The Scottish Family History Symposium will be held in conjunction with the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games. The Symposium will be held from 8 am to 4 pm Friday, June 4 at the La Quinta Conference Center, Texas 360 and Six Flags Drive in Arlington, Texas. Sherry Irvine of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, will be the symposiums featured speaker. Irvine is author of several British Isles research guides, including "Your Scottish Ancestry: A Guide for North americans". She will discuss How to Begin Research in Scotland: Church Records: Legal Matters, such as Inheritance, Deeds, Disputes; The Legal System-Local Administration, Poor Taxes, and Occupations: and Tracing Scots Irish. Reegistration for the symposium is $40. To register, send a check payable to Texas Scottish Festival to PO Box 171193, Arlington, TX 75003-1193. The Texas Scottish Festival, largest such in Texas, will be held at Maverick Stadium in Arlington from Friday, June 4, to Sunday, June 6. The festival includes Celtic Music, Highland games, Scottish food, Scottish country dancing, bagpipes, genealogy and clan tents, sheepdog competitions and much more. For more information contact the festival at 817-654-2293. Gerry Hodges Hackley in Houston, TX gerry@hackley.com