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.…
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Presenter:
Margaret McLaren
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27 minutes
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…
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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…
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29 minutes
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.
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26 minutes
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