Understanding and interpreting Scottish birth, marriage and death certificates, 7 February

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01 November 2023
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Talk by Ken Nisbet - discover how birth, marriage and death records can help you learn more about your Scottish ancestors.

In this expert session, Ken Nisbet shows us how to get every last clue from Scottish birth, marriage and death certificates.

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Event details

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and chaired by Chris Paton. It begins at 6.30pm UK time on 7 February 2024. It will last approx 1 hour 30 mins (inclusive of question time).

Tickets cost £10 (BOOK HERE) or you can book all six talks as a bundle HERE)

Speaker details

Ken Nisbet is former secretary of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies and was appointed chairman of the Association in 2022. He is chairman of the South of Scotland Branch of the Western Front Association. He is on the user group for the family history centre in Edinburgh and is a regular lecturer to Scotland’s family history societies. He has written a number of books, which are published by the Scottish Genealogy Society.

A marriage ceremony for Scottish Covenanters is performed on a mountain range by a priest with the young couple surrounded by family guests. Engraving by P. Lightfoot after Alex Johnston. Courtesy of Wellcome Collection, public domain.

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