tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20160224754948451032024-02-07T04:12:42.789+00:00The Scottish Genealogy NetworkThe regular networking forum for Scotland's professional genealogy communityScottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-53733798260281586182023-03-24T12:52:00.003+00:002023-04-13T14:00:47.074+01:00<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We are meeting online after the SAFHS Conference on <b>22 April </b>2023 - <a href="http://scottishgenealogynetwork.blogspot.com/p/meetings.html">check here</a> for details.</span></span><br /></p>Janealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742160697095940755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-43002872600579595442023-02-15T13:30:00.003+00:002023-02-28T20:10:07.686+00:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Details of our informal meet-up on 4 March 2023 are on the <a href="http://scottishgenealogynetwork.blogspot.com/p/meetings.html">Meetings page</a> <b>NB venue changed</b> (28 Feb)</span><br /></p>Janealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742160697095940755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-18760120922075687262023-02-01T18:14:00.003+00:002023-02-28T20:05:59.946+00:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Great news! We're re-starting in person meetings on 11 February 2023! Details are <a href="http://scottishgenealogynetwork.blogspot.com/p/meetings.html">here</a></span><br /></h2>Janealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742160697095940755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-8591242963978482942020-04-10T19:24:00.002+01:002020-04-10T19:24:58.032+01:00Visit to the Archives of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire <br />
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Genealogists often find themselves in unusual places but our visit to Aberdeen on 10th March 2020 (before social distancing) found us in the clock tower of one of the most iconic buildings in Scotland – Aberdeen Town House on Union Street! The tower houses the compact but fascinating Charter Room, built in the 1870s as one of the first archival repositories in the country.<br />
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The room is square, built over two floors and houses a number of archives related to Aberdeen City. <br />
We discovered that ‘Old Aberdeen’ was a completely different city and therefore administrative body from ‘Aberdeen’ until 1891 which is useful to know as the records are kept separately. Since 1996 Aberdeen City Archives has also kept the historic documents of Aberdeenshire which include the former counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff as well as Grampian Region. <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-city-and-aberdeenshire-archives/catalogues-and-indexes">A list of records held can be searched here</a>.<br />
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Our thanks to Archivist Martin Hall for presenting a range of fascinating records including the oldest document in the Aberdeen archives – a confession from the 1597 Witch Trials made by Andrew Mann admitting to a 30 year affair with the Queen of the Elves and stating he was able to summon a sex demon called ‘Christ Sunday’. The confession includes the words used to summon the said demon and the question is – if the court truly believed this confession then these words would never have been written down for fear they would work! Despite this poor Andrew Mann would have been strangled and burned.<br />
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An unusual collection was the 1855 ‘Return on Prostitution’ which recorded the names of both women and men who plied the trade in Aberdeen. Over 400 names with ages were included and the census was repeated regularly as a safeguarding mechanism. The book also contained the names of Licensed Houses used and the names of known brothels - interestingly many of these properties were owned by the University! For privacy purposes all these census records have been destroyed and only the 1855 one remains.<br />
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A 1798 Militia Muster Book was very useful for recording the names, occupations, farms and parishes of men enlisting – you could however pay £10 not be enlisted, another person could volunteer to serve in your place or you could send a servant! There are 3 books in this series covering mainly rural areas.<br />
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If your ancestor was a policeman then the Long Roll Books of the Aberdeen Constabulary were a mine of genealogical information recording the entire career of an officer on one page including punishments for not towing the line!<br />
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The Municipal Electoral Registers for Aberdeen City run from 1870 to the early 1900s and contain names, addresses, qualifications and occupations which are of interest to genealogists.<br />
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Poor relief records for the Chapel of Garioch parish revealed that a woman had had her allowance reduced as a result of giving birth to an illegitimate child – unfortunately a common occurrence! (Jane’s picture)<br />
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We also saw the very detailed Ashley Road School Admissions records which listed the name, year of admission, exact date of birth and the name and address of the parent or guardian - always a bonus for genealogists! The ‘gold dust’ column revealed the leaving date and where each pupil had gone – examples included South Africa, Canada, the Americas, London and Yorkshire as well as other schools or types of institution. On a more amusing note some children are recorded as having left the school to go to ‘Mars’ - which <br />
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was actually the name of a ship used as an industrial school at that time and not ‘another planet’!<br />
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The archives website has an interactive map – <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-city-and-aberdeenshire-archives/catalogues-and-indexes/education-and-school-records">when you click on any Aberdeenshire parish it will show you what educational records are held</a>. Pictures of records published with kind permission from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives<br />
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The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen</h3>
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After a long lunch with lots of ‘congenial’ banter we were ready for our afternoon visit. The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen is housed in a 20th Century building which reveals a more historic interior comprising several meeting rooms with collections of antique chairs from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the oldest mahogany chair in Europe made in 1661! There is a grand hall with imposing stained glass windows each representing one of the seven trades of Aberdeen which are Hammermen, Bakers, Wrights, Tailors, Shoemakers, Weavers and Fleshers.<br />
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Craft Guilds are recorded as far back as the 12th Century but it wasn’t until 1527 that these seven trades decided to come together to protect their interests under an elected Deacon Convener. David Parkinson, one of the former Deacon Conveners and a ‘Tailor’, gave us a tour of the building and a fascinating history of the Trades.<br />
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The Tailors for instance are represented by a stained glass window depicting St Paul who was a tent maker. Tailors used to set up tents outside their client’s residences and sew the required garments there.<br />
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In order to be accepted as a member, each craftsman was, and still is, required to produce an ‘essay piece’ as decided by the organisation – this could for instance be a wood carving or a piece of silverware and if a baker, a variety of different breads and cakes. If your essay piece is considered to be ‘sufficient’ you will be granted membership!<br />
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Named photographs of previous members of the organisation through the decades are displayed in the corridors so if any of your ancestors plied one of these seven trades then it is very likely that you would find them here. Of most interest to genealogists however is a room full of secure safes which hold the records – books of names, trades, addresses and other information going back to the 16th century. Until 1881 there was also a Trades School with educational records available. The organisation also ran a Master of Trades hospital for old and infirm craftsmen and the Trinity Cemetery belonged to the Bakers who made money by selling the plots!<br />
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A catalogue of records held by the Seven Incorporated Trades is being developed and will eventually be held by the National Archives.<br />
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More about the organisation can be found on their website: www.seventradesofaberdeen.co.uk which is a mine of information on the organisation past and present. There is also an excellent official history, published in 1887, available at www.electricscotland.com/history/guilds/index.htm comprising 26 chapters in three parts, and seven appendices, of which Appendix V is a list of those who made donations and bequests (1633–1823). The chapters include various lists of names which may be of use to genealogists. [With thanks to Ivor Normand and the Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society (ANESFHS)]. <a href="http://scottishgenealogynetwork.blogspot.com/2013/06/">Click here for report on SGN visit to ANESFHS in 2013.</a><br />
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Pictures published with kind permission of The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen<br />
Many thanks to our fellow genealogist Lorraine Stewart for organising this visit to these two wonderful facilities on behalf of the SGN!<br />
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By Valerie Stewart<br />
<br />Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-40915251355028373692019-05-11T16:08:00.003+01:002019-05-11T16:12:44.033+01:00On the Right Side CPD Day <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: justify;">The Scottish Genealogy Network's CPD day took place in Edinburgh at the Quaker Meeting House on 27 March 2019.</span></div>
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Here is a short blog post with information on the day written by new member Susan Paterson:</div>
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Tim Musson from Computer Law Training Ltd attended and
instructed us on a session regarding General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
& Genealogy. He provided a hard copy of the slides alongside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>GDPR applies to anything you do with Data including storage relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Natural being ‘living’.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some key points; precise information is still very unclear
and where it’s not clear how to interpret the regulation, make a documented<i> </i>decision using a 360° view. As long as a reasonable effort is made
its unlikely to find yourself in trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tim strongly recommended downloading an app and uses ‘DLA Piper’ and ‘Fieldfisher’(both legal
firms) himself where all articles the law is divided into can be accessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to process personal data, you must
have one of;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a legal basis where consent
is given, necessary of the performance of a contract or compliance with a legal
obligation and necessary to protect the vital interest of the data subject.
There are others which can be read in full on the app in articles 6 and 7.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If working with live people on your research, you should
register with ICO as £40 annually. Possibility of being fined if you do not. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Gmail is not considered GDPR compliant and free email
services are generally not secure - use other means to secure information being
sent too such as encryption. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Recommend to do (and record) data audit and review any
contracts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Privacy policy on your website must have a reference to GDPR/data
protection and keep a folder with documents showing compliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Training can be found at:</div>
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Tim’s’ general advice on managing live persons - do not pass
information of living persons to a client, you may pass the client's data to
the person, using legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing the
person's data as it is clearly a legitimate interest of yours to make this
contact as it is part of your job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it
is you contacting, and not the client, any risk to the rights and freedoms of
the person is minimal, so legitimate interest wins. Must be noted in the
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In the afternoon we discussed several ethical issues such as
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testing and membership of professional groups. Heritage tourism also came up as
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Michelle Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205437892518237169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-30756537292608914492018-12-13T16:05:00.000+00:002018-12-13T16:05:46.877+00:00Kilmarnock visit <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">On 14 November 2018 we
headed to Kilmarnock to find out more about genealogical resources available
there. <span class="MsoHyperlink">Our thanks go to Helen, Linda, Heather, Clare, and
Joy at the Burns Monument Centre, and Bruce at the Dick Institute, for
providing us with such an interesting and informative day.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">BURNS
MONUMENT CENTRE</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Our visit started at the
Burns Monument Centre in Kay Park which opened about ten years ago and, in
addition to providing Registration Services and a Ceremony Room, houses a
Family History Research Area, Local History Area, and East Ayrshire Archives.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">FAMILY
HISTORY RESEARCH AREA </span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Helen Watt and Linda Miller
introduced us to this area which contained a number of computers with access to
the Scotland’s People Records. The area is open Monday to Friday with a charge
of £15 for a day ticket, however bookings are required, and it can be closed at
short notice if too few people are booked in or not enough staff available to
man it. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Workshops</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> are
held on Wednesdays (mornings and afternoons) when staff are available to assist
with research at a charge of £10 for two hours. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Family
Tree Packages</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> are available for those who do not wish to
do their own research. Staff will carry out the research and produce charts and
/ or booklets containing copies of all the relevant records. Bronze, Silver and
Gold Packages are available depending on the extent of family history
requested. In addition searches can be made of the local history resources and
included if wished (e.g.: relevant newspaper articles), and Gold Package
booklets can also include the client’s own family photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Heather Dunlop gave us a
tour of the local history area and then allowed us to browse the resources
there. The area is open daily and there is no need to make an appointment. Items
held in this area are mainly published items where more than one copy exists as
opposed to the Archives who hold the records where no other copies exist. Some
of the items are listed in the online East Ayrshire Library Catalogue, but
others are not. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Resources
available</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> included:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Local Newspapers from 1842 onwards (no
newspapers have been digitised)</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Poor Relief Registers for all Ayrshire – some
have indexes. An index to Ayrshire Poor Relief Records can be found on the
Ayrshire Roots website </span><a href="http://www.ayrshireroots/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">www.ayrshireroots</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Old Parish Registers & Census Records</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Maps including an old map of Kilmarnock dated
1819 with names of the residents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Books<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMW0t7r-Q2Ot33gLnpwF0x3dcoMBrdAtXfMNKXeF8YM-oJZYBdUwOI3XDtZ76PYtAuMYjvaFozeA4Y2oLoTlmEGsptHkNoig8SFiJFuCGP02htUDybd_d8OwmIzmjDOzaVPKIHtwDBorw/s1600/2018-11-14+11.25.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMW0t7r-Q2Ot33gLnpwF0x3dcoMBrdAtXfMNKXeF8YM-oJZYBdUwOI3XDtZ76PYtAuMYjvaFozeA4Y2oLoTlmEGsptHkNoig8SFiJFuCGP02htUDybd_d8OwmIzmjDOzaVPKIHtwDBorw/s320/2018-11-14+11.25.27.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well-used pre 1855 MIs (photo Michelle Leonard)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Valuation Rolls for Kyle, Carrick &
Cunningham </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Statistical Accounts for the whole of
Scotland</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Trade Directories from 1833</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Local History Books for Ayrshire &
Scotland – Parish histories, Pictorial histories of towns</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Books about occupations in the area – Mining,
Poetry, Glasgow & South Scotland Railway</span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Box Files (Information and articles filed
under topics with content indexes in each box). </span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Box file titles include Place Names, Family
Names, Military, Industry, Mining etc.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> For
my own family history I was particularly interested in the Box titled: “Guthries
of Ochiltree”, and an article on the Irvine Valley Lace Industry in “Industry Box
2”.</span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Family History Section including:</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Monumental Inscriptions (Burial records are
held by the Bereavement Services)</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Information about specific families &
family trees which had been gathered from research done<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(this is not included in the online
catalogue) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Information about public war memorials</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lists of WW 1 Dead – with details of where
they enlisted which is not found in other records</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">EAST
AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Clare (Assistant Archivist)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>and Joy (Graduate Trainee) showed us
round their purpose built storage area which is shared with local history &
registration services, and described the types of records they held, then
allowed us time to have a look at some items they had put out on display
especially for us.</span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjbV3tOKp-rYgnnX4-PKNsvEfiv_I9QQHBDvsLgcQmABXpMC1Xf0OOoZNYXvFcqeQZQV3YZUJW5_3mCFhq9SX-tntVoxvD4wd91D_q0WSUxaFUwcgDx1oOKCFFGlyWH3Beoz-evijZvI/s1600/2018-11-14+11.50.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjbV3tOKp-rYgnnX4-PKNsvEfiv_I9QQHBDvsLgcQmABXpMC1Xf0OOoZNYXvFcqeQZQV3YZUJW5_3mCFhq9SX-tntVoxvD4wd91D_q0WSUxaFUwcgDx1oOKCFFGlyWH3Beoz-evijZvI/s320/2018-11-14+11.50.03.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introduction to the Archives (photo Michelle Leonard)</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Background</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ayrshire Archives was
founded in 1996 by Ayrshire Council with the aim of preserving and providing
access to local authority records. The earliest record held is Ayr Burgh
Charter dated 1205. Their main store and headquarters is at Auchincruive, a few
miles east of Ayr which is also the access point for South Ayrshire Archives
and is open to the public on Tuesdays (by appointment). East Ayrshire Archives
is open on Wednesdays at the Burn’s Monument Centre, and Irvine Townhouse is
due to open soon (one day a week) housing records from North Ayrshire. In each
case viewing of records is by appointment only as the items requested may have
to be brought from Auchencruive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Records
held include</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">NRS Records – Records belonging to the
National Records of Scotland but stored in Ayrshire for ease of access by local
researchers. Access and copyright guidelines are set by the NRS. These records
include:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Church Records (e.g.: Papal Bull dated
1322-1323)</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Customs & Excise Records (e.g.: Fishing /
Shipping Registers for Ayrshire)</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Maps </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Local authority records for East Ayrshire,
and also some records for Strathclyde Region:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Council Minutes</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">School Records </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Electoral Registers, Valuation Rolls</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Poor House Records</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ayrshire & Arran Health Board Records</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Private Deposits:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Societies and Clubs </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Estate Records </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Business Records </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Family Records </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Records
on display</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A number of items were put
out on display for us including:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Council Minutes</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Plans for the Burns Monument Centre (example
of a modern record)</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Kilmarnock Academy Register - showing
admission and leaving dates and where pupils went when they left school</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Diaries, with notes & drawings belonging
to Margaret & Effie Kennedy, daughters of Thomas Kennedy of Glenfield &
Kennedy</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Kirk Session Minutes showing an interesting
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Online
Catalogue</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There is no one online
catalogue but separate catalogues for each collection, details of which can be
found on the website.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Kilmarnock Burgh Catalogue has recently come
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being compiled, and will go online at the beginning of next year. This
collection includes lots of school records, some with photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Most items have 100 year
closure but if records are provided to show that person is deceased it may be
possible to see some items, and someone wanting to see their own records may do
so if they provide proof of identity.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">DICK
INSTITUTE</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After lunch we made our way
to the Dick Institute where Bruce Morgan showed us round the Museum and shared
with us the history of the building and some of its exhibits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The finance to create the
Dick Institute came from James Dick who was born into a poor family in
Kilmarnock in 1823 but became a businessman of worldwide importance and,
although living in Australia, wanted to give something back to the town of his
birth. The museum was opened in 1901 and features the largest museum and
exhibition space in Ayrshire.</span></div>
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Ayrshire Central Library and a café, while the upper floor holds displays of
some of the collections cared for by East Ayrshire Council.</span></div>
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with the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the WW1 Armistice we were met with
drapes of knitted poppies in the entrance hall and stairs and on the upper
hallway was a display of WW1 photos including photographs taken in and around
the building when it was an auxiliary hospital during WW1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">From the upper hallway
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Museum</span></b></div>
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from their natural history sciences and archaeology collections.</span></div>
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displays linked to the local and social history of the area, including a
display of items and manuscripts relating to Robert Burns.</span></div>
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of the displays provide information about the industries in the area and key
people involved in those industries: </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Printing – John Wilson, an early printer in
the town printed the first edition of “Burns Poetry”, and the museum has a
working model of the Benjamin Franklin press. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Photo Michelle Leonard)</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Johnnie Walker – the whisky company which was
first set up in the town in 1865 and continued in production until only a few
years ago when it was taken over by Diageo. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
Loom Room</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Loom Room is dominated
by an industrial weaving loom, and devoted to displays about the textile
industry - in particular lace making in the Irvine Valley which took off when
Alexander Morton brought a machine from England and set up in competition to
the Nottingham lace factories. By the late nineteenth century lace and madras
(a muslin type fabric) were produced in dozens of factories in the Irvine
Valley of which only a couple are still in production. The growth in machine
lace led to the demise of the hand loom weaver, and a portrait of Matthew
Faulds of Fenwick who was the last hand loom weaver in the locality hangs on
one wall. Information about carpet manufacture and shoemaking, and a display of
Ayrshire needlework can also be found in this room.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Paper
Records</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Institute holds some
paper records particularly in relation to its collections (e.g.: the Boyd
Records), however some have been lost over time, and some items are held by
archives and museums elsewhere. After the 1909 fire appeals were made for items
from other museums to replace items that had been lost, and recently some items
were identified in Doncaster Museum which had been donated to them by the Dick
Institute after a fire there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any
documents they do have are accessible to the public by appointment, and Dean of
Guild Records are held by East Ayrshire Archives.<span style="color: red;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Dick Institute is open
Tuesday to Saturday and more information about their collections, and others in
East Ayrshire can be found at </span><a href="https://eastayrshireleisure.com/index.php?a=landing&id=5&sid=68&mid=29"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">https://eastayrshireleisure.com/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Author: Lorraine Stewart, <a href="http://www.kincardineshireancestors.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kincardineshire Ancestors </a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></div>
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V&A drew many people to Dundee from 14th September; Scottish Genealogy
Network members ploughed their own furrow and headed there on the 20<sup>th</sup>
to visit Dundee City Archives and Dundee University Archives. The thirteen of
us had a great day and it was good to meet some new faces too. Many thanks to
staff in both archives for their time and enthusiasm in hosting our visit.
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archive is, like a few others, in a basement. It’s the basement of Dundee’s
Caird Hall, on City Square in the centre of Dundee. Full marks for a very easy
to reach location. The City has had an archivist since 1969.</span></span></div>
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is a characteristic of genealogists so we were delighted to start our visit
with a tour of the archive stores or strong rooms and a good nose around. The
same number did emerge as went in, though there were many temptations to linger. A run of Council minutes from 1533 onwards may not sound the most interesting but just think what could be waiting there. </span></span></div>
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and Dundee is no exception: from council house sales through teachers’ mark
books to a 1327 charter from Robert the Bruce, the oldest document in its care. </span></span></div>
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city, it’s no surprise that there are several series of records relating
broadly to the sea. They include shipyard records, such as the Caledon Yard,
with plans of ships at different stages of construction. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Once complete, the
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a boat’s specification (length, type of rigging etc) and ownership, with
updates as the 64 shares changed hands or, unfortunately, if the boat was lost
at sea. To access these registers you need a fairly accurate idea of the year
of completion but there is an A-Z index in each volume.</span></span></div>
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of the records of jute companies are at the University, the City has those of
the Victoria Spinning Works including wages information the late 1800s to the
1970s (job title, name and wages). </span></span></div>
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on these visits, the staff had a set of more unusual documents out for us to
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1776 map of Dundee naming individual buildings;</span></span></li>
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copies of valuation rolls for Dundee (just think how useful the changes could
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Register of Inebriates (following the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903) complete
with photographs, physical and character description. This was bought at
auction.</span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matriculation records, with student signatures (photo Merle Palmer)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How handy
to be able to visit two archives with complementary collections in one day,
especially with only a short walk between them. As you would expect, these archives
are at the University. In a basement once more. Established in 1976. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Public
engagement and promotion are key aspect of the University Archives work and I
was particularly struck by the range of University programmes engaging with their
resources. On the other hand, housing student projects throws up some particular challenges like conserving a scone baked in the 1980s, part of an art project. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jute and other textile companies, relating to both Dundee and India. The University has one of the
largest collections in Europe.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NHS Tayside (custodial rather than ownership)
including Strathmartine and Sunnyside (Montrose) asylums. It was interesting to see an example of an asylum record which included a good family tree and to be reminded of how humane these institutions could be, bringing in fiddlers to entertain patients, for example. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Brechin Diocese of
the Scottish Episcopal Church. There is a database of names for Arbroath and Stonehaven
church registers.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Glasite church, Scotland and Connecticut. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The </span><a href="https://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/thecollections/peto/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">photographs of Michael Peto</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Records and library of the
Grampian Club (hillwalking, ski-ing and mountaineering). </span></span></li>
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to be reminded of the sheer diversity of records that are potentially of use
for family history. For example:</span></span></div>
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companies who had to pass through people’s land – possible information on those
people, any opposition raised and so on;</span></span></li>
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firms archives – some contain private family papers;</span></span></li>
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– though full staff records are fairly rare, don’t forget accident books and
“half-time” school registers;</span></span></li>
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papers – who recommended a patient? Often charitable trusts.</span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maternity hospital records - quite a spike in 1919! (photo Valerie Stewart)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the
oldest record in the Archives? A papyrus from AD99 relating to the sale of a
slave. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There is an </span><a href="https://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">online catalogue</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. There is also a very long-term
project to index the hospital registers in their care, including parish of
origin. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></div>
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vacations; closed Thursdays.</span></span></div>
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Debits and credits, numbers, don’t be mistaken, there’s far
more to banking archives. We had a great visit to the <a href="http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/our-heritage/our-archives" target="_blank">Lloyds Banking Group Edinburgh Archives</a> on 14 March 2018. Many thanks to the archivists there for their time and
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Background</h2>
Lloyds Banking group includes the <a href="http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/Our-Group/our-heritage/our-history/bank-of-scotland/" target="_blank">Bank of Scotland, HBOS, some TSB Scotland, Scottish Widows and a range of small banks</a> acquired or
merged<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>along the way. Generally, the Bank of Scotland’s own records are the most
complete.<br />
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The archive is in Sighthill, Edinburgh and is open to the public,
10am to 4pm Monday to Friday, advance bookings are needed. There is no
publically available item level catalogue but there are <a href="http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/our-heritage/our-archives/collections-index/" target="_blank">collection level lists</a>. Personnel records, as you would expect, are closed for 100 years and some business
records for shorter periods.<br />
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The records</h2>
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People crop up in bank records in three main ways, as
customers, shareholders and staff, each with their own records.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Customers</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archie keeping a watchful eye (K.Keter)</td></tr>
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In the early days there were no branches, only the main office
in Edinburgh. Lending decisions for the first 100 years or so were therefore
noted in the Bank of Scotland’s minutes. There is a complete run from 1695 and
they are generally very well kept with a margin index. Entries include the name
of guarantors too so are potentially very useful. Similarly the bank’s head office ledgers for the earlier
years include details of transactions with individuals and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The branch network began to develop from around the 1770s.
Branch ledgers are indexed with name and type of business noted. Unfortunately
they survive for only the early years of each branch. </div>
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From the insurance side there are policy ledgers from
1824-1940s. Health issues are noted but not the beneficiaries. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shareholders</b></div>
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The Bank of Scotland was founded by an act of the Scottish
Parliament in 1695 and the original lists of subscribers, signed at inns in
Edinburgh and London, both survive. There are printed lists of
shareholders/subscribers from 1697-1950 and it is possible to track sales and
purchases of shares.</div>
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Most complete for the Bank of Scotland, partial for other
businesses, but generally very good. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">They go back to the 1730s but tail off by the 1920s/30s. </span></span>To use these records you need to know the branch at which the
ancestor was employed as that then gives access to information on their role, salary (from the 1830s) and any transfers, so it could be possible to
work forward or backward. You may also be fortunate enough to find a staff
report: “writes a fair hand” and “well qualified for manager of a country
branch” were some of those we saw. These reports were for staff below the level
of agent (manager) and occasionally contain rather controversial information!</div>
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The agent was responsible for entries in the branch
procedure books, a log of the branch activity, detailing hiring and firing,
repairs, new furniture and the like. Not all survive but they can include
information on customers and loans made to them.</div>
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The Widows Fund (Bank of Scotland only) records, 1821 to 1883 could be a good source for pre-1855 births. It was a contributory scheme so as well as employees’ details,
names of wives’, date of marriage, names and birth dates of children were also
listed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where do we start?? (J. Russell)</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In general</b></div>
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For ancestors with bank accounts or an insurance policy
(does the inventory after they died mention one?), or, even better, who worked
in a bank, there is probably lots to discover here. Armed with dates and places
and perhaps time to do detailed searches, you could discover gold (sorry couldn't resist that pun). <a href="http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/our-heritage/our-archives/sources-for-family-history/" target="_blank">Find out more</a> </div>
Janealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742160697095940755noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-63816971215494419532018-02-12T12:47:00.000+00:002018-02-12T18:08:13.864+00:00Scottish Genealogy Network Visit to Perth Archives February 2018 <br />
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We had a very healthy attendance of seventeen members of The
Scottish Genealogy Network who <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">attended</span>
the latest SGN event on Saturday, 3 February 2018 with a visit to <a href="http://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/">Perth and Kinross Archives</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For anyone who has
not previously visited these <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">archives,</span> they
are located in the AK Bell Library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Michelle Leonard</td></tr>
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Located on the main road into Perth town centre from the south-west, the AK Bell Library is a large standalone building, built in the 1830s, recognisable by its classical facade. The building originally housed the County Infirmary but has been extensively renovated to provide modern facilities for both the Library and Archives</div>
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The good news is that there is car parking in the grounds of the building (£4 for 4 hours) as well as ample car parks nearby. Even better is that the building not only has its own coffee shop but one large enough to accommodate all of the attending members of Scottish Genealogy Network at the start of the visit. Where else were we going to meet?</div>
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We were welcomed to the building by Dr Nicola Cowmeadow, the Local History Officer with Perth & Kinross Council.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Lorna Kinnaird</td></tr>
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Throughout the visit, Nicola demonstrated a wonderful enthusiasm for her work. The archives section is located separately to the Local and Family History section in the Library although both are located on the first floor of the building and it was clear there is good coordination between both departments.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Lorna Kinnaird</td></tr>
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The first session was led by Colin Proudfoot of the Local and Family History section in the Library. Again members were impressed by the enthusiasm demonstrated by Colin throughout his presentation. When considering local research it is often easy to simply go straight to the local archives carry out your research without first considering what may be available in the library. For any genealogist researching a connection in the Perth and Kinross area that would certainly be an error. The Local and Family History Section has a broad range of materials and collections readily available and not restricted to the Perth area. Colin had a number on display and invited members to browse these at their leisure.</div>
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The library<span style="font-family: "simsun";">'</span>s
approach in recent years has been to obtain a wide range of family and local
history records and sources but including those not solely related to the Perth
and Kinross area. The library has
available OPRs for the Perth area as well as a number covering areas out with.
In addition, they have copies of
the Scotland-wide Calendar of Confirmations & Inventories from 1876 – 1936
as well as a good collection of Post Office Directories from the late 19<sup>th</sup>
century which are primarily covering
Perth but also other areas of Scotland.
There is also an extensive range of local newspapers and local interest
books as well as published genealogies.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Michelle Leonard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Michelle Leonard</td></tr>
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A couple of examples on show
were <i>Crieff in the Great War</i> and <i>A History of Blairgowrie</i>. Both books were rich in detail on the local history and would be of great interest to
someone researching a family in these towns with many residents and local
characters mentioned in the text.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The archives and library have been assisted by a number of
volunteers who have helped to index small local collections which are available
for consultation in the library for researchers. The library also holds a good collection of local maps, some,
but not all of which are in the National Library of Scotland Collection. Colin also reported on how the library is prioritising the purchase of Monumental
Inscription collections including those from outwith the Perth area. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We then moved into the archives section which sits adjacent
to the Local and Family History Section.
Nicola took us on a tour of their facilities and in particular the
strong room where the bulk of the collections are held. Nicola provided information on what records
are held and it was clear to members that the archives and archivists are
pro-active in engaging with other private collections in the area to support
their work and the preservation of their collections. The group even learned a little about cow
genealogy!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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we were shown examples of the Trade Incorporation and Apprentice Records. Perth has a particularly good collection of
these records with some dating back to 1300s.
The detail of information contained in these documents means that these would be a wonderful resource
for someone researching an ancestor who may have been a member of these trades
or an apprentice in Perth. </div>
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The Archives appear have adopted an open approach to visitor
access. Whilst enquires can be made on spec it is, of course, best to contact
staff in advance of any visit and they be able to assist as much as they can. A good element of this archive is that
storage of documents is on site so problems of storage off-site is not an issue at these Archives. Certainly, a number of members who had visited these archives in
the past spoke of the assistance and professionalism shown by the staff
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In the final half hour,
members were able to browse the collections in both the Archives and the Local
and Family History Society. The meeting
concluded with a vote of thanks to Nicola and Colin for their co-operation and
informative presentation. Members were very impressed by the services being
offered by Perth and Kinross Council at the Archives and Library and it was reassuring that at a time when local authority
budgets cuts are having a negative impact on the availability of local history and cultural services that these
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Details of the services at Perth and Kinross Council can be
found <a href="http://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/">HERE</a> including access to the online catalogue although during the visit it was
emphasised that not all of its collections have been catalogued and it is
always best to call and speak to the archivist first.</div>
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<i>This month's blog was written by SGN member Gary Lawrie of <a href="https://heartofscotlandancestry.co.uk/">Heart of Scotland Ancestry</a> - thanks Gary!</i></div>
<br />Michelle Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205437892518237169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-8797043674932626912017-11-20T19:29:00.000+00:002017-11-20T19:31:22.148+00:00Scottish Genealogy Network November 2017 Meeting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Register House - Edinburgh</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Friday 17 November we held our CPD day in Edinburgh. The background and experience of our members varies greatly: some work in archives, while others lecture at university. Some members have been helping clients research their family tree for many years and others are planning to start their business soon. This diversity made for a great day and wonderful networking opportunities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our meeting on Friday was held in the Dome Room of New Register House. This impressive space was created to house the birth, marriage and death records of the Scottish people. You can see the volumes in the photographs; red for births, green for marriages and black for deaths. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For many years now, users have accessed digital images of the records. That is certainly a lot more convenient and preserves the books, but as a group of genealogists, there was something special about sitting in a room surrounded by such a wealth of history. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our secretary, Emma Maxwell, introduced our first speaker, </span><a href="http://www.thistleheritage.co.uk/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Davis</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Jack spoke to us on the intriguing theme, “Hidden Hospitals”. He was not referring to camouflaged buildings but rather the policy of substituting the name of institutions on certificates with a simple street address. Jack gave us a list of Glasgow hospital addresses, such as 2154 Gartloch Road and 253 Duke Street. When researching it’s a good tip to research the address given on a birth or death certificate.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/genesandgenealogy" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michelle Leonard</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> continued the morning session by answering questions related to using DNA in family history research. This fascinating quick-fire session covered a lot of topics. An interesting point that stood out was the need to think through ‘cousin matching’. This useful tool can aid family history research but as DNA does reveal the truth, you could discover something unexpected. Most genealogists may be excited about that prospect, but it’s always best to think it through before you take the plunge.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-barton-21959610a/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jane Barton</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> rounded off the first part of the day with a report from the Cumbrian Family History Society conference which she had attended recently. Cumbria has a border with the counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire in Scotland and there has always been a lot of movement of people across the Border. Jane gave a helpful overview of the administrative history of what is now called Cumbria, where to find records and why people may have moved to places like Carlisle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A large part of the day was now given over to a treasure hunt. Rather than simply sitting and listening to talks it was time to get the grey matter working. We split into teams and tried to solve genealogy puzzles based on real client enquires. The most successful teams drew on the knowledge of the group and researched well using the catalogue of the National Records of Scotland (NRS).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting Ready for ‘Two Minute Mayhem' </td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After lunch genealogists Graham and Emma Maxwell, from </span><a href="http://scottishindexes.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scottish Indexes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, presented the answers, demonstrating the importance of using the excellent NRS catalogue well and not giving up when something is not in an index. For example, not all surviving Scottish wills are to be found on the ScotlandsPeople indexes. If you think the person would have had a will, remember to use other sources such as the Register of Deeds and local Sheriff Court Registers of Deeds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next Emma Maxwell revealed the results of the SGN survey. Only 11% of those surveyed want a genealogist to present the results in the format of a report or a chart. Over 30% want help to access specific records.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When asked, “If you were to hire a genealogist, what would you look for?”, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only 11%</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">said “Someone who has studied genealogy at university”, while </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">over 50%</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> said “I would want to discuss my needs with them and judge for myself if they are the person I need.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After looking at the results of the survey in detail we split into workshops to discuss how we can best provide the services clients want. To finish the day we had a ‘Two Minute Mayhem' session where members spoke on a subject of their choice for two minutes! </span></div>
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<br />Emma Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476067133903233402noreply@blogger.com23 W Register St, Edinburgh EH2 2AA, UK55.9536756 -3.190308100000038430.431641099999997 -44.498902100000038 81.4757101 38.118285899999961tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-45357754236080034632017-04-10T22:35:00.000+01:002017-04-10T22:35:18.724+01:00Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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John Burt is a Scottish Genealogy Network member and we are very pleased to see the release of his new book: Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots: A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland.<br />
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The book provides details of the development and expansion of 19C asylums, with analysis of how they were established, run, and what they were like to live and work in.<br />
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This handy guide explores what asylum records are available and how to use them so that you can truly understand the lives your ancestors led. John's medical background gives this book a unique perspective.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staff outing from the Montrose Royal Asylum </td></tr>
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Many people who were admitted to a lunatic asylum were paupers, that is the treatment was paid for by their Parochial Board of Settlement. To get a really rounded out picture of your ancestor's life you can also trace their poor law application which would likely have been made around the same time.<br />
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Records like these help us learn more than dry facts, they help us get to know our ancestors and find out how they lived.<br />
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The book is available from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lunatics-Imbeciles-Idiots-Insanity-Nineteenth-Century-ebook/dp/B06XGNLH5M">amazon.co.uk</a> in hardcover and digital formats.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curling at Royal Edinburgh Asylum</td></tr>
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<br />Emma Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476067133903233402noreply@blogger.com0Glasgow, UK55.864237 -4.251805999999987855.721638000000006 -4.5745294999999881 56.006836 -3.9290824999999878tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-13575002395311808772017-02-17T21:23:00.000+00:002017-02-17T21:23:11.098+00:00Under the Knife<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It may be an historic building but<br />in front of their ancient portraits<br />they are teaching the physicians<br />of tomorrow!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The RCPSG has existed as an institution for over 400 years! It is little wonder then that the records they hold are extensive and unique. As a forward-looking organisation they are also working to make some of their </span><a href="https://rcpsg.ac.uk/library/digital-volumes" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">valuable material available online</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (for free) and their library is </span><a href="https://rcpsg.ac.uk/library/visit" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">open to the public</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If you are planning to visit, it is wise to contact them beforehand so that they can ensure everything you would like to consult is available. </span></div>
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-55452272578592633262016-03-07T12:32:00.001+00:002016-03-07T12:35:45.345+00:00“You know what I am going to say. I love you.” <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BL7FJbeeKxxXz25qjYUNHN2idYLUw24VU82PY4Xfall8KX5udmbOY4E8CH_-dG5VgSvH65slqwu0owgafKWPLlnPyCfxgN61Ew_miJARpfRiMWttnHVbSlFEdR_mHNrJ-esO2Cme996N/s1600/Our+Mutual+Friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BL7FJbeeKxxXz25qjYUNHN2idYLUw24VU82PY4Xfall8KX5udmbOY4E8CH_-dG5VgSvH65slqwu0owgafKWPLlnPyCfxgN61Ew_miJARpfRiMWttnHVbSlFEdR_mHNrJ-esO2Cme996N/s320/Our+Mutual+Friend.jpg" width="147" /></a>“You know what I am going to say. I love you.” This, I believe was, the feeling of our entire group for the Special Collections Centre of the Sir Duncan Rice Library when we finished our visit last Friday.<br />
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Architecturally stunning, the Sir Duncan Rice Library stands out amongst the university buildings. Once inside the scale of the library can be truly appreciated. Standing in the atrium you can look up and see 7 floors above you. On the ground floor is a Welcome Desk, gallery, café and other amenities. The upper floors contain the university library and offer generous study space.<br />
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We were met by Andrew Macgregor, the Deputy Archivist, who combined a tour of the Special Collections Centre and a tour of the collections. Andrew began by showing us the Gallery which will soon be proudly displaying their set of first edition Dickens novels. You may recognise my opening quote as being that of Bradley Headstone in ‘Our Mutual Friend’. Once downstairs in one of the archive’s seven store rooms we were shown all the volumes which were ready and waiting to go on display. Rather than being sourced from a single collection, they have come from a variety of collections found in castles and private homes which have been acquired over the years: only recently has it become apparent that there is a complete set of first editions (perhaps if I look in my library I will find that I happen to have a complete set of first editions!). This is a small insight into the way that the material has been collected over the last 531 years; they now have well over a million items!<br />
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Highlights of their holdings are estate records, union records, business records, local solicitor’s records, the <a href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/scottish-catholic-archives/">Scottish Catholic Archive</a>, <a href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/nhs-grampian-archives/">NHS Grampian archive</a>, <a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Oral_history_about_archive.shtml">oral histories</a>, the <a href="http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?RN=570758150">George Washington Wilson photographic collection and the Aberdeen Harbour Board photographic collection</a>.<br />
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After being given an introduction to the archive by Andrew, he took us past the reading room along a corridor to the store rooms. For genealogists this is usually our favourite part of a tour, going behind the scenes and being surrounded by all the wonderful records and books. It has to be said that this archive did not disappoint and on every shelf there was something to interest us.<br />
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We were joined at this point by Fiona Musk, who is the archivist of the NHS Grampian Archive. Fiona took us to their section in one of the store rooms and showed us some of the amazing records that they hold. The archive includes the records of the hospitals of the north east that were taken over by the NHS in 1948; including the records such as those of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Cornhill Hospital as well as many other hospitals and institutions in the wider area. Some of the information that they hold, particularly the 20th century material, is very sensitive and laws on Data Protection need to be followed carefully. Fiona is keen, though, to help users access records wherever appropriate. My eye was drawn to a set of volumes entitled ‘Register of Operations’. Fiona allowed us to look at an old volume. As you can see in the image (names have been obscured) the volume tells us the ‘disease’ of each individual and the nature of the operation, fascinating information which could not be found in any other record. There are patient registers for many hospitals. Whilst some work has been done to index these records, as the records are so extensive if your ancestor (or client’s ancestor) died in a hospital in the Grampian region, it would be well worth checking the catalogue to see if any records survive.<br />
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As we moved through the store rooms Andrew pulled out treasure after treasure, some of which you can see in the photos. The next stop on our tour was the conservation department, a beautiful large space where repairs are made on ancient books and documents, enabling most of the collection to continue to be available for consultation by readers.<br />
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The archive was now closing for the day and all the readers had left the reading room, so we now headed into that large airy space. The archive has a large collection of books on the open shelves, which is very useful as it speeds up access for research. As you can see from the photographs, it has been designed to be a light, pleasant environment. As always I had to ask the question, “Do you allow users to photograph your records?” As we have come to expect from all modern archives, yes they do. You do need to check with staff to ensure each item is suitable and obtain permission before publication, but these are standard requirements.<br />
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Even if you were not present for our visit of the Special Collections Centre of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, I’m sure you can now understand why I began this report in the way I did. We can only wish that more archives across Scotland could have such excellent facilities!<br />
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It has been wet and wild in Scotland this week but a hardy group of Scottish genealogists received a warm welcome in the reading room of the National Library of Scotland maps department.<br />
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Located at Causewayside in Edinburgh the building holds over two million items. They have gazetteers and a massive collection of Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland but also have maps created by the British Army as they trekked the globe as well as a variety of other unique maps. Together with their Ordnance Survey maps of England, Wales and Ireland their collections are worth a look whichever part of the world you are researching in.<br />
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As well as holding a vast collection of topographic masterpieces they have catalogued their collection and have digitised a huge part of it. These digitised maps are available to view online and are a wonderful asset to anyone researching the history of their family or a specific place.<br />
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Before the first series of Ordnance Survey maps were made in Scotland between 1840 and 1880 there is no national coverage at large scales, but there are some wonderful maps covering certain towns and areas. For some country towns in particular there are maps showing who owned certain portions of land and what type of land it is; a wonderful resource for the family historian.<br />
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The National Library of Scotland is a very forward-looking organization. As has been mentioned, they are digitising their collection and making it available online. On their website we find a huge variety of tools such as side-by-side mapping and overlays so that we can compare modern and historical maps in their collection. If you are planning a trip to visit your ancestors home you will find this an invaluable resource.<br />
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There is of course some ongoing work. One specific record set that is waiting to be catalogued are the estate plans. They hold around 2000 such plans so if you are researching a house or village which was part of the estate it may be worth contacting them to ask if they hold any that would be relevant. They do not hold all Scottish estate plans, just a small portion (some are still in private collections and many are held by the National Records of Scotland),but it’s interesting to know that the NLS do have some and that they are not all listed on their electronic catalogue.<br />
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All in all the SGN had a fascinating visit to the map department of the NLS and would recommend all to make full use of this resource. To keep up-to-date with the NLS Map department here are some useful link:<br />
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/natlibscotmaps" target="_blank">NLS Maps Department on Twitter: www.twitter.com/natlibscotmaps </a><br />
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Access high-resolution zoomable images of over 130,000 maps of Scotland, England, Wales and beyond on the <a href="http://www.nls.uk/maps" target="_blank">NLS website: www.nls.uk/maps</a><br />
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Keep up-to-date with their <a href="http://maps.nls.uk/additions.html" target="_blank">recent additions' page</a> where you can also sign up to the Cairt newsletter.<br />
<br />Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-4075689440593616402015-10-28T12:16:00.000+00:002015-10-28T12:16:56.110+00:00The SGN's Continuing Professional Development Day - Part Two<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-80723773752949774172015-10-27T21:37:00.002+00:002015-10-27T21:37:34.813+00:00The SGN's Continuing Professional Development Day - Part One<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-60789299777810529672015-09-30T08:06:00.002+01:002015-09-30T08:06:37.706+01:00The National Trust for Scotland's Archive<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Emma Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476067133903233402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-78143827675671114882015-08-24T18:10:00.001+01:002015-08-24T18:10:43.346+01:00Report on the Lanarkshire Family History Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-12028666252011865132015-06-08T14:07:00.000+01:002015-06-08T14:07:46.611+01:00CPD Event - Our First Webinar<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Emma Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476067133903233402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-23039468289495906262015-04-03T11:38:00.000+01:002015-04-03T11:38:07.567+01:00Sex, rock and roll and maybe we just missed the drugs!<span id="docs-internal-guid-2aed9a65-7ed2-9134-a3ce-a433e2acfaa4"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actually, such a ‘red top’ title is not needed. Archives are wonderful places as this visit to the </span><a href="http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/archives" style="line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Stirling Archives</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/community-life-and-leisure/libraries-and-archives/archives" style="line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stirling Council Archives</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on 27 March proved. For all eleven of us, it was great to have the chance to find out more about the breadth of an archive’s collection rather than to consult a specific set of records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stirling University is fairly new as far as Scottish universities go, founded in 1967, but recent acquisitions have put it firmly on the genealogy trail. The key interest is the records of the Stirling District Asylum, from 1869, and the Royal Scottish National Hospital (RSNH), from 1862, both formerly in Larbert. The Asylum<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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catered for people from central Scotland mainly but the RSNH cared for children with learning difficulties from the whole country and beyond. Admissions registers and case records make for fascinating reading with many of the Asylum records also containing photographs. The Victorian language is rather shocking in places: at one time the RSNH was ‘for the education of imbeciles’. Children’s records are closed for 100 years and those of adults for 75 years. Unlike those two NHS collections, the records of the Musicians Union, starting in the 1890s, are still being added to on a regular basis. They include branch membership records, local and national minutes and newsletters which detail new members, changes of address and members removed for not paying their dues. Karl Magee, University archivist, highlighted sets of minutes and journals detailing the impact of the new-fangled ‘talkies’ on musicians’ employment: the view was that they wouldn’t last!</span></div>
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We started our visit at the family history society, based in Partick, at 11.30am, and spent well over an hour talking to Sheila Duffy, Elizabeth Smith and John McCreadie about the many resources that the society has on offer for the family historian. The premises are located in the basement at 32 Mansfield Street in Partick, with usual opening hours being every Tuesday from 2 pm until 4.30 pm, every Thursday from 10 am until 8.30 pm, and then on Saturdays from 2 pm until 4.30 pm (exceptions for holidays are noted on the society's website). The society is one of the longest running in Scotland, and we started by hearing an overview from Sheila of its impressive resources and its activities - not least of which its important role in helping to save the city's poor law records (some of the best in existence in the country) which it later helped to index. After this we were allowed a chance to browse the library's many holdings, as well as the databases accessible on site.<br />
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After a quick lunch in Partick we made for the archives service, where we were greeted by archivist Claire Daniel. Claire first showed us an overview of the archive's facilities via a short introductory film - this can be viewed on the institution's website at <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/about/behind-the-scenestour/">http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/about/behind-the-scenestour/</a>, and is also presented here:<br />
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Claire then described the various holdings at the institution, including the Scottish Business Archive, and how they are catalogued. Most are described at collection level via the Archives Hub website at <a href="http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/">www.archiveshub.ac.uk</a>, with the main exception being the holdings of the House of Fraser collection, which has a separate cataloguing system that was developed in Australia, and which can be found on a dedicated platform at <a href="http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/">www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk</a>.<br />
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Useful examples from student records were also produced including matriculation and exam papers, and some humorous descriptions of students in medical students final year dinner books, which were also illustrated with photos of each student. In terms of online holdings the university's student newspaper, the Glasgow Guardian, has been digitised from 1932-1935 and 1955-2007, and can be accessed at the main website.<br />
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If you wish to use the facility you need to make an appointment prior to your visit (see <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/contact/">www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/contact/</a>). To keep up to date with the archives developments you can also follow it on Twitter at @GUArchive and via the university library's blog at <a href="https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/category/archive-services-guas/">https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/category/archive-services-guas/</a>.<br />
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A huge thanks to all at both the family history society and the university archive, and also to SGN member Judith Russell for arranging the visits!<br />
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<br />Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-83592947465002062082014-12-07T21:46:00.000+00:002014-12-07T21:46:26.110+00:00Report on the Scottish Genealogy Network's Paisley Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Scottish Genealogy Network’s latest get-together was a visit to Paisley on Friday 5th December. SGN member Jack Davis had organised a morning tour of Paisley Abbey, followed by the afternoon at the Heritage Centre in Paisley Central Library. Around eight members managed along on a cold winter’s day, but certainly got a warm welcome from the Buddies.<br />
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First off, David Rowand and Jim Smith of Renfrewshire Family History Society introduced the group to the resources that the FHS has within Paisley Abbey. Their two small rooms (one up a spiral staircase and along an unbelievably narrow medieval corridor) contain a wealth of material for family history research – including microfilm of OPRs and censuses; reference books; old photographs; journals of their own and other FHSs; a transcription of passport applications made in Glasgow from the 19th and early 20th centuries; bombing maps of Paisley showing damage done to the town during WW2; and what’s known as the “Register of Bookings for the Burgh of Paisley”, which is similar to the Register of Sasines. Jim Smith is researching the Paisley fallen of WW1, and hopes to have this published next year; David Rowand (known as “Mr Paisley”) is the author of a number of books about the town, and fount of many stories.<br />
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We were then joined by Dr Gilbert Shaw, who gave us a potted history of the Abbey, which was founded as a priory in 1163 by Walter Fitzalan, High Steward of Scotland. It was one of only three Cluniac monasteries in Scotland and monks came to it from Wenlock in Shropshire. Surprisingly, for 50 years after the Reformation in 1560, Catholic services still took place in St Mirin’s Chapel within the Abbey, while the Church of Scotland occupied the rest of the building. <br />
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The Abbey had strong connections with Robert the Bruce (who received Papal Absolution there for his murder of the Red Comyn) and with the Stewart kings of Scotland.<br />
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Over the centuries, parts of the Abbey were damaged or destroyed, and some of the rebuilding took place before and after WW1, despite its ancient appearance.<br />
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After a tasty lunch in the lovely Ta Ta Bella’s cafe (the name leads to another interesting story!), we crossed the road to the Heritage Centre, which shares a building with both the Central Library and Paisley Museum.<br />
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David Weir and his staff had brought out lots of interesting archive material for us to see, including examples of the exceptionally good Poor Law Records, which start in 1839; some of the 46 handwritten volumes of the Cairn of Lochwinnoch (a local history covering everything from family trees to wildlife, news and gossip compiled between 1827 and 1854); some of the vast collection of newspapers, including the Glasgow Journal which goes back to 1755, as well as the Paisley Advertiser, Paisley Herald, Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette and Paisley Daily Express. There are indexes available, a number of them handwritten.<br />
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We were fascinated by a set of registers from what was known as the “half time school” – a school for children who worked in Paisley’s thread mills, but also received education. These registers record the name of the child, birth date, address, names of both parents (including maiden name of mother), date of starting employment, the signature of a surgeon who certified they were fit to work, and – written in the margin – the name of the “shed” the child was working in. The registers were dated 1880-99, and seemed to contain only the names of girls, average age around 11 years.<br />
As well as its thread mills, Paisley was of course famous for its weavers, and in particular its Paisley shawls, and we were lucky in having Curator of Textiles Dan Coughlan guide us around the shawl gallery and explain the origins of these garments (and indeed works of art!).<br />
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Silk weaving had begun in the town in 1759, and the Paisley weavers soon became more successful than the famous silk weavers of Spitalfields. They then pioneered cotton manufacturing, and moved into the shawl trade in the early years of the 19th century. Shawls were popular garments at that time, and they started weaving what were known as “imitation Indian shawls” – the real Indian shawls being so time-consuming to make that they cost the same as a small London house.<br />
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-76023915903591132462014-11-10T11:47:00.001+00:002014-11-10T11:50:25.876+00:00The Scottish Genealogy Network CPD day in EdinburghSaturday 25 October saw the fourth bi-annual continuing professional development (CPD) day of the Scottish Genealogy Network. The event was hosted by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Cross-Cafe/244096462339583?fref=ts" target="_blank">Southern Cross Café</a> which is conveniently situated on Cockburn Street, Edinburgh. The friendly staff kept the tea and coffee flowing and also brought us some rather delicious carrot cake!!<br />
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In the past our CPD days have covered topics which focussed on research in specific record sources. The programme this time was a little different, as the theme was running a successful business. It seems that there is an occupational hazard that all of us have fallen victim to. We get so involved with the projects that we are working on that we spend far more time on some projects than we charge for! This may seem great if you’re an individual who is looking for a researcher, but if you are a genealogist trying to earn a living it’s not really very practical.<br />
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Most of us began our businesses because we love genealogy. so we’ll never eliminate the problem entirely. When we’re working on an interesting project it can be a pleasure to spend extra time on it; we don’t always see this as a problem.<br />
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The day focussed on how we can earn a living from genealogy. We started with three talks looking at how we can diversify from standard client research and how this can help us to have a regular income.<br />
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First up was Scottish genealogist Chris Paton, who is well known as a genealogy author, as well as his popular blogs and magazine articles. He gave us some helpful tips on how to get started in writing and explained how this can give a regular basic income, something which is very important to anyone who is self-employed.<br />
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Kirsty Wilkinson, who you may have seen on Billy Connolly's episode in the recent series of Who Do You Think You Are?, gave the next talk. Kirsty explained that by being a member of the Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents (ASGRA), she has attracted a different type of research and the work has proved quite steady. ASGRA is an accrediting body and as such, some legal practices use only ASGRA members for their research. Whilst this is not true of all legal firms, being a member of ASGRA can prove to be an advantage.<br />
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Graham Maxwell gave the third talk, looking at how indexing historical records can help your business. As with writing and legal work, creating online indexes can attract clients and also provide a basic steady income. Graham began publishing genealogy indexes 13 years ago and over that time has built up a large database. If you’re just starting out even a small index can help get your website noticed.<br />
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After these initial talks we had a variety of discussion groups lead by Scottish Genealogy Network members Emma Maxwell, Jane Harris, Anne Callan and Lorraine Stewart. A variety of helpful tips were brought out as well as discussions on how to use social media effectively to promote your business.<br />
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All in all, it was a very productive day which we hope will assist SGN members to run successful businesses which provide an income to their family and a good service to their clients.<br />
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If you are already working as a genealogist in Scotland, or are considering launching a business, please get in touch with our secretary to ask about joining the group. The next <a href="http://scottishgenealogynetwork.blogspot.co.uk/p/meetings.html" target="_blank">meeting </a>will be in Paisley on 5 December 2014.<br />
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Scottish Genealogy Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16977605577666626943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016022475494845103.post-46164930629752143442014-09-28T12:47:00.000+01:002014-09-28T12:49:50.298+01:00A History of Working-Class Marriage<span id="docs-internal-guid-204f3245-bbfd-dc66-18b7-564e905c722e"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having now been researching for over ten years, and having looked into so many different families, a better picture has built up in my mind of what life was really like. There are still many questions, though, that I have not yet found an answer to. This is why I was delighted to hear that a team at Glasgow University have undertaken the project <a href="http://workingclassmarriage.gla.ac.uk/" target="_blank">‘A History of Working-Class Marriage’</a>. The project looks across Scotland from 1855 to 1976. The results of this project will be useful and interesting to anybody tracing their Scottish family, which is why the Scottish Genealogy Network attended their workshop in Dumfries yesterday.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the words of their <a href="http://workingclassmarriage.gla.ac.uk/" target="_blank">website</a>, “we want to get beyond public discourses and official policy to understand what people are actually thinking and experiencing of marriage and cohabitation; and how that experience relates to broader social and political understandings. To do this, we are asking for your help!"
As a group of professional genealogists, the Scottish Genealogy Network took this on board and headed down to Dumfries to meet the team and hear a talk on the subject.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The team are gathering information throughout Scotland, and want to hear from you wherever you are.
They are looking at different family forms: regular marriages, irregular marriages, marriage by declaration and marriage by habit and repute. They are interested in different cultural backgrounds. They are examining all types of families, not just families in their traditional form.
The project is broken into the following sections:
Life course of a marriage
Love and courtship
Expectations and experience of a marriage
End of a marriage: divorce, death informal separation and divorce
Parenting, influence of having children
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Dr Jeff Meek, a member of the team, has been looking at five diverse geographic areas of Scotland and has sampled 1000 families in each area for the census years 1861, 1881 and 1901.
Looking at the samples in all all five areas across Scotland, the team has discovered that around 50% of families were traditional or nuclear families; parents and children. There are regional variations. An example is Perthshire, where in the 1881 census 43% of families we ‘traditional families’ and 33% were single parent families.
I found it really interesting to learn that the statistic of 50% of families being traditional or nuclear families is much the same as it is today. In the 1960s and 1970s however, the figure was much higher. This perhaps explains why we may have preconceived ideas about the family structures of our ancestors.
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The team are now almost half way through their four year project and<a href="http://workingclassmarriage.gla.ac.uk/" target="_blank"> they really need your help</a>.
They are looking to hear from anyone with experience of family (that’s everyone) prior to 1976. This means that the baby boomers of the post war generation are perfect, and also anybody older than that. Even if, like me, you’re a little too young to give your experiences you can help by submitting ephemera. Do you have pre-1976 wedding photos, love letters and stories? If you’re not sure that what you have would be valuable to the team, why not contact them and let them decide?
This is just a brief overview of what the team are doing, <a href="http://workingclassmarriage.gla.ac.uk/" target="_blank">visit their website </a>and follow them on <a href="https://twitter.com/WCMScotland" target="_blank">twitter </a>to learn more and follow their progress.
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