GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 4

Presenter: Margaret McLaren

By the 19 th century Scotland had higher literacy rates than England and Wales. Margaret discusses the rise of literacy and records kept at the National Library of Scotland.…

Date Published: 08 Aug 2023 @ 3:50 pm
Duration: 27 minutes
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Presenter: John Blackwood

John provides some background on the 1921 Scottish census, questions included that year, and quality of the enumerated data. He also demonstrates how to search the two best…

Date Published: 28 Jun 2023 @ 3:19 pm
Duration: 18 minutes
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Presenter: Joy Roy

This presentation discusses the website ScotlandsPlaces. The author introduces the topic by stating the importance of putting our ancestors in a place and time and then uses…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:31 am
Duration: 29 minutes
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Presenter: Sue Blackwood

Information for website: In this presentation Sue Blackwood describes searching for her ancestor James Bate who lived in Scotland during the first half of the 18th century.

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:15 am
Duration: 26 minutes
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