches & Testing Sites Basics' by Michelle Leonard

Second Session

15.00  Introduction
15.15  'Kirk Session Records ion ScotlandsPeople' by Tessa Spencer
16.00  'Family History at the Mitchell' by Dr. Irene O' Brien
17.00  'There's Been a Murder - The Mount Stewart Murder of 1866' by Chris Paton
18.00  'Beware the Babbet Bapper and Other Cautionary Tales' by Kate Keter
19.00  'Scottish Records in the National Archives' by Audrey Collins
20.00  Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
21.00  'Researching Kincardineshire Ancestors' by Emma Jolly
22.00  'DNA Match Lists, Shared Matches & Testing Sites Basics' by Michelle Leonard

The conference is free to attend, but you can donate to Scottish Indexes to help with costs. To access the event visit the team's Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/groups/scottishindexes, or visit www.scottishindexes.com.

I'm looking forward to sharing the story of Scotland's longest unsolved cold case by a modern police force, the victim being my three times great grandmother, and to chipping in with colleagues in the Q&As, as well as to listening to some great presentations. I'll hopefully see ye there! 

Chris

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