Ancestry are commemorating Remembrance by providing free access to their UK Wartime Records between Monday 2nd and Sunday 8th November.
They suggest that you can learn about the part your family played in WWI and WWII and ensure their memory lives on with the help of their record sets. They ask if you will remember.
The Society Genealogy team would love to hear if you make any exciting discoveries.
Added 02/11/2020
A Cemetery for Posterity
'Geneanet' have designated 12th - 13th September as "A Cemetery for Posterity" weekend. They are encouraging everyone to take photographs of the gravestones in their local cemeteries.
They have launched this project because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists and it is vital to capture headstone images before they are lost.
The Society Genealogy team would as usual like to hear if you decide to join in.
Added 13/09/2020
My Heritage Birth Records Free
'My Heritage' have announced that they are offering free access to all their Birth records between July 10 and July 16, 2020. They say that there are 1,099,379,647 records to search in some 104 Collections.
They hope that enquirers may enjoy discovering useful information about their ancestors in what they desribe as a "Treasure Trove".
The Society Genealogy team would as usual like to hear if you find these records useful.
Added 12/07/2020
My Heritage Free for US Memorial Day
In honour of Memorial Day in the U.S., 'My Heritage' have announced that they are offering free access to all military collections between May 20 and May 26, 2020. There are over 57 million records to search.
They suggest that enquirers may be able to discover fascinating information about their ancestors and relatives who served in the military.
As usual the Society Genealogy team would like to hear if you make any interesting discoveries.
Added 21/05/2020
Ancestry Free for VE Day
Friday, 8th of May is the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, which marked the end of WWII in Europe.
Ancestry have announced that they will be working to help citizens commemorate VE Day 75 from their homes. Accordingly they are opening their UK records for free between 4th and 10th May 2020. They hope that this will give people a chance to discover more about what role their ancestors played during WWII and the personal stories that lie behind that period of history.
As usual the Society Genealogy team would like to hear if you make any amazing discoveries.
Added 05/05/2020
UK National Archives - Free Access
The UK National Archives have announced that they are making certain records available on their website free of charge for as long as their Kew site is closed to visitors during the Covid19 lockdown.
After registration users will be able to download records digitised by The National Archives and published through Discovery, their online catalogue.
The Society Genealogy team would like to hear if you make any interesting discoveries on this particular site.
Added 05/05/2020
Ancestry Free for Easter
Ancestry ask "This Easter Weekend what will you discover?". They suggest that you should make use of Free access to their billion UK and Irish historical records.
The records will be free to view between Good Friday, 10th April, and 23:59 BST on Easter Monday, 13th April 2020 - you will have to register first.
As ever the Society Genealogy team would like to hear if you make any amazing discoveries.
Added 11/04/2020
Free Historic Newspaper Access
It has been announced that, to celebrate "Presidents Day" there will be free access all the records on the Newspaper.com website until 11:59 pm on 17th February 2020.
Whilst this website is based in the US, it does contain several newspapers from Scotland. The Society Treasurer, who maintains this original website, managed to find an advertisement for the sale of his great great grandmother's house in Newport-on-Tay across the river from Dundee shortly after her death in November 1892.
The UK National Archives have announced that a contract to digitise and make available the 1921 England and Wales Census has been awarded to Find My Past.
It is expected that these records will be published online in January 2022 just over 100th years after the Census was taken.
Please click
here
for more information about this and other future England and Wales censuses.
Added 21/10/2019
Ancestry Free for Easter
Ancestry ask whether you are "looking forward to some quality time with the family this Easter?". They suggest that you should spend some time together finding out how far your family roots spread with their biggest ever free access to their billion UK and Irish and Commonwealth historical records.
The records will be free to view between Good Friday, 19th April, and 23:59 BST on Easter Monday, 22nd April 2019 - you will have to register first.
The Society Genealogy team would as usual like to hear if you make any amazing discoveries.
Added 19/04/2019
Free Access to Ancestry
Ancestry have announced that there be free access to their UK and Ireland records over the weekend of 15th - 18th February 2019. Promoting the weekend with the tag line "A billion records. A world of discovery" they suggest that now is your chance to meet your ancestors, for free.
Free access to the relevant records will start on 15th February and continue
until 23:59 BST on 18th February 2019.
The Sennachie will as usual be delighted to hear about anything that your research reveals.
Added 15/02/2019
"Congratulations"
Congratulations and our thanks to Clan MacThomas Sennachie, Grahame Thom from Australia, who has now answered 100 questions about genealogy research that have been asked by Clansfolk around the world.
The fruits of his labours can be viewed in the "Genealogy Reseach" section of this website - simply click here to visit the relevant page. There is also an index listing all the entries by Sept name.
If you would like Grahame to do give you some advice on your own research please click here.
Here is to the next 100 entries!
Added 22/12/2018
"Bring their Story Home"
Sunday, 11th November, is Remembrance Day in the UK and marks the centenary of the end of WWI - the war to end all wars’ that touched everyone’s lives, from soldiers on the battlefield to families on the home front.
To commemorate this significant anniversary Ancestry UK have announced that they will be giving free access to their “Wartime Records" between Thursday 8th November and 23:59 on Sunday 12th November 2018.
Ancestry suggest that this will give families the opportunity to explore their relative’s stories on the battlefield and beyond.
The Clan Sennachie would love to hear from you if you make any significant discoveries.
Added 05/11/2018
New data for the WW1 Centenary
11th November marks the centenary of the signing of the armistice and the end of fighting in World War 1. To commemorate this significant anniversary a new listing has been added to the 'Genealogy/MacThomas Data' section of this website. A new page lists the members of the British Army and some others, bearing one of the main Clan sept names, who fought in the WW1 and were awarded medals. It is based on the medal role cards held in the UK National Archives that can now be accessed via the Ancestry website.
Congratulations to the team from the Kilmore Historical Society led by Clan Sennachie, Grahame Thom, which has taken the top prize in the "Centenary of WW1" category at the 20th Victorian Community History Awards in Australia.
For more information about the team's project and the awards ceremony where Grahame represented the team please click
here.
Added 28/10/2018
Genealogy - DNA Group
Following the establishment of the Society’s DNA Group in September 2018, a member of the group has now set up the Clan MacThomas Project group on the website familytreeDNA. This will enable clansfolk to post their yDNA and autosomal test results with the Clan MacThomas Project.
As the centenary of the end of the Great War approaches Ancestry have announced that their Medal Roll Index Cards will be free to view until 11th November 2018.
They point out that just about everybody who fought in the British Army received some sort of medal as recognition for their service and suggest that the cards are a great place to "discover your ancestor's experiences" in WW1.
Please click
here
to view the Index Cards on the Ancestry website. If you have not already done so you will have to register (at no cost) to view these records.
As usual the Sennachie would like to hear if you make any interesting discoveries.
Added 24/09/2018
Ancestry Free Weekend
It is a "Bank Holiday Weekend" in the UK and Ancestry have decided to take this opportunity to make all their one billion UK and Ireland historical records free to view. They suggest that this is "the perfect time to discover your family's history".
Free access to the records will start on 24th August and continue
until 23:59 BST on 27th August 2018.
The Clan Sennachie would as usual like to hear if you make any interesting discoveries.
Added 24/08/2018
WW1 Records Free
To give everyone the opportunity to discover their family's WW1 story, Ancestry have announced that they will be giving free access to their 30 million military records. The records available will include service records, medal cards, casualty lists and much more. They suggest that this will "allow you to find out where your family fought, the experiences that they had and the places that they had them".
Free access to the records will start on 6th August and continue
until 23:59 BST on 9th August 2018.
The Society would like to hear if you make any exciting discoveries.
Added 06/08/2018
Free Access to Ancestry
Ancestry have announced that there be free access to their UK and Ireland records, including the 1939 register,
over the coming weekend. They suggest that now is the time to build a bridge from living memory to the
"deeper past".
Free access to the records in the Register will start on 6th July and continue
until 23:59 BST on 9th July 2018.
The Society will as usual be delighted to hear what your research reveals.
Added 06/07/2018
Free Access to the 1939 Register
Ancestry have announced that there will be no charge for accessing the England & Wales 1939 Register records for a short period.
They suggest that these records are important because the 1931 Census was destroyed during the Second World War and
there was no Census in 1941 due to the ongoing conflict. Sadly the Register for Scotland is not included.
Free access to the records in the Register will start on 9th May and continue
until 23:59 BST on 13th May 2018.
The Society will be delighted to hear what your research reveals.
Added 10/05/2018
“Biggest Ever” Ancestry Free Access
Ancestry have announced that access to their UK, Ireland and Commonwealth records will be free for the
Easter Holiday weekend. They claim that this is their “biggest ever” free offer and suggest that investigating
your ancestors should bring your family closer together.
Free Access to the records in the featured collections will start on 30th March and will continue
until 2nd April 2018 at 23:59 BST.
Please click
here
to search the Commonwealth Records.
The Clan Sennachie will, as always, be excited to hear what your research reveals.
Added 29/03/2018
Irish Records Announcement
People often ask why it is difficult, if not impossible, to successfully research in Ireland?
On 30 June 1922, an explosion, followed by fire, destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland
at the Four Courts, Dublin. Centuries of Irish records were destroyed.
With the 200th Anniversary just over four years away, Trinity College Dublin and a group of
archives and libraries have set out to digitally restore these records in time for the anniversary.
Ancestry have suggested that it is time for researchers to "Banish those Winter Blues"
and make the most of their free records. To facilitate this they have announced that all
the Ancestry records for the UK and Ireland will be free to access from Friday 23rd until 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 25th February.
This is the perfect excuse to put your feet up and spend the weekend seeking out your family history. Please do let us know how you get on.
In order to celebrate 100 years of votes for women, the "Find
My Past" website have decided to open up their most essential
records so that researchers can trace their inspiring female
ancestors without charge. Until 8 February 2018 all of their
civil birth, marriage, death and census records will be
completely FREE to access. Furthermore they have just released
a brand new collection of unique Suffragette records and these
will also be
free.
*****
Please click here to
visit the Find My Past
website.
*****
Added
01/02/2018
Newspaper
Archives
*
****
Old newspapers are often
used by Genealogists as a source of information. Many of
the newspapers published in Scotland can now be viewed on the
"British Newspaper Archive" website. There is a charge for
using this
site.
*****
The Archive have recently
issued a webinar explaining how best to use their facilities.
This can be viewed by clicking here.
*****
Added
28/01/2018
FamilySearch
Website
*****
Many Clan members have made use of the excellent
free FamilySearch website. With
effect from 13th December 2017, users will need to register
for a free account or sign in via an existing account in
order to continue enjoying all the free expanded benefits
FamilySearch has to offer.
*****
Since its launch in 1999,
FamilySearch has added millions of users, billions of various
historical records, and many new features like Family Tree,
Memories, mobile apps, digital books, and dynamic help. In
order to accommodate continued growth of these and future free
services, FamilySearch say that they must ensure its content
is offered in a safe and secure online environment.
FamilySearch considers researchers creating a free account and
signing in fulfills that
need.
*****
Added
17/12/2017
Free Records from
Ancestry
*****
Saturday,
11th November is Armistice Day in the UK. Two minutes silence
will be observed at 11:00am GMT. A series of events
will take place in London and across the country on Saturday
and Sunday.
*****
To commemorate the day
'Ancestry' are giving free access to all their UK Military
records for three
days starting on Friday 10th
November.
*****
Please click here to start searching. There is more about
the featured collections on the
page.
*****
Added
08/11/2017
Free Records
for Remembrance
*****
The "Find My Past"
website have announced that their 70 million military records
will be free to view until Sunday 12th November 2017.
They believe that Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on
the sacrifices made by ancestors who served in the military
and hope that the free access will allow everyone to trace
members of their families who fought for their
country.
The 1921 Canadian
Census records have been available on a chargeable basis via
Ancestry for the past four years. These records can also now
be viewed free of charge on the "Library and Archives Canada"
website.
******
Please
click here
for more information including links to the search
facility on the Canada website.
******
Added
10/11/2017
Ancestry
Free
*****
It has been
announced that all Ancestry's UK military records will be
free to view between 21st and 24th July
2017.
*****
This is in part to commemorate the
centenary of Battle of Passchendaele and in part to
coincide with the launch of a new Dunkirk
film.
******
It is suggested that over four days, you
can search every UK military record going back more than 300
years to uncover fascinating new details about your own family
history.
To the layman the “Free
Access” announcements that we report on this section of the
website may seem repetitive. To the keen researchers among our
clansfolk they can be a godsend – a chance to unearth some
more new family history. ****** We are therefore please to announce
that most of the British and Irish records on the “find my
past” website are free to view between 22nd and 26th June
2017. ****** Please
click here to visit the
website. ****** Added
22/06/2017
Canada Census
Records
*****
Clansfolk in North America
may be interested to know that more than eight million
Canada Census records for 1881 and 1891 have recently been
added to the "find my past" website. Following this
latest addition that website now contains all the records
for Canada between 1881 and 1911. Readers should be aware that
borders of Canada have varied over the years. In 1881 and
1891 the census covered of the provences of British
Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova
Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and
Quebec.
In order to open up
genealogy research to as many people as possible, the
"Find My Past" website have made all
of their Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records
completely FREE until 1st May 2017. They suggest that these
records are the perfect starting points on your family history
journey and that their website has all the hints and
tips you will need to make the most of
them.
Ancestry have
announced that millions of their UK, Ireland and
Commonwealth records can be available free of charge for
the duration of the Easter break - between Good Friday 14th
April and 23:59 BST on Monday 17th April 2016.
Ancestry suggest that you start in Britain then head off to
Australia, Canada, or wherever, and spend four full days
finding long-lost family all over the
Commonwealth.
******
We have had a quick look at
the sets of records offered and have discovered that they
include a wide range of census and birth, marriage and
death records. There is plenty
more!
Our Clan migration map indicates that some clansfolk have, in
previous centuries, travelled from Scotland across the sea to
Ireland and thence elsewhere in the world. A number of members
may therefore be interested in a promotion that has been
launched by the "Find My Past" website to celebrate St
Patrick's Day. 116 million Irish family history records will
be free to view between 13th and 17th March 2017 -
(link).
There is also a free guide to "tracing your Irish family
history" (link). ***** When Find My Past
previously made this offer the Sennachie team had a quick look
and found that there seemed to be numerous records
featuring some of the Clan sept names. This may be another
good opportunity for those with connections to the Emerald
Isle to do some research. Please do let us know if you find
anything useful! ***** Added
13/03/2017
Free Access to Records
*****
It has been announced that
access to Ancestry's UK and Ireland records will be free of
charge from Saturday 18th February until 23:59 (BST)
on Monday 20th February. Ancestry suggest that you
"banish those winter blues" and take this opportunity to
search the 1 billion plus records available. Please
let the Sennachie know if you make any interesting
discoveries.
*****
Please
click hereto
visit the Ancestry UK
website.
*****
Added
16/02/2017
Free Records for the
Weekend
*****
It has been announced that access to the 'hinting
records', on the UK version of the "Find My
Past"website will be free
between 12th and 15th January 2017. That means that you
have free access to 'billions' of birth, marriage, death
and census records.
*****
Why not spend the
weekend researching your family history? Please
remember to let the Clan Sennachie know if you make any
interesting discoveries; or to ask him if you need guidance -
he is always happy to point Clansfolk in the right
direction.
The
ScotlandsPeople website was recently relaunched
with some new features and
additional records.
*****
Users can now search all the
indexes free of charge for the first time and also search
across all records using a quick search
feature. Furthermore transcriptions of the 1881 census
can now be accessed without charge. More than 150,000 baptism
records from Scottish Presbyterian Churches have recently been
added with more to come soon including marriages,
burials, kirk sessions and other church court records. For
further information please click
here.
*****
These changes demonstrate
the need to re-check genealogy web sites regularly as they are
continually adding new
records.
******
Added
04/01/2017
Trial of Electronic Certificates for
England
****
The General Records Office (GRO) is the body from which
researchers can obtain copies of birth, marriage and
death certificates for England and Wales. Until now these
documents have only been available in hard copy
form.
****
With effect from 9th
November 2016 the GRO have started a trial during which they
will send PDF copies of certificates attached to an
e-mail for a reduced payment. Phase 1 of the trial is
limited to certain records that have already been digitised.
The trial will end once 45,000 PDF's have been ordered or on
30th November - whichever is
sooner.
****
It has also been annouced
that the GRO's historic birth and death indexes can now be
searched via their on line ordering
site.
The "Find My Past" website have announced that all their 70
million military records will be free to view until Sunday
13th November 2016. They suggest that Remembrance Day is
a time to reflect on the sacrifices made by ancestors who
served in the military and hope that the free access will
allow everyone to trace members of their
families who fought for their
country.
Friday, 11th November
is Armistice Day in the UK. Two minutes silence will be
observed at 11:00am GMT. Further events will take place in
London and across the country on Saturday and
Sunday.
*****
To commemorate the day
'Ancestry' are giving free access to all their UK Military
records for three
days starting on
Friday.
*****
Please click here
to start searching. There is more about the featured
collections on the
page.
*****
Added 09/11/2016
Scottish
Monumental
Records
*****
We have learnt that an Index of Monumental Inscriptions in
Scotland has recently been added to the "Find My
Past" website. There are said to be more than two
hundred thousand records relating to 209 burial
grounds in forteen Scottish counties. A quick check has
shown that the index contains records for a number of our
Clan sept
names.
*****
In time our Genealogy
team will try to put together an index of the most
relevant
records.
*****
In the meantime the index
can be viewed by clicking here. We should warn that
there is a charge for looking at the details of the
inscriptions.
*****
Added
16/10/2016
Free Access to
Records
*****
It has been announced that
access to Ancestry's UK and Ireland records will be free of
charge from Friday 7th October until 23:59 (BST) on
Sunday 9th October. Why not take this opportunity to search
the 1 billion plus records available and, in Ancestry's words,
'find the detail in your family's story that makes you who you
are today'.
*****
Please click here to visit the Ancestry
UK website.
*****
Added
07/10/2016
Privacy Issues for Family
Historians
*****
Well known genealogist Dick Eastman has written a blog for the
MyHeritage.com website outlining the privacy issues
relating to family history records. This topic will be of
interest to researchers across the
world.
*****
Please click here to read
Eastman's blog as well as the reactions to it from
contributors in other
countries.
*****
Added
18/09/2016
ScotlandsPeople
Website
*****
It
has been announced that the ScotlandsPeople website will be
totally unavailable between 23:59 (BST) on Wednesday 21st and
Monday 26th September. It
is claimed that this downtime is essential as they
work towards the launch of their new ScotlandsPeople
website.
*****
The Clan MacThomas webmaster
commented "it seems extraordinary in this day and age that
such an important resource should be off-line for so
long."
******
Added 16/09/2016
Free Access to
Irish
Records
*****
As previous mentioned in this column our
Clan migration map (link)
shows that some clansfolk may, in previous
centuries, have moved across the sea to Ireland .
Some members may therefore be interested in the promotion
that has been launched on the "Find My
Past" website. 111 million Irish family
history records and 23 million Irish newspaper
articles will be free to view betweeen 15th and
18th September 2016 - (link).
*****
The last time that Find My
Past made this offer we had a quick look and found
that there appeared to be lots of records for some of the
Clan sept names. Maybe this is a good opportunity for those
with connections to the Emerald Isle to do some research.
Please let us know how you get
on!
*****
Added
16/09/2016
Somme
Anniversary
*****
The Battle of the Somme was fought in France between 1st July
and 18th November 1916 – a total of 141 days. More than a
million men were killed or injured making it one of the
bloodiest battles in human history. ***** To commemorate the 100th anniversary of
the start of the battle the "Find My Past" website is making
their 65 million world military records and over 265 million
British and Irish censuses FREE for a week – ending on 4th
July 2016. ***** They
suggest that this gives you the chance to remember the
military heroes in your family. ***** Please click here to
visit the "Find My Past" website. ***** Added
27/06/2016
Scottish
Records
*****
A new comprehensive article
explaining which Scottish Records are available to
clansfolk researching their ancestors has recently been
added to the "Genealogy Articles" section of this website. To
read this useful article please click here.
*****
Added 05/06/2016
More Free
Records
*****
June 6th marks the 72nd anniversary of the
largest sea borne invasion in history, Operation Neptune, -
more commonly known as D-day. To commemorate this
anniversary the UK Forces War Records website are offering
free access to 72 collections of their records on 5th and
6th June 2016. These records cover all eras and not just
D-day.
As a tribute to the men and women who served on HMS ships
during the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916, the UK 'Forces
War Records' website is giving FREE access to its 300,000 WW1
Navy specific records from 28th - 31th May
ONLY!
'Forces War Records' have also issued
a special magazine to commemorate this
anniversary and this can be viewed by clicking here.
*****
Added
29/06/2016
Free Records for
Easter
*****
Ancestry have announced that certain sets of their UK and
Commonwealth records can be accessed free of charge for the
duration of the Easter break - until 23:59 BST on 28th March
2016. It is suggested that you can "bring your family closer"
by hunting through the billions of records
available.
******
We have had a quick look
at the sets of records offered and have discovered
that they include the 1841 Census in both Scotland and England
and various vessel passenger lists. There is plenty
more!
To celebrate St Patrick's
day on 17th March, Ancestry UK have announced that all their
Irish collections can be accessed free of charge until
31st March 2016. This is an opportunity for members with
connections to the Emerald Isle to do some more
research.
The GenealogyInTime Magazine have just
published a list of the top 100 most popular genealogy
websites for 2016. Top of the list is Ancestry.com with
Ancestry.co.uk at number five. The first exclusively Scottish
site is ScotlandsPeople which appears at number 51. Please
click here to
view the full
list.
****
To visit the GenealogyInTime
Magazine website click here.
****
Added
08/03/2016
Free Irish
Records !!! Updated
!!!
*****
The Clan MacThomas migration map (link)
makes clear that some members of our Clan moved
across the sea to Ireland in previous centuries. Some
Clansfolk may therefore be interested in the promotion
that has been launched on the "Find My Past" website. Their records
relating to Ireland will be free to all betweeen 1st and 7th
March 2016 - (link).
We had a quick look and there appear to be lots of
records for some of the Clan sept names. Maybe this is a good
opportunity for those with connections to the Emerald Isle to
do some research. Good
Luck!
*****
Please click hereto view a video describing some of
the difficulties encountered when
doing Genealogical research in Ireland.
*****
If you manage to locate
relevant records as a result of this offer, please let
Sennachie or Webmaster know. We would like to give
feedback to
members.
*****
Added 01/03/2016
Last Updated
05/03/2016
Genealogy Research
Templates
*****
We are pleased to announce that a new "Research Templates"
section has now been added to the Genealogy area of this
website. The section contains templates for sheets and
charts which may be helpful to clansfolk when they are doing
their family history research. There are also
examples showing how the templates should be
filled in.
*****
To access the section please select the
appropriate option on the side
menu.
*****
Added
16/02/2015
Scottish Records in Find My
Past.
******
It has been announced that a selection of Scottish Registers
and Records have been added to the data available from
the "Find My Past" website. There are said to be forteen
publications covering Scottish parishes and families
containing thousands of records dating back to the early
1600's. According to the website the records range from
monumental inscriptions to a novel on rural life in 18th
century Scotland.
*****
Please click here to view a Clan related document discovered by your Webmaster during a quick trawl of the new records.
*****
For further information
please click here to visit
the website.
*****
Added
24/01/2016
Find My Past Free
******
Clansfolk doing genealogical research may
be interested to know that the "Find My Past" website will
again be offering free access to its four billion historical
records from around the world and 11 million British newspaper
pages between midday on Friday, January 22nd to midday on
Monday, January 25th (GMT). They suggest that this will
enable you to find out if your Grandmother fought for her
rights or your Grandad was a local sports
legend!
*****
The recently released 1939 Registers (see
below) will sadly be excluded from the Free
Weekend.
Find My Past are offering visitors
to their website blog the opportunity to win
a FamilyTreeDNA testing kit worth £60 or equivalent. All
you have to do is enter your e-mail address and you will then
be entered into a prize
draw.
*****
For further information please
click here to visit the
blog.
*****
The competition closes on 21st December
2015.
*****
Added
16/12/2015
Release of the 1939
Register
*****
The
FindMyPast organisation has announced that the 1939
Register for England and Wales will be released on its website
on 2nd November 2015. Genealogists
are eagerly waiting for its release as it includes the names,
addresses, occupations and marital status of over 41 million
people recorded in September 1939, just before the
outbreak of World War Two. It is particularly significant for
this period as the 1931 England and Wales Census was destroyed
and, because of the war, the 1941 census was not taken. It
will be free to search this record and preview the transcript
but there will be a charge to obtain the full record.
To find out more please click here.
*****
Added
31/10/2015
1855 Valuation Rolls Now
Available
*******
The
Index for the Scottish Valuation Rolls for 1855 have now been
published on the ScotlandsPeople website and, as an
introductory offer are free to
search until 13th October 2015. Over one million
indexed names and addresses from 1855 are listed and are fully
searchable by name and address.
*****
The records provide a
detailed snapshot of Scotland in a time of industrial
expansion and economic growth, and offer a fascinating window
into the lives of Victorian Scots.
Clansfolk doing genealogical research
may be interested to know that the "Find My Past" website will
again be offering free access to its four billion historical
records from around the world and 11 million British newspaper
pages between midday on Friday, September 18th to midday
on Monday, September 21st (GMT). They hope that this
will let you bring your past to life.
Members in the the UK may be
interested to know that the new series of the BBC television
genealogy programme "Who Do You Think You Are" starts at
9.00pm on Thursday 13th August 2015. Celebrities featured in
this, the 12th, series are said to include Paul
Hollywood, Sir Derek Jacobi, Jayne Seymour, Jerry Hall and
Frances de la
Tour.
*****
Members overseas should be able to watch
the programmes in due course on the BBC i
Player.
*****
The seventh series of the Australian
version of the programme started on SBS TV on Tuesday 4th
August and continues. Past editions can be viewed
on-line.
***** Added
12/08/2015
Updated
13/08/2015
Check
Regularly!
*****
It is
strongly recommended that researchers using websites such as
familysearch.org, rootsweb.com, ancestry.com,
billiongraves.com and findmypast.com, should check the sites
regularly since new data sets are being added all
the time. Just as an example this week findmypast have added
more records for New Zealand and Staffordshire. If you
are lucky, this new data may include the information that
you have been seeking for ages. Good
luck!
*****
Added
08/08/2015
Ancestry UK Records Free Again!
*****
Ancestry have just announced that it will be FREE to
access all their UK records for the weekend of 5th to
7th June 2015 (GMT).
*****
To make use of this opportunity visit the
Ancestry.co.uk website by clicking here.
A warning - if you are overseas Ancestry may try to
divert you to your local version of their site which may not
be free. You will need to ignore such prompts.
*****
Added
04/06/2015
Find My Past Free Again!!
******
Members doing genealogical research may be
interested to know that the "Find My Past" website will
be offering free access to its billions of historical
records between midday on Friday, March 6th to midday on
Monday, March 9th (GMT). They hope that this will allow
you to bring your past to
life.
Ancestry have just announced that it will be FREE
to access all their UK records for the weekend of 6th to 8th
February 2015 (GMT).
*****
To make use of this rare opportunity visit the
Ancestry.co.uk website by clicking here. A warning if
you are overseas - the Ancestry site does try to divert you to
your local version of their site. You will need to ignore
such prompts.
*****
Added
06/02/2015
Find My
Past Free!!
******
The "Find My Past" website has announced
that access to most of its historical records will be
free between midday on Friday, November 7th to midday on
Monday, November 10th (GMT). It is making this gesture to
commemorate Remembrance weekend in the UK and to encourage
visitors to research their WW1
ancestors.
To mark the 69th anniversary
of Victory in Europe (VE) Day BBC Scotland has created an
On-Line Database of 21,740 of the 57,000 Scots who died
during World War Two. Researchers can search the
database to find out where they came from, how old they were,
which regiments they served in, and where they have been laid
to rest.
****
To find out more about this
BBC project please click here and
to view the database click here.
****
Added
08/05/2014
Aberdeen's Medieval Burgh Records recognised by
UNESCO ****
An extraordinary
collection of burgh records for Aberdeen held by Aberdeen City
and Aberdeenshire Archives has been recognised by being
included in the UK Register of Important Documentary Heritage
- part of the UNESCO Memory of the World
Program. **** The first eight volumes of the
Burgh Registers for Aberdeen between 1398 and 1509 represents
the earliest and most complete body of surviving records of
any Scottish town. Apart from the government’s Exchequer Rolls
and Register of the Great Seal, these records are the only
near-continuous record for Scotland in the fifteenth century
and an unrivalled insight into the political and social life
of the Scottish medieval town. The depth of detail in these
records is unique as the registers include not only the
records of the town council, which usually met twice a week,
but of the bailie, guildry and head courts. **** Please click here
for further information. **** Added
30/03/2014
Family History
Stories
*****
A new section called "Family
History Stories" has recently been added to the Genealogy
section of this
website.
****
It is our hope is that
Clansfolk will put pen to paper and contribute articles for
inclusion in this area. These can either be about
their own ancestors or any other person with connections
to the Clan.
It is probable that some Clan members may
have ancestors who lived in India. Findmypast,
in conjuction with the British Library have recently made
available on line 2.5 million records relating to the British
in India between 1698 and 1947. ***** These include Baptism,
Marriage and Burial records ; Army officers' marriage
notifications; records for other locations administered by the
India office (Aden, Burma, Kuwait, St Helena); civil service
records; pension registers; probate records and
wills. ***** Findmypast offer either a
subscription or a PayAsYouGo service. ***** For further information please click
here.
***** Added
05/02/2014
More Papers
Added
****
The British Newspaper Archive has announced that a
further 175,000 newspaper pages have recently been added to
their archive. Amongst the titles added there are several
from Scotland. These include copies of the
Aberdeen Journal from 1892, 1893 and 1896, the Dundee
Advertiser from 1863 and the Falkirk Herald from
1868.
****
They have also upgraded their website so that searches
are now 250% faster.
The GenealogyInTime Magazine has recently published a list of
the top 100 most popular genealogy websites. Top of the list
is Ancestry.com with Ancestry.co.uk at number six. The
first exclusively Scottish site is ScotlandsPeople which
appears at number 48. Please click here
to view a PDF of the full list.
****
To visit the GenealogyInTime
Magazine website click here.
****
Added
01/02/2014
Start Your Family Tree
Week
****
The Find My Past
website has announced that their "Start Your
Family Tree Week" will start on Boxing Day 2013. Every
day between 26th December and 1st January 2014 activities,
hints and tips on how to get the most out of your family
history research will appear on their
website.
****
They suggest
that families make the most of the festive season by
taking part in Start Your Family Tree Week
together.
The Scottish Association of
Family History Societies (SCAFH) have recently added a list of
the burial grounds in Scotland to their website. This new
resource may be useful to researchers (especially
those living outside Scotland) who are trying to find
where an ancestor may be buried.
Members in, or with connections to, the UK may be
interested to know that access to all the Military Records on
the
ancestry.co.uk website will be free
between the 8th and 12th November 2013. This is to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World
War.
FamilySearch has announced that it has reached a significant
milestone. The 75,000th article was published in the Research
Wiki section in October 2013. The Wiki is like having a
worldwide encyclopedia of genealogy knowledge at your
fingertips.
****
Please
click here
to visit FamilySearch Wiki. ****
Added
03/11/2013
Scottish Valuation Rolls for
1920
****
Scotlandspeople has announced that the Valuation
Rolls (VRs) for 1920 have just been added to their website.
The new records, comprising 2,607,329 indexed names and 76,721
digital images, cover every kind of property that was assessed
in 1920 as having a rateable value. The Rolls include the
names of owners, tenants and occupiers of each property - and
in many cases occupations are also listed. The named person in
the VRs is usually the head of the household. Please click
here to
visit the Scotlandspeople
website.
****
Added
29/10/2013
Name change
******
Brightsolid online publishing, the UK company behind
findmypast (UK, USA, Australia & Ireland),
ScotlandsPeople, The British Newspaper Archive, 1911 Census,
1901 Census Online, Genes Reunited, and FriendsReunited, has
changed its name to “DC Thomson Family History”, to align
with its Dundee-based media company owner and to focus on its
core business, family history. As a restructure is
taking place there may be further changes.
****
Added
11/10/2013
Transcribe the Archives
****
Members interested in making a positive contribution to
the Genealogy of Scotland may wish to sign up to an initiative
launched recently on the Scotland's Places website.
Contributors are required to spend an hour or two each
week transcribing hand written documents, including the
Historic Tax Rolls and Ordnance Survey Name Books,
into digital format. This will enable the records to
be searched more effectively. In return you will have
full access to all the records on the Scotland's Places site.
Your webmaster has had a go and can report that reading some
of the handwriting is definitely a
challenge.
****
To
find out more about this worthwhile task, visit the Scotland's
Places website by clicking here.
Good luck.
****
Added
08/10/2013
1895 Valuation
Rolls
****
The
1895 Valuation Rolls for Scotland have recently
been added to the Scotlandspeople website. The Rolls for 1905 and
1915 were already on the site.
*****
The new records, comprising over 2 million indexed
names and 75 thousand digital images, cover every kind of
building, structure or dwelling that was assessed in 1895 as
having a rateable value, and provide a fascinating picture of
Scottish society during the late Victorian era. The Rolls contain the names of owners, tenants
and occupiers of each property - sometimes occupations are
also listed. The head of the household is usually the named
person, although sometimes a husband and wife are both
included.
Scotlandspeople has extended its
coverage of wills and testaments from 1902 to 1925 with the
addition of about 390,500 new records.
*****
Please
click here to visit their website
and to find out more about wills and
testaments.
****
Added
29/04/2013
Family Search for All
****
Family
Search
FamilySearch
have announced that, after months of hard work, their
enhanced experience has been launched to the world. At the
core of this new experience is Family Tree, the future
replacement for new.familysearch.org. Family Tree is a single,
universal pedigree that offers new ways to discover, preserve,
and share a family story. Readers can discover more about what
Family Tree has to offer by clicking here.
***** Added
25/04/2013
Statistical Accounts of Scotland
******News
We
have recently discovered a website which gives access to the
Statistical Accounts for all the parishes of Scotland between
1791 and 1845. The reports are said to contain information about a vast range of topics
including agriculture, education, trades, religion and social
customs.
****
Clan
members seeking information about the Glenshee area are
advised to look for entries under the parishes of Kirkmichael
(Perth) and Glenisla (Forfar).
The
Scotlandspeople website has announced that
the 1905 Valuation Rolls for
Scotland are now available. Members may recall that the 1915
Rolls were published on line early in 2012.
******
The
new records, comprising over 2.4 million indexed names and
over 74,000 digital images, cover every kind of building,
structure or property in Scotland which were assessed as
having a rateable value in 1905. Fully-searchable both by name
and address, the Rolls provide a terrific snapshot of Scottish
society during the Edwardian era, and will be a valuable
resource for genealogy researchers and local
historians.
******
Please
click here for
further information and to visit the Valuation
Rolls.
****** Added
30/01/2013
Deceased On
Line
*****
The UK
headstone website, "deceasedonline" has recently
added numerous
transcriptions and photos for cemeteries in the area
administered by Fife Council. There are also listings for
Perthshire, Angus and Aberdeenshire as well as for many other
areas across the United Kingdom.
****
A
quick search by the Sennachie found 1254 entries for Thom, 161
for Thoms, 137 for McCombie, 33 for McColm, 18 for
McOmie and just one for Tam. He also found entries for
former Chiefs and their families.
****
Like
most UK cemeteries the extant and readable headstones tend to
only go back to the mid 1700s. The website is adding new
cemeteries every week.
Clansfolk may be interested
to learn about the launch of 'The People of Medieval
Scotland' website. Built by the University of Glasgow, at the
moment, the website contains 8,600 digital documents from 1093
to 1314, with 21,000 people mentioned in these
documents.
***** So, if you've got some
'black holes' in your Scottish family history from 1093 to
1314, then this website
might be able to help you solve these mysteries.
******
Added
27/09/2012
Updates to Scotlands
People Website
*****
Scotlands People have carried out a full
index and image refresh on the their website.
New indexes for statutory birth, marriage and deaths are now
fully searchable until from 1855-2011, including images for
statutory births until 1911, marriages 1936, and deaths 1961.
They have also updated the County and District drop-down
lists. There is also a selection of photographs to
celebrate Scotlands People's 10th
birthday.
******
Added
27/09/2012
US Census
Records - Free Access
*****
The
American Branch of the Ancestry.com website is offering free
of charge access its US Census records covering the
period from 1790 to 1940 as well as to other related US census
collections. This offer end on 3rd September
2012.
*****
Interested members can click here
to visit the website. *****
Added 31/08/2012
"Discover Scottish
Land Records"
******
This latest guide from family
historian Chris Paton looks at the complicated records
concerning land and property based research in Scotland. For
centuries property transactions within the county were
governed by feudal tenure, a system which was abandoned in
England and Wales in the Middle Ages, but which continued in
Scotland until 2004. But feudalism was not the only method by
which land was held, with udalism, duthcas, leasehold and more
competing as forms of tenure across the country at different
times.
******
Connected with the rules surrounding property
transactions were those associated with the inheritance of
land and heritable estate, all of which is explained in great
detail. From sassines to skat, from retours to precepts of
clare constant, and from apparent heirs to heirs apparent,
this concise guide will help you understand better this
topic. For more information about the author
please click here.
*****
Added 29/08/2012
Global Immigration
Records
*****
The Ancestry
website is offering free access to global immigration
records between the 22nd and 25th August 2012.
ScotlandsPeople has announced that they
have changed the pricing and payment method for purchasing
Wills & Testaments documents on their website. Instead of
purchasing a Will & Testament through a separate
transaction, these documents can now be viewed using
ScotlandsPeople credits. As an introductory offer they
have also reduced the cost from £5.00 to 10 credits, which is
roughly £2.33! To learn more about the Wills & Testaments
on the ScotlandsPeople website, click here.
*****
Added
21/06/2012
National Archives -
Discovery
******
The UK National Archives has recently replaced its
DocumentOnline facility with a service called Discovery which
it says makes it easier to search the records it holds and
download digitised copies. Discovery also allows records to be
tagged to improve their descriptions and records to be
previewed before purchase. Search results can be filtered by
subject, date range and collection which returns results in
order of relevance.
The genealogy website "findmypast" has announced the launch of
its new Australia/New Zealand website which includes a number
of new features and types of records.
****** A search
can now be refined a number of ways including by type of
record, event year and keyword. Also new to the site is
a family tree facility that will soon include features such
as, uploading photos and records, and creating multiple
trees. Please use the links below to access the
findmypast websites in the relevant
country:
ScotlandsPeople have announced the on-line launch of the
1915 Valuation Rolls (VRs) for Scotland.
*******
This is the first
time that the rolls have been published on-line and allows
genealogists, local historians and other researchers to view
images of entries in the rolls. Fully searchable both by name
and address, the Valuation Rolls provide a fascinating
snapshot of Scotland during the First World War, and will be a
valuable resource for family history researchers.
The sixth
series of the BBC Scotland family history programme, "Digging
Up Your Roots", has recently started. The show offers tips and
advice for people who are trying to trace their Scottish
ancestors. The programme, presented by Bill Whiteford, is
broadcast each Sunday at 12.05pm GMT.
The programme on Sunday 29th January will feature a
visit to New Register House, Edinburgh, to explore the
ScotlandsPeople Centre and the National Records of
Scotland.
If you miss the program
or live outside Scotland, you can listen to the most recent
programme via the BBC
iPlayer.
Added
24/01/2012
Family Search
Recently the free family history research website, familysearch.org , added 119 million records online by
adding 65 million indexed names and 55 million images -
bringing the totals available to 2.58 billion searchable names
and 466 million images to browse. There have also been some
changes to the way you can conduct searches, such as searching
for a surname in a nominated batch. The latest additions
include Australian records, 1871 Census of England and Wales,
and many USA records. For a list of these additions please
click here.
In addition to using the Familysearch
search facility, researchers can use the "Browse by Location"
option on their home page, and other sections such as Trees
and Books.
Added 15/01/2012
Newspaper Archives
A new website has been launched which gives
on-line access to the British Library's archive of newspapers
published in the UK since 1800.
It will
take ten years to digitise some 40 million pages from the
Library's collection. Initially they are concentrating on
certain titles dated before 1900. An brief check on the
content already scanned has shown that several titles from the
East coast of Scotland are included. These include the Dundee
Courier and the Aberdeen Journal.
News
articles, family notices and obituaries may be of interest to
members researching their family histories.
The following
article
on the BBC website gives more information about the
launch.
Added 29/11/2011
Scotland’s History
Festival
Clan members in Scotland may wish to know
about the History Festival which will take place in various
locations in Edinburgh between the 17th and 30th November.
There will be a number of events
which will appeal to those interested in researching their
family histories.
Members may be interested to
know that the Ancestry website is offering free access to
World War One related records between 10th and 13th November
2011.
Members
living in North East Scotland may be interested to know that
the Dundee Science Festival will include a
special event on genealogy. This will take place at the DC Thomson Building in Dundee on Sunday
6th November. Experts will be on hand to offer advice,
suggestions and tips to anyone who is looking to find out more
about their family history, as well as helping those whose
research appears to have reached a dead
end.
The Census
Street Lists for the main towns and cities in Scotland have
now been added to the ScotlandsPeople site for all census
years. These free-to-view books are an excellent research tool
and can be used to locate streets and find which enumeration
books cover a particular area. In most instances the
registration district is also provided. This is an excellent resource for
finding who lived at a particular address without searching on
a name.
For the first fifteen days of October the
Ancestry website is giving users free access to some of their
most popular collections from around the world. Furthermore
they say that they are helping users make the most of them
with a series of quick
tutorials.
The
collections being made available will include the 1920 US
Federal Census, the Australia Electoral Roles 1903 - 1954, the
England and Wales Birth Index 1916 - 2005 and the 1901 England
Census.
It has been
announced that the Ancestry Website is offering free access to
its Immigration records from the 29th August until 6th
September 2011. These
include details of people arriving in North America,
Australia, New Zealand and
the UK from the 1700's onwards.
The British
Library has negotiated an agreement with Google whereby texts
of books published between 1700 and 1870 will be made
available in digital form and able to be downloaded and copied
and searched. This is one step in the library’s goal of making
the majority of its 14 million books and one million
periodicals available in digital form by
2020.
Please click here to
read a BBC report on this subject
To celebrate the
Royal Wedding in the UK on 28th April 2011, the Ancestry
Website is offering free access to the Marriage indexes for
England and Wales (1827 - 2005) from the 21st until 30th
April.
The Registrar General for
Scotland has announced that the 1911 census was released on
the Scotland's
People website on
Tuesday 5th April 2011.
The images of the original summary books
include the name, address, age, occupation, birthplace and
marital status of everyone counted in the 1911 census, as well
as details about their children. For the first time, the
census images are presented in full colour.
Added 25/02/2011
Updated
06/04/2011
Updated
05/06/2011
Genealogy Publications in the
UK
Members in the
UK may be interested to know that the Telegraph Newspaper
recently (19th - 20th February) published information about
family history research. The Saturday Telegraph included a
booklet entitled "Trace Your Family History - The
Essential Step-by-Step Guide" which showed you how to
discover your family background in only 14 days. The Sunday
paper contained a free CD-Rom web directory pointing readers
towards the best and most relevant online resources. Please
click here for further
information.
Your webmaster
admits to being a Telegraph reader and has retained the
booklet and CD for future reference. Just contact him if you
need information from the publication.
Added
17/02/2011
Updated 22/02/2011
Family History Exhibition in the
UK
Family History enthusiasts
may be interested to learn that "Who Do You Think You Are"
Live will be taking place at London,
Olympia between 25th and 27th February 2011. The event is
being advertised as the "One Stop Shop for Tracing Your Family
History". Please click here
for further information.
Added 17/02/2011
New FamilySearch
Website
In December 2010 FamilySearch
launched their long awaited new website at www.familysearch.org. Searching historical
records and databases can now be done from a single page and
the search facility is much improved. More data will be added.
Not all the data available on the old site is available on the
new site, and for that reason you can access the old site from
the home page of the new site. Whether you are a regular user
of "familysearch" or a new user, it is recommended that you
read the guide on how to use the new site by clicking on the
What's New box on the home page.
Added
01/01/11
Start your Family Tree
Week
The
Scotland's People website has designated 26th December 2010
until 1st January 2011 as "Start your FamilyTree Week". They
hope that family discussions around the Christmas dining will
encourage people to focus on investigating their family
histories. Each day the website will be providing hints and
tips on getting started. Please click here for further details.
Scotland's People
have also announced that on 1st January 2011 the following new
information will be published on their website:
Statutory Register
of Births for 1910
Statutory Register
of Marriages for 1935
Statutory Register
of Deaths for 1960
Added
24/12/2010
ScotlandsPeople
Website
The new-look ScotlandsPeople genealogy website was
officially launched in September by the Scottish Tourism
Minister, Mr Jim Mather.
The revamped
service features new search features designed to make it
easier and quicker for people at home and abroad to discover
their family roots. This includes plotting search results on
maps, helping those unfamiliar with Scottish geography - such
as users overseas - understand more about Scotland and their
ancestors. Following this first revamp of the site since it
was launched in 2002, it now offers advanced search functions,
providing quicker results, as well as additional information
from Catholic Parish Registers.
To coincide with Perth 800,
archives covering more than 300 years of Perthshire history
has been posted on the internet by Ancestry UK. The records date from 1566 to 1901 and include school
admissions to details of the local militia. A spokesman for
Perth 800 said that the records were hugely
significant.
Ancestry UK said
they would be of great help to anyone trying to trace an
ancestors from the area. Please use the links below to obtain
more information:
Members interested in
starting their family research may be interested to know that
the ScotlandsPeople Centre is offering free two hour taster
sessions under the magnificent Adam Dome at General Register
House in the heart of Edinburgh. After that you can pay ten
pounds to study all the records for a whole
day.
"ScotlandsPlaces" is a
new official web site that brings authentic information and
images together to help discover places past and present in
Scotland. Researchers will find digital copies of maps and
plans, photographs, archaeological reports, manuscripts and
books relating to Scotland's cities, towns, villages, farms,
harbours, churches and public buildings etc. One can search
across different national databases by entering a place name
or a coordinate, or maps can be used to refine and define a
search. Why not try "Glenshee" or "Finegand". Sadly "Clach na
Coileach" produces no result.
Click here
to visit the site and then save it in your
favourites.
Added 08/07/2010
Clan
Sennachie
We are delighted to report that our Chief, Andrew MacThomas
of Finegand, has appointed Grahame Thom to the role of Clan
Sennachie.
Many Clan members
will already know Grahame who comes from Victoria in Australia
and has been a member of the Clan Society for some 35 years.
He is already the chairman of the Society Archives Committee
and has contributed much of the information about genealogy on
this website.
One of the key
roles of the Sennachie is to advise members on matters
relating to genealogy and to assist them in tracing their
ancestors. This position has been vacant since Roger Pye died
in 2001.
This appointment,
which has been made personally by the Chief, is particularly
important at a time when interest in genealogy is
growing.
Saturday,
11th November is Armistice Day in the UK. Two minutes silence
will be observed at 11:00am GMT. A series of events
will take place in London and across the country on Saturday
and Sunday.
Friday, 11th November
is Armistice Day in the UK. Two minutes silence will be
observed at 11:00am GMT. Further events will take place in
London and across the country on Saturday and
Sunday.
It
has been announced that the ScotlandsPeople website will be
totally unavailable between 23:59 (BST) on Wednesday 21st and
Monday 26th September. It
is claimed that this downtime is essential as they
work towards the launch of their new ScotlandsPeople
website.
*****
The
FindMyPast organisation has announced that the 1939
Register for England and Wales will be released on its website
on 2nd November 2015. Genealogists
are eagerly waiting for its release as it includes the names,
addresses, occupations and marital status of over 41 million
people recorded in September 1939, just before the
outbreak of World War Two. It is particularly significant for
this period as the 1931 England and Wales Census was destroyed
and, because of the war, the 1941 census was not taken. It
will be free to search this record and preview the transcript
but there will be a charge to obtain the full record.
To find out more please click 
It is
strongly recommended that researchers using websites such as
familysearch.org, rootsweb.com, ancestry.com,
billiongraves.com and findmypast.com, should check the sites
regularly since new data sets are being added all
the time. Just as an example this week findmypast have added
more records for New Zealand and Staffordshire. If you
are lucky, this new data may include the information that
you have been seeking for ages. Good
luck!
Scotlandspeople has announced that the Valuation
Rolls (VRs) for 1920 have just been added to their website.
The new records, comprising 2,607,329 indexed names and 76,721
digital images, cover every kind of property that was assessed
in 1920 as having a rateable value. The Rolls include the
names of owners, tenants and occupiers of each property - and
in many cases occupations are also listed. The named person in
the VRs is usually the head of the household. Please click
Scotlandspeople website. The Rolls for 1905 and
1915 were already on the site.
ews
The sixth
series of the BBC Scotland family history programme, "Digging
Up Your Roots", has recently started. The show offers tips and
advice for people who are trying to trace their Scottish
ancestors. The programme, presented by Bill Whiteford, is
broadcast each Sunday at 12.05pm GMT.
Members
living in North East Scotland may be interested to know that
the Dundee Science Festival will include a
special event on genealogy. This will take place at the DC Thomson Building in Dundee on Sunday
6th November. Experts will be on hand to offer advice,
suggestions and tips to anyone who is looking to find out more
about their family history, as well as helping those whose
research appears to have reached a dead
end.
The Census
Street Lists for the main towns and cities in Scotland have
now been added to the ScotlandsPeople site for all census
years. These free-to-view books are an excellent research tool
and can be used to locate streets and find which enumeration
books cover a particular area. In most instances the
registration district is also provided. This is an excellent resource for
finding who lived at a particular address without searching on
a name.
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The
Scotland's People website has designated 26th December 2010
until 1st January 2011 as "Start your FamilyTree Week". They
hope that family discussions around the Christmas dining will
encourage people to focus on investigating their family
histories. Each day the website will be providing hints and
tips on getting started. Please click 
ScotlandsPlaces
Website