- September 2016 – March 2017 – Attended Scottish Handwriting 1500-1700 at the University of Edinburgh
- 08/10/2016 – Volunteered on the ‘Ask an Expert’ table at the Fife Family History & Local History Fair at Dunfermline
- 02/09/2016 – Volunteered on the ‘Ask an Expert’ table at the LFHS Family & Local History Show at Motherwell
- 27/06/2016 – 01/07/2016 – Attended University of Strathclyde’s Summer Institute of Genealogical Studies specialising in British Army Research, head tutor Simon Fowler
- 14/11/2015 – Attended the Fife Gravestones Conference at Kirkcaldy.
Listened to the following talks:- The Briggers: Forth Bridge Casualties by Frank Hay and Len Saunders
- Abbotshall Church: Graveyard Reconstruction by Roddy Sneddon
- The Memorial in Kirkcaldy High School by John Beck
- Scottish Medieval Canopied Tombs by Richard Fawcett
- Scottish Burial Customs by Margaret Bennett
- For the Security of the Dead by Martyn Gorman
- 09/11/2015 – Visited the National Library of Scotland’s Map Department with the Scottish Genealogy Network.
- 24/10/2015 – Attended Scottish Genealogy Network Continuous Professional Development day at Heriot Watt University.
Listened to the following talks:- The National Records of Scotland by Anne Slater
- Home Children by Judoth Russell
- Ancestral Tourism by George MacKenzie
- Researching in Estonia by Carol McKinven
- Census Guide to Ag Labs in South-east Scotland by Andrew Armstrong
- The Weavers Incorporation of Perth by Chris Paton
- 28/09/2015 – Visited National Trust archives with the Scottish Genealogy Network
- 22/08/2015 – Attended talks at Local & Family History Show, Motherwell
- National Library of Scotland Maps by Chris Fleet
- Using Newspapers for Family History Research by Chris Paton
- Tracing your Illegitimate Ancestors in the Sheriff Court Records by Graham Maxwell
- 06/06/2015 – Pre 1841 population listings workshop by Bruce Bishop at Scottish Genealogy Society
- 25/04/2015 – Attended SAFHS Conference and listened to the following talks:
- Badges, Buckles and Bandoliers by Paul Laidlaw
- Killing a Ruskie by Pam McNicol
- The Scottish Women’s Hospital Archive by Barbara McLean
- Scottish Soldier’s Wills by Tristram Clark
- 27/03/2015 – Visited Stirling Council Archives and Stirling University Archives with the Scottish Genealogy Network
- 08/03/2015 – Old Scottish Handwriting workshop by Pete Wadley and Jean Crawford at the Scottish Genealogy Society
- 27/02/2015 – Visited Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society and Glasgow University Archives with the Scottish Genealogy Network.
- 24/01/2015 – OPR workshop by Bruce Bishop at the Scottish Genealogy Society
- 08/11/2014 – WW1 workshop by Ken Nisbet at the Scottish Genealogy Society.
- 25/10/2014 – CPD day with the Scottish Genealogy Network in Edinburgh on running a successful business.
- 20/09/2014 – Fife Family History Fair, Glenrothes
Talks attended:- A’Ghairm, the call, Scotland 1914-1919 by Yvonne McEwen
- Researching your family’s military past by Emma Halford-Forbes
- Kirkcaldy and the First World War by David Potter
- Tracing your First World War family by Rev Garry Ketchen
- Tracing POWs and internees in the First and Second World War by Sarah Paterson
- 30/08/2014 – Who Do You Think You Are Live, Glasgow.
Talks attended:- Reading the original by Jackie Depelle
- Removing dry state dykes – breaking down Scottish family history brick walls by George English
- 23/08/2014 – Lanarkshire Local & Family History Show, Motherwell.
Talks attended:- Family history from the Mitchell’s archives by Dr Irene O’Brien
- Irish Resources by Chris Paton
- Scottish Heraldry by Professor Bruce Durie
- The battle of Bannockburn by Dr Fiona Watson
- 26/04/2014 – Scottish Association of Family History Societies Conference, Dunfermline.
Talks attended:- South of the border by Hilary Clare
- Using British medals to help by David Holman
- 20th century English research by Ian Waller
- Using newspapers by Ken Nisbet