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SAFHS Conference 2012
![[Conference 2012]](images/image2012.jpg) The 23rd Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies will be hosted jointly by Tay Valley Family History Society and Fife Family History Society, and will be held within the University of Dundee complex on Saturday 21st April.
The theme for the 2012 conference will be "Crops, Cloth, Cod 'n' Coal", it will be held in the D'Arcy Thomson Lecture Theatre in the tower Block of the Dundee University. The Book Fair will be in the Bonar Halls, Dundee University.
The two buildings are, at the most, 50 metres apart, on opposite sides of a street which has been blocked off to traffic.
The talks will reflect on the importance of crops, weaving, fishing and coal mining to the communities in the Tay Valley and Fife areas in the past.
The Conference Schedule is:
| Time |
Event |
| 08:30-09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:45 |
Opening Ceremony, Lord Provost of Dundee |
| 10:00-10:40 |
Crops in the 1700's and 1800's, Professor Geoff Squire |
| 10:55-11:35 |
Dundee Weaver Craft Guild, Ron Scrimgeour
2012 is the 500 years anniversary of the Weavers Craft Guild in Dundee, and the Ron
Scrimgeour is the Deacon of the Craft who will tell the story of 500 years. |
| 11:35-12:15 |
Bruce Durie, sponsored by Tayroots |
| 12:15-13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45-14:25 |
Fife Fishing Ports Then and Now, Rodger McAslan
Rodger McAslan from the Anstruther Fisheries Museum will tell about the movement of the
fishers following the herring southwards in the North Sea. |
| 14:25-15:05 |
Glenrothes and the Coal Rush, Andrew Dowsie
Andrew Dowsie will tell of the Miners and the Glenrothes Coal Rush. |
| 15:05-15:30 |
Forum, consisting of:
Steve Connelly, Perth Archivist, Panel Chairman
Andrew Dowsie, Fife Archivist,
Fiona Scharlou, Angus Archivist,
Ian Flett, Dundee Archivist. |
| 15:30 |
Raffle, Chairman, SAFHS |
| 15:45 |
Closing Ceremony, Chariman, SAFHS |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Book Stalls |
For those who would like to attend, please click here for
Conference Stalls Booking Form or here for Conference
Delegate Individual Booking Form.
SAFHS Conference 2011
The Scottish Genealogy Society hosted the 22nd Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies on Saturday, 25th June 2011.
The venue was Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
In spite of it being damp and also National Armed Forces day in Edinburgh, all our plans fell into place. The equipment worked, the coffee was good and many people attended.
The Conference was opened by the SGS Honorary President, Mr David Sellar, the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
All the talks including the free lunchtime talks were very well attended.
City: Richard Hunter from the Edinburgh City Archives gave an informative talk on its large and various holdings. He also related that the Archives staff had come across some school and other records. Well worth a visit if you have Edinburgh ancestors, but do allow time as not a lot of the material is indexed. The Archive Search Room is closed until October 2011.
Church: Tristram Clarke from the National Records of Scotland gave a very interesting talk on the history of the Scottish Episcopal Church, including some its difficulties in the early days, such as priests not being allowed to baptise children. In the 19th century many of its members came from industrial workers, such as weavers in Girvan and iron workers in Airdrie, who had migrated from England. Tristram is currently updating the NRS publication Tracing your Scottish Ancestors.
Church: Andrew Nicoll's very lively talk on the Scottish Catholic Archives started off the afternoon. He explained the various records they hold at Columba House. He and his assistants are to be congratulated on their work in collecting these records and making them available on online via the ScotlandsPeople Website.
Census: The last talk was from Duncan Macniven, Registrar General for Scotland. With the Scottish 1911 census having been released in April, it was interesting to hear some of the aspects of Scottish life that can be learnt from it - not just finding our ancestors. He also spoke about collecting the 2011 census and some of the differences in the contents of both.
The Family History Fair over three floors, with a wide variety of exhibitors, from our sister societies to postcard- and book-sellers, provided interest for everyone. It was certainly very busy at lunchtime.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the SAFHS societies who had stalls at Adam House and who gave their
Joy Dodd, Chairman, SGS
SAFHS Conference 2010
West Lothian Family History Society hosted the 21st Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies on Saturday, April 17th, 2010.
The venue was Howden Park Centre, Livingston; it was an excellent conference with really interesting speakers.
Click here to see a Slideshow (MS PowerPoint - 1 Mb) of images from the Conference.
For more details, see the West Lothian FHS site.
SAFHS Conference 2009
Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society hosted the 20th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies on Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at Kings's College Conference Centre in historic Old Aberdeen. Click here to see a Slideshow (MS PowerPoint - 1 Mb) of images from the Conference.
For more details, see the Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS site.
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