This year’s British Isles Family History Society (BIFHSGO) conference dives deep into the forces behind Scottish migration and emigration, offering expert speakers with invaluable insights and practical strategies to help trace family lines back to a Scottish homeland. Here’s the program for this year’s virtual conference.
The program, themed Flittin’ Day: Forces That Moved our Scottish Ancestors will include the following speakers and topics:
| Sir Tom Devine | The puzzle of mass Scottish transatlantic emigration 1815 to 1914. Can it be convincingly resolved? |
| Professor Graeme Morton | Industrial Scotland, Industrial Dundee: Following the immigrant workforce |
| Dr. Frances Wilkins | The Songs that Stayed and the Songs that Were Taken Away: The Role of Music in the Lives of Scottish Migrants |
| Alison Spring | Researching Urban Ancestors in Scotland |
| Morag Peers | Crossing the Sea: Researching Scottish Ancestors |
| Professor Marjory Harper | Religious Movements, Fragmented Communities and Contentious Clerics: Secession, Migration and Emigration in 19th-century Scotland |
| Chris Fleet | Tracing Scottish Ancestors with Online Maps |
| Laura House | Genealogy, the Information Ecosystem, and Our Technofuture |
Additionally, Graeme Morton, Morag Peers, Marjory Harper and Frances Wilkins will take part in the Expert Connect Q and A session together with additional guest experts.
For more information, visit the conference website HERE.