(A hundred thousand welcomes!)
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THE SCOTTISH GENEALOGY SOCIETY LIBRARY IS OPEN
The Society is pleased to announce that the Library and Research Centre will return to near normal working from Monday 9th August 2021.
The Library is open on:
Mondays 11.00am to 4.30pm
Tuesdays 11.00am to 4.30pm
Thursdays 11.00am to 4.30pm
There will no longer be a need to book an appointment, and there will be free access to the books in the library again. However, visitors will still have to wear a face mask (unless exempt), record their names for Track & Trace and observe hand hygiene. There is no longer a legal requirement to socially distance. The maximum number of people allowed in the Library at any one time is 15.
The Scottish Genealogy Society is supporting NHS Scotland's Test and Protect. When you arrive you will have to use a Qcode to record your visit. Alternatively the Society will record your name, contact telephone number, date of visit, time of arrival and time of departure. This will allow us to contact people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, which is an important step in stopping the spread of covid. Your information will be held securely in line with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), controlled by the Scottish Genealogy Society and will be destroyed after 21 days. Your information will only be used if requested by NHS Scotland or statutory partners. For the full Collection of Data Privacy Notice go to, visit gov.scot/contact-tracing-privacy-notice.
The Scottish Genealogy Society is working with NHS Scotland to promote safety and we will let you know how the roadmap to release from lockdown is progressing.
If the Society is told by NHS Scotland and Public Health Officials to close the library, details will be posted on the website.
The Scottish Genealogy Society appreciates your support and looks forward to welcoming you to our Library.
We will continue to attend to sales, membership and email enquiries. Please be patient. We will respond as quickly as possible.
We will review the situation regularly and post updates here.
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Time on your hands?
Scottish Indexes are hosting another FREE conference on 22 May 2021.
Some of the presentations revealed so far:-
Kate Keter: "Mother dead, Father in prison"
Andrew Armstong: "Patterns of Migration in the Scottish Textiles Industries 1750-1950"
Chris Paton: "Genealogy Without Borders"
Margaret Fox: “A decent looking woman in the early prime of life”
Click here for the pdf from all their previous conferences
Our facebook page is regularly updated with interesting images and articles.
The Society's Resource page contains links to a number of useful websites.