Ancestry adds three Aberdeenshire collections

Three major Aberdeenshire collections newly reelased on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk):

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Police Records, 1818-1948
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62703/
Source: Police Records. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen City Council.

Contains records for Aberdeenshire Constabulary 1840-1949, Aberdeen City Police 1818-1949, Banffshire Constabulary 1840-1949, Elginshire, Morayshire, Moray & Nairn Constabularies 1844-1949, Elgin Burgh Police 1844-1893, Kincardineshire Constabulary 1841-1949, Nairnshire Constabulary 1850-1949.

Includes:

•     Aberdeen City Police/Grampian Police: Burgh of Aberdeen Register of Applications For Mo…(1933-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police/Grampian Police: Register of Special Constables (1936-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Affirmation and Declaration Book (1891-1907)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Affirmation and Declaration Book (1908-1935)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Appointments Register (1871-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Burgh of Aberdeen Register of Pawnbrokers Certificates (1881-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Clothing and Equipment Issue Register (1909-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: File Relating to First Police Reserve (1940-1945)
•     Aberdeen City Police: File Relating to Police War Reserve (1939-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: File: Hm the King-Arrangements At Proclamation (1936-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Personnel Record Cards For Police Officers (1940)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Personnel Record Cards For Police War Reserve Officers, First Polic...(1940s)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Personnel Record Cards For Special Constables Sc 175-Sc 357 (1940)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Personnel Record Cards For Special Constables Sc 1-Sc 175 (1940)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Police Court Complaints (1829-1830)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Police Pensions Register (1921-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Record of Prisoners Released From Perth Prison (1882-1884)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Register of City Police Force (1849-1890)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Register of Licensed Tracks (1935-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Register of Prisoners Charged (1880-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Register of Returned Convicts (1869-1939)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Regulations and Instructions For Visit of Their Majesties King Edwar...(1906)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Returns of Crimes and Offences Reported to the Police (1913-1919)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Returns of Crimes and Offences Reported to the Police For 1920 to 1934
•     Aberdeen City Police: Roll of Watchmen on Duty (1831-1832)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Staff Register and Defaulters Book (1890-1948)
•     Aberdeen City Police: Staff Register and Defaulters Book (1899-1933)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish Ne Counties Const./Grampian Police: "Personal Record" Per…(1921-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish Ne Counties Const.: Ellon: Police Court Register of You...(1902-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish Ne Counties Const.: Oldmeldrum: Detention Register (1923-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish North East Counties Const.: Insch: Detention Register (1930-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish North East Counties Const.: Kemnay: Detention Register (1899-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const./Scottish North East Counties Const.: Maud: Detention Register (1902-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: "Long Roll Book" Personnel Register (1885-1921)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Burgh of Oldmeldrum Register of Youthful Offenders (1903-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Cairnbulg: Constable´s Visiting Book (1911-1912)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Cairnbulg: Constable´s Visiting Book (1917-1919)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Chief Constable´s Order Book (1886-1903)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Chief Constable´s Order Book (1903-1915)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Chief Constable´s Order Book (1915-1945)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Chief Constable´s Order Book (1945-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Police Information Notices (1879-1910)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Record of Appointment of A Special Constable (1940-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Const.: Register of Licensees and Licensed Premises (1899-1948)
•     Aberdeenshire Rural Const.: Defaulters Book (1858-1860)
•     Aberdeenshire Rural Const.: Lumsden: Copy General Orders and Police Informations (1845-1857)
•     Aberdeenshire/Scottish Ne Counties Const.: Register of Pensions and Gratutities (1891-1948)
•     Banffshire Const.: Aberlour: Burgh Police Court Register of Juvenile Offenders (1911-1948)
•     Banffshire Const.: Aberlour: Burgh Police Court Register of Youthful Offenders (1904-1948)
•     Banffshire Const.: Ballindalloch: Copy General Order Book (1876-1910)
•     Banffshire Const.: Ballindalloch: Copy General Order Book (1910-1925)
•     Banffshire Const.: Ballindalloch: Copy General Order Book (1939-1948)
•     Banffshire Const.: Banff: Police Cells Prisoner Visitation Register (1880-1888)
•     Banffshire Const.: Chief Constable´s Circulars (1914-1920)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Bail Receipt Book (1893-1909)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Copy General Order Book (1874-1887)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Dog Licence Register (1887-1901)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Dufftown Police Court Register (1874-1894)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Record of Police Passes Issued (1916-1918)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Register of Inspections Under the Explosives Act 1875 (1902-1909)
•     Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Sheep Dipping Register (1929-1931)
•     Banffshire Const.: General Order Book (1858-1899)
•     Banffshire Const.: Personnel Register (1920-1938)
•     Elgin Burgh Police: Chief Constable´s Copy Out Letters (1867-1887)
•     Elgin Burgh Police: Register of Appointments of Police Officers (1886-1892)
•     Elginshire Const./Morayshire Const./Moray and Nairn Const.: Appointments Register (1888-1948)
•     Elginshire Const./Morayshire Const./Moray and Nairn Const.: Burghead: Bail Receipts (1885-1939)
•     Elginshire Const./Morayshire Const./Moray and Nairn Const.: Burghead: Bail Receipts (1911-1943)
•     Elginshire Const.: Appointments Register (1858-1876)
•     Elginshire Const.: Fochabers: Record of Visits By Constable (1878-1879)
•     Elginshire Const.: Fochabers: Scroll Book (1907-1918)
•     Elginshire Const.: Offence Reports Book (1856-1859)
•     Elginshire Const.: Record of Conduct (1853-1887)
•     Elginshire Rural Const./Elginshire Const.: Appointment and Declaration Book (1848-1869)
•     Elginshire, Morayshire and Banffshire Const.: Dufftown: Police Information Request Noti…(1881-1940)
•     Elginshire/Morayshire/Moray and Nairn/Scottish Ne Counties Const.: Fochabers: Detenti...(1919-1948)
•     Kincardineshire Const./Banffshire Const.: Personnel Register (1920-1948)
•     Kincardineshire Const.: Bridge of Dee: Copy General Order Book (1924-1948)
•     Kincardineshire Const.: General Order Book (1924-1948)
•     Kincardineshire Const.: Personnel Register (1858-1924)
•     Moray and Nairn Const.: Register of Hawkers, Pedlars, Navvies and Suspicious Characters…(1939-1948)
•     Morayshire Const.: Fochabers: Information Book (1924-1927)
•     Nairnshire Const.: Personnel Register (1858-1920)

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, World War II Related Records, 1940-1945
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62704/
Source: Incidents in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire during World War Two. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen City Council.

Includes:

•     Aberdeen City Air Raid Precautions: Air Raid Records, 1940-1945
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Air Raid Casualties 1: Register of Civilian Deaths, 1940-1943
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Air Raid Casualties 2: Register of Civilian Deaths, 1940-1942
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Air Raid Casualties 3: Register of Persons Injured, 1940-1943
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Applications for Service Medals for Ellon Fire Brigade Officers, 1940
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Civil Defence Medal Application Forms, 1946-1947
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Misc. Civil Defence Medal Correspondence, 1946-1947
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Register of Air Raids and Alarms, 1940-1945
•     Aberdeen County Civil Defence: Register of Enrolled Civil Defence Personnel, 1939-1948
•     Aberdeen Public Soup Kitchen: Press Cutting and Secretary´s Note, 1939
•     Aberdeen Town Council Education Committee: English Examination Papers, 1941
•     Henry P. Trail Collection-World War Two-Civilian Pass, 1945
•     Henry P. Trail Collection-World War Two-Menu for Home Guard Celebratory Dinner, 1945
•     Henry P. Trail Collection-World War Two-Photograph of Home Guard, 1944
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Demonstration School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Frederick Street School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Hilton School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Middle School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Powis School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Rosemount School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Ruthrieston School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: St Peter´s Secondary School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Torry School, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Various Samples, 1941
•     Junior Secondary Certificate Examination Papers: Walker School, 1941
•     King Street School: Home Guard Certificate, 1945
•     Register of Accomodation within the Burgh of Banff for Government Evacuation Scheme, 1939-1944
•     Scrapbook of Mrs Henriette Smart Containing Photographs, Newspaper Cuttings, etc., 1940-1946

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, School Admission Registers, 1852-1927
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62690/
Source: Aberdeenshire School Admission Records. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen City Council.

This collection contains images of school admission registers produced in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, between 1856 and 1928. The registers are arranged in a ledger format with printed column headings and handwritten information about students. Important dates for each student and information about their family were recorded. The registers included an index of students arranged alphabetically by surname.

The index provides the page number where each student can be found in the register. For schools closed before 1975, the collection is divided into geographic groups. There are records from regular and special schools in the city of Aberdeen, and records for schools in Aberdeen County. The registers don't have pictures of the students or the names of schools where the students attended.

Records in this collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Gender
• Birth date and place
• Admission date
• Discharge date
• Parents' names
• Mother's maiden name
• Residence place
• Year

Includes:

•     Aberarder School: Admission Register, 1879-1918
•     Aberchirder Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1899-1926
•     Aberchirder School. Admission Register,
•     Aberchirder School. Admission Register, 1876-1882
•     Aberdeen Grammar School: Admission Register, 1864-1884
•     Aberdeen Grammar School: Admission Register, 1881-1893
•     Aberdeen Grammar School: Admission Register, 1889-1917
•     Aberdeen Grammar School: Admission Register, 1906-1932
•     Arbuthnott School: Admission Register, 1866-1973
•     Ardallie School: Admission Register, 1877-1911
•     Ashley Road School: Admission Register, 1903-1914
•     Ashley Road School: Admission Register, 1914-1928
•     Ashley Road School: Infant Department Admission Register, 1885-1896
•     Ashley Road School: Senior Department Admission Register, 1888-1903
•     Auchedly School: Admission Register, 1895-1963
•     Auchiries School: Admission Register, 1874-1965
•     Badenscoth School: Admission Register, 1910-1951
•     Balgownie School: Admission Register, 1874
•     Balgownie School: Admission Register, 1874-1875
•     Balgownie School: Admission Register, 1875
•     Ballater School: Admission Register, 1873-1905
•     Ballater School: Admission Register, 1900-1927
•     Balloch School: Admission Register, 1876-1947
•     Balmedie School: Admission Register, 1873-1893
•     Balmedie School: Admission Register, 1887-1909
•     Balmedie School: Admission Register, 1909-1925
•     Banchory Academy: Admission Register, 1867-1878
•     Banchory Academy: Admission Register, 1878-1886
•     Banchory Academy: Admission Register, 1901-1913
•     Banchory Academy: Admission Register, 1904-1927
•     Banchory Academy: Admission Register, 1913-1926
•     Banchory Devenick School: Admission Register, 1887-1920
•     Banff Episcopal School (St Andrew): Admission Register, 1905-1921
•     Bank School: Admission Register, 1887-1896
•     Barras School: Admission Register, 1866-1881
•     Barras School: Admission Register, 1911-1929
•     Benholm School: Admission Register, 1888-1910
•     Benholm School: Admission Register, 1910-1933
•     Birkenhills School: Admission Register, 1874-1929
•     Birkhall School: Admission Register, 1874-1949
•     Blackhill School: Admission Register, 1874-1968
•     Blairmaud School: Admission Register, 1917-1934
•     Boddam School: Admission Register, 1888-1958
•     Bogbrae Combination School: Admission Register, 1872-1967
•     Bonnykelly School: Admission Register, 1876-1956
•     Bourtie School: Admission Register, 1867-1911
•     Bourtie School: Admission Register, 1912-1952
•     Boyndlie Episcopalian School: Admission Register, 1915-1961
•     Brackmuirhill School: Admission Register, 1873-1897
•     Brackmuirhill School: Admission Register, 1897-1919
•     Brae of Glenbervie School: Admission Register, 1875-1914
•     Brae of Glenbervie School: Admission Registers, 1915-1954
•     Braes of Gartly School: Admission Register, 1867-1959
•     Buchanhaven School: Admission Register, 1893-1913
•     Buchanhaven School: Admission Register, 1913-1949
•     Bulwark School: Admission Register, 1865-1948
•     Burnhaven School: Admission Register, 1866-1903
•     Burnhaven School: Admission Register, 1903-1927
•     Cairnbanno Madras School: Admission Register, 1864-1882
•     Cairnbanno Madras School: Admission Register, 1882-1905
•     Cairnbanno Madras School: Admission Register, 1896-1930
•     Cairnorrie School: Admission Register, 1899-1916
•     Cairnorrie School: Admission Register, 1916-1935
•     Castleton School: Admission Register, 1917-1931
•     Chapel of Garioch School: Admission Register, 1873-1935
•     Clatt School: Admission Register, 1878-1947
•     Clenterty School: Admission Register, 1887-1906
•     Clochcan School: Admission Register, 1869-1897
•     Clochcan School: Admission Register, 1897-1919
•     Commerce Street School: Admission Register, 1892-1900
•     Commerce Street School: Admission Register, 1898-1920
•     Corgarff School: Admission Register, 1884-1972
•     Corse School: Admission Register, 1910-1975
•     Coull School: Admission Register, 1904-1929
•     Cove School: Admission Register, 1868-1900
•     Cove School: Admission Register, 1900-1945
•     Craig School: Admission Register, 1876-1958
•     Crossroads School: Admission Register, 1894-1922
•     Crudie School: Admission Register, 1873-1937
•     Culsalmond School: Admission Register, 1874-1939
•     Culter School: Higher Grade Admission Register, 1907-1933
•     Culter School: Primary Department Admission Register, 1907-1932
•     Cultercullen School: Admission Register, 1888-1933
•     Cults Academy: Admission Register, 1886-1900
•     Daviot School: Admission Register, 1875-1934
•     Drumwhindle School: Admission Register, 1879-1888
•     Drumwhindle School: Admission Register, 1880-1904
•     Drumwhindle School: Admission Register, 1904-1959
•     Duff´s School: Admission Register, 1879-1921
•     Dyce Primary School: Admission Register, 1890-1898
•     Dyce Primary School: Admission Register, 1890-1906
•     Dyce Primary School: Admission Register, 1906-1917
•     Dyce Primary School: Admission Register, 1917-1947
•     Eddieston School: Admission Register, 1906-1962
•     Esslemont (Female) Public School: Admission Register, 1881-1896
•     Esslemont (Female) Public School: Admission Register, 1881-1898
•     Esslemont (Female) Public School: Admission Register, 1911-1924
•     Ferryhill School: Admission Register, 1877-1882
•     Ferryhill School: Admission Register, 1882-1893
•     Ferryhill School: Admission Register, 1893-1903
•     Ferryhill School: Admission Register, 1903-1915
•     Ferryhill School: Admission Register, 1915-1929
•     Fetterangus School: Admission Register, 1876-1929
•     Fettercairn School: Admission Register, 1874-1928
•     Fisherford School (Tillymorgan School): Admission Register, 1876-1924
•     Fisherie School (Fishery School): Admission Register, 1875-1908
•     Fisherie School (Fishery School): Admission Register, 1889-1955
•     Fordoun School: Admission Register, 1871-1910
•     Fordoun School: Admission Register, 1910-1928
•     Forest of Birse School: Admission Register, 1884-1932
•     Forgue Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1898-1947
•     Forgue Public School: Admission Register, 1865-1920
•     Forgue Public School: Admission Register, 1912-1934
•     Foveran School: Admission Register, 1873-1902
•     Foveran School: Admission Register, 1902-1931
•     Fraserburgh Central School: Admission Register, 1900-1923
•     Fraserburgh Infant School: Admission Register, 1901-1908
•     Fraserburgh Infant School: Admission Register, 1908-1916
•     Fraserburgh Infant School: Admission Register, 1916-1926
•     Frederick Street School: Admission Register, 1876-1886
•     Frederick Street School: Admission Register, 1886-1892
•     Frederick Street School: Admission Register, 1892-1897
•     Frederick Street School: Admission Register, 1897-1910
•     Frederick Street School: Admission Register, 1910-1923
•     Gallowhill School: Admission Register, 1865-1888
•     Gallowhill School: Admission Register, 1879-1912
•     Garlogie School: Admission Register, 1876-1968
•     Garmond School: Admission Register, 1898-1962
•     Garvock School: Admission Register, 1876-1920
•     Gilcomstoun School: Admission Register, 1894-1909
•     Gilcomstoun School: Admission Register, 1909-1923
•     Girnoc School: Admission Register, 1877-1951
•     Glasslaw School: Admission Register, 1875-1961
•     Glendye School: Admission Register, 1870-1946
•     Glenfoudland School: Admission Register, 1902-1947
•     Glengairn School: Admission Register, 1879-1906
•     Glentanar School: Admission Register, 1865-1887
•     Glentanar School: Admission Register, 1888-1969
•     Greenburn School: Admission Register, 1908-1946
•     Greenfern Infant School. Register of Admissions and Withdrawal, 1961-1975
•     Hanover Street School: Admission Register, 1904-1917
•     Hanover Street School: Admission Register, 1917-1927
•     Harlaw Admissions, 1881-1882
•     Harlaw Admissions, 1905-1910
•     Hatton School: Admission Register, 1895-1907
•     Hatton School: Admission Register, 1907-1919
•     Honeynook Girls School: Admission Register, 1867-1893
•     Honeynook Girls School: Admission Register, 1893-1896
•     Inch School: Admission Register, 1873-1969
•     Inchmarlo School: Admission Register, 1866-1888
•     Inchmarlo School: Admission Register, 1877-1899
•     Inchmarlo School: Admission Register, 1891-1963
•     Inchmarnoch School: Admission Register, 1874-1923
•     Insch School: Admission Register, 1912-1929
•     Inverey R.C. School: Admission Register, 1883-1947
•     Inverkeithny School: Admission Register, 1873-1951
•     Johnshaven School: Admission Register, 1887-1937
•     Keig School: Admission Register, 1863-1924
•     Kemnay School: Admission Register, 1878-1903
•     Kemnay School: Admission Register, 1903-1908
•     Kemnay School: Admission Register, 1904-1935
•     Kennethmont School: Admission Register, 1887-1905
•     Kennethmont School: Admission Register, 1905-1928
•     Kepplehills School: Admission Register, 1902-1947
•     Kincardine O´Neil School: Admission Register, 1873-1971
•     Kinellar School: Admission Register, 1913-1928
•     King Edward School: Admission Register, 1888-1935
•     King Street School: Admission Register (Infant Department), 1909-1922
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1883-1884
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1884-1888
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1888-1893
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1893-1903
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1903-1912
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1912-1923
•     King Street School: Admission Register, 1912-1929
•     Kininmonth School: Admission Register, 1869-1898
•     Kininmonth School: Admission Register, 1898-1930
•     Kinneff School: Admission Register, 1867-1927
•     Kinnoir School: Admission Register, 1876-1915
•     Kinord School: Admission Register, 1911-1949
•     Kintore School: Admission Register, 1891-1904
•     Kintore School: Admission Register, 1907-1933
•     Kintore School: Admission Register, 1911-1919
•     Kirkhill School: Admission Register, 1875-1884
•     Kirkhill School: Admission Register, 1878-1938
•     Kittybrewster School: Admission Register, 1899-1905
•     Kittybrewster School: Admission Register, 1905-1919
•     Knaven School: Admission Register, 1904-1970
•     Largie School: Admission Register, 1907-1962
•     Largue School: Admission Register, 1908-1932
•     Laurencekirk Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1902-1919
•     Leslie School: Admission Register, 1865-1954
•     Lesmore School (Lesmoir School): Admission Register, 1865-1936
•     Leylodge School: Admission Register, 1912-1952
•     Linhead School: Admission Register, 1878-1963
•     Longhaven School: Admission Register, 1875-1929
•     Longhill School: Admission Register, 1913-1948
•     Longmanhill School: Admission Register, 1897-1926
•     Longside School: Admission Register, 1913-1926
•     Lonmay School: Admission Register, 1873-1929
•     Lumphanan School: Admission Register, 1870-1936
•     Lumsden School: Admission Register, 1906-1932
•     Lyne of Skene School: Admission Register, 1901-1922
•     Mackie Academy, 1893-1908
•     Marnoch School: Admission Register, 1871-1893
•     Marnoch School: Admission Register, 1893-1899
•     Marnoch School: Admission Register, 1899-1925
•     Maryculter East School: Admission Register, 1876-1923
•     Maryculter West School: Admission Register, 1872-1982
•     Maud School: Admission Register, 1896-1910
•     Maud School: Admission Register, 1910-1920
•     Meiklefolla School: Admission Register, 1868-1916
•     Meiklefolla School: Admission Register, 1874-1929
•     Memsie School: Admission Register, 1880-1961
•     Menie School: Admission Register, 1867-1931
•     Methlick School: Admission Register, 1905-1919
•     Midmar School: Admission Register, 1890-1933
•     Migvie School: Admission Register, 1865-1936
•     Mintlaw School: Admission Register, 1898-1914
•     Mintlaw School: Admission Register, 1914-1932
•     Monquhitter School: Admission Register, 1899-1909
•     Monquhitter School: Admission Register, 1909-1928
•     Monymusk Primary School: Admission Register, 1874-1911
•     Monymusk Primary School: Admission Register, 1911-1945
•     Muchalls School: Admission Register, 1869-1925
•     Napier Memorial School: Admission Register, 1898-1937
•     Netherley School: Admission Register, 1910-1974
•     New Deer Central School: Admission Register, 1874-1895
•     New Deer Central School: Admission Register, 1895-1936
•     New Deer School: Admission Register, 1874-1881
•     New Deer School: Admission Register, 1899-1908
•     New Deer School: Admission Register, 1908-1919
•     New Machar School: Admission Register, 1877-1907
•     New Machar School: Admission Register, 1907-1929
•     New Pitsligo and St John´s School: Admission Register, 1863-1890
•     New Pitsligo and St John´s School: Admission Register, 1895-1917
•     Newburgh Mathers School: Admission Register, 1904-1917
•     O´Neil Corse School: Admission Register, 1875-1905
•     O´Neil Corse School: Admission Register, 1905-1937
•     Old Deer School: Admission Register, 1909-1936
•     Oldtown School: Admission Register, 1874-1907
•     Oldtown School: Admission Register, 1907-1951
•     Oldwhat School: Admission Register, 1895-1951
•     Overtown School: Admission Register, 1879-1912
•     Overtown School: Admission Register, 1912-1961
•     Oyne School: Admission Register, 1902-1929
•     Parkhill School: Admission Register, 1897-1922
•     Peterhead Central School: Admission Register, 1888-1901
•     Peterhead Central School: Admission Register, 1892-1905
•     Peterhead Central School: Admission Register, 1905-1911
•     Peterhead Central School: Admission Register, 1911-1918
•     Peterhead Central School: Admission Register, 1911-1925
•     Peterhead Infant School: Admission Register, 1904-1914
•     Peterhead Infant School: Admission Register, 1914-1924
•     Peterhead North School: Admission Register, 1901-1911
•     Peterhead North School: Admission Register, 1911-1925
•     Pitmedden School: Admission Register, 1874-1912
•     Pitmedden School: Admission Register, 1913-1938
•     Pitsligo School: Admission Register, 1873-1900
•     Pitsligo School: Admission Register, 1892-1929
•     Port Elphinstone School: Admission Register, 1864-1875
•     Port Elphinstone School: Admission Register, 1875-1928
•     Port Erroll School: Admission Register, 1903-1915
•     Port Erroll School: Admission Register, 1915-1957
•     Portlethen School: Admission Register, 1914-1929
•     Raemoir School: Admission Register, 1901-1929
•     Rayne North School: Admission Register, 1904-1921
•     Rickarton School: Admission Register, 1873-1883
•     Rickarton School: Admission Register, 1877-1901
•     Rickarton School: Admission Register, 1902-1965
•     Scotsmill School: Admission Register, 1873-1891
•     Shenwell School: Admission Register, 1865-1962
•     Sir Arthur Grant´s School: Admission Register, 1890-1925
•     Skene School: Admission Register, 1898-1922
•     Skene Square School: Admission Register, 1897-1905
•     Skene Square School: Admission Register, 1905-1913
•     Skene Square School: Admission Register, 1913-1920
•     St Combs School: Admission Register, 1908-1948
•     St Cyrus School: Admission Register, 1902-1914
•     St Cyrus School: Admission Register, 1914-1922
•     St Fergus Northern School: Admission Register, 1912-1955
•     St Fergus School: Admission Register, 1885-1909
•     St John´s Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1905-1913
•     St John´s Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1905-1921
•     St Joseph´s Roman Catholic School: Admission Register, 1905-1932
•     St Katherine´s School: Admission Register, 1907-1951
•     St Margarets R. C. School: Admission Register, 1874-1897
•     St Mary´s Roman Catholic School: Admission Register, 1898-1911
•     St Mary´s Roman Catholic School: Admission Register, 1910-1925
•     St Paul Street School: Admission Register, 1897-1907
•     St Paul Street School: Admission Register, 1907-1924
•     St Peter´s Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1894-1910
•     St Peter´s Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1910-1921
•     St Peter´s Episcopal School: Admission Register, 1911-1929
•     St Peter´s R.C. School: Admission Register, 1916-1922
•     St. Margaret´s EC School, 1896-1921
•     Stoneywood School: Admission Register, 1880-1901
•     Stoneywood School: Admission Register, 1897-1930
•     Strachan School: Admission Register, 1893-1922
•     Strichen School: Admission Register, 1883-1915
•     Strichen School: Admission Register, 1915-1950
•     Stuartfield School: Admission Register, 1893-1915
•     Stuartfield School: Admission Register, 1916-1954
•     Sunnybank School: Admission Register (Infant Department), 1906-1924
•     Tarland School: Admission Register, 1866-1907
•     Tarland School: Admission Register, 1873-1880
•     Tarland School: Admission Register, 1880-1914
•     Tarland School: Admission Register, 1907-1921
•     Tarves School: Admission Register, 1874-1893
•     Tarves School: Admission Register, 1893-1913
•     Techmuiry School: Admission Register, 1868-1957
•     Tewel School: Admission Register, 1885-1910
•     Tewel School: Admission Register, 1910-1938
•     Tillyduke School: Admission Register, 1885-1960
•     Tipperty District School: Admission Register, 1890-1923
•     Tipperty School: Admission Register, 1877-1891
•     Tipperty School: Admission Register, 1892-1908
•     Tornaveen School: Admission Register, 1874-1896
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1856-1872
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1864-1896
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1872-1892
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1895-1907
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1907-1917
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1908-1933
•     Torphins School: Admission Register, 1917-1931
•     Tortorston School: Admission Register, 1901-1966
•     Tough School: Admission Register, 1874-1930
•     Towie School: Admission Register, 1900-1947
•     Tulloch School: Admission Register, 1877-1912
•     Tulloch School: Admission Register, 1904-1955
•     Tyrie School: Admission Register, 1906-1939
•     Udny Green School: Admission Register, 1880-1920
•     Upperbrae School: Admission Register, 1879-1908
•     Upperbrae School: Admission Register, 1908-1943
•     Victoria Road School: Admission Register, 1878-1895
•     Victoria Road School: Admission Register, 1895-1909
•     Victoria Road School: Admission Register, 1909-1920
•     Walker Road School: Admission Register, 1897-1902
•     Walker Road School: Admission Register, 1902-1908
•     Walker Road School: Admission Register, 1908-1917
•     Walker Road School: Admission Register, 1917-1928
•     Westhill School: Admission Register, 1882-1904
•     Westhill School: Admission Register, 1912-1934
•     Whitehill School: Admission Register, 1916-1943
•     Whiterashes School: Admission Register, 1901-1969
•     Woodhead School: Admission Register, 1864-1892
•     Woodhead School: Admission Register, 1888-1914
•     Woodhead School: Admission Register, 1914-1935
•     Woodlands School: Admission Register, 1904-1927
•     Woodside School: Admission Register, 1867-1882
•     Woodside School: Admission Register, 1882-1894
•     Woodside School: Admission Register, 1894-1903
•     Woodside School: Admission Register, 1903-1912
•     Woodside School: Admission Register, 1913-1924
•     Ythan Wells School: Admission Register, 1874-1886
•     Ythan Wells School: Admission Register, 1877-1907
•     Ythan Wells School: Admission Register, 1906-1938

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

North of Ireland Family History Society Spring School 2024 Programme

From the North of Ireland Family History Society (www.nifhs.org):

SPRING SCHOOL 2024 PROGRAMME
North of Ireland Family History Society Spring School 2024
A series of in person and online classes - all FREE!
All times given are London time.
https://www.nifhs.org/courses/

Look-Up Live (NIFHS Volunteers)
Wednesday 17 April 2024 at 7.00pm. FREE (on zoom)
This is not a formal talk but an opportunity for you to find out about some of the items that the Society holds in its research library. Come along and ask us a question - you may even get a look-up done during the session!
Email education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link, specifying Look-Up Live.

DNA Questions and Answers (NIFHS DNA Team)
Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 7.00pm. FREE (on zoom)
An evening devoted to all your DNA questions.
Email education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link, specifying DNA Questions and Answers.

Starting out on WikiTree (Anne Johnston)
Friday 24 May 2024 at 7.00pm. FREE (on zoom)
If you aren’t sure how to make a start on WikiTree this talk will show you clearly and simply how to add a profile to WikiTree. Learn how to do the basics and your tree will grow person by person!
Email education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link, specifying Starting out on WikiTree.

Research Lock-In (Society Volunteers)
Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 7.00pm-midnight. (In person at Research Centre)
If you want to make use of the incredible resources in our Society research library then this is the night for you! We’ll be there from 7pm to help you with your research. The rules of the night are that we ‘lock’ the door at 8pm to new entrants and once you leave you you can’t come back in again. Can you last to midnight?
Email education.zoom@nifhs.org, specifying Research Lock-In to register and secure your place.

Growing Your Family Tree (Martin McDowell)
Wednesday 26 June 2024 at 7.00pm. FREE (on zoom)
This class will provide some simple tips and tricks for people not yet too far down the research path.
Come along and hear about some ideas that may help you break through some brickwalls.
Email education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link, specifying Growing Your Family Tree.

(With thanks to Linda Kilby)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Further additions to TheGenealogist's Residential and Trade Directories Collection

From TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):

Over 10 million individuals added to TheGenealogist's Residential and Trade Directories Collection

The latest release from TheGenealogist contains over 10 million new individuals recorded in directories from the first two decades of the 20th Century. This virtual bookshelf stacked with volumes from the early 1900s to 1929 includes publications from all over the United Kingdom and Ireland.

These directories are filled with listings of people, their addresses and details of the places they lived in. Other directories list businesses and offer a fascinating glimpse into ancestors from this time.

You can use these records to discover the street address of your great-grandfather or their shop/business, perhaps learn where your great-grandmother practised her dressmaking trade from, or find the names of your ancestors' neighbours in the street listings. These directories will also reveal any listings of official positions that they may have held in charities, societies, local administration, etc., or even unearth your ancestor's telephone number!

With some books you can read topographical details about the village, town or city in which your ancestor lived. This will give you a better feel for what their area was like at the time that your forebears lived there. 

Read TheGenealogist’s article, "More than just an address" at https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/more-than-just-an-address-7346/

Comment: Whilst the majority of new records are for England, there are some additions for Scotland and Ireland included, as follows:

Scotland
Post Office Directory of Glasgow 1908-1909
Glasgow Post Office Directory 1917-1918
Aberdeen Post Office Directory 1917 - 1918
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1919-1920

Ireland
Dublin Post Office Directory 1921

Northern Ireland
Belfast & Ulster Directory 1926 

(With thanks to Nick Thorne)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

British Newspaper Archive passes 76 million pages

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) has passed 76 million pges of uploaded content, with the number of pages available at the time of writing being 76,069,936.

The following are the latest additions over the last 30 days for Scotland and Ireland:

Scotland

Forfar Dispatch
1959-1985

Deeside Piper
1986, 1988-1994

Montrose Review
1818, 1839, 1844-1845, 1978-1985

Edinburgh Evening News
1947-1950, 1995

Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser
1967-1971, 1975-1985, 1988

Arbroath Herald
1964-1973, 1985

Motherwell Times
1983

Falkirk Herald
1863

Cumbernauld News
1992

Fife Free Press, & Kirkcaldy Guardian
1971-1982, 1993

Shetland Times
1986

Berwick Advertiser
1840

Hawick News and Border Chronicle
1891

Galloway Gazette
1986

Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser
1974-1978

Fraserburgh Herald and Northern Counties' Advertiser
1959

St. Andrews Citizen
1992


Ireland (N.I.)

Belfast News-Letter
1985 

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

ScotlandsPeople adds Coal Board statutory plans

Via email from ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk):

Nearly 5,000 images of plans have been added to the ScotlandsPeople website. Created between 1955 and the late-1980s, these plans depict abandoned and active mine workings across much of the central belt of Scotland from Ayrshire through to Stirlingshire.

There's more on the release at https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/record-guides/coal-board-statutory-working-plans:

National Records of Scotland (NRS) holds 4,865 National Coal Board statutory working plans of abandoned and current workings (NRS, RHP146000) created under requirements of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954. These plans were created between 1955 and 1989 as a response to the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 . This act required mining managers to keep accurate plans of abandoned and active workings in the mine, as well as all other workings within the boundaries of the mine or within a prescribed distance of the mine. Additionally, sections of the seams or veins of working coal and their overlaying strata were sometimes included.

These plans cover much of the central belt of Scotland and have generally been catalogued from left to right, from Ayrshire through to Stirlingshire. Only areas with active or abandoned coal workings are represented, including underwater workings.

The images are free to view. 

Does your house have an old mine shaft under it?!

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Old Scottish launches Scottish convict criminal records database

From Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History (www.oldscottish.com):

Criminal Ancestors from Scotland? Connect Scottish Convict Criminal Records for Family History

Welcome to the new database that connects transportation records of 8,500 individuals convicted in Scotland to their original court documents, now stored at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh. For the first time, these records have been combined, giving us a fuller picture of Scotland's convict history and its impact on the development of Australia.

The database isn't just for genealogists—it's also a tool for social historians. It helps us understand how convict transportation shaped Australia and Scotland. By looking at the records, we can learn more about the societies and laws of the time. Whether you're an experienced genealogist or just curious about your family's story, use this database to find out more about your Scottish roots!

At the heart of Old Scottish’s latest database Convict Criminal Records are two types of records: the transportation logs and the detailed court documents. While the first give basic details like names and dates, the latter provide rich stories about the people convicted and the crimes they committed. This mix helps genealogists find out more about their Scottish heritage.

For Australian family historians, this connection means they can now trace their convict ancestors' trials more easily. It lets them understand why their ancestors were sent away and how they coped with their new lives.

The transportation logs have basic information like names and dates, while the court documents have more detailed stories about the people and the crimes they committed. This helps family historians find out more about their ancestors. In one case, you can trace back from 7 February 1837 when, after being at sea for 133 long days, the convict ship John arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales. Among the surviving male convicts aboard were two young Scottish teenagers, James Rodgers and William Slight. Both boys had been convicted and sentenced to transportation to Australia for 7 years. They left Britain on 27 September 1836 after spending the summer imprisoned on the hulk Leviathan.

Using the collection you can discover the origins of their transportation, travelling back to the ‘Fair City’ of Perth and the fateful events of April 1836. 

At their trial in Perth, 13-year-old James Rodgers, and William Slight, a year older, stood accused of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places, with the aggravation of being thieves habit and repute. The prosecution alleged they had broken into a shop on George Street, Perth, occupied by Richard Mclean as a boot and shoemaker, by breaking or removing 4 panes of glass in a skylight. Once in the shop, it was claimed the boys stole 3 pairs of boots and broke open a locked desk, taking three pound notes. One of the witnesses against the boys was the celebrated Edinburgh detective James McLevy.

The records reveal that William was the son of a silver plate worker, while James was an apprentice shoemaker. They also indicate that they were poorly educated: neither could write. The case against them was weighed by the knowledge they had both been in trouble before. William had been convicted twice at Edinburgh Police Court in 1833 for theft, and twice at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in 1833 and 1835. James had two previous convictions at Edinburgh Police Court in 1832 and 1835, both for theft.

About Convict Criminal Records

This database links the transportation records of 8,500 people convicted in Scotland to the original court records now held at the National Records of Scotland. This is the first time these records have been linked to each other. Doing so increases the usefulness of both record sets, and allows Australian (and other) family historians for the first time to directly trace their convict ancestors to the trials where they were sentenced. Another benefit is that the transportation registers only provide a limited amount of information (typically name, date of trial, ship, date of departure and usually offence). The Scottish records provide a wealth of detail both about the individual prisoners and the crimes they committed. For genealogists, these clues can help them trace their ancestry back in time in Scotland from their convict ancestor.

Of course not every person sentenced to transportation was actually sent to Australia, so this combined record set allows social historians to investigate the phenomenon of convict transportation, which had such a profound impact on the development of Australia.

This new record set opens up many research opportunities, both for family historians in Australia and Scotland, and for other historians in both countries. The index can be found at https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-criminal-records.html

(With thanks to Fergus Smith at Old Scottish)

Chris 

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Saul Nassé appointed Chief Executive of the National Archives at Kew

The National Archives at Kew, England (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) carries many records for Scotland and Ireland/Northern Ireland, usually for those collated on a British wide basis (e.g. military records, civil service records, etc), although there are some unique holdings also, such as those of the Royal Irish Constabulary prior to its disbandment at Partition in 1921.

The following was announced by the archive on Monday 8th April 2024:

Saul Nassé has been appointed by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport as Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives and will take up the post at the end of July. He takes over from Dr Jeff James who has led The National Archives successfully since 2014.

Saul Nassé is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge and former Group Chief Executive of Cambridge Assessment, the University’s examinations business.  In his eight years with the organisation, he developed new digital propositions, grew international reach, and deepened engagement with teams around the world.

Previously, Saul held leadership roles at the BBC both in the UK and India.  As Controller, BBC Learning, he led the teams that commissioned and produced educational content, such as Bitesize and Domesday Reloaded.

Congratulations to Saul on his appointment. The full statement is available at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/saul-nasse-appointed-as-new-chief-executive-and-keeper-of-the-national-archives/.

** There is no further news as yet on the appointments process for an equivalent new Chief Executive for the National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk), fulfilling the role of Registrar General for Scotland and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. The position is currently being managed by 'Interim Chief Executive' Janet Edgell, who has now been in this temporary role for almost 14 months (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/02/interim-ceo-appointed-at-national.html). The deadline for the position was originally advertised in late 2022 and early 2023, the closing date for applicants being Thursday, February 16th 2023.

Chris  

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Researching Scottish Ancestral Crisis course starts May 20th

My next 5-week course for Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd (www.pharostutors.com), entitled Researching Scottish Ancestral Crisis, starts on May 20th 2024.

For some ten years or so, Pharos offered two Scottish themed courses, Scottish Research Online and Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers. In the first course, we've shown how to access certain records for Scottish research online, whilst the second course has taken things further by showing how to access records not just online, but in archives. At the same time it has also shown how various aspects of Scotland worked, as a means to locate records offline and online that might help when the OPRs don't. 

In this third course, we now turn things seriously up to eleven...! In the past, records were often kept at the point of crisis on a range of fronts, and in this course, I not only explore those scenarios, but also explain how the country worked, the types of records generated, and how to access them. If you have done the previous two courses - or feel yourself to be somewhat further along with your research experience and at the relevant level - I hope you can sign up to this course, which I hope, as ever, will be both fulfilling and fun!  

The following is the course description:

Researching Scottish Ancestral Crisis

As in our own lives, many of our Scottish ancestors had to overcome great adversity on occasions to simply make it through the day. Illness, death, bigamy, abandonment, accidents, eviction, victimhood, ethnic cleansing, and so much more a dramatic range of experiences across a series of lifetimes. And whenever such crises emerged, somebody was usually close to hand with a quill and ink to bear witness. In so doing, a great documentary legacy was created that can greatly help us to understand the true lives of our forebears, and the struggles that led to who we became today.

Many challenges and hardships were faced across time. There were the laws of the local parish church and the punishments awaiting those who breached kirk discipline, diligently recorded in the kirk session and presbytery papers, but additional courts existed elsewhere in society, from the Crown and the burghs to the local justices of the peace and trade incorporations. Records of the churches and heritors, as well as the post-1845 poor law records, can detail the struggles of those who struggled to avoid poverty, whilst documents such as letters of horning and warrants of poinding, as well as sequestration and cessio bonorum, can detail the persecution and stigma of being a debtor or a bankrupt. In other areas, the court records can also reveal some of the ingenious methods by which people could avoid inheriting the debts of their predecessors.

The darkest moments of the soul, from mental health issues and illness, are revealed in historic asylum and hospital records held in archives across Scotland, whilst cases of murder and suicide can be uncovered in court processes, newspapers and broadsheets. Dramatic moments of rebellion, when our forebears drew a line in the sand against a perceived tyranny or democratic deficit, can be found in contemporary records of the Covenanters, the Jacobites, the Chartists, the Suffragettes, crofters, and those cleared from the land to make way for more profitable sheep, from the forfeiture of lands and prosecutions to the folk songs of many who were forced to emigrate.

This course will reveal the many areas of Scottish ancestral hardship that have been documented over the last few centuries, and explore how to access the relevant records. It follows on from two previous Pharos courses, Scottish Research Online, which explores websites offering some of the more basic records for Scottish research, and Scotland 1750: Beyond the Old Parish Registers, which takes students to more advanced records found offline and online, and which flags up the importance of using catalogues. Although not compulsory, it is recommended that both courses are completed prior to studying Researching Scottish Ancestral Crisis.

Lesson Headings:

    * Law and Order
    * Family Events and Relationships
    * Poverty and Debt
    * Medical Issues
    * The State and the People

Each lesson includes lesson notes, activities and forum exercises for students to complete during the week and a one-hour live tutorial (text chat or Zoom) with the tutor and the rest of the class. Times for the tutorials are set at the beginning of each course by the tutor.

See How the Courses Work.

Relevant Countries: Scotland
Course Length: 5 weeks
Start Date: 20 May 2024
Cost: £58.00

Reviews from former students:

"Wonderful topics to research and presentation and ideas of where to go to look for answers regarding these topics. Have learnt so much over the 3 courses and now have lots to do in updating and following through on the course materials and what I have learnt. Already looking at different ways of research and finding out heaps more. The 3 courses are so great and full of information and Chris is excellent in the Chat section with not only giving questions for us to reply to but also the answers."

"It was an excellent continuation of the previous course and really made me look at genealogy in a much broader way. Chris is a very encouraging tutor and willing to answer all questions. He has such an extensive knowledge of genealogy."

"The course content...amazing"

"All course materials were professional and thorough. Chris did a lot of prep work to make sure that we received the best information needed to be successful."

To sign up, please visit https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=303

I hope to see you there!

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

A century of Clyde ship launches

The BBC has a short, but fun, report focussing on a century of Scottish ship launches on the Clyde, on the day when the second of the two ferries currently being built at the Ferguson Marine yard is due to be launched. 

I had the pleasure to be standing up close beneath a ship as it was launched in 2005, whilst working on the Coast series for the BBC, when we filmed the launch of the RFA ship Cardigan Bay (on a second attempt!). It was an incredible site to view the hull slip into the river, to be followed by the large and noisy drag chains behind it, designed to stop the vessel hitting the other side of the river. Fingers crossed the Glen Rosa is not the last major vessel to be launched on the Clyde!  

You can view the report at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-68736987

(Don't forget that many shipbuilding firms have their historic records deposited at the University of Glasgow's Scottish Business Archive, details at https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/discover/business/. If you have a shipbuilding ancestor who may appear in some of the records there, I can consult these for you, details of my service are at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

Angus Archives launches online catalogue

From Angus Archives (https://angusalive.scot/local-family-history/), via its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AngusArchives:

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Angus Archives' catalogue is now available online! For the first time, you can dive into a treasure trove of history, stories, and heritage from across Angus, all from the comfort of your home.

Explore our rich collections of documents, photographs, and more with just a few clicks!

Visit out the new online catalogue here: https://angusalive.adlibhosting.com/search/simple

If you’d like to view anything from the catalogue, visit the search room Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Uncover the past and start exploring Angus’ heritage today! 

 

(With thanks to Scottish Indexses via Facebook)

Chris

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