Explore your family tree
The Archives and Local History team would like to invite you to visit your past and explore your family tree over 4 relaxed and friendly workshops using birth, death and marriage certificates, census returns, cemetery and poor relief records. Discover hints and tips on how to dig up the past using online and other resources.
Date: Every Saturday from Saturday 9 November until Saturday 30 November 2024.
Time: 10am – 11.30am
Where: North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, High Road, Motherwell, ML1 3HU
This course will be presented by our Local Studies Officer, Margaret McGinty and our Archivist, Wiebke McGhee.
Session 1 | Saturday 9 November
How to start researching your family tree.
Session 2 | Saturday 16 November
Cemetery and Poor Law records and other archives registers.
Session 3 | Saturday 23 November
Online resources for family history researchers.
Session 4 | Saturday 30 November
Introduction to reading old handwriting and archives records for visualising your ancestors’ lives.
The cost of this fantastic course is £20 (including refreshments)
To book a place on the course, please email heritagecentre@northlan.gov.uk
