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I recently launched a new genealogy news blog entitled British GENES (GEnealogy News and EventS) at http://britishgenes.blogspot.com to replace Scottish GENES, which previously had a good run at four years!

As before, the blog is completely free to access, and I am always willing to run any details on genealogy based news or events, so do drop me a note if you'd like to share something! You can subscribe for a daily email feed of stories, or just dip in as and when. Hope it might be of use and/or interest! 

Here's to 2012!

Chris

The Scottish GENES (GEnealogy News and EventS) blog at http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com is now in its fourth year and offering free news on all the latest developments in the British Isles for those researching their Scottish ancestry. In 2011 there have already been 356 blog posts so far, and plenty more still to come.

As much as I am keen to share news when I get it, I am equally keen to receive news to share - all sources will be credited!

Chris

Another new book I've written, just published by Pen and Sword, is "Tracing Your Family History on the Internet" RRP is £12.99, available on the Pen and Sword website for £10.39 plus p&p.

For further details, and to order, visit http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/?product_id=2974

Links to some reviews from the FFHS and UK genealogy magazines at http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2011/05/tracing-your-family-history-on-internet.html

Hope it helps!

Chris

Hi all,

I brought my camcorder with me to WDYTYA? Live and managed to get some interviews with a few folk across the board, which might primarily be of interest to thsoe doing Scottish and Irish research.

Here's the list, and direct links to them on YouTube:

Debra Chatfield, FindmyPast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuHksUBZ8M8

Tom Dennis, editor of Your Family Tree magazine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsVtEUO0gRE

Jeanette Rosenberg, Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq74s1xo9LA

Karel Kiely, Roots Ireland (Irish Family History Foundation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOmuxvoH84

Alasdair MacDonald, Scottish DNA Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=509DWMVw9sQ

Janet Hancock, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGUPWqZ5LUE

Bob Blatchford, Family and Local History Handbook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvk8e3XmGA

Audrey Collins, The National Archives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1620ec4BlIg

Patricia Whatley and Caroline Brown, University of Dundee genealogy courses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjY5Qa-rAI

Sherry Irvine of Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-9MWWp6fY

Valmay Young of FIBIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPCytVTnSMg

Nigel Bayley, The Genealogist.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkmsYPXOT4

They were recorded for my Scottish GENES blog
(http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com), hence the Scottish bias on them, but
there's still a lot of info in there which might be of interest. (Apologies for
the wobblyvision!)

Chris