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Pharos Tutors @pharostutors.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#MeetTheTutors Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social is a freelance researcher, author and lecturer who regularly writes content for various British and Irish family history magazines. Find out more about Chris: www.pharostutors.com/chris-paton

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Dig deeper into your Scottish roots at the Scottish Indexes Conference on 31 Jan 2026. Free online talks on marriage, DNA, illicit distilling, church records & more. Save the date! #Scottish #FamilyHistory #ScottishIndexes #Genealogy #Archives

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Join Caroline Brown as she explores the lives of Dundee’s textile workers: women, men and children whose labour shaped a city once known as the jute capital of the world. #ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Scottish Indexes Conference - Saturday 22 Nov 2025. Interested in tracing your Scottish genealogy? Expert advice. Time-zone friendly. Each presentation is shown twice. Free to attend. @scottishindexes.bsky.social #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scotland www.scottishindexes.com/conference.a...

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Just listened to Emma of @scottishindexes.bsky.social being interviewed on the Journeys into Genealogy Podcast. Includes excellent tips for researching Scottish ancestors. #FamilyHistory #genealogy #GeniHour #Scotland journeysintogenealogy.co.uk

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Journeys into Genealogy podcast – family histories, stories, tips from experts and more

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library: Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault. 20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🆕 New from Scottish Indexes: We’ve compiled a list of freely available books on Internet Archive to support your Scottish family history research. 📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes

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Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

After her great talk about Glamis estate at the recent @scottishindexes.bsky.social conference, their archivist has sent me images of rental records featuring my ancestors who were tenants there. Looks like there's plenty more where that came from, so there's a trip up north in my future #GenHour

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Resources for anyone interested in mining communities in Scotland in the nineteenth century and early-twentieth century. Includes museums to visit. Recently edited. Suggestions welcome. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #skystorians #mining 📚🗃️ thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/housing-the-...

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The Miners

A selective list of resources relating to housing in Scottish mining communities 1880-1930.

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We have added 34,662 entries to Scotland's Criminal Database. This update coveres the following prisons: Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Edinburgh (Calton Jail), Edinburgh (Police Prison), helensburgh, Inveraray, Leith Police Prison, Linlithgow, Musselburgh, Paisley, Rothesay and Wick.

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hot off the press! Pick up the July 2025 Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to read my masterclass article, ‘Sheriff Court Paternity Records’. Live in the UK? Who Do You Think You Are? with Diane Morgan is available on BBC iPlayer. #WDYTYA #Scotland #paternity @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I had to search over 70 dusty archive boxes to find these cases! Great to be part of #WDYTYA.

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Did someone in your family work for the Post Office? Here's how to find their employment record online 📮 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

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Mike Middleton @wulfgarthebard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Do you use Historic Environment Scotland's data? If so you need to know that Canmore is being retired this June. Trove (www.trove.scot) is replacing it and is now online in beta. Please try it out and feedback your comments here: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/470...

An image of the old Canmore website with an arrow to the new Trove website.

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

National Records of Scotland (NRS) has completed the return of thousands of documents that were stolen from its archives and from other UK institutions by a single individual between 1949 and 1980. www.nrscotland.gov.uk/latest-news/... #history #Genealogy #archives

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Return of documents after historical thefts

NRS has completed the return of thousands of documents taken from its archives and several other institutions by a single person decades ago.

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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This weekend! The Really Useful Show LIVE in the South West. 🌳 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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2025 Live | The Really Useful Show

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

National Records of Scotland closed on Thursday 27 March I can’t see a mention of this online but when we were in the Historical Search Room yesterday we were told that the NRS would be closed on Thursday and open as usual on Friday. Hope this saves someone a wasted journey!

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Fabulous day with @chrismpaton.bsky.social, @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social, @acspring.bsky.social and all our other presenters. If you missed this Scottish genealogy extravaganza, you have a day or so to catch up here: www.facebook.com/groups/scott...

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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Family & Local History societies and organisations starter pack. Let us know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/SUyvXhf

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thank you for this. I have been meaning to check this out for a current project!

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

If you're wondering what happened to the original Glasgow University building in the city centre, here it is. Or rather, what's left of it! The staircase, built 1690 in the old building, is incorporated into the new one, but now faces the opposite direction to how it went originally. #recycling

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LizG @trivvieliz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

So many new accounts on Bluesky that I would like to invite all the #Genealogy interested people to #GenHour chat time between 8-9pm GMT every Thursday. It is a thriving live chat time where you can get new followers and find people to follow as well as read lots of interesting information. Do come

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Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

#genealogy Tips for BlueSky Newbies: Use CamelCase for your hashtags: #AncestryHour #GenHour #GenChat #FamilyHistory

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It's been on my to-do list for a while! What have I missed?

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This time next week I'll be back in Oz for the first time in 7 years, catching up with genies down under! If you're not on the 18th UTP #genealogy cruise, I hope you can join us in Sydney, Adelaide or Brisbane. Details at www.gould.com.au/chris-paton-... - it should be great craic! #FamilyHistory

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Do you want to trace your family history earlier than 1750? If so, an understanding of some unfamiliar terms will help you. Join the Scottish Indexes conference to advance your research skills: Saturday, 23 November 2024.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Do you have coal mining ancestors? Housing the Miners stretches from mid-C19th in Ayrshire across the central belt to the Lothians in the 1920s. Talk shown twice. #coal #FamilyHistory #Scotland #genealogy #LocalHistory 🗃️

Advert for talk. Black and white backdrop of a row of nineteenth-century miners cottages. Talk title Housing the Miners. Date 23rd November. Hosted by Scottish Indexes.

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The next ScottishIndexes conference is this Sat 23rd, details at www.scottishindexes.com/conference.a..., free to attend. I'm giving a talk twice in the day about using the Internet & PRONI for NI #FamilyHistory research. Also doing the 2 hour long Q&As. I hope you can join us! #genealogy #Ireland

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