LOCSCOT Great War

Incorporating LocScot AGM

AK Bell LibraryYork Place

PerthWednesday, October 1st

2014

Get involved with LocScot!As a committee we have been extremely fortunate to have had a most dedicated and enthusiastic team in place for some time. However, we are presently undergoing changes due to a variety of reasons - some member’s commitments have changed and new posts have taken some of our talented members on to new challenges. These changes are, however, giving us the opportunity to seek out new committee members and to reassess our priorities.

We are a group which is devoted to the care and dissemination of local and family history material in Scotland. The growing popularity of research and genealogy ensures we remain one of the busiest and most comprehensive departments of expertise within library services. We believe LocScot plays a crucial role in supporting those who work in local history. We are asking you to get involved and take this opportunity to create a really worthwhile network for you and your fellow local studies librarians.

We think it’s important to take time to get together, organise our network and create some really exciting events for anyone involved in local and family history. Those of us who are on the committee at the moment would really

At Ochtertyre Auxiliary Hospital

WW 1 CentenaryWith the Great War commemorative period

just starting this year’s LocScot event is designed to inform and inspire all of us who work in Local Studies departments throughout Scotland. A host of local community groups, history societies, school projects and genealogists are relying on our resources to help them create unique commemorative projects throughout Scotland.

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This day event is a chance to share our collective knowledge, network with those in other regions and learn from professionals about relevant FWW records, archives and online resources. A visit to the Black Watch regimental Museum will form part of our day and provide another perspective on FWW research. The day’s speakers have been

ProgrammeConvene at 10 for 10.30

10.30 Introduction and welcome

Nicola Cowmeadow

10.35 – 11.20 Tristram Clarke National Records of

Scotland

11.30 – 12.15 Mike Taylor Western Front Association

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and informal tour of AK Bell Local

and Family History

1.30 AGM

2.15 Tour of Black Watch Museum

3.00 Richard McKenzie Archivist at Black

Watch

4.00

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Fee: £20 by cheque or Bacs payment

08-60-0120298009

Closing date for Applications – Friday 26th September

Bookings may be made by phone or email - please contact Nicola with your details:

Nicola Cowmeadow

AK Bell Library York PlacePerth PH2 8EP

: 01738 477069: nmcowmeadow@pkc.gov.uk