Fergus Smith is an independent historical researcher specializing in Scottish legal records. Before becoming a freelance researcher, Fergus worked as a translator and an antiquarian book dealer. The founder and owner of oldscottish.com, which provides indexes to millions of Scottish historical records, over the last 40 years he has researched in archives in over a dozen countries across 5 continents. He has given talks at RootsTech and to numerous family history societies in Scotland and overseas and has presented research papers at numerous academic conferences organized by universities across the UK, including St Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
His current research interests include 19th century criminal records, Scottish convicts transported to Australia, and accidents in the workplace. He regularly posts on twitter as @oldscotbooks.
This educational series if FREE for members of the Scottish SIG. To register for the sessions, please visit the Members Only section of the site.
For members of the OGS, but not the Scottish SIG, the three webinars in the series will cost $15 and for non-members, the fee is $25. To register for the series, please visit our Where are the Records Series page on the OGS website at the following link: https://ogs.on.ca/scottish-sig-series/
