Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes
@scottishindexes.bsky.social
Professional Scottish genealogist and co-founder of scottishindexes.com. Regularly to be found in the National Records of Scotland untying Sheriff Court records. I also organise the Scottish Indexes Conferences.
Join Caroline Brown as she explores the lives of Dundee’s textile workers: women, men and children whose labour shaped a city once known as the jute capital of the world.
#ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute
#ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Join Caroline Brown as she explores the lives of Dundee’s textile workers: women, men and children whose labour shaped a city once known as the jute capital of the world.
#ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute
#ScottishHistory #Archives #Dundee #TextileHeritage #FamilyHistory #Jute
From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library:
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library:
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
🆕 New from Scottish Indexes: We’ve compiled a list of freely available books on Internet Archive to support your Scottish family history research.
📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes
📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes
September 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🆕 New from Scottish Indexes: We’ve compiled a list of freely available books on Internet Archive to support your Scottish family history research.
📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes
📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes
We have added 34,662 entries to Scotland's Criminal Database. This update coveres the following prisons: Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Edinburgh (Calton Jail), Edinburgh (Police Prison), helensburgh, Inveraray, Leith Police Prison, Linlithgow, Musselburgh, Paisley, Rothesay and Wick.
September 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We have added 34,662 entries to Scotland's Criminal Database. This update coveres the following prisons: Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Edinburgh (Calton Jail), Edinburgh (Police Prison), helensburgh, Inveraray, Leith Police Prison, Linlithgow, Musselburgh, Paisley, Rothesay and Wick.
Hot off the press!
Pick up the July 2025 Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to read my masterclass article, ‘Sheriff Court Paternity Records’.
Live in the UK? Who Do You Think You Are? with Diane Morgan is available on BBC iPlayer.
#WDYTYA #Scotland #paternity @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social
Pick up the July 2025 Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to read my masterclass article, ‘Sheriff Court Paternity Records’.
Live in the UK? Who Do You Think You Are? with Diane Morgan is available on BBC iPlayer.
#WDYTYA #Scotland #paternity @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hot off the press!
Pick up the July 2025 Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to read my masterclass article, ‘Sheriff Court Paternity Records’.
Live in the UK? Who Do You Think You Are? with Diane Morgan is available on BBC iPlayer.
#WDYTYA #Scotland #paternity @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social
Pick up the July 2025 Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to read my masterclass article, ‘Sheriff Court Paternity Records’.
Live in the UK? Who Do You Think You Are? with Diane Morgan is available on BBC iPlayer.
#WDYTYA #Scotland #paternity @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social
National Records of Scotland closed on Thursday 27 March
I can’t see a mention of this online but when we were in the Historical Search Room yesterday we were told that the NRS would be closed on Thursday and open as usual on Friday.
Hope this saves someone a wasted journey!
I can’t see a mention of this online but when we were in the Historical Search Room yesterday we were told that the NRS would be closed on Thursday and open as usual on Friday.
Hope this saves someone a wasted journey!
March 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
National Records of Scotland closed on Thursday 27 March
I can’t see a mention of this online but when we were in the Historical Search Room yesterday we were told that the NRS would be closed on Thursday and open as usual on Friday.
Hope this saves someone a wasted journey!
I can’t see a mention of this online but when we were in the Historical Search Room yesterday we were told that the NRS would be closed on Thursday and open as usual on Friday.
Hope this saves someone a wasted journey!
Do you want to trace your family history earlier than 1750? If so, an understanding of some unfamiliar terms will help you. Join the Scottish Indexes conference to advance your research skills: Saturday, 23 November 2024.
November 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Do you want to trace your family history earlier than 1750? If so, an understanding of some unfamiliar terms will help you. Join the Scottish Indexes conference to advance your research skills: Saturday, 23 November 2024.