Get ready for St Andrew's Day

General Register House, Edinburgh

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Next week will be St. Andrew’s Day, and to mark this, FamilySearch are running a free Scottish Research Day on Monday 30 November. There will be four online workshops in the afternoon/evening, beginning at 3.30pm UK time. These are aimed at beginning researchers but the content looks suitable for anyone working with Scottish records. The webinars are

☙  Using the Wiki and Scotlands People for Scots Research - The FamilySearch Research Wiki is a rich and ever-growing resource to help guide your search in Scottish records. ScotlandsPeople is the Scottish government's site to search censuses, civil registration, many church records, wills and testaments, and more. Learn how to use these two sites to further your Scottish family history research. 

☙  Scotland Land and Property Records - This webinar will give an overview of Scotland Services of Heirs and Sasines records. They help us understand how land was transferred and are great for naming family relationships. It will show how to access those records and use them effectively to discover the family relationships in Scotland dating back to the 1500s. 

☙  Och Aye! Understanding Weird Scottish Words and Phrases - This class looks at the history of Gaelic and Scots and then focuses on the languages and words of genealogical value for people doing research in Scottish records. 

☙  Scotland Probate Records - The purpose of this class is to introduce the Scottish system of probate or, in other words, the handling of the Scottish deceased’s property, both real and personal, after death. The class will include the procedures, customs and terms associated with it as well as the time period, content and availability of the records. 

You can sign up for the webinars on the Family History Library Classes website.  This will register you for all four workshops but you don’t have to tune in to them all, only the ones that interest you.  There is also more information about other upcoming events they have scheduled, as well as a short how-to video for those not familiar with using Zoom.

FamilySearch often archive their webinars, so if you miss one or want to watch it again, you may find it's eventually available in their extensive range of videos in the Learning Centre.

Have a great St. Andrew's Day, and don't eat too much haggis...