2022 - Year of Stories

From Christine Woodcock in Ontario:

2022 - Year of Stories

Visit Scotland has deemed 2022 as the Year of Stories and I can't think of a more fitting theme for family historians. Christine Woodcock and Clare Wilson are jointly planning a full year of events. Clare is a professional genealogist based in Lanarkshire Scotland. Christine is a genealogy educator based in Ontario Canada. Clare runs a Facebook group called Kilted Ancestors. Kilted Ancestors "is a place where anyone with Scottish Ancestry can share everything from Photographs, Stories, details of Artefacts, Letters & Information on where your Ancestors came from or anything else relating to your Scottish Roots. Social History is a big part of Genealogy it is what brings our Ancestors to life, it is important to keep these stories alive!"

Collectively, we feel that this groups is the best place for us to focus on the theme for the year. We have four major themes for 2022 and we will be breaking these down to monthly prompts associated with the themes. The four themes are:

· Immigration/Emigration
· Police and Crime
· Industry
· Brands

Each month, Clare and I will be popping on with a Facebook Live event to motivate, encourage and share. All of these are free. We will be giving ideas, talking about some of the stories members of the page have shared and answering questions you may have as you work to build the stories of your ancestors. Please consider joining us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/569876660361269

In addition to the Facebook group, we have planned four conference style events, each based on the four themes we will be using in the Facebook group. Each of these events will have guest speakers who will talk about the theme for that quarter. The dates for these events are:

· March 19th - Immigration/Emigration
· June 18 - Police and Crime
· Sept 10 - Industry
· Dec 10 - Brands (think whisky, biscuits and all things Scottish)

The days will start at 9 am eastern/2 pm BST and will run for about 3 hours.

Watch this space as the program develops and speakers are confirmed.  

(With thanks to Christine)

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.