WHAT'S ON
This issue’s highlight is a must for anyone with roots in Scotland
This month’s events, including talks and society fairs
Lanarkshire Annual Local And Family History Show
27 October a Motherwell Concert Hall, Windmillhill
Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB w www.lfhsshow.weebly.com e secretary-lanarkshirefhs@hotmail.co.uk
Scotland’s largest local and family history show returns with a range of speakers and exhibitors from throughout the country and beyond. Talks will include ‘The Scottish Poor Law’, ‘DNA Testing for Your Family Tree’ and ‘Maps for Family and Local History’, and there will be free help and advice available from Lanarkshire Family History Society and the Scottish Genealogy Network for those who have hit a brick wall in their research. Exhibitors include national and local heritage organisations, family history societies, archives, museums and publishers. Entry is £2 per person, while talks cost £3 each or £10 for all four. Accompanied children under 12 go free.