Tay Valley FHS Research Centre will close for one day during the week commencing Monday 15th July for the installation of new shutters. Anyone planning to visit the Centre that week should check the Website or telephone the Centre after Tuesday 9th July to find out which day we will be closed.

1 July 2013

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TVFHS 2013 AGM

The latest edition of The Tay Valley Family Historian gives notice of the Society’s AGM.

Beginners’ Classes

The dates for the autumn  Beginners’ Classes have been announced. Because some prospective family historians have found the usual evening classes inconvenient, we are also offering a weekend course this year.

Subject to there being sufficient interest, the evening course will commence on Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 7pm. As usual there will be six two-hour classes.

It is intended that the weekend course will take place on November 2nd and 3rd, running from 10am to 4pm each day.

The course fee will be maintained at the previous rate of £30.00, with the option of Society membership of £15.00.

Free access to records

There is free access to Irish Birth, Death and Marriage Records on findmypast from Thursday 27 June to Sunday 30 June. Registration is required, but that, too, is free.

PS. Having tried it out, I find that many (all?) items are already free on Family Search.

Dunkeld Chapter House Museum has recently renovated a disused public toilet block to house its extensive, and ever growing, archive collection (The Courier, Highland Perthshire Comment, Avocado Sweet). It is located at the northwest corner of the Square (The Cross) in Dunkeld, adjacent to the building known as “Duchess Anne”.

Clare and Murray Nicoll visited the Archives recently and found the building to look quite modern, as can be seen in these photographs. In the Archive holdings, there are photographs of the area, school classes and news items, as well as Kirk and school records concerning the Parishioners. Although the staff have not yet completed the list of holdings, below is a sample of the items held which would be of interest to a Family History Society researcher.

From 1 June 2013, the hours of opening are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10.00 - 12.00. These times may be subject to change, and if travelling a distance, a phone call may be advisable. Contact details are: Telephone - 01350 727786 Email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..   More information can be found at http://www.dunkeldcathedral.org.uk/visitors.html.

18 June 2013

This event was hosted by Borders Family History Society on 11th May 2013 in Galashiels. The theme for the conference was Comings and Goings, Migration and Scotland.

Tay Valley FHS was represented at the Fair by Clare and Murray Nicoll. They brought photographs back with them and some of them can be found in a photo album which can be downloaded here.

The SAFHS 25th Annual Conference will take place on Saturday 26th April, 2014 in the Carnegie Conference & Business Centre, Halbeath Road, Dunfermilne, KY11 8DY, Scotland. It will be hosted by the SAFHS Executive and Council, and the theme for the conference is A Matter of Life and Death. For more details, go to the SAFHS site.

The Conference is one of the events of Homecoming Scotland 2014. Information on other Homecoming events can be found at VisitScotland.

15 May 2013