The Scottish Genealogy Society - Family History and Ancestry in Scotland

Ceud mìle fàilte!

(A hundred thousand welcomes!)

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AGM & ORDINARY MEETING POSTPONED

Monday 19 September 2022

Due to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II the Society's planned meeting has been postponed.

The Library & Family History Centre will also be closed on Monday 19 September 2022

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ORDINARY MEETINGS

A season of talks has been put together for 2022.

Details of the talks are listed in the Society Calendar.
The meetings, starting at 7.30pm, will be held in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. Attendees will be required to sign in. Seats will be well spaced in pairs or singly.
Guests are welcome and will be charged a small fee.

THE SCOTTISH GENEALOGY SOCIETY LIBRARY IS OPEN TO MEMBERS & VISITORS

The Scottish Genealogy Society Library and Research Centre is open to welcome members and visitors.
[All minors must be accompanied by a responsible adult]

The Library is open on:

Mondays 10.30am to 4.00pm
Tuesdays 10.30am to 4.00pm
Thursdays 10.30am to 4.00pm

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 record their names and observe hand hygiene. There is no longer a legal requirement to socially distance.

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Our facebook page is regularly updated with interesting images and articles.

The Society's Resource page contains links to a number of useful websites.

Family History Centre

The Society, based in Edinburgh and founded in 1953, helps with research into Scottish family and local history.

Run by volunteers, we can advise you at all stages in your research. Members and visitors will always get a friendly welcome at the Library & Family History Centre.
Course fees may be paid online in the Society's Online Shop.

PROGRAMME OF CLASSES for 2022 yet to be decided.

These maybe held on Saturdays or Sundays, face to face and/or via ZOOM. An outline appears below. For Full Details please click here.

2021	2021	2021
	1 - Beginners: This module is just what it says - for beginners. Ken Nisbet, who has many years experience in researching family history will take this class.	CLOSED

	2 - Irish Records: - an introductory course. The records all went up in smoke . . . or did they? This workshop will be given by Jill Williams FIGRS, who has many years experience of researching Irish records.	CLOSED

	3 - Parish Registers and Kirk Session Records: Prior to Statutory Registration, church records are one of the most important sources for family history research, Ken Nisbet will look at how to access and make use of two of the most important sets of church records, Parish Registers and Kirk Session Records.	CLOSED

Opening Times

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

- 10.30 - 16.00
- 10.30 - 16.00
- Closed
- 10.30 - 16.00
- Closed
- Closed
- Closed

Scottish Genealogy Society

15 Victoria Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2JL
0131 220 3677

Scottish Charity No. SCO16718

Email enquiries@scotsgenealogy.com
Please ensure that you have set your
email to receive a response from us.

The Editor of The Scottish Genealogist
may be contacted at:
editor@scotsgenealogy.com

How to Find Us

The Society Offers...

Advice and support from experienced volunteers
Monumental Inscriptions – the largest collection in Scotland
Old Parish Registers – the original in microfilm for every parish in Scotland with indexes to baptisms and marriages
Bookshop with publications from every Scottish family history society and other publishers
The Library, with over 4000 books and CDs on Scottish family and local history
Family History Index - Collection of donated family histories, pedigrees and research notes
Census information
Scottish family history societies’ journals
Photocopying, microfiche and microfilm printing available
Internet and full acess to: Ancestry(World); Find My Past (World); and the British Newspaper Archive.

News

The Society's Facebook Page

The Society's Facebook Page is well worth a visit as it is constantly updated with items of interest.

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SCOTTISH GENEALOGIST INDEX 2015-2017

A down-loadable pdf index for the above years has been added to the download section of this website. PDF copies of the journals appearing in the index are available in our online shop. Please remember to DOWNLOAD the desired journal before moving away from the payment page in our shop. The download link is at the bottom of the page.
All journals and indexes covering the years 1953-2017 are now available online.

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Visits to New Register House will be re-started as soon as is possible.
Once these visits are allowed to go ahead and bookings have been made, details will appear in the Calendar.

Go To Calendar

OVERSEAS MEMBERS
At the Society AGM it was agreed to reduce the cost of overseas membership from £25 to £20 if the overseas member was willing to take the Scottish Genealogist in electronic form and not receive the paper copy. Any current member wishing to renew their membership or anyone wishing to become a member of the Scottish Genealogy Society may avail themselves of this type of membership.

CONTACTING THE EDITOR
Enquiries regarding submissions to the Society Journal, The Scottish Genealogist, should be sent to the Hon. Editor, Caroline Gerard, editor@scotsgenealogy.com

Downloads

In downloads will be found: Black Book, Family Group Sheets, Pedigree Charts.
Indexes for the Scottish Genealogist covering 1953-2011 is available. An index for 2012-2014 is also available and is in two versions: one for use electronically; the other intended for printing a paper copy.