Happy Saint Andrew's Day!

It's Saint Andrew's Day! We're very proud of our main man here, but he's also something of a worldwide phenomenon - here he is in a metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia, as snapped a few months ago on an Unlock the Past cruise visit to the city:

Here in Largs we've been celebrating our patron saint - here's a wee video to enjoy from a bash I was at on Friday night!

Check out Google's tribute also at https://g.co/doodle/a8g7j2, and for things more genealogical, do check out my guest post on Ancestry's blog at http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/11/30/exploring-the-scottish-calendar-of-confirmations/ to read my overview of the site's new Calendars of Confirmations and Inventories 1876-1936 collection.

Have a great day!

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.