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Scotland on TV Newsletter - Friday 7th March 2008

Last week's feature on Glasgow's Mitchell Library has been pounced upon by people busy tracing their Scottish roots. The desire to find out more about who we are by learning about our ancestors is a powerful human drive - particularly when that personal history crosses continents and cultures. If you're researching your Scottish family tree, we'd love to hear your stories. Just email us at our usual address.

Incidentally, everything we cover on genealogy you can access here.

FAMILY HISTORY AT THE MITCHELL LIBRARY - Part 3

Following on from our features last week which introduced the Mitchell Library, we continue our look at the resources available to those who want to know more about their Scottish roots. Once we've discovered who are ancestors were, we often want to find out more. So, we're looking at records which can tell us a few extra details about who our families were - and what they got up to!This week, Dr. Irene O’Brien, senior archivist at the Mitchell Library, shows us a selection of records and registers related to family history. Irene covers the Manuscript Voters Roll, the registers of sasines (records of property sales and purchases), especially interesting for those whose ancestors emigrated from Scotland, the school admission registers and the Glasgow Police Force Registers, which lists all the policemen in Glasgow since the 1830’s and details any achievements or incidents during their careers. Coming up over the next few weeks, we're introduced to more records, including church registers and the Kirk session minutes, which are records created by the Church of Scotland to report all kind of sins - and the sinners. We also look at land rent rolls and the Poor Law archives, which contain letters, notes and certificates belonging to those who applied to the government for support.
Discover:Ancestors


SCOTTISH RECIPE: Kedgeree

We're back with Anne Mulhern, owner of Glasgow's Willow Tearooms, in her West End kitchen, where she makes fast-food Scottish style: healthy and hearty Kedgeree. This quick mix of fresh smoked haddock, rice, egg and spices is sometimes served for breakfast in Scotland, but is a great tasty snack for any time of the day.Watch the video of Anne preparing the dish, and, if you're inspired to make it at home, just print out the recipe.

Experience:Food


THE ARMY SCHOOL OF BAGPIPE MUSIC AND HIGHLAND DRUMMING: The Green Hills of Tyrol

This week, the pipe band from the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming in Edinburgh performs a well known Scottish tune, The Green Hills of Tyrol, as part of an outdoor training session. The tune of The Green Hills of Tyrol was originally from Rossini's opera, William Tell, but was transcribed for the pipes in 1854 by Pipe Major John MacLeod during the Crimean War. The Green Hills of Tyrol is also known to many as A Scottish Soldier, because of lyrics added to the tune during the 1960s by Andy Stewart.


Experience:Bagpipes


EDINBURGH'S CEILIDH CULTURE 2008

Scotland on TV was at last week's launch of the annual Ceilidh Culture festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, in Edinburgh. The three-week long traditional arts event will kick off on Friday 21st March, showcasing local talent as well as international acts. Ceilidh Culture will cover all the traditional arts activities taking place in the city, bringing together music, song, dance and storytelling.

Experience:Events


SCOTTISH DESIGNERS at London Fashion Week

The On/Off event at The Royal Academy of the Arts is one of the hottest tickets in town during London Fashion Week, showcasing the finest emerging and established British talent. the five thirty show’s Vicky Lee was there last month to catch up with the Scottish designers making their mark this year, with stunning Autumn/Winter '08 collections drawing inspiration from life north of the Border.

Experience:Events


MAKING TARTAN: The Edinburgh Old Town Weaving Company

Geoffrey (Tailor) Kiltmakers' Edinburgh Old Town Weaving Company, is situated in a prime location at the top of the Royal Mile, right next to Edinburgh Castle. In this old five-floor building, over 200 clan and family tartans are woven, and, as the only working weaving mill left in the city, visitors get the unique experience of seeing the tartan-making process from start to finish. The Edinburgh Old Town Weaving Company is still a family business, and here Managing Director Geoffrey's son Howie, also of 21st Century Kilts fame, gives us a tour of the building, talking us through the creation of that Scottish icon, the kilt.

Experience:Kilts


POLITICS NOW: Thursday 6th March, 2008

In this week's Politics Now, David Torrance reports from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) Annual Conference held in St. Andrews earlier this week, where the SNP’s promise of a bright new future for local Government comes under the spotlight. And Michael Crow is joined in the studio by Senior SNP back-bencher Alex Neil MSP and from Edinburgh, Conservative Finance spokesman Derek Brownlee, to debate the merits of this new era of Scottish Government.Scottish Political Editor of The Times Angus McLeod, Senior Labour Euro MP David Martin and Former Treasurer of the Scottish Lib Dems Denis Robertson Sullivan also join Michael for some political punditry, examining issues grabbing the headlines plus news on meetings to put a curse on Alex Salmond.

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