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The next SRA conference will be held in Perth Conference Hall on Friday 16 November 2007. The topic will be Keeping the Faith: Records of Organised Religion in Scotland. This conference offers an opportunity to discuss local and family history research with archivists and experienced researchers. Further information about booking for the conference will be posted nearer the time.
Subjects of recent conferences:
1993 (Spring) A Changing Landscape: agricultural improvement in the lowlands
1993 (Autumn) Crime and Society
1994 On Classic Ground: Scottish tourists and tourism
1995 Scottish Bank Archives
1996 Back to Basics: researching Scottish schools and schooling
1997 A Record of Scottish Politics
1998 In Search of Scottish Buildings
1999 Scottish Archives: issues and initiatives for 2000 and beyond
2000 Used in Evidence: Scottish police records
2001 Always With Us: poverty and philanthropy in Scottish archives.
2002Family Silver: records of households and families in Scottish archives
2003Compearing Notes: records of Scottish courts through the ages
2004A Picture of Health: medical history and records
2005Scottish Burghs, their history and records
2006 Records in private hands - celebrating the 60th anniversary of the NRAS.
Selected conference papers from conferences between 1993 and 2003 have been published in volumes 1-10 of the journal, Scottish Archives. For a contents list of each of the journal editions and an order form, go to the Scottish Archive Network bookshop.
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