
Scottish Indexes Conference XXVIII - Saturday 15 March 2025
Interested in tracing your Scottish genealogy? The Scottish Indexes Conference is an opportunity to learn new research skills, discover diverse records and see how others have put these into practice. If you want to trace your Scottish family tree, this is the event for you.
Don’t live in the UK? No problem. We are live from 7 am to 11 pm UK time. We do this to make our conferences time-zone friendly. Each presentation is shown twice, once between 7 am and 3 pm UK time, then again between 3 pm and 11 pm. You can come and go throughout the day. A schedule will be posted on our website a week or so before the conference.
Donations
This conference is run through the kindness of your donations. We are delighted to be able to continue hosting these for the Scottish genealogy community.
If you are in a position to donate at this time, we greatly appreciate your support. We know that these are challenging financial times for many so we are keeping the conferences free with no recommended donation. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated to keep these conferences going.
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Registration Instructions
Zoom: It is free to register for this event on Zoom. Click here, fill out the registration form and you should receive an email confirmation within a few minutes. You will also receive reminders in the week before the conference.
Facebook: This is an easy way to watch and interact with the presenters and attendees of the Scottish Indexes Conference. It is also possible to cast the conference to a smart TV which makes viewing more comfortable. Click here to join the Scottish Indexes Facebook Group.Presenters
Coming up at the March 2025 Conference:'What is Ireland? Understanding the Lay of the Land' by genealogist Chris Paton
'Blackmail, Burnings, Banishment and Shipwreck: Aberdeen Crimes and Convicts 1830s-1840s' by Dr Dee Hoole
'The Society Resources - Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society' by Scott Fairie
'Homes fit for Heroes: 1919 Act houses in the 1921 census' by Kay Williams
'Tracing your Scottish Family History: Solving one puzzle at a time' by genealogist Emma Maxwell
'The Orkney Archive Service' by Lucy Gibbon, Archivist at Orkney Library and Archive
'Your Scottish Archives' by John Pelan
'Tracing a Building Through Time' by Graham Maxwell
Scottish Genealogy Q&A Session - Your chance to ask any Scottish family history question
Schedules & Handouts
We schedule our day so that it is timezone friendly. It means you can join from Sydney, Australia or Michigan, USA and still interact with our speakers. We start at 7 am UK time and keep going until 11 pm UK time. You can plan your day using the schedules below. If you live in the United States or Canada you will likely find the times in the second session more convenient for you so please remember to scroll down in the schedule to see these. Some people come and go through the day, others watch all day; it’s entirely up to you.
Please select your timezone below. We are sorry if we have not covered your timezone. You may find the World Clock Meeting Planner on timeanddate.com useful as you plan your day.
UK Time (GMT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Programme - 15 March 2025
New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Programme - 15-16 March 2025
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Programme - 15-16 March 2025
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Program - March 15, 2025
Central Daylight Time (CDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Program - March 15, 2025
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Program - March 15, 2025
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) - Scottish Indexes Conference Program - March 15, 2025
Handouts: A day or so after each conference we post a general conference handout. This will include information about each presenter along with links shared in the chat during the day. This is usually available by the Monday after each conference.
Past Conferences
These events are designed to be interactive and are best watched live. Some presentations from previous conferences are available to watch again. Visit our Past Conferences page to see what you have missed so far and catch up with some of the presentations.