What are Kirk Session records? The kirk session is the local court of the presbyterian Church of Scotland. It is made up of: the minister (moderator or chair), the elders and a session clerk (the chief elder). Sometimes there was no session clerk, only a clerk who kept minutes. The records can include: minutes of | more…
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Happy New Year – and some genealogy resolutions
Happy New Year for 2017. I hope it will be a healthy and fulfilling year for you with many new family history discoveries. I certainly have a few targets for 2017. They include: Developing my knowledge of genealogical sources in other European countries. I’ve done some work on Italy this year and have found it | more…
“I mind hid fine” – hearing granny’s stories again, some oral history
How often do you say, “How I wish I had listened more carefully to granny’s stories”? For “granny” substitute parents, grandad, great uncle, great aunt, and many others of the older generations. I certainly have a list of questions for several deceased relatives. There are two stories where I don’t have to rely on my | more…
