For the 19th virtual conference on Saturday, January 14, Scottish Indexes has once again put together a terrific lineup of presentations — and at least two of them have a Canadian connection.
Genealogist Lorraine Stewart kicks off the conference with her presentation on “The Scotch Colony” of New Kincardineshire about the conditions in Kincardineshire in the early 1870s and the large group of people who emigrated to New Brunswick.
The other Canadian connection is M. Diane Rogers, who is a past-president of the British Columbia Genealogical Society and and frequent speaker.
As usual, Graham and Emma Maxwell have made the conference as time-zone friendly as possible. They start at 7:00 a.m. UK time and run through to 11:00 p.m. UK time, playing each presentation twice. The schedule is available in several time zones on the Scottish Indexes home page.
You can join via Zoom or Facebook and can come and go throughout the day according to your own circumstances. The links can be found on the Scottish Indexes home page.
Here’s the lineup of presentations.
“The Scotch Colony” of New Kincardineshire by Lorraine Stewart
Shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Friday 25 April 1873 a special train left Kintore in the North East of Scotland with 120 people on board. More passengers joined as it passed through Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire and headed for Glasgow and the ship that was to take them to a better life. Throughout Kincardineshire farewell signs were hung out from houses close to the railway line, and labourers in the fields paused in their work to wave to the train and wish the travellers good speed as they set off for a better life in a new Kincardineshire — in New Brunswick, Canada.
This presentation explores the conditions in Kincardineshire in the early 1870s, how the plans for the group emigration evolved, their arrival in New Brunswick, and what happened to some of the families who set off on that journey. It is likely that many other such group emigrations faced similar challenges.
School Records for the Family Historian by Dr. Irene O’Brien
Do you have ancestors from Glasgow? Dr. Irene O’Brien, archivist at Glasgow City Archives, will explain how to find school records.
Cracking the Code: deciphering old Scottish handwriting by Margaret Fox
Secrets of the 1921 Census by Tessa Spencer
Tessa Spencer of the National Records of Scotland will help us get the most out of the 1921 Census collection on ScotlandsPeople.
Genealogy Q & A hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell
The Real Brigadoon Villages by Andrew Armstrong
Struggling to find the village your ancestor lived in? Did you know a number of Scottish villages just “disappeared”?
One-Name Studies And Your Genealogy by M. Diane Rogers
Participating in a One-Name Study can break down brick walls, expand your surname family lines, and hone your research skills (even if it’s not your study). Learn more about One-Name Studies, and see examples from the co-operative Lewis One-Name Study’s Scottish roots showing how this can benefit your own family research.
