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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 16d

🆕 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 · 21d

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 · May 23

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-...

The Miners

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

thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 24d

Scotland's Criminal Database: www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCri...

Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree

Trace your Scottish Ancestors in Prison and High Court records.

www.scottishindexes.com

Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · 24d

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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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · Sep 9

Scottish Indexes Conference - Saturday 13 Sept 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...

Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree

Do you want to learn how to trace your family history? Have you made a start but need some tips on how to proceed? Or perhaps you are an experienced researcher who is keen to discover new skills and n...

www.scottishindexes.com

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · Jun 16

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 · Jun 10

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

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · Jun 10

It was great fun!

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · Apr 12

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 · Mar 27

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 · Mar 25

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

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.

www.nrscotland.gov.uk

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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · Mar 24

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

2025 Live | The Really Useful Show

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · Mar 25

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 · Nov 24

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 · Nov 21

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 · Nov 22

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 · Nov 22

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 · Nov 20

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 · Nov 19

#genealogy Tips for BlueSky Newbies:

Use CamelCase for your hashtags: #AncestryHour #GenHour #GenChat #FamilyHistory

Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · Nov 19

So here's a REALLY simple thing to do that makes posts more accessible with barely any effort:

If you use a hashtag made of multiple words (like #mathstoday) then capitalising the first letter of each word (e.g. #MathsToday) makes it easier for screenreader software to read it properly.

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Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social · Nov 21

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

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · Nov 20

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 · Nov 21

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 · Nov 20

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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