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This page shows publications published by us and changes made to the website more than 1 year ago.
For an archive of publications published by us and changes made to the website less than 1 year ago, please see the What's New page.

Previous Publications

These publications are available from us - see our Publications Sales List for further details.
 
 
Image of 'Hall's History of Galashiels' CD   Hall's History of Galashiels
Available as a CD only. This is an electronic reprint of the famous book, The History of Galashiels by Robert Hall, first published in October 1898 in a limited edition of 425 copies for subscribers only. It's in a .pdf format which allows an extensive index and search facility to be used and by the use of hyperlinks it can be easily navigated. The original book had 601 pages including index of subscribers and illustrations.
CD price £12.00 plus postage. Weight 70g. See our Publications Sales List to buy.
See our Publications Review page for further details.
 
Front Cover of 'Cavers & Kirkton Monumental Inscriptions' book   Back Cover of 'Cavers & Kirkton Monumental Inscriptions' book   Roxburghshire Monumental Inscriptions - No 19: Cavers & Kirkton
Researched and published by us.
138 pp including index and illustrations. ISBN 1 874232 06 2. 820 gravestones. Price £8.50 plus postage. Weight 205g.
Gravestone inscriptions in 7 separate graveyards in Cavers and Kirkton parishes, including Denholm cemetery.
See Monumental Inscriptions for this and other volumes produced by the Society. Search the Gravestones Index for names in which you're interested.
Image of 'Kelso Rosebank Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions' CD   Front Cover of 'Kelso Rosebank Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions' book   Roxburghshire Monumental Inscriptions - No 20: Kelso Rosebank Cemetery
Researched and published by us.
Available as a CD or an A4 format book, each has the same content. 2454 gravestones. Book 202 pp including index and illustrations. ISBN 1 874232 07 0.
CD price £10.00 plus postage. Weight 70g.
Book price £21.00 plus postage. Weight 620g.
Gravestone inscriptions in Kelso Rosebank Cemetery.
See Monumental Inscriptions for this and other volumes produced by the Society. Search the Gravestones Index for names in which you're interested.
 

Website Changes

This shows the principal changes to the website since it became publicly available with the approximate date of the change.
Newest changes are at the top.

26th February 2006   We've made some minor changes to our Terms and Conditions, mainly in the updating of contacts' details, and the link to our Data Protection entry.
Please see our Privacy, and Terms and Conditions statement.
23rd February 2006   The 2006 opening times for our Archive and Search Room, a family history archive and library of books, family tree charts, monumental / gravestone inscriptions, CDs, microfilms, and microfiche, have been published.
21st February 2006   The content of our Surname Interest Index Search has been extended to show the different surnames in which our visitors are interested.
21st January 2006   The content of our Gravestones Index Search has been extended to show the different surnames that are included in our published Monumental Inscriptions volumes.
Similarly, the content of our Article Index Search has been extended to show the different topics included in the index; and the content of our Query Index Search has been extended to show the different surnames that are included in the queries.
5th January 2006   Further updates to our Family Tree Index, now there are 3130 surnames indexed.
1st January 2006   There are now 3128 surnames indexed in our Family Tree Index, increased from 2559, an increase of 569.
18th December 2005   Postal charges for airmail outside Europe have been reduced slightly.
12th December 2005   Insufficient testing of new functionality caused a faulty update of the Surname Interests database. The database has been restored from an earlier backup. If you registered or changed interests between 4.30pm and 6.20pm Greenwich Mean Time, it's possible that your work has disappeared. Email addresses displayed to searchers may have been affected. Please accept our apologies.
Do let us know if you think there are still problems.
17th November 2005   We're experimenting with the use of Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google required us to change our Privacy policy, by adding an extra paragraph of their specification, which has been done.
2nd November 2005   Our Archive CD catalogue has been updated.
27th October 2005   The Gravestones Index now includes the index for Cavers & Kirkton (including Denholm).
16th September 2005   Cavers & Kirkton MI has been published.
28th August 2005   Kelso Rosebank Cemetery has been published. The Gravestones Index now includes the index for Kelso Rosebank Cemetery.
18th August 2005   Some of our post-holders have changed. See the Contacts page for details.
31st July 2005   An advisory message is now being displayed when the Interests Surname Search finds no names.
25th July 2005   The back cover of the Earlston MI volume is now being displayed properly.
25th June 2005   Our long-awaited Earlston MI has been published. The Gravestones Index now includes the index for Earlston.
14th June 2005   Our Home page has been updated.
12th June 2005   Our Library catalogue has been updated with recent acquisitions.
24th May 2005   Some of our office bearers have changed responsibilities. The Library has recently been renamed the Archive.
23rd May 2005   Articles from issue 58 (June 2005) added to the index. 1 query added.
13th March 2005   New opening times for our Archive and Search Room have been published, and accessions to the CD catalogue have been added.
6th March 2005   Articles from issue 57 (March 2005) added to the index. 4 queries added. 2 book reviews added.
26th February 2005   Our Terms and Conditions have changed slightly. We now require more details for credit card payments.
14th February 2005   Our Family Trees Index now includes more charts - 599 names have been added.
13th February 2005   Our Monumental Inscriptions page now shows the front covers of the volumes we publish.
31st January 2005   3 queries removed because the enquirer's address no longer exists.
28th November 2004   Headings are now resizable.
13th October 2004   Article Index updated for the October 2004 issue.
8th October 2004   Minor corrections to the Interests Index Search pages.
27th September 2004   Maintain Interests and Interests Index Search functionality added.
Our Privacy, and Terms and Conditions statement has been changed to reflect the new functionality.
23rd July 2004   The Research page has been reorganised and updated.
7th July 2004   A problem with the library catalogue has been corrected.
21st June 2004   Changes made to improve accessibility.
2nd June 2004   Our programme of meetings for the forthcoming year has been added.
26th May 2004   What's New page added. Website change details moved here from Help page.
20th May 2004   What's On page enhanced to show end dates for events that last more than 1 day.
19th May 2004   4 queries added. Article Index updated. Gravestone index corrections and additions.
27th April 2004   Gravestone index (2nd edition) for Ednam added.
15th April 2004   Postage rates amended. Addition to Publication Reviews page.
7th March 2004   A Publication Reviews page has been added.
3rd March 2004   Surnames in the recently published Lauder Monumental Inscriptions volume have been added to the Gravestones Index.
29th February 2004   One new query has been added. The Article Index has been updated for the forthcoming issue, March 2004.
22nd February 2004   Some new queries have been added. A problem where the wrong query numbers were being shown has been corrected. More events added to What's On.
9th November 2003   In response to suggestions, we've provided a form for visitors/members to provide feedback, notify us of changes, offer their family tree, or pose a question, without having to open an email application.
12th October 2003   7 new queries added.
Article Index updated with articles in October 2003 magazine.
13th September 2003   Minor clarification changes made to several pages.
Map and welcome statement added to What's On page to help visitors find our meeting place.
31st August 2003   Changes made to Publications Sales List.
Examples of gravestones inscriptions added to Monumental Inscriptions page.
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