@scottishindexes.bsky.social
Professional Scottish genealogist and co-founder of scottishindexes.com. Regularly to be found in the National Records of Scotland untying Sheriff Court records. I also organise the Scottish Indexes Conferences.
#MeetTheTutors Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social is a freelance researcher, author and lecturer who regularly writes content for various British and Irish family history magazines. Find out more about Chris: www.pharostutors.com/chris-paton
25.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Dig deeper into your Scottish roots at the Scottish Indexes Conference on 31 Jan 2026.
Free online talks on marriage, DNA, illicit distilling, church records & more. Save the date!
#Scottish #FamilyHistory #ScottishIndexes #Genealogy #Archives
Join Caroline Brown as she explores the lives of Dundee’s textile workers: women, men and children whose labour shaped a city once known as the jute capital of the world.
#ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute
Thank you so much for listening Kay.
17.11.2025 20:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Logo for Scottish Indexes conference on Saturday 22 November. Family in hearts and jigsaw rainbow design.
Scottish Indexes Conference - Saturday 22 Nov 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...
Just listened to Emma of @scottishindexes.bsky.social being interviewed on the Journeys into Genealogy Podcast. Includes excellent tips for researching Scottish ancestors.
#FamilyHistory #genealogy #GeniHour #Scotland
journeysintogenealogy.co.uk
From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library:
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
🆕 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
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
18.09.2025 19:28 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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-...
Scotland's Criminal Database: www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCri...
15.09.2025 15:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
15.09.2025 15:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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...
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
I had to search over 70 dusty archive boxes to find these cases! Great to be part of #WDYTYA.
10.06.2025 20:13 — 👍 27 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1It was great fun!
10.06.2025 20:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Did someone in your family work for the Post Office? Here's how to find their employment record online 📮
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
An image of the old Canmore website with an arrow to the new Trove website.
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...
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
This weekend! The Really Useful Show LIVE in the South West. 🌳 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
24.03.2025 08:00 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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!
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...
24.11.2024 11:51 — 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1Family & Local History societies and organisations starter pack. Let us know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/SUyvXhf
21.11.2024 07:31 — 👍 72 🔁 29 💬 13 📌 3Thank you for this. I have been meaning to check this out for a current project!
22.11.2024 14:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
22.11.2024 09:06 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0So 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
20.11.2024 09:53 — 👍 66 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 0
#genealogy Tips for BlueSky Newbies:
Use CamelCase for your hashtags: #AncestryHour #GenHour #GenChat #FamilyHistory
It's been on my to-do list for a while! What have I missed?
21.11.2024 16:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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
20.11.2024 09:33 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Do 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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