North Lanarkshire Archives Presents....

The Local Studies Officer Margaret McGinty and the Archivist (Wiebke McGhee) from North Lanarkshire Archives are going to be giving presentations online during July and August. Given that these are my ancestors "home" archives, I can not wait to take part. 

Here is the line up: 

16 July - Family History Research: A Beginners’ Guide presented by Margaret McGinty 

July 23 - Poems, Songs and Stories from North Lanarkshire Archives presented  Wiebke McGhee 

July 30 - The Pox, the Flu, and the Measles: Coping with Epidemics Through the Ages presented by Margaret McGinty 

Aug 6 - How to use North Lanarkshire Archives for Family History presented by Wiebke McGhee 

The talks all begin at 2 pm on the date they are scheduled to be presented. They are free to attend but registration is required. 

You can register here: https://culturenl.co.uk/museum-and-heritage-free-online-resources/

Lanarkshire Research

Friday was our first full day together and we hit the road running. We headed into Motherwell by train where we went to the North Lanarkshire Archives. Here, the full group were given an overview of the collections and then it was time to "hit the books". 

Half of the group stayed to research in original records and the other half walked over to the Lanarkshire Family History Society. We started our time with tea, then each participant was paired up with a volunteer and the research began in earnest. 

At 1:00, it was switch over time with the two groups trading places. The morning group started their time at the Family History Society not with tea, but with lunch. Then, once again, each participant was paired up with a volunteer and they were off and running.