Emma Maxwell

I am a professional genealogist at Scottish Indexes. Specialising in Southern Scotland and criminal records. Member of the Scottish Genealogy Network.

[Society of Genealogists @SocGenealogists]

#AncestryHour @geneastories @JanetFew @johnhanson47 @holtsfamilyhis1 @DebbieKennett @guidediane @AnnaRCusack @kmkgenealogy @GenealCymru @MissSarahWise @thismikecole @LMHistory @alectritton @SarahEDoig @ScientistSoph @theregencycook @maxwellancestry @DunedinGenie @Dave_Lifelines

[Emma Maxwell @maxwellancestry]

Check out my latest article: Remember: Ages are rounded down in the 1841 census! https://t.co/Tu2nVH90P6 via @LinkedIn

[Emma Maxwell @maxwellancestry]

@EdinburghTrams Thank you for your help.

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@EdinburghTrams What's the ETA for Ingliston? Screen still says 15 minutes.

[NorthLan Heritage @NL_Heritage]

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 Join our team at NL Heritage Centre in Motherwell as a Cataloguing Project Archivist (Temporary) to catalogue the records of the Cumbernauld Development Corporation. This post is funded by #ArchivesRevealed. For more details visit: https://t.co/k9dAHlkYL9

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

And nobody in #Archives did things more #Big than the Victorians.

New Register House is a purpose-built 1860s archive building housing Scotland’s birth, death and marriage records.

Take a tour online

https://t.co/AXnDd6EdM7

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

🛒Need help with your family history research?

Our guidebook Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors can help.

It’s a comprehensive guide to our historical resources to help with your research.

Get your copy 👇

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[Emma Maxwell @maxwellancestry]

Check out my latest article: Families go to court! https://t.co/dBjsvCZsC1 via @LinkedIn

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I was very excited to release an index to the Crown Office Opinions: https://t.co/KvHKroQMVj #FamilyHistory #Scotland #Twitterstorians

[David Dobie @DavidDobie2]

Historic insurance policies: “Not the most interesting documents,” I hear you say? “Au contraire!” — Today I’m saying a big ‘thank you’ to an army volunteers who have indexed >500K individual policies held by @LdnMetArchives. [1/11] #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

[Else Churchill @SoGGenealogist]

"I'll only need half an hour" I said, to talk on our library sources for Railway Ancestors at @SocGenealogists for Saturday's Railway Workers Day. Frantically trying to cut it all down to fit my time slot. Who knew we had so much? 😼https://t.co/fk06hmmluQ

[NotJustAnyFamily 🌳🌴🌲 @karendebruyne]

@MyHeritage @MyHChiefGen @DapperHistorian Is it 1 pm US ET time?

[DonegalArchives @DonegalCoArchiv]

List in #Letterkenny workhouse, 1849, of whole families due for emigration to Canada during the Great Famine #ArchiveDiaspora #Archives #IrishHistory #AnGortaMor

[Emma Maxwell @maxwellancestry]

Just one of the fascinating records held by @NL_Heritage . #Genealogy #Ancestry #Archives

[NorthLan Heritage @NL_Heritage]

#ArchiveDiaspora @ARAIreland
In our archives we have this list of tenants for a property owned by a Mrs Alex Cullens' in Craigneuk. Many Irish names appear alongside Russian and Lithuanian tenants. Here we see how Irish people were part of the immigration history of Lanarkshire!

[Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes]

Here’s another chance to watch ‘Secrets of the 1921 Scottish Census’ by Tessa Spencer.

https://t.co/lQOORyXoof

#Ancestors #Scotland #Archives #FamilyHistory #Scottish #WhoWillYouFind #ScotlandsPeople1921

[Emma Maxwell @maxwellancestry]

Excited to be presenting this research today. It's a fascinating case and there are good lessons to learn for family historians. #Scottish #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

[Family Tree @familytreemaguk]

Book now for this online talk with genealogist Emma Maxwell of @scottishindexes, 1 Feb 1pm.

An explosion in 1870s Glasgow touched the lives of many; were your ancestors involved? Emma shows you how to discover your ancestors’ stories #familyhistory https://t.co/jJ3VkGgtSJ

[Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes]

Starting in just over an hour, 'Cracking the Code: deciphering old Scottish handwriting' by Margaret Fox, Archivist at Traquair House. Hope you can join us to develop your genealogy skills.

[Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes]

Up next at the Scottish Indexes Conference, 'Secrets of the 1921 census'. This will be followed by a Q&A with Tessa Spencer from @NatRecordsScot. Join us for free on Facebook or Zoom. #WhoWillYouFind?

[Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes]

Our wee conference is pick of the month in @wdytyamagazine ☺️. Hope you can join us tomorrow.