Tag Archives: Chris Paton

‘Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland’ — New book by Chris Paton

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Gail Dever

Crisis situations affected many of our ancestors. If those ancestors lived in Ireland, professional genealogist and popular speaker Chris Paton has written a new book, Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland, where he explains what records were created when a crisis … Continue reading →

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Chris Paton’s ‘Discover Your Scottish Roots’ on YouTube

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

Chris Paton has delivered an early Christmas present for family historians with Scottish ancestors. On Friday, he posted a 56-minute video on YouTube, called Discover Your Scottish Roots. In a Facebook post, Mr. Paton wrote, “I’ve recorded a talk discussing … Continue reading →

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Brexit happens… and Chris Paton resurrects his Scottish GENES blog

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Gail Dever

Partly (or solely?) in response to Brexit, Chris Paton is bringing back his Scottish GENES blog after he replaced it with the British GENES blog that eventually became known simply as the GENES blog. For his followers who are concerned … Continue reading →

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Chris Paton shares exciting news about Northern Ireland records from PRONI

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Gail Dever

Next Saturday’s crème de la crème of blog posts is too long to wait to share Chris Paton’s article, PRONI to release new digitised records online, published yesterday on The GENES Blog. Mr. Paton writes that the Public Record Office … Continue reading →

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