Wednesday 10 November 2021

Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) website is back online

Having flagged up its disappearance on Sunday (http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/11/scan-website-down-but-catalogue-still.html), and having then raised it with the Scottish Council on Archives (www.scottisharchives.org.uk), I am glad to see that the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) website at www.scan.org.uk is now back online. The website hosts many useful tools, including the SCAN catalogue, which provides access to information about holdings in about 50 archives across Scotland.

The site's domain name had not been renewed, prompting its disappearance, but I noticed last night that it was renewed again yesterday until early 2023. 

Hopefully if the SCA's plans for the new Your Scottish Archives platform (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/11/scan-website-to-be-replaced-by-new-your.html) stick to the proposed timeline of late 2022, it may not be need to be renewed again.

(With thanks to the SCA and to my Pharos course students)

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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