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Save the Date. New Event! New Location! History on your Doorstep 2019 History & Family History Fair Come along to what promises to be an exciting new event. Our long-standing History Fair has moved to your Doorstep! Saturday 15th June 2019, Carnegie Library, Ayr We have a new location and new additions. During the day we […]
Read More History on your Doorstep 2019Fascinated by the past and wanting to learn more? Looking for something different to do at the weekend? Join us at this year’s South Ayrshire’s History Fair on Saturday 4 June 2016 at the Walker Halls in Troon. We have a full programme of informative talks featuring respected guest speakers. Tickets start at just £3 per […]
Read More Look who’s coming to the fair…Who do you think you are? Explore your family history at the Local and Family History department in Ayr’s Carnegie Library. The department houses a unique collection of books, pamphlets, directories, maps, plans, local newspapers and photographs. Members of the public who wish to conduct their own family history research are welcome to visit the department to use the resources we […]
Read More Discover your family history with exciting new resources and expert help at Carnegie LibraryAncestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular online genealogy resource to South Ayrshire Libraries. Discover your family history story with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more. This online resource is only available for FREE in our libraries and isn’t available […]
Read More Access Ancestry for free in all South Ayrshire LibrariesArrangements for our 2013 South Ayrshire History & Family History Fair on Saturday 1st June are well underway with three of the four speakers already booked. They are: Professor Dauvit Brown of the University of Glasgow, whose talk will feature new information about William Wallace, and a previously unknown letter of Robert the Bruce which […]
Read More Speakers announced for History Fair 2013Some estimates suggest that up to a third of the current Scottish population may have had Flemish ancestors. These Flemish émigrés came to Scotland over a 600 year period between the 11th and 17th centuries. Many shed their continental sounding names to take on the name Fleming or its variants. Others took on different names […]
Read More The Flemish People in Scotland – A Family and Local History Project
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