A week at the Edinburgh Records Centre

Not a lot to report, which is perhaps good news. I am happily at my desk in my St Andrews Square hotel where I can really watch the changeable weather - it is mostly rainy with bursts of sunshine. Here I add the transcribed records gained from the day at the records centre of that day, where I scribble away from 9am to 4pm. Yesterday I did not move from that seat! Generally I stop for lunch and loo visits. Last night I was convinced I had a DVT so I will move more today!

View from Ibis Styles Hotel

The funny twirl on the skyline is the premier shopping district, St James Centre, and to the right of it are monuments on Calton Hill. On this site there used to be the Bridewell Prison, where Robert Buchan was imprisoned in 1835 and 1836 for being drunk and disorderly on duty. But is he our Robert Buchan?
Really, you can find Buchans everywhere, at the National Museum

Back to the view from the window, despite the construction site on the left, the gardens on the right are nice. I walk diagonally across these towards Princes St to the records centre, perhaps a five minute walk. I had to get a pound coin for the lockers yesterday, as I probably left the one I used last week in the locker itself. The nearest store was a MacDonalds where I was served by a young man from Brisbane, who sold me a hash brown, and my coin was obtained. I did not even collect the hash brown.

This is because of the breakfasts here, which are very good. The food is varied and tasty, but I went at the worst possible time on day one - couldn't find the juice machine, a plate, cutlery, the coffee machine line was 6 people long, and when I went to get my hot food, an employee came along and took my cutlery and apple and upon my return there was an American in my seat. I did not enjoy that meal, so today I was at breakfast at 6.30am. Truly it was daylight by 4am.

Hopefully today I will complete transcribing all the available death certificates for the entire family!!!! 32 still to do. After that I will start on marriages for George's descendants, and there are 100s. But I have finished all other siblings. Which means I might be able to do Bains up in the Highlands next week. Having dinner at Mike and Celia's tonight but really I don't have the time to spend four precious hours of typing.

Here are a few images from my visit to the National Museum of Scotland on Sunday:

An elk on the floor of National Museum of Scotland (Saturday)







Working Scottish horses

Remains of Roman horse trappings


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