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Our Anglo-Scots Branch Meetings

Invited Speakers and Social Meetings

Anglo-Scots Calendar of Events

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  • Note: MCL is Manchester Central Library,  Online events are via Zoom.
  • 3 Oct 26, Online, Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors from Home and For Free by Alison Spring
  • 7 Nov 26, Online, Historic Environment Scotland by Neil Fraser
  • 5 Dec 26, MCL, Anglo-Scots Christmas Social Event

Tracing your Scottish Ancestors from Home and For Free, by Alison Spring

Saturday, 3rd October 2026, 2.00pm, Online via Zoom

Knowing where to look can be the key to researching your Scottish Ancestors.

Alison Spring is a professional genealogist, speaker, and writer specialising in the records of Scotland. With over 40 years’ experience of family history research, she has a Masters Degree in Family & Local History from the University of Dundee and is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists.  Based near Glasgow, she is passionate about tracing your family tree on a budget and blogs as the “Frugal Family Historian”. She has also taught college and university genealogy courses and written for the UK’s Family Tree magazine. She has delivered presentations for conferences, Legacy Webinars, RootsTech, and Family Tree Live, as well as family history societies in the UK and overseas.

Date: 3rd October 2026
Day: Saturday, 2.00pm
Venue:  Online
Speaker: Alison Spring
Booking: Will be on Eventbrite
Cost: Members - free of charge
Cost: Non-members - £5

Historic Environment Scotland, by Neil Fraser

Saturday, 7th November 2026, 2.00pm, Online via Zoom

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Discover the wealth and scope of records held by HES, and what is new or has changed since Neil's last talk.

Anglo Scots Christmas Social Event

Saturday, 5th December 2026, 2.00pm, Manchester Central Library

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Our Christmas Social Events are light-hearted, friendly, with a Quiz of some sort and a shared table.

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AngloScots Events Section

Highlighting our next meeting and a selection of featured articles

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Upcoming Meetings

More detailed information about our planned meetings

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Our Venues and Maps

Meeting rooms, maps, hours, accessibility and travel links

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Our Anglo Scots Helpdesk

MLFHS helpdesk and occasional AS helpdesk events

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Scottish Marriage Index

Look for missing Scots ancestors in our unique database

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Volunteers Always Needed

We thrive because of our incredible volunteers - can you join us?

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About Anglo Scottish FHS

What we do, our aims,  and how we report back to our members

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Our Research Pages

Our body of research completed and research in progress

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Our Meeting Place

The modern Manchester Central Library is our venue for our in-person monthly meetings. The library is situated in the cultural heart of the city and is served by the St Peters Square Metrolink interchange.

Our Meeting Rooms

Anglo Scots meetings at the library are normally held in the Performance Space on the ground floor and are accessible to all. The rooms are large, spacious and airy, disabled facilities are nearby and the library café is on the same floor.

Our Meetings Online

Global events led to us arranging meetings online via Zoom and we met members who lived beyond travelling distance to Manchester. We now offer a mix of in-person and online meetings to benefit all our members.

Meetings

Please note that our usual meeting date is now the 1st Saturday of each month, not the 3rd Saturday as previously, and this applies to both in-person and online events.

Free to Members

Our meetings are normally free to members with a small charge of £3 to non-members. Outside visits may incur admission charges for members and non-members.

Booking

Booking on Eventbrite is essential for meetings with invited speakers and for online meetings. Please follow us here, on Eventbrite and on social media, for booking details.