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This week's talks

27/2/2014

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History and genealogy talks and events, 3 March - 9 March 2014

Here's this week's list of talks of interest to Scottish genealogists and family historians.

Note that there may be a charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

The Riverman: A look at the work of Glasgow Humane Society

George Parsonage

Tuesday, Mar 4 2014

7:30 pm

Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group

Iron Works and their Workers, in and around West Lothian

Matt Hume

Tuesday, Mar 4 2014

7-9 pm

Blackburn Community Centre, Ash Grove, EH47 7LJ

West Lothian Family History Society

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This week's talks

25/2/2014

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History and genealogy talks and events, 24 February - 2 March 2014

Here's this week's list of talks of interest to Scottish genealogists and family historians.

Note that there may be a charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

The Atholl Highlanders

Monday, Feb 24 2014

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West Stormont Historical Society

Plight of the Bumblebees

Anthony McCluskey, Outreach Officer, Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Monday, Feb 24 2014

7.30-9.30 pm

Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

The Crown Jewels of Maryhill

Gordon Barr

Monday, Feb 24 2014

8 pm

Freeland Church Hall, Main Street, Bridge of Weir

Bridge of Weir History Society

1314 and all that: a look at aspects of Clan Donald history

Maggie Macdonald

Wednesday, Feb 26 2014

Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society

James F Low - Foundry by the Sea

Margaret Copland

Wednesday, Feb 26 2014

2 pm

Community Cabin, South Union Street, Monifeith, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society

A Local View of Freemasonry

George Paul

Thursday, Feb 27 2014

7.30 pm

Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association

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This week's talks

13/2/2014

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History and genealogy talks and events, 17 February - 23 February 2014

Here's this week's list of talks of interest to Scottish genealogists and family historians.

Note that there may be a charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

Find out more about our Homecoming 2014 special offers here.

Scotland’sPlaces: Transcribing Historic Tax & O.S. Archives

AGM Andrew R Nicoll

Monday, Feb 17 2014

7.30 pm

Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

The Trades House of Glasgow

Hamish Brodie

Monday, Feb 17 2014

7:30 pm

Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society

Scotland’s DNA

Laura Marshall

Tuesday, Feb 18 2014

7.30 pm

Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society

Legendary Ayrshire

Dane Love

Tuesday, Feb 18 2014

7:45 pm

Alloway Church Hall, Octagonal room

Alloway & Southern Ayrshire Family History Society

Criminality in medieval Borders – Beggars thieves and prostitutes

Mary Craig

Wednesday, Feb 19 2014

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Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Gerard Baldwin Brown: Edinburgh's forgotten preservationist

Malcolm Cooper

Wednesday, Feb 19 2014

7 pm

Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

The Old Edinburgh Club

Old Ayrshire Farming

John Stevenson

Thursday, Feb 20 2014

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Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society

Update on signed Patchwork Quilt

Clare Hewitt

Thursday, Feb 20 2014

2:30 pm

Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Ancient Monuments A Users Guide

Peter Higgins

Thursday, Feb 20 2014

7.30 pm

Council Chamber, Carnegie Building, Dornoch

Dornoch Heritage Society

Lest we Forget - the stories behind the Clyne War Memorial Great War Names

Morag Sutherland and Ellen Sutherland (Brora)

Thursday, Feb 20 2014

7.30 pm

Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society

Witch Hunting – Inverclyde

Neil Dickson, Inverclyde Museum

Thursday, Feb 20 2014

7.30 pm

Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society

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Thursday, Feb 20 2014

7:30 pm

Guild Room, Lochwinnoch Parish Church

Lochwinnoch Historical Society

The Heraldic Stained Glass in Royal Apartments at Stirling Castle

Linda Cannon ACR

Saturday, Feb 22 2014

2 pm

Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland

The Veitch Archives - the Stories behind the Pictures

Chris Veitch

Sunday, Feb 23 2014

2:30 pm

Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN

Borders Family History Society

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This week's talks

6/2/2014

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History and genealogy talks and events, 10 February - 16 February 2014

Here's this week's list of talks of interest to Scottish genealogists and family historians.

Note that there may be a charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

The Egyptian Mummy

Mark Hall, Human History Officer, Archaeology, Perth & Kinross Council

Monday, Feb 10 2014

7.30-9.30 pm

Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

1901 Fort William Families Part 6

May & Alisdair

Tuesday, Feb 11 2014

7.30 pm

Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William

Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group

Mapping In and Around Largs

Robin Nicolson

Tuesday, Feb 11 2014

7.30 pm

Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs

Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society

Johnstone War Memorials.

John Kenny

Tuesday, Feb 11 2014

7.30 pm

Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society

Hidden Stories in the Fife Archives. The Fife Archives at Markinch hold a great selection of records.

Andrew Dowsey

Tuesday, Feb 11 2014

7:30 pm

Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS

Fife Family History Society

The Gift of God: An Environmental History of Dundee from the 12th to 17th centuries

Richard Oram (University of Stirling)

Wednesday, Feb 12 2014

2.15 pm

D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society

Erskine Beveridge - His Life And Works

Sharron Mccoll

Wednesday, Feb 12 2014

2-4 pm

Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group

There is plenty to see in the Borders.

John Rogerson

Wednesday, Feb 12 2014

7.30 pm

Upper Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club

The Dancing Scots

Evelyn Hood

Wednesday, Feb 12 2014

7.30 pm

Kirriemuir Old Parish Church Hall, Bank Street, Kirriemuir

Saltire Society of Kirriemuir

Strathclyde Police Archives.

Elaine MacGillivary. Archivist, Glasgow Life.

Wednesday, Feb 12 2014

7:30 pm

Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling

Central Scotland Family History Society

The Kirk Divided

Jean Barclay

Thursday, Feb 13 2014

7.30 pm

Queens Hall, Charlestown, KY11 3EG

Gellet Society

The SERF Project: Recent Archaeological Explorations in Strathearn

Professor Stephen Driscoll, Professor of Historical Archaeology, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow

Thursday, Feb 13 2014

7:30 pm

The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

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TRANSCRIPTIONS

4/2/2014

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As part of our research we provide transcriptions, they are included in our reports and also as part of our family tree packages. This past year we have transcribed 1000's of Birth Deaths and Marriages alone. These can be provided in a format to match the dimensions of the original records we have used in our research or in narrative form. They are arranged according to your requirements, perhaps by date or by name and included in our family tree and ancestral line packages and bespoke historical reports. The file below is an example of an appendix of transcriptions for an all line pedigree research package carried out one morning last week.
mcrobb_transcripts_os170_chronological.pdf
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Can You Research MY FAMILY TREE?

4/2/2014

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Can you research my Scottish family tree?

For over a decade I have been providing family tree research in Scotland. Outwith my work as a professionally qualified Genealogist as I go around my daily and social activities here in Perthshire I often get asked what I do for a living?

‘’I am a qualified genealogist’’ provokes a variety of interested and interesting responses which can be summarised as follows;

 ‘’I would love to research my family tree like on Who Do You Think You Are, can you do this’’

 ‘’ I have been online and tried to research my Scottish family tree but there is not much to see on Ancestry and I tried searching online Scotland’s People but couldn’t see my Grandmother’s marriage, there were too many Stewarts. Can you help me?’’

‘’What is a Genealogist?’’

Taking the last question first… I answer

‘’I trace Scottish family trees and descendants using a variety of public and private records available online and in archives. I advise upon and undertake bespoke historical research for my clients.’’

These conversations outwith work take place outside the school gates/nursery, at parties, at the pub, on aeroplanes, at church and in my local community and so on. ‘’Yes I could research or help you to research your Scottish family tree’’ is my response and over the past decade I have lost count of the number of family trees I have provided for friends or friends of friends. They don't have hundreds of pounds to spend on professional research of their Scottish family tree,  don’t have the time to do this themselves or are living too far away from Edinburgh/Glasgow/Hawick/Inverness to access Scotland’s People to do this at a reasonable cost.  

There must be a way to make fully documented and evidenced professional Scottish family tree research available. In April last year we formed OldScottish.com with the purpose of making Genealogy and Family History Research more accessible. Your Family Tree Research is now more affordable as over the past 9 months we have been researching and developing a number of introductory services to do this. We are extremely excited to launch a selection of Introductory Scottish Family Tree Packages to celebrate Homecoming 2014. 

Find out more about our Homecoming 2014 special offers here.
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