Not a Helpdesk...
How about helpful meetings instead?
Yes - there was a helpdesk before the lockdowns, but when 'business as usual' was reinstated and the library was fully reopened, we noticed that things had changed. Our Anglo-Scottish world had changed. Members and visitors still came to our meetings but, most months, there was no-one at our helpdesk.
Now we are doing things differently!
Social Meetings - Exchanging Ideas
Sometimes in-person at the library, sometimes online via Zoom, we will be arranging more 'social' meetings - meetings where we can focus on a particular research topic or invite questions and answers. Our 'Brick Walls', 'Heirlooms' and 'Research Breakthroughs' were always popular and the variety of topics covered often gave us ideas to further or to improve our own research.
Look out for these meetings in our 2025 schedule, we really think that this will be a good way to learn more and to increase our enjoyment of our favourite occupation - our Anglo-Scottish family history research.
But there is one more advantage to our social meetings - the pleasure of meeting people, especially at the in-person meetings at the library; a place where we can relax, discuss and help or encourage each other. Social meetings online are a little different, but our recent experience shows that exchanging ideas with members from all over the world opens up many new avenues of research and exploration.
Let's see what we can do together!