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Showing posts with label fair. Show all posts

Monday, 14 March 2016

SAFHS Conference and Family History Fair 2016

We are looking forward to the 27th “Scottish Association of Family History Societies (SAFHS) Conference and Family History Fair” which will take place this year in the wonderful conservation village of New Lanark on Saturday 23 April 2016.

The SAFHS conference is always a highlight in the genealogy calendar. There is a long list of exhibitors and an interesting selection of talks. The theme for the day is "Heritage along the Clyde" so the event will be of particular interest to you if you had ancestors who lived and worked along the banks of the Clyde river.

Emma Maxwell, genealogist
at Scottish Indexes, will be speaking on the
subject ‘Understanding Our Ancestors -
 A Look at Prison Registers and Mental Health Records’
For those of you with ancestors from other areas of Scotland, many of the family history societies will be present and there will also be representatives from commercial companies such as Findmypast and Scottish Monumental Inscriptions, as well as us of course!

There will be four talks given throughout the day, the cost of which is very reasonable: 4 talks £16 or 4 talks and buffet lunch £20.

Speaker 1 is Jane Masters who will give the talk, ‘New Lanark Mill’
Speaker 2 is Dr Irene O'Brien who will give the talk, ‘Industries along the Clyde - Records held in the Mitchell Library’
Speaker 3 is Dr Stephen Mullen who will give the talk, ‘Glasgow, the West of Scotland and New World Slavery, 1660-1838'’
Speaker 4 is Emma Maxwell who will give the talk, ‘Understanding Our Ancestors - A Look at Prison Registers and Mental Health Records’

If you are interested in hearing one or more of the talks it is advisable to book now to ensure you get to hear it. You can book online from the conference website: http://safhs2016.weebly.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

We look forward to meeting many of you on the 16th of April, please come along and say hello.

Monday, 18 November 2013

Family History Fair - Free Consultations

The Scottish Association of Family History Societies' (SAFHS) 25th Annual Conference and Family History Fair will be held on Saturday the 26th of April 2014 at the Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline.

As usual we will have a table and will be offering free consultations throughout the day. We can help with research all over the world but we specialise in researching families from southern Scotland and particularly enjoy the challenge of overcoming 'brick walls'.

We will have a multitude of resources on hand to help you with your family and our time will be free! You can either turn up on the day or book a slot in advance. You can even email me ahead of time to explain your 'brick wall' to us.

Here are the slots that remain:

09:30 - email to book
10:00 - email to book
10:30 - email to book
11:00 - email to book
11:30 - email to book
13:00 - email to book
13:30 - email to book
14:00 - email to book
14:30 - email to book
15:00 - email to book
15:30 - email to book

There will be something for every family at the fair, visit the SAFHS website for up-to-date information and to book!