Scottish Family History & Genealogy

A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2018) | Viewed by 2992

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Chairman of the Scottish Local History Forum 2011—Present, Past Chairman of one of the leading family history societies in Scotland 2008—2010, Served on the executive of Scottish Association of Family History Societies 2011—2016, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Member of the Society of Genealogists 1981 to Present.
Interests: Scottish Genealogy; influence of the Flemish in Scotland over 600 years; integration of Flemish Families into Scottish Society; the commercial influence of Scottish families and their descendants especially from the Angus area and the North East on aspects of Victorian and modern life; proving family relationships and putting substance to family legends especially through written histories

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this special issue is to strengthen connections between research on Family History, Genealogy and Local History, to give a greater understanding into ancestral lives.

To enable this we have put together key authors in their fields who will show both the experienced and amateur researcher how they should go about their investigations and more importantly where to look for specialist information.

There are many helpful websites available for amateur an experienced family researchers.  This special issue invites contributions that evaluates these online resources, explaining their benefits in use, and, furthermore, what to gain in using them.  We also invite contributions that focus on specialist areas of research into local history that add “meat to the bones” of family genealogy research.

We would also like to highlight community projects using local history and genealogy and how these projects can be organized to involve the lay researcher. A current example of this is the McManus Project in Dundee investigating the background of all the subscribers to the original building of the Albert |Institute.

Lets go forward with this.

Those who wish to submit to this Special Issue, should first send a short Statement of Interest to the Guest Editor by End May 2018 , with a short description of the planned manuscript. These should be sent to: [email protected]

Mr. John W. Irvine
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Genealogy is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

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Project Report
Accessing Scottish Archives Online
by John Pelan
Genealogy 2018, 2(4), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy2040042 - 19 Oct 2018
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John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives (SCA), explores some of the challenges around searching Scotland’s archives online. Difficulties in accessing information, knowing what exists and where to find it, and the multiplicity of online catalogues can be confusing and frustrating [...] Read more.
John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives (SCA), explores some of the challenges around searching Scotland’s archives online. Difficulties in accessing information, knowing what exists and where to find it, and the multiplicity of online catalogues can be confusing and frustrating for users, particularly inexperienced and amateur family historians. The article provides information about the Scottish Council on Archives (SCA) plans, working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, to create a new portal for accessing Scotland’s archive collections including those of universities, local authorities, businesses and communities. The portal, which will be a development of the existing Scottish Archive Network resource, will allow users to search across many catalogues for both collection and item level records. The new portal will be an invaluable resource for genealogists, researchers, academics, students, historians and members of the public by providing guidance on understanding, using and accessing archives. SCA expects that the site will become a powerful advocacy tool for archives, showing not just the breadth and depth of collections across Scotland but highlighting the many ways that archives can be used inform and improve society. For genealogists, but also for everyday users of archives as well as potential new users, this portal will open new channels of research and local history. Full article
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