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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 6 - 12 February 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, February 6 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm From Steam to Diesel in Photographs Archie Foley Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Non-members, £2.00. Monday, February 6 2017, 7.30 pm The Comet, the Clyde and the Commerce Burns Shearer Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Mr. Burns Shearer's talk will present a picture of the problems facing travellers on Clydeside in the early 1800s, the successes and disaster which befell The Comet, the perils of early steam navigation and the quite amazing development of the shipyards on the Clyde. £4 for non-members Monday, February 6 2017, 7.30 pm Death on the Green Templeton’s Carpet Factory Bill Black Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Monday, February 6 2017, 7.30 pm Treasure Trove in Scotland and Recent Archaeological Finds in Ayrshire and the South Dr Natasha Ferguson Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society The Treasure Trove Officer of National Museums of Scotland explains how treasure trove protects found objects. Members £1 Non-members £2. Monday, February 6 2017, 7.30 pm Radio in World War One Malcolm Fergusson Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society Monday, February 6 2017, 8 pm St Kilda & the Islands George Geddes Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society An evening in St Kilda will be sure to drive away the February Blues: wonderful pictures and extraordinary stories about this unique part of Scotland from George Geddes of the RCAHMS/Historic Environment Scotland. Tuesday, February 7 2017, 2 pm A View of Kirkcaldy from my windows’: the friendship of Adam Smith and David Hume Dr Ralph McLean, National Library of Scotland Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd Tuesday, February 7 2017, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm The Lives of Peploe & Cadell
Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall Morningside Heritage Association Tuesday, February 7 2017, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm Maps and Local History Craig Statham, National Library of Scotland Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL West Lothian Family History Society Tuesday, February 7 2017, 7.30 pm Gathering the Voices Stephen Anson Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB The story of Martin Ansbach of Leuterhausen Wednesday, February 8 2017, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Outlander Gerry McMullan Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group Wednesday, February 8 2017, 6.30 pm Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: The Story of the University of Dundee Kenneth Baxter (University of Dundee_ Venue: D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building, University of Dundee Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.30 pm Riding the Marches, Musselburgh 2016 Fiona Grant-McDonald Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU Organised by the Friends of the Coastal Communities Museum the current annual charge for membership is £10 for an individual or £18 per couple, which includes these Talks. Visitors are more than welcome to attend for a nominal entrance charge of £2 per person. Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.30 pm Stobs Camp Andrew Jepson Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.30 pm Short History of the Haill Six Incorporated Trades of Kirkcudbright Ian McIntyre Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN £3 for non-members Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.30 pm Margaret Harrison: Campaigning for Peace Mary Irvine Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ Margaret Harrison, a true daughter of the Rock and, together with her husband, Bobby, a well known life-long campaigner for peace, particularly through objecting to nuclear armament. Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.30 pm Tracing Your Naval Ancestors John McGee, Treasurer of ASGRA Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Wednesday, February 8 2017, 7.45 pm Magna Carta Robbie Fisher Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock Thursday, February 9 2017 Building Scotland’s Canals Nick Haynes Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, February 9 2017, 7.30 pm Riddles Court, a Merchant House Fit for a King Dr Mike Cressey Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh Musselburgh Conservation Society Thursday, February 9 2017, 7.30 pm Kindrochit Castle Alastair and Stewart Urquhart Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland Master masons Alastair and Stewart Urquhart will give a talk on the recent restoration of Kindrochit Castle at Braemar. Thursday, February 9 2017, 7.30 pm Excavation of a Viking trading site in Gottland Colin Sparrow Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Local History Forum Renfrewshire Local History Forum Lectures are open to non-members with no admission charge but a small donation would be appreciated. Thursday, February 9 2017, 7.30 pm - 9 pm By Sea and Rail to Elie Alan Provan and Graham Meacher Venue: Elie Church Hall Elie & Earlsferry History Society Society members Alan Provan and Graham Meacher will talk about the 'Steamers at Elie Harbour' and 'Local Railways' respectively. All welcome (non-members £3). Thursday, February 9 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm History of Craufurdland Castle Simon Craufurd Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society Saturday, February 11 2017, 10 am - 12 pm Old Parish Registers Bruce Bishop Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL Bruce Bishop will talk about what they contain and how these records can assist your research. This class is about sourcing the rare and unusual records that most people don’t know about – not just the usual OPRs on Scotlandspeople etc. Saturday, February 11 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm Inspired by the Oaks – Scenery Stroll at Chatelherault
Venue: Chatelherault Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership Join the team at Chatelherault to explore artwork inspired by the Avon Water and Cadzow Oaks. Learn about the painters including Alexander Fraser and Simon Bough, who were inspired by the natural beauty of the Avon Valley landscape. Each takes around two hours and is FREE although booking is essential at www.cavlp.eventbrite.co.uk. Saturday, February 11 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm The Register of Corrected Entries and how it can help your family history research Ken Nisbet Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society Saturday, February 11 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm A look at the possibilities of DNA
Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 30 January - 5 February 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 30 2017, 7.30 pm Polaris Submarines during the Cold War Jim Foster Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall \n\n Tuesday, January 31 2017, 7.30 pm Updates on projects - including online developments, community engagement, Galston Town Trail etc. KDHG members Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock & District History Group £2 donation for non-members \n\n Tuesday, January 31 2017, 7.30 pm Down the Irrawaddy River in Burma Vivian Macdonald Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX \n\n Wednesday, February 1 2017, 6.30 pm The Poetic Landscape of Victorian Dundee Erin Farley (University of Stirling) Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee \n\n Thursday, February 2 2017, 7 pm Our Club’s 175 years history Markinch Curling Club Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch Free to members and £2 for non members \n\n Thursday, February 2 2017, 7.30 pm A Journey Through Time: Place names of the John Muir Way Liz Curtis Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society Liz Curtis explains the origins of the place names which John Muir would have known \n\n Thursday, February 2 2017, 7.30 pm Treasure and a Coldstream Lad Per Munro Coldstream and District Local History Society \n\n Friday, February 3 2017, 11.00 am Women Pilots of World War Two Roy Johnstone Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN National Mining Museum Scotland \nOne hundred and fifty years ago today Janet Mellis Mather was admitted to the Edinburgh Poorhouse as a "lunatic pauper". This was not her first admission to an asylum. She had first been admitted to the Poorhouse on 16 August 1859, before being removed from the poor roll and released into the care of her son, William, 5 weeks later.   Before being admitted to the Poorhouse, she had been living with William at the 101 Rose Street, Edinburgh.
William had been a bookseller and stationer since at least 1848, and continued in that trade until about 1864. He was still living at 101 Rose Street with his mother in 1861:
This didn't last, for just over a year later, on 21 August 1862, Janet was readmitted to the City Poorhouse   This time she was in the poorhouse for 7 months. Less than 3 months after she had been admitted, on 14 November 1862, her son married Elizabeth Letheney in Edinburgh. She was released into the care of her son on 25 March 1863, before being readmitted on 15 June 1864   Her stay was much longer. On 9 October 1866, she was one of 24 patients transferred to St Cuthberts Poorhouse. It would appear that this was a temporary measure, as 13 of these patients were transferred back to the City Poorhouse just over three months later, on 21 January 1867. Conditions in the Edinburgh Poorhouse at this time were highly unsatisfactory, and the Parochial Board had decided to reorganise their arrangements. In August 1866, the Board decided to introduce so-called probationary wards for newly admitted inmates (paupers as well as "lunatics"), and plans were afoot to build a new Poorhouse at Craiglockhart, which would eventually open in 1867. It seems likely that Janet was moved as part of these new arrangements.   Four months later, Janet was on the move again when she was released from the City Poorhouse:   Her brother, William Ferrier Mather, was a grocer, as recorded in the Edinburgh Post Office Directory for 1865-66:  Janet lived on for a couple more years, before dying aged 88 in 1869 in the Canongate. We can only speculate why she was taken in by her brother this time, and not her son, but it may have had something to do with William struggling to support his young family. Some time around 1865 he gave up his bookshop/stationery business. In 1871, he was a shop porter living at 93 North Bridge
By 1881, William was back in Rose Street, living at number 162. His children were no longer living with him. At this point, it's not clear if they had died or were living elsewhere.
William's fortunes continued to decline. By 1891, he and his wife were in the City Poorhouse at Craiglockhart. William was described as having formerly been a jobbing labourer. In 1893 his death was recorded aged 74 in the Colinton district - it seems likely he died in the poorhouse, which was in the Colinton area. His wife died in 1925, again in Colinton. She too may have spent the rest of her days in the Poorhouse, although without checking her death record or the City Poorhouse records at Edinburgh City Archives that cannot be confirmed. Sources:
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 23 - 29 January 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 23 2017, 7.30 pm Edinburgh and Environs over Time, a Cartographic Journey Chris Fleet, Map Curator NLS Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society Monday, January 23 2017, 7.30 pm Canals by Numbers: the History of the Union Canal Alan Forrester Venue: Water of Leith Conservation Trust, 24 Lanark Road, Edinburgh West EH14 1TQ Water of Leith Conservation Trust Join Alan Forrester from the Scottish Waterways Trust for a talk exploring the social and industrial history of Edinburgh's Union Canal, opened in 1822, as a 32 mile-long uninterrupted 'contour canal' from Edinburgh Quay in the heart of the capital to the Falkirk Wheel. Free for members - Guests £2. Monday, January 23 2017, 7.30 pm Metal Detecting and finds in our area Phil Hannah Venue: Luncarty Church Centre West Stormont Historical Society Tuesday, January 24 2017, 5 pm for 5.30 pm Poles and Jews in Wartime Scotland: the Experience of Edinburgh's Polish School of Medicine Dr Kenneth Collins Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Library Reading Room, 232-242 St Vincent St, Glasgow, G2 5RJ University of Glasgow Institute of Health and Wellbeing Coffee and biscuits from 5 pm, talks beging at 5.30 pm. This event is free but please contact us to book as places are limited. library@rcpsg.ac.uk, 0141 221 6072 Thursday, January 26 2017 Vernacular Building in Scotland Simon Green, National Museum of Scotland Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, January 26 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm Find Your Ain Folk Drop in Service
Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs North Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, January 26 2017, 7.30 pm The Blue Blanket, Ancient and Modern Stuart Campbell, Seven Incorporated Trades of Stirling and Jane Currie, Stirling and District Embroiderer’s Guild Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery Stirling Local History Society Thursday, January 26 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm TBC
Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association Thursday, January 26 2017, 7.45 pm The 1884 Franchise Agitation in Stirlingshire Mark Nixon Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP Drymen & District Local History Society Saturday, January 28 2017, 2 pm The Scottish Knights of the Garter Russell Malloch Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh The Heraldry Society of Scotland
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 January 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 16 2017, 7.30 pm Archaeology of the Islands of Loch Lomond Fiona Baker Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Monday, January 16 2017, 7.30 pm Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel Bill Hicks and Jill Scott Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Monday, January 16 2017, 8 pm Revisiting the Georgian House, Edinburgh Sheonagh Martin Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society We welcome back Sheonagh Martin, Manager of the National Trust for Scotland property, The Georgian House, Edinburgh. She spoke to us some eight years ago, and since then there have been changes at the house, with more in the pipeline. Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm Old Trades and Professions Richard Torrance Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm Robert Burns - The Fat of The Land Stuart Cochrane Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock & District History Group £2 donation for non-members Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm The Crook Inn - its past, present & future James Welch Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles The Crook Inn probably started as a refuge for drovers and a meeting place for local shepherds in a relatively sparsely populated and lawless Tweedsmuir in the 16th century. It was one of the three oldest hostelries in Scotland - granted a drinks licence by King James VI in 1604, a year after he became James I of England. It served briefly as a church in Covenanting times, and it was where Robert Burns wrote his famous poem, ‘Willie Wastle Wife’. A well-used staging post between Edinburgh and Dumfries, it became a fashionable venue for the Edinburgh literati in Victorian times. Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Social Evening
Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, January 18 2017, 5.30 pm
Professor John MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University Venue: Ross House, Dornoch University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History Professor MacKenzie, a Visiting Professor at the Centre for History, is one of the foremost historians of imperialism, of any period, and a scholar who also has an outstanding reputation in the field of environmental history. We are delighted to be hosting this lecture by him, which will focus on religion and Scottish identity in a global context, mainly referring to Presbyterianism. Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm The Glasgow Bridges Tom Marchant Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham Non-members welcome, £3 on the door Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm Stunning Selkirkshire: A look at the wildlife of the County over a year Douglas Methven Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre jmcintyre@borderscollege.ac.uk Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm Photographing Falkirk's Historic Industries Tom Astbury Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church Thursday, January 19 2017 Ayrshire Place Names Ian McVey Venue: Portland Church hall Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, January 19 2017, 2.30 pm Noblewomen of Atholl, Work, Welfare and War Dr Nicola Cowmeadow Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin North Perthshire Family History Group Visitors £3.00 Thursday, January 19 2017, 6.30 pm Cumnock men & women who served in WW1.
Venue: Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 1AD Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm Working for a living: terms and conditions from Palmerston to Lloyd George Andrew Ramage Venue: Haddington Town House Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm The History of Sanitation Hugh Walker Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome. Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm The History of Bagpipe Music Dr Jack Taylor Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland Dr Jack Talyor will give a talk, with musical interludes, on the history of bagpipe music and his recent project to transcribe some very old pipe tunes to written music before they were lost. Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm Fashioning a better Future, Paisley’s Changing High Street 1824 – 1869 David Roberts Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Family History Society Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm Railways Around the Kirkcaldy Area Sandy Thomson Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm Oral testimony of emigrants Marjory Harper Venue: Dumbarton Room, Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.30pm-4.30pm Beginners' meeting
Venue: Unitarian Church Centre Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 January 2017
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 9 2017, 10 am - 12 pm Beginners Class Ken Nisbet Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL This module is just what it says - for beginners. Ken Nisbet, who has many years experience in researching family history will take this class. Monday, January 9 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Robert Adam's Lost Mansion of Bellevue Chris Collins Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Non-members, £2.00. Monday, January 9 2017, 7.30 pm The Missionary Man Sheila and Sandy Plant Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society An amazing talk of an ancestor's bravery and compassion after the Battle of Rorke's Drift by our members Mr and Mrs Plant who have researched these exciting events. Members £1 Non-members £2. Monday, January 9 2017, 7.30 pm Old College Excavations Tom Addeyman . Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society Monday, January 9 2017, 7.30 pm Old Glasgow Through the Lens Douglas Annan Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Mr. Douglas Annan gives a wonderful tour of Glasgow from his collection of old photos from the Annan collection dating back as far as 1855. £4 for non-members Monday, January 9 2017, 7.30 pm Open Evening
Venue: Luncarty Church Centre West Stormont Historical Society Monday, January 9 2017, 7.30 pm The New Hunterian Museum
Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN Tuesday, January 10 2017, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm The History of Policing in Scotland
Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall Morningside Heritage Association Tuesday, January 10 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Bridges and Roads across the North Esk Through Time Donald Macpherson, Bridges and Structures Manager, Aberdeenshire Council Venue: Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose DD10 8HE Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society £3 for non-members Tuesday, January 10 2017, 7.30 pm Next Train for Largs John Riddell Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs North Ayrshire Family History Society Tuesday, January 10 2017, 7.30 pm The German Army in WW2 and why it lasted so long Ben Shepherd Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock & District History Group £2 donation for non-members Tuesday, January 10 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Six Cord Thread Sheina Ross Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, January 11 2017, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Construction Of Longannet Power Station Ally Stocks Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.00 pm Burke and Hare revisited John Baxter Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Lectures are free to members and open to non-members paying a small fee (currently £5.00). Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm Archaeological Work in Dumbarton and District Fiona Baker Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ Well known local archaeologist Fiona Baker will be describing her work across the area discovering, uncovering and deciphering early history. Come and find out more about our landscape and below your feet. Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm Kingmaker Monck Gerald Urwin Venue: Gullane Village Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society General Monck led Cromwell's troops at the siege of Dirleton Castle in 1650 Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm The Victoria Cross Colin Mailer Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm Members' Bring Along Night
Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm Tongland Abbey and Tongland Fishhouse - a Tale of Two Ruins David Devereux Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN £3 for non-members Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.30 pm Workin’ the Fishin’ – 60 years of Fishing on the Forth Archie Johnston, Port Seton Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU Organised by the Friends of the Coastal Communities Museum the current annual charge for membership is £10 for an individual or £18 per couple, which includes these Talks. Visitors are more than welcome to attend for a nominal entrance charge of £2 per person. Wednesday, January 11 2017, 7.45 pm Women With Brass Necks Vicki McDonnell Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock Thursday, January 12 2017 The Mapping of Ayrshire Charles Fleet, National Library of Scotland Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, January 12 2017, 7.30 pm Edinburgh Cinemas Remembered
Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh Musselburgh Conservation Society A film by Edinburgh Films Thursday, January 12 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Members Evening - Members Invited to Share Family Research Experiences
Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, January 12 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Golfer Heritage night
Venue: Elie Church Hall Elie & Earlsferry History Society An evening of golfing heritage provided by several interesting speakers. All welcome (non-members £3). Saturday, January 14 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm What's in a name?
Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society |
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