Changed Date for AGM - now Wednesday 1st October!

For reasons outwith our control, we've had to move the AGM from 2nd back to 1st October. All else remains the same!

Same times for starting - 7.00 p.m. for meeting start of 7.30 - now on Wednesday 1st October.
Same venue - Glasite Hall, King Street.
Same wonderful Speaker - Sheena Wellington.

We hope to see our members there, either in person or virtually via our live stream. Please see the revised agenda in Society Documents for details.

With our AGM happening at the start of October (DATE CHANGED for reasons outwith our control!) this is a reminder to Members to please get your nominations for Council and Office-Bearers to us by six weeks before - that's by Thursday 21st August at the latest! The nomination form is in the member resources on this website - log in, and go to Society Documents (member downloads).

And the invitation to the AGM is there too. (There was a wee typo in the version in The Historian - it gave 15th August as the nominations cut-off, but it's actually 21st August, so you have an extra week to get the form in.) Please make sure for nominations that you get your nominee to indicate their willingness to stand, either by signing the form or sending us a separate email so that we know we have their agreement.

Once again, the AGM is a 'hybrid' meeting to enable members outwith Dundee to participate and hear Sheena Wellington, our guest speaker. See the invitation to the AGM for the email to register your intention to attend via zoom.

Tay Valley Family History Society is participating in the Dundee Doors Open Days, Saturday September 27th, when we welcome non-members to drop in and visit us, find out what we do and how we can help you discover your ancestors and their histories. You can find out about our participation on the Doors Open Days website.

Also you can read about the other venues open that weekend, in Dundee, Angus, Perthshire - and many more across Scotland during September. The programme has just been released!

Forthcoming very soon - latest Tay Valley Talk from our President, about the Thesaurer (Treasurer) of Dundee over the centuries. Iain says, 'Lots of names! And women with money - lots of it! And tobacco and wyne being sent to the Governor (Monk) in 1652 to keep him sweet. Not a strong puritan, obviously...'

Previous info on this talk read: 'The Thesaurer and Mr Micawber; "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery," Iain Flett will look at the unsung burgh post of Thesaurer, a position so unpopular among the 17th and 18th century councillors that they had to be forced to perform the office. 

Watch this space for information. Q&A will be on the last Monday of this month, 28th July.

The Scottish Association of Family History Societies Bulletin for July 2025 has just been published and is now available on our own TVFHS website, in the 'other societies' part of the journal archive. If you log in and press the link below, you'll be able to read what the other societies are doing, and of course our own short entry for this year.
Also of course see what other journals are available there!
Current Journals from other FHS

It is with very great sadness that Tay Valley Family History Society reports the passing of a long-standing member and volunteer, Christine Bailey, who died on the 2nd of June, at Ninewells hospital. A stalwart of the Society, she was a member of our Council for several years, after which she continued her role as volunteer-manager of our Bookstore until her health prompted retirement in 2023.

She knew the books (many authored by members) well, and took pride in organising and cataloguing them and posting to members, to make the small 'store' work. She was often in our Centre, and well-known to many of our volunteers. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to her relatives and friends.

There is no formal funeral.

Another great issue - so many thanks to our Editor and all the Contributors!
Below is the Table of Contents. Members can click HERE to go to the journals page to read that issue (or any others) - you'll need to log in to the site first.

Q&A registration details at the foot of this message! The latest talk from Tay Valley FHS is now up at https://youtu.be/56OQYSopjKQ - details for the Q&A (28th April) will be here soon.
This talk outlines the Process of Divorce of Mary McCulloch and William Fisher, in 1823, giving some of the evidence presented in the Commissary Court by witnesses called by Mary's lawyer to prove the lybel. Also gives the sums of money involved!

Link for registering for Q&A is https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-for-divorce-1820s-style-tickets-1323533306749?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl - this event is on Monday 28th April at 20.00 UK time (8.00 p.m, UK summer time)

You need to give your membership number which for most people has four digits. If you can't remember it say so on the form and we will check if you are indeed a member. If you're NOT a member of TVFHS but want to attend, get in touch at talks@tayvalleyfhs.org.uk.

Did you know that divorces happened in Scotland, from the 1560s on? Not a lot, but each one a piece of the history of the parties and their families. This new talk, 'Divorce, 1820s Style' looks at one particular case from 1823 - the people, the process and the not inconsiderable cost.
This talk will be available within a few days. The Q&A is on the last Monday of April, and details will soon be available here so Watch This Space!

The image is from the 'Accounts' - Crown Copyright, NRS, obtained from the National Records of Scotland as part of the set of documents CC8/6/1886 that were part of this Process of Divorce.