I will be giving two talks this week for West Lothian Councils Museum Service (https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/44854/Museums), as part of Get Online Week.
The talks, which are free to attend, are as follows:
Discover Your Scottish Ancestors
Thursday, October 21st 7.30pm-8.30pm
Booking Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-your-scottish-ancestors-tickets-179981889677
"Here's tae us. Wha's like us? Damn few, an' they're a' deid!"
Although Scotland is currently part of Great Britain, its historic records and traditions are very different compared to the rest of the UK, with many institutions remaining independent from England at the time of the Union in 1707. These include the Presbyterian based state church, the legal system, the education system, and considerably more.
In this session, Ayrshire based family historian Chris Paton outlines some of the many records that can help you to explore your Scottish ancestry online. He'll discuss church records, civil registration records, censuses, land records, inheritances processes, and along the way flag up some of Scotland's more interesting historic traditions to help researchers better understand their ancestral heritage.
Sharing Your Family History Online
Sunday October 24th 2pm-3pm
Booking Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sharing-your-family-history-online-tickets-181034076797
For many enthusiasts pursuing their family history research, the online world offers a seemingly endless archive of digitised materials to help us answer the questions posed by our ancestors. In addition to hosting records, however, the internet also offers a unique platform on which we can host our research and lure in prospective cousins from around the world, to help build up a larger shared ancestral story.
In this session, Ayrshire based family historian Chris Paton explores the many ways in which we can present our research and encourage collaboration online. He will detail the many organisations and social media applications that can permit co-operation, describe the software platforms on which we can collate our stories, and illustrate the many ways in which we can publish our stories online. Along the way, he will also explore how we can make our research work further for us, by drawing in experts and distant cousins from around the world to help us break our ancestral brick walls.
I hope to maybe see you there!
Chris
My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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