Scottish Records Association

Past Conferences

The Scottish Records Association has been holding conferences on themes relating to Scottish historical records since 1977.

SRA Conference 2019

Hidden Histories: on the subject of the use of Scottish archives to uncover stories usually obscured by the records.

Saturday 16 November 2019 at the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

In conjunction with the Centre for Scottish Culture at the University of Dundee

Gordon J Barclay - The Battle for George Square, 1919

Jane Brown - A case closeted in the archive: how legacy finding aids conceal LGBT histories, and why this matters

Jacqueline Eccles - Redressing the balance in archives: using asylum records to give voice to the under-represented

Louise Heren - Sex in the City: why early-20th century sexual violence was an urban working-class issue

Jessica Secmezoy-Urquhart - The Fool Is Not Found Wanting In The Household Of The King Of Scots: the hidden history of Renaissance natural fools in the Lord High Treasurer's Accounts of Scotland

Margaret McKenzie and Peter E Ross - Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland: a hidden community, a hidden history

Marian Pallister - Unlocking the Silence: giving Grace a voice (the letters of Lady Grace Campbell)

SRA Conference 2018

Hence the Name: sources for place-name and personal name research in Scotland
Saturday 17 November 2018, Netherbow Theatre, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. In conjunction with the Scottish Place-Name Society.

Speakers:

Dr. Meredith Cane. What's in(a) it for you? Fashionable and unique forename research
Dr. Alice Crook. Personal Naming in Early Modern Scotland: consultation and analysis of the Old Parish Registers
Chris Fleet. How to Avoid 'Heathery Buttocks': new developments in online maps, gazetteers and applications
Prof. Carole Hough. An Online Resource for Berwickshire Place-Names
Dr. Simon Taylor. Inter Limites Specificatos: some thoughts on place-name research in Scottish records.
Dr. Joanna Tucker. Cartularies as a Source for Place and Personal Names
Robin Urquhart. Where the Heck is Heck? Sources for locating early modern places
Dr. Eila Williamson. Scotland’s Ordnance Survey Name Books: A ‘treasure trove’ for toponymists

SRA conference 2017

Putting on the Writs: Scottish court and legal records
Friday 10 November 2017
New Register House, Edinburgh

Speakers:

Loren Moulds and Dr Jim Ambuske. Recovering Hidden Histories of Early America and the British Atlantic World with the Scottish Court of Session Records Digital Archive
Dr Alan Borthwick. Court of Session Case Study: Donoghue v Stevenson or the Snail in the Bottle
Charles Fletcher. Barony and Regality Courts: a case study
Fergus Smith. Sheriff Court Records
Alison Diamond and Professor Allan MacInnes. Heritable Jurisdictions in Argyll, 1707-1730
Dr Jackson Armstrong and Dr William Hepburn. Law in the Aberdeen Council Registers (LACR)
Dr Edda Frankot and Dr Claire Hawes. The Records of the Medieval Burgh Courts of Aberdeen
Professor Hector MacQueen. Ae Fond Kiss: A Private Matter?

Some earlier SRA conferences:

2016 Records About the NHS Before the NHS (Perth, A K Bell Library)

2015 Researching Migrants and Migration (Perth, A K Bell Library)

2014 Common Good and Common Land (Linlithgow Burgh Hall)

2013 Et in Archiva Ego: Artists in the Archives. In conjunction with the Archives and Records Association Scotland (Perth Conference Centre)

2012 Diaries and Journals (Glasgow, Renfield St Stephens Church)

2011 Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes (Perth, A K Bell Library)

2010 Scottish Society and the Parish. In conjunction with the Economic and Social History of Scotland Society (Stirling Tolbooth)

2009 Researching Big Events and Defining Moments (Edinburgh, Midlothian Chambers)

2008 Nonconformist Church records. In conjunction with the Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies (Troon, Walker Hall)

2008 Printing Records (Perth Conference Centre)

2007 Church Records (Perth Conference Centre)

2006 Records in Private Hands (Dundee, Caird Hall)

2005 Burghs, Trades and Incorporations (Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)

2004 Medical and Health Records (Glasgow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons)