This
extensive class will provide a detailed description of what you need
to know to track your Scottish ancestry. Learn about civil registration,
censuses, church records, handwriting, Soundex systems, reference books,
an introduction to Internet research including over 100 www addresses,
geography, origins and meanings of Scottish names, origins, emigration
and immigration, sharing discovered information, and networking with
researchers of the same names and areas.
Bio:
David W
Webster FSA Scot
David W
Webster was born in Tynemouth near Newcastle-upon-Tyne of Scottish parents,
so can lay claim to dual nationality as a Geordie and a Scot, although
he would regard himself as an 'Honest Man', - that's a challenge to
readers' knowledge of Burns!
After graduating
with a first class honours B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Royal
College of Science and Technology in Glasgow he worked in England and
Sweden before returning to Scotland and catching the genealogy bug.
In addition
to his professional career, David has developed a substantial reputation
over the last 20 years as a professional genealogical researcher in
the Scottish records, as well as related records in terms of Scottish
emigrants not only to North America and Australia and New Zealand, but
also England, Ireland, and Europe.
David has
written a number of books and booklets on aspects of genealogical research
in Scotland, as well as regularly contributing articles to the journals
of a number of Scottish family history societies.
In conjunction
with Scottish Genealogy Society, he has recently published a booklet
on the history of the names of the Scottish regiments.
David has an established a reputation as a contributor to genealogical
journals in the UK and North America.
He is also
working closely with ScotlandOnLine, the company behind the recent successor
site to Scots Origins, - 'ScotlandsPeople' and is an active member of
the ScotlandsPeople Users Group.
He was
invited to be the instructor for the Scottish course held by the British
Institute of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family
History (ISBGFH) in Salt Lake City in October both in 2001 and 2003.
On various
trips to the USA since 2001, David has run very successful day long
seminars at Denver Public Library, the St Andrews Society of Illinois
Genealogy Group in Chicago (twice), and Minnesota Genealogical Society,
and a half day seminar for BIGWILL (British Interest Group Wisconsin
and Illinois) in Richmond, IL, as well as being the invited lecturer
for the Scottish Family History Symposium held annually in conjunction
with the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Arlington TX
in early June 2004.
In June
2005 he was the invited, overseas, keynote speaker for the New Zealand
Society of Genealogists' annual conference in June 2005, followed by
a 4-week lecture tour of NZ. In 2006 he was an overseas keynote speaker
at the 11th Genealogy & Heraldry Congress in Darwin in Australia,
followed, in September by being the invited keynote speaker at the British
Isles FHS of Greater Ottawa annual conference.
From 2002
to 2006 David was the instructor for the Ancestry online Scottish research
training course.
LESSON
TITLES
LESSON
1
1. Introduction to Scottish Research
2. Organisation of records
3. Recording data
4. Computer Programmes
5. Research Logs
6. Spelling and Naming Patterns
7. Interviewing Relatives
8. Myths and Legends
9. Avoiding common pitfalls in research
10. Questions
LESSON 2
1. Good Books and CDs
Finding others tracing the Family Tree:
2. Genealogical Research Directory
3. Rootsweb
4. Ancestry. com
5. Ancestral File
6. Pedigree Resource File
7. Surname databases
8. Family History Societies
9. International Genealogy Index
10. Family Tree Magazines
LESSON 3
1. Important dates in Scottish History which may affect your research
2. Clans
3. Maps
4. Geographical information
5. Counties
6. Scottish Civil Registration Districts
7. Sasine Records
8. Scottish Web sites of Interest
9. How do I find a birthplace in Scotland if my ancestor migrated?
10. Immigration records
LESSON 4
1 Resource Centre addresses
2. New Register House
3. Local Superintendant Registry offices
4. Origins Web Site
5. LDS Resources for Scotland
6. Finding entries on the Indexes
7. How the Indexes are arranged
8. Ordering certificates
9. Costs
10. What's on a certificate
11. Questions
LESSON 5
All about the IGI
LESSON 6
1. What if you can't find a certificate?
2. Using and finding agents
3. Gretna Green and Border Marriages
4. Census records - overview of importance
5. 1841 census
6. 1851 and subsequent censuses
7. 1881 INDEX
8. 1891 & 1901 INDEX
9. Accessing Census records
10. Scottish Handwriting
LESSON 7.
1. Scottish Look-Up Exchange
2. The Old Pariochial Parish Registers of Scotland (OPRs)
3. What information will I learn?
4. How to use
5. Access via LDS
6. Access via ORIGINS
7. Marriage entries
8. Christening entries
9. Burial Entries
10. Newspapers
LESSON 8
1. What if I can't find them on the census?
2. What if I can't find a Marriage ?
3. What if I can't find a death ?
4. What if I can't find a Birth or christening?
5. Where else Can I look?
6. Probates and Testaments
8. How can I find living relatives in Scotland?
9. Planning a trip to Scotland.
10. Questions
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David
W Webster