Scottish Indexes conference on now: x.com/scottishindexe…

Scotland's Criminal Database includes an index to High Court Precognitions & Trial Papers between 1790 & 1919, Crown Counsel Procedure Books from 1822-1879, & a large selection of prison registers. The database currently amounts to 620,320 entries. #Scottish #Ancestors

Scottish Indexes I wish I knew the prisoner's name in this story from 1908!

Fantastic resources for my troublemaker ancestors! 💜

Thoroughly enjoying this presentation by NotJustAnyFamily 🌳🌴🌲. #ScottishGenealogy

Next up is @GenesBlog looking at an essential resource for Scottish genealogy. #Heritage #FamilyHistory #KirkSessionRecords

The handout for yesterday’s Scottish Indexes Conference is now ready. You will find it on the homepage of our website. #Scottish #FamilyHistory

For ARA Scotland #Archive30 theme today we have this volume within the Nobel's Explosives Imperial Chemicals Industry, Ardeer collection. It appears to be a journal and ledger - however it's an #ArchiveMystery as we don't hold the key for it to check! #AlfredNobel #ICI #NorthAyrshire

Well done 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻, the first driver during daytime testing to take the tram to/from Newhaven 🚊🙌 #edinburghtrams #tramstonewhaven #edinburghcity

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧! 🚊 Have you seen our trams out during the day in Leith yet? Soon, Picardy Place will be your closest stop to Edinburgh Playhouse! 🙌🏻 Read more here: bit.ly/3oBOMGP

There's a free in-person family & local history event this Saturday in the Glasgow/Lanarkshire area (and it even includes Scottish Indexes 😀) #AncestryHour

Time for #SomethingBig in the shape of the Poorhouse Admission Register which lists all those who entered the poorhouse on Mains Loan between 1856 and 1874. There are over 15000 names in this register, here are just the first 6. #Archive30

New Heritage Centre for Lanarkshire As well as a great selection of presentations and stalls at the ByGone Con today we were also invited to see the opening of the new Heritage Centre in East Kilbride. fb.watch/kd2KuG-1ZL/

Enjoyed a heritage & history event at my local library last Saturday. It was nice to meet in person people who have only been on screens until now! @ScottishIndexes @WiebkeMcGhee and folk from Lanarkshire FHS and Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS too. #AncestryHour

Genealogy Basics and Beyond # 3 Use Birth, Marriage and Death records to the full! linkedin.com/posts/emma-max… #GenealogyBasicsandBeyond #Ancestry #FamilyHistory #Scotland #ScottishIndexes

Scottish GENES: Shipbuilding firm records at the University of Glasgow Archives scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/05/shipbu…

Researching Your House History - Free online event from National Library of Scotland - Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:00 - 16:00 BST eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-… #Genealogy #AHouseThroughTime

Thanks for the great welcome today Highland Archives. Wonderful to see the #Inverness Tolbooth Warding and Liberation books. Such a wonderful source of information. #Archives #Scotland #CriminalGenealogy #Scottish

Long delays (about an hour longer than expected) getting to Edinburgh Trams at Ingliston this morning. Probably not a day to use the park and ride here. The show will be on for the rest of the week so plan your journey to NatRecordsScot carefully.

📢For followers in Australia The Sword of the LORD, and of Gideon & elsewhere - we'll be taking part in the Genealogical Soc Qld 'Scotland - here we come' seminar in Sep. Earlybird tickets now available to join Lorna & the other speakers for a packed & interesting programme! gsq.org.au/event/scotland… #TeamHLH