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Launched on 1st August 2009, the Alyth Family History Project is the beginning of something big...
An archive of digital photos to browse through, recorded maps of the cemeteries’ headstones, free Internet access for genealogy research, memorabilia from Alyth through the decades. The church, the library, and the museum in Alyth have it all. Come along and see for yourself. It’s FREE!
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What is there to see in the church?
Auld Alyth
A computer database of ‘Auld Alyth’ photos to browse through. You don’t need computer experience to view them, someone will always be on hand to help you search for relatives or school friends, views of the town, events held over the years, and businesses long gone. With hundreds of photographs being handed in to the project, there is sure to be something, or someone, to see from bygone days.
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The earliest photo received thus far is a daguerreotype plate photo dated 1850, and the latest, from recent years, with every decade in between! The earliest newspaper received is the Alyth Recorder dated 1846! With on average 100 photos being added every week, there is always something new to see.
Cemeteries
The church is also the place to find burial records, photographs of headstones, and lair plans of Alyth’s three cemeteries - all searchable in the computer.
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Parish Records
Available to view on microfilm from Sunday 6th September 2009 - Alyth Parish Records of births, marriages and deaths between 1623 to 1854.
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What else is there to see in the project?
For details of what’s happening at the museum & the library, download the project leaflet
HERE
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Get involved
There are a number of ways you can get involved in this town project. This is a never-ending project as long as people submit photos and information, but we need your help to record history for future generations.
1. Submit photos to the project to be scanned for inclusion in the database
(telephone Irene Robertson on 01828 633045 to arrange collection, or email jpeg copies to info@alythparishchurch.org.uk) - all originals are scanned and returned.
2. Help name existing photos in the database. Many of the photos are nameless and/or dateless, but names, dates and anecdotes can be added at any time. Come along and spend some time browsing the photos and adding information - the project depends on you!
3. Record burial records - if you are interested in recording Alyth’s burial records (so they can be matched to headstones and included in the database), get in touch. This project will take many months, if not years, but we would welcome your help for as long, or as short, as you can spare. Contact details above.
4. Type content from publications - The project has received many amazing publications from bygone days - newspapers, leaflets, almanacs, etc - and it is the intention to scan these into the database as images, and also type the content into files to make them computer searchable. If you can type and use email, your help would be much appreciated. Contact details above.
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Alyth Family History Project is OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND Saturdays 10-12, Sundays 2-4
And it’s FREE!
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