Emma and Graham Maxwell, the dynamic duo at Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com), have announced the programme for the 9th Scottish Indexes Conference, which takes place on Saturday 20th March 2021. The talks will be run twice in the day to cater for worldwide time zones.
First Session
07.00 Introduction
07.15 Interview with a Scottish Family History Society
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 Interview with a Scottish Family History Society
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
Just out, Sharing Your Family History Online is on sale at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as 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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