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Recording of presentation about Kirk Session Records on ScotlandsPeople available on Scottish Indexes website

If you missed watching the presentation, Kirk Session Records on ScotlandsPeople, by Tessa Spencer, head of Outreach and Learning at the National Records of Scotland, at the Scottish Indexes Conference IX last weekend — or saw it and want to … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 20, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe prisoners of Kingston Pen, 1843-1890 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Saskatchewan World War 2 Biographies by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Did Your Ancestors Come From Ireland (Eire)? on … Continue reading

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Kirk session records now available for free on ScotlandsPeople

More than a million new images from kirk session and other court records of the Church of Scotland, between 1559 and 1900, were added yesterday to ScotlandsPeople. These new records from thousands of volumes are free to browse online. You’ll … Continue reading

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