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.
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