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Melanie McComb Nov 21, 2022

Chris Paton's Scottish GENES Nov 21, 2022

Wearing my Irish #genealogy hat for the 1st time at a Scottish Indexes conference this Sat 26th November, where I'll be talking about Irish land records. This is the 18th free to attend conference run by Graham and Emma Maxwell of Scottish Indexes - you can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7316625603607/WN_ERdVuCQnR42Ovzr-mx2XsQ . The programme will be run twice in the day to cater for attendees worldwide, with many great speakers, & Q&A session. Programme details are at https://www.scottishindexes.com #Scotland #Ireland See you there! 😀

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Scottish Indexes Conference - November 2022. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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 new records. Whatever your experience level, you are welcome at the Scottish Indexes Conference. This is a free and time-zone friendly event. We show all presentations between 7 am UK time and 3 pm UK time, then we start again and show all presentations again between 3 pm and 11 pm. This means that if you are in New Zealand or Australia you can join us on your evening of Saturday 26 November. If you are on the east coast of America the 3 pm session begins at 10 am your time. A full schedule will be posted in a variety of time zones so that you can plan your day. 'Criminal Portraits' - Phil Astley 'Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records' - Chris Paton 'Homes fit for Heroes: 1919 Act houses in the 1921 census' - Kay Williams 'From the Hebrides to Mississippi - The Crofter's Son' - Alison Spring 'Stones and numbers tell their stories' - Jane Harris 'The Disruption of 1843' - Jennifer Jolly 'Records of the Kelso Dispensary' - Andrew Armstrong 'Scottish High Court Records' - Emma Maxwell

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Melanie McComb Nov 20, 2022

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Nov 20, 2022

Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

Melanie McComb Nov 20, 2022

This article breaks my heart. It expresses some of the feelings I have about going to synagogue and the antisemitism experienced going to school with very few Jewish students.

https://www.smartnews.com/p/4485088805002421645

As a Jewish mom, I want my daughter to be proud of her heritage. But antisemitism makes me worry about her well-being.

SmartNews is the most efficient way to get all your news now.

Melanie McComb Nov 19, 2022

Off to New Hampshire Historical Society to teach a DNA workshop

Melanie McComb Nov 18, 2022

#genchat 🦣Nov 18, 2022

#genchat if Twitter dies before tomorrow night (Nov 18) we’ll be meeting here on #Mastodon at 9pmCT, 10pmET, etc. spread the word, boost the toot, stay tuned.

Melanie McComb Nov 17, 2022

Chris Paton's Scottish GENES Nov 17, 2022

Scottish wills and/or testaments from 1513-1925 are on ScotlandsPeople https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/. Remember that in #Scotland land could not be left in a will until 1868 (there was a separate process for inheriting that). Summaries of court hearings for wills/testaments court hearings from 1876-1936 are in the Calendar of Confirmations & Inventories, known on Ancestry as the 'Scotland, National Probate Index' - although 'probate' is an English term, the process here is 'confirmation'! #genealogy

Explore your Scottish heritage | Scotland's People

Melanie McComb Nov 17, 2022

Project Infant Nov 16, 2022

#Introduction - Hello #Ireland, I'm Daniel (@thedanielsgenealogy), the co-founder of Project Infant - the site dedicated to all victims of mother and baby homes and I've set up camp here as well to share my research and findings into mother and baby homes. If you're interested with that sort of thing and want to keep updated then follow along!

Melanie McComb Nov 17, 2022

The Family Histories Podcast Nov 16, 2022

Any good with solving #FamilyHistory brick walls? Check out our current list of them from our episode guests. Can you help them with a clue or research idea?

#Genealogy #Ancestry #Geneadons #RAOK
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/the-brick-walls/

The Brick Walls

The Family Histories Podcast

Melanie McComb Nov 16, 2022

David Nov 15, 2022

I am delighted to launch this Mastodon instance, allowing a focus for those people who have a interest in Family History and #Genealogy research.

Anyone with such an interest can create an account. (you can have multiple accounts across mastodon to segregate your social activity).

Accounts are being manually activated after creation, as we gradually ease into the Mastodon universe. Activation may take a few hours (especially overnight)

#familyresearch

Melanie McComb Nov 16, 2022

Welcome to my new followers! I'll be posting mostly #genealogy news. I'm looking forward to having another community.