Scottish Indexes Conference XXXIV - Saturday 14 November 2026

Interested in tracing your Scottish genealogy? The Scottish Indexes Conference is an opportunity to learn new research skills, discover diverse records and see how others have put these into practice. If you want to trace your Scottish family tree, this is the event for you.

Don't live in the UK? No problem. We are live from 7 am to 11 pm UK time. We do this to make our conferences time-zone friendly. Each presentation is shown twice, once between 7 am and 3 pm UK time, then again between 3 pm and 11 pm. You can come and go throughout the day. A schedule will be posted on our website a week or so before the conference.

Donations

This conference is run through the kindness of your donations. We are delighted to be able to continue hosting these for the Scottish genealogy community.

If you are in a position to donate at this time, we greatly appreciate your support. We know that these are challenging financial times for many so we are keeping the conferences free with no recommended donation. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated to keep these conferences going.

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Registration Instructions

It is free to register for this event on Zoom. Click here, fill out the registration form and you should receive an email confirmation within a few minutes. You will also receive reminders in the week before the conference.

Presenters

Coming up at the November 2026 Conference:

'Researching Scottish Genealogy at the Society of Genealogists Research Hub' by Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists

'Researching Urban Ancestors in Scotland' by Alison Spring, Genealogist at Scottish Ancestral Research

'Landlord and tenant in Edwardian Dundee' by Kay Williams, Historical Geographer at The Past and other Places

'Tracing emigrants to Scotland's forgotten colony of East New Jersey' by Derrick Johnstone, Research Affiliate in the Department of History at the University of Glasgow

'The People of New Lanark' by Sophie Hunter, Learning and Engagement Officer at New Lanark World Heritage Site

'Exploring the Collections of Edinburgh City Archives' by Ashleigh Thomson, Archivist at Edinburgh City Archives

'Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors in Kirk Session Records' by Emma Maxwell, genealogist and co-founder of Scottish Indexes

Discover more about our speakers and their topics here.

Schedules & Handouts

We schedule our day so that it is timezone friendly. It means you can join from Sydney, Australia or Michigan, USA and still interact with our speakers. We start at 7 am UK time and keep going until 11 pm UK time. You can plan your day using the schedules below. If you live in the United States or Canada you will likely find the times in the second session more convenient for you so please remember to scroll down in the schedule to see these. Some people come and go through the day, others watch all day; it’s entirely up to you.

Please select your timezone below. We are sorry if we have not covered your timezone. You may find the World Clock Meeting Planner on timeanddate.com useful as you plan your day.

Speakers Past and Present

Discover more about the experts who have spoken at the Scottish Indexes Conferences.

Past Conferences

These events are designed to be interactive and are best watched live. Some presentations from previous conferences are available to watch again. Visit our Past Conferences page to see what you have missed so far and catch up with some of the presentations.