Registration is now open for the 16th virtual Scottish Indexes Conference on Saturday, March 12. For those who live in North America, the program is repeated on Sunday.
Here’s what is planned:
Reading Old Scottish Handwriting by Rachel Hart, Senior Archivist (Keeper of Manuscripts and Muniments) at the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums
Your Scottish Archives by John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Will – why Scottish wills and testaments are not that scary and how they can help you with your family history by Robert Urquhart, Archivist and Palaeographer at Abbotshall Palaeography
“One wants you at home to think it’s all heroic & splendid” – Part 2 of a journey through the Waring of Lennel papers by George MacKenzie, Archivist and Former Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Breach of Promise of Marriage Cases by Kate Keter, Genealogist at familytreetales.co.uk
Using Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives by Phil Astley, City Archivist
Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
As usual, they will start on Saturday at 7:00 a.m. UK time.
The first session will run to just before 3:00 p.m. UK time and they will show all of the presentations during that session. The second session starts at 3:00 p.m. UK time and runs until about 11:00 p.m. UK time. During the second session, all of the presentations will be shown again.
You can come and go throughout the day on Zoom or Facebook. (Join the Facebook group ahead of time.) Nearer the time, a schedule will be published for the day in different time zones on the Scottish Indexes website.
