Upcoming free family history events

I'm a keen advocate of lifelong learning, especially in the field of family history.  So here's my pick of free family history events in the next few months.  First of all, in the Glasgow area…

National Library of Scotland
Discovering family history at Kelvin Hall 
on Tuesday 15 October, Saturday 30 November, and Thursday 12 December. 

An introduction to the National Library's extensive digital resources, including free home access to their electronic collections, to help you learn more about your ancestors’ lives.

Mitchell Library

Introduction to library resources for family history on 12 November. 
An overview of print and online resources for beginning researchers.

Family history advice 
on Thursday 17 October and Wednesday 6 November. 
Book a 30 minute session with a librarian for advice on your research.  Suitable for those with family history experience.

If you can't manage any of those, try something online instead:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars 

Selected online talks which are regularly updated, including using English and Welsh civil registration, Latin American records, and DNA testing.  Although a number of these webinars are marketing devices for specific genealogy platforms, the advice they provide could be applied to other record sources.

Some are only available free for a limited time.

RootsTech London Free Livestream 

Can’t make it to London for this? Don't despair; selected conference classes and panel discussions, plus the keynote talks, will be freely available to view live over the internet. These include presentations by historians Dan Snow and Nick Barratt, plus talks on various topics including Irish genealogy, storing photos on FamilySearch, and getting started with DNA.

There are many more learning opportunities that will help sharpen up your sleuthing skills, both in your community and online.  I'll share some more in a future blog post, but a little careful Googling* should locate events that suit your needs.  And always check at your local heritage centre, library, or archive for any workshops or talks on offer.

*other search engines are available