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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

"It's a Sair Fecht!"

presentations sponsored by

ASGRA, Borders FHS, Lothians FHS, Scottish Genealogy Society

In association with Scottish Indexes

17

th

April 2021

09.00 am – Welcome -

Ian Leith, Chair of SAFHS

09.10 am - Dr Joseph J Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Patron

09.30 am – The Radical Rising of 1820

The last armed rising on British soil happened during one week in April 1820. Those involved were

intent on severing the Union and establishing a radical Scottish republic. It ended in executions,

imprisonments, transportations and 85 trials for high treason.

The talk is presented by

Alex Wood

and sponsored by

ASGRA

10.30 am – ASK ASGRA

Members of ASGRA will answer pre submitted enquiries

Questions to be submitted in advance to

secretary@asgra.co.uk

11.30 - Ae Fond Kiss, and then we sever!”

Finding Records of Marital

Disharmony

The talk will be presented by Kirsty Wilkinson a professional genealogist, based in Edinburgh. She holds

an MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographical and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde,

Glasgow, and is an accredited member of the Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in

Archives (ASGRA)