Speakers -- Talks cost £4 each and can be purchased at the entry kiosk (no need to pre book)
10:00am - Sharon Paton -
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Museums Service
On the archival research work which went into restoring Chatelherault Hunting Lodge. She delves into some of the fascinating discoveries and stories about the people who worked in the High Parks and in the famous building.
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Museums Service
On the archival research work which went into restoring Chatelherault Hunting Lodge. She delves into some of the fascinating discoveries and stories about the people who worked in the High Parks and in the famous building.
11:00am - Dr Irene O’Brien -
Glasgow City Senior Archivist on using Trade Records and Directories and the value they have for family history research.
Glasgow City Senior Archivist on using Trade Records and Directories and the value they have for family history research.
13:30pm - Ruth Washbrook -
National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive on the new film collection at Kelvin Hall Glasgow and its use in adding flesh to the bare bones of family history.
National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive on the new film collection at Kelvin Hall Glasgow and its use in adding flesh to the bare bones of family history.
14:30pm - Chris Paton -
Genealogist and Author -
Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis
It is often the case in family history research that our ancestors’ lives were best documented when the chips were truly down. We may have had ancestors in poverty or in debt, with mental health issues or illnesses, who were assaulted, murdered, raped, who committed suicide, engaged in insurgency, or who were punished by the state or the Kirk. No matter the crisis, a quill and ink were always in close proximity. In this talk Chris Paton explores some of the areas of ancestral hardship, to allow us to truly understand the situations that our forebears had to endure and overcome.
Genealogist and Author -
Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis
It is often the case in family history research that our ancestors’ lives were best documented when the chips were truly down. We may have had ancestors in poverty or in debt, with mental health issues or illnesses, who were assaulted, murdered, raped, who committed suicide, engaged in insurgency, or who were punished by the state or the Kirk. No matter the crisis, a quill and ink were always in close proximity. In this talk Chris Paton explores some of the areas of ancestral hardship, to allow us to truly understand the situations that our forebears had to endure and overcome.