"It's a Sair Fecht!" - 31st SAFHS annual conference

Next Saturday sees the annual Scottish Association of Family History Societies (www.safhs.org.uk) conference:

The 31st SAFHS Annual Delegate Conference - "It's a Sair Fecht!"
jointly hosted by
ASGRA, Borders FHS, Lothians FHS, Scottish Genealogy Society

A series of presentations on a range of topics of interest to genealogists and family historians will be broadcast throughout the day on Saturday 17th April 2021.

The talks cover the following topics:

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  The Radical Rising of 1820 by Alex Wood, ASGRA
• 
  Lanarkshire Family History Society by Bob Stewart, Chairman Lanarkshire FHS
• 
  The Highland Archive Service: Collections and Resources by Lorna Steele
• 
  ‘Ae Fond Kiss and then we sever’ by Kirsty Wilkinson, ASGRA
• 
  Aspects of Mining in Scotland by James Waugh
• 
  Asylum Records for Genealogy by Louise Williams
• 
  The Men and (eventually) the Women of the Police of the Scottish Borders by David Smale
• 
  Understanding Kirk Session Records by Emma Maxwell, Scottish Indexes

Each event during the day will have been pre-recorded with a live opportunity to put questions to the presenters following their presentations.

Tay Valley Family History Society will also preview the 2022 SAFHS Conference.

The Conference day will commence at 9am and continue until 5pm and will be available on the day via Facebook to members of the SAFHS Conference Facebook

For further details, and to register, visit https://www.safhs.org.uk/conference.php

Chris

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