This talk is free to members, non-members are welcome to attend for a small donation. If you are a member and would like to attend this on zoom, please email meetings@scotsgenealogy.com. If you would like to watch the zoom talk at the Society, 15 Victoria Terrace please let us know by email.

This six-week Zoom course, tutored by Ken Nisbet, will look at the sources that are available both online and offline to help you start researching your Scottish family history. Importantly, we will also research other sources such as employment, military service, appearance in local newspapers, education, etc. Ken will also explain how to put the acquired information together to give an account of your relatives’ lives. The course is priced at £50; classes will all take place on Thursdays at 7...

Week 1: What is family history and how to create one? 

A detailed examination of Scottish Statutory Registration and the records created; looking at birth, marriage, and death records, 1855 to date; and how the rules about what constitutes a legal marriage have changed. 

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A beginners course in researching your Scottish Family History

This six-week Zoom course, tutored by Ken Nisbet, will look at the sources that are available both online and offline to help you start researching your Scottish family history. Importantly, we will also research other sources such as employment, military service, appearance in local newspapers, education, etc. Ken will also explain how to put the acquired information together to give an account of your relatives’ lives. The course is priced at £50; classes will all take place on Thursdays at 7...

Week 2: Censuses from 1801 to 1911 and what the 1921 census contains 

Examples from 1841 to 1921 will be examined. We will also look at other lists such as valuation rolls, voters rolls, post office & trade directories which can help with research.  

To book this class please click the link below:

A beginners course in researching your Scottish Family History

This six-week Zoom course, tutored by Ken Nisbet, will look at the sources that are available both online and offline to help you start researching your Scottish family history. Importantly, we will also research other sources such as employment, military service, appearance in local newspapers, education, etc. Ken will also explain how to put the acquired information together to give an account of your relatives’ lives. The course is priced at £50; classes will all take place on Thursdays at 7...

Week 3: Church records and where to find them 

Investigating the various kinds of records that exist – parish registers and kirk sessions, as well as examining how the Church of Scotland split and then reunited, and the effect it had on its records. We will also look at Roman Catholic Church records - what they are and where to find them. 

To book this class please click the link below:

A beginners course in researching your Scottish Family History

This six-week Zoom course, tutored by Ken Nisbet, will look at the sources that are available both online and offline to help you start researching your Scottish family history. Importantly, we will also research other sources such as employment, military service, appearance in local newspapers, education, etc. Ken will also explain how to put the acquired information together to give an account of your relatives’ lives. The course is priced at £50; classes will all take place on Thursdays at 7...

Week 4: Education and employment records 

What records we can find on our ancestors’ schooling and further education; if they went to university; what employment records can be found online/offline; government employment, trade union records, railway, shipping & nursing etc; also a look at how to research industrial accidents. 

To book please click the link below:

A beginners course in researching your Scottish Family History