Sheriff Court additions to Scottish Indexes, and next conference date

Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes.com) has added the following Sheriff Court indexes from the Borders counties to its database, following on from recent releases for Wick and Dumfries over the summer:

Banff Sheriff Court
Jury Trials (NRS Ref SC2/47/2-7, 17) 1835-1857 and 1869

Selkirk Sheriff Court
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC63/42/1,2) 1832-1850
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC63/44/1-3) 1813-1860

Peebles Sheriff Court
Jury Trials (NRS ref SC42/26/1,2) 1853-1894
Summary and Jury Trials (NRS ref SC42/23/2,3) 1758-1910

Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court
Summary Trials (NRS ref SC16/51/2-6) 1834-1849

Some of these records have enhanced indexes, also listing witnesses and jurors in cases. The records can be searched in the site's Scotish Criminal Database.

The next Scottish Indexes conference will be held on November 23rd, with the confirmed talks so far including the following:

• 'Housing the Miners' by Kay Williams
• 'Town and Gown – St Andrews University Archive' by Sarah Rodriguez
• ‘Historic Scotland in the archives: Using Historic Environment Scotland Archives to explore historic sites around Scotland’ by Joseph Waterfield
• 'Using the internet & PRONI for Northern Irish research' by Chris Paton
• 'Beyond ScotlandsPeople: Breaking Down Brick Walls in Scottish Research' by Alison Spring

For further details, and to register, please visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/conference.aspx.

(With thanks to Emma and Graham Maxwell)

Chris

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