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 Cess Book Records Now Online in Digital Format

The Cess records are the land tax records of the Commissioners of Supply for Lanarkshire. The Commissioners of supply were the pre-runner to the County Council. You can search by specific location within Lanarkshire. Some interesting reading.

http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/cess.htm

Happy reading researching!