SCOTTISH COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES SYMPOSIUM
Local and Family Historians: Access to Archives
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
Saturday, 28 February 2004
Programme
10.00 Registration (tea and coffee available)
10.30 Welcome by Irene O’Brien, chair of SCA and introduction to issues of
access
10.45 Martin Tyson, Departmental Record Officer, General Register Office for
Scotland
Access to Archives: the GROS perspective
11.15 Andrew Nicoll, Scottish Association of Family History Societies
Access to Archives: a family historian’s perspective
11.45 Marion Stewart, Archivist, Dumfries & Galloway Council
Access to Archives: an archivist’s perspective
12.15 Patrick Cadell, Scottish Local History Forum
Access to Archives: a local historian’s perspective
12.45 Lunch (local restaurants and pubs)
14.00 Group Discussion Workshops:
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2
3
4
Scottish Family History Service
Volunteers and Archives
Working together: Archives and Local History Societies
Digitisation of Archives
15.00 Tea and coffee
15.15 Report back and discussion
16.00 Close