That's it folks - after eight years, The GENES Blog (previously British GENES), has now ceased to be! You will now find all the latest news from Scotland and Ireland, as well as the rest of the UK and its diaspora, on the newly reinvigorated Scottish GENES blog at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com.
In a post-Brexit world, Scotland and Ireland have some very exciting prospects ahead of them, which has led to me returning to my roots with Scottish GENES, as I wish to portray a more forward looking brand from the greatest country on Earth - Alba gu bràth!!!
If you have followed The GENES Blog over the last eight years, I would like to sincerely thank you for all your support, and I hope that you found the news coverage useful. I also hope that you will now consider following Scottish GENES, which originally kicked off the whole shebang many moons before The GENES Blog was even in nappies. All the latest news and views, from the Scottish based perspective of a long resident Ulsterman, with roots in both lands.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Thanks you once again, agus mar sin leibh an-dràsta - bye for now!
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS) ceased publication on 14 FEB 2020. You will now find all the latest genealogy news and views on Scottish GENES at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com. The GENES Blog archive will remain live, with a record of the genealogy news for Britain and Ireland from 2013-2020. Thank you!
Friday 14 February 2020
Sunday 9 February 2020
Latest genealogy news on Scottish GENES
The latest stories on the renewed Scottish GENES blog:
Ulster Historical Foundation's 'Things that Money CAN Buy' auction
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/ulster-historical-foundations-things.html
National Archives family history book sale
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-archives-family-history-book.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Ulster Historical Foundation's 'Things that Money CAN Buy' auction
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/ulster-historical-foundations-things.html
National Archives family history book sale
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-archives-family-history-book.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday 7 February 2020
Latest genealogy news on Scottish GENES
The latest stories on Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com):
Scottish Vaccination Records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/scottish-vaccination-records.html
Forthcoming talks at the National Records of Scotland
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-talks-at-national-records.html
Forthcoming events at The National Archives
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-events-at-national-archives.html
What's happening to the Scottish censuses on FamilySearch?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/whats-happening-to-scottish-censuses-on.html
Ancestry announces tactical shift moving forward, and job losses
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/ancestry-announces-tactical-shift.html
Scottish Indexes adds Scottish High Court Criminal Records guide
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/scottish-indexes-adds-scottish-high.html
TheGenealogist releases RAF Operations Book Records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/thegenealogist-releases-raf-operations.html
National Library of Australia's Family and Community History Survey
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-library-of-australias-family.html
FamilySearch celebrates Black History Month in the USA
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/familysearch-celebrated-black-history.html
FindmyPast adds Yorkshire, India and Canada records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/findmypast-adds-yorkshire-india-and.html
National Library of Scotland adds date range filter to maps site
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-library-of-scotland-adds-date.html
Have you visited... TalkingScot?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/have-you-visited-talkingscot.html
PRONI: Using American Records to Tear Down Irish Brickwalls
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/proni-using-american-records-to-tear.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Scottish Vaccination Records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/scottish-vaccination-records.html
Forthcoming talks at the National Records of Scotland
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-talks-at-national-records.html
Forthcoming events at The National Archives
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-events-at-national-archives.html
What's happening to the Scottish censuses on FamilySearch?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/whats-happening-to-scottish-censuses-on.html
Ancestry announces tactical shift moving forward, and job losses
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/ancestry-announces-tactical-shift.html
Scottish Indexes adds Scottish High Court Criminal Records guide
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/scottish-indexes-adds-scottish-high.html
TheGenealogist releases RAF Operations Book Records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/thegenealogist-releases-raf-operations.html
National Library of Australia's Family and Community History Survey
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-library-of-australias-family.html
FamilySearch celebrates Black History Month in the USA
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/familysearch-celebrated-black-history.html
FindmyPast adds Yorkshire, India and Canada records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/findmypast-adds-yorkshire-india-and.html
National Library of Scotland adds date range filter to maps site
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/national-library-of-scotland-adds-date.html
Have you visited... TalkingScot?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/have-you-visited-talkingscot.html
PRONI: Using American Records to Tear Down Irish Brickwalls
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/proni-using-american-records-to-tear.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Tuesday 4 February 2020
Latest news posts on Scottish GENES
The latest news additions to Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com):
Heritage Tourism with Ancestry
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/heritage-tourism-with-ancestry.html
Latest additions to the British Newspaper Archive
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/latest-additions-to-british-newspaper.html
Forthcoming talks in Belfast and Beith
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-talks-in-belfast-and-beith.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Heritage Tourism with Ancestry
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/heritage-tourism-with-ancestry.html
Latest additions to the British Newspaper Archive
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/latest-additions-to-british-newspaper.html
Forthcoming talks in Belfast and Beith
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/forthcoming-talks-in-belfast-and-beith.html
* The GENES Blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then.
You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top, as shown, or through an RSS feed.
You can also follow Scottish GENES on Twitter @genesblog (www.twitter.com/genesblog) and via the blog's Facebook page
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Monday 3 February 2020
My LivingDNA updated ethnicity profile
I've received an update on my LivingDNA ethnicity profile, which has raised some interesting findings! Full details at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-livingdna-updated-ethnicity-profile.html.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Sunday 2 February 2020
Book review: The Ruhleben Football Association by Paul Brown
For a review of Paul Brown's new book, The Ruhelben Football Association: How Steve Bloomer's Footballers Survived a World War Prison Camp, please visit https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/book-review-ruhleben-football.html.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Transcription Tuesday: Stobs Military Camp WW1 project
For further information on this coming Transcription Tuesday's four projects, including the Scottish project to find the names of those interned at Stobs Military Camp in the First World War, please visit https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/transcription-tuesday-stobs-military.html.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Kirsty Wilkinson's new Scottish book available on Kindle, plus a new blog
For an update on Kirsty Wilkinson's new book, Finding Your Scottish Ancestors: Techniques for Solving Genealogy Problems, please visit Scottish GENES at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/02/kirsty-wilkinsons-new-scottish-research.html.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
* This blog will cease to carry news from February 14th, with Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com) taking over from then. You can subscribe to Scottish GENES for a daily email feed in the right hand column on the page, at the top.
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Saturday 1 February 2020
Blogicide or resurrection? Scottish GENES is back!
Over eight years ago, in December 2011, I suspended the Scottish GENES blog in order to widen the scope of the news coverage I was offering, with a separate blog British GENES (later The GENES Blog) established in parallel some months earlier. At the time another blogger (thanks John!) amusingly referred to the move as 'blogicide', but in fact the readership transferred and continued to expand over the years.
In this same period, however, there has been a dramatic change in world circumstances, and as we move forwards in the world on the day after Brexit, I want to regain control of the message of where this blog is coming from - it's from an Irish genealogist and blogger who has made his home in Scotland, with a fascination in his two areas of interest, Scotland and Ireland, but also in our closest neighbours in England and Wales and across the EU, and to Scotland's and Ireland's historic and continuing worldwide disaporas.
In this Crisis of Infinite Blogs, the timelines are now being reset, parallel earths and blogs are being removed, and I am heading back somewhat nostalgically and purposefully to the original and the best:
Scottish GENES is back!
The GENES Blog at https://britishgenes.blogspot.com will continue in parallel for a couple of weeks by way of a transition period, but there will soon be a hard exit with no hope of a further transition, although the blog will remain live as an archive - if you want the history of genealogy in Britain and Ireland over the last decade, you'll find it there and free to access!
But for the ongoing news from these islands and further afield, please sign up to Scottish GENES, and at its new dedicated address, https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com. (You can subscribe by email using the link at the top right of the page)
Alba gu bràth!
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
In this same period, however, there has been a dramatic change in world circumstances, and as we move forwards in the world on the day after Brexit, I want to regain control of the message of where this blog is coming from - it's from an Irish genealogist and blogger who has made his home in Scotland, with a fascination in his two areas of interest, Scotland and Ireland, but also in our closest neighbours in England and Wales and across the EU, and to Scotland's and Ireland's historic and continuing worldwide disaporas.
In this Crisis of Infinite Blogs, the timelines are now being reset, parallel earths and blogs are being removed, and I am heading back somewhat nostalgically and purposefully to the original and the best:
Scottish GENES is back!
The GENES Blog at https://britishgenes.blogspot.com will continue in parallel for a couple of weeks by way of a transition period, but there will soon be a hard exit with no hope of a further transition, although the blog will remain live as an archive - if you want the history of genealogy in Britain and Ireland over the last decade, you'll find it there and free to access!
But for the ongoing news from these islands and further afield, please sign up to Scottish GENES, and at its new dedicated address, https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com. (You can subscribe by email using the link at the top right of the page)
Alba gu bràth!
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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