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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 1 - 7 May 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. Tuesday, May 2 2017, 5 pm - 6 pm William the Lion: Scotland's Forgotten King Dr Alice Taylor Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh Despite being Scotland's longest-reigning king before the Union, William the Lion (1165-1214) has not caught the popular imagination. His reign is one of great highs and lows. His military invasion of northern England was, an ambitious campaign, that ended in his capture and imprisonment, and his king being temporarily placed under English overlordship. Yet his reign also saw some of the most important developments in the formation of royal government in medieval Scotland. This talk will introduce William, explain his significance, and also suggest why his reign is not so well known as one might expect. Dr Taylor is author of 'The Shape of State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290' (2016). Free, book via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/william-the-lion-scotlands-forgotten-king-tickets-33454616659?utm_term=eventname_text Tuesday, May 2 2017, 6 pm - 7 pm The costs and consequences of building brochs John Barber Venue: Teviot Lecture Theatre in the Archaeology Department, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Edinburgh Tuesday, May 2 2017, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm "The deidis latterwills and legacies" - lifting the veil on past lives Margaret Fox Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL West Lothian Family History Society Wednesday, May 3 2017, 7.30 pm The life and times of a Bairn from Bainsford and AGM Dr Sinclair Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Thursday, May 4 2017, 7 pm The Railway Atlas of Scotland - two hundred years of history David Spaven Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch Free to members and £2 for non members Thursday, May 4 2017, 7.30 pm Robert Fortune of Kelloe, Plant Hunter, Adventurer and Spy Isobel Gordon Coldstream and District Local History Society Friday, May 5 2017, 11 am or 12:15 pm A Guided Tour: Scribes and Royal Authority: Scotland's Charters 1100-1250 Professor Dauvit Broun and Joanna Tucker (University of Glasgow) Venue: General Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh For the first time precious examples from two of Scotland's most important collections of medieval charters are on show in National Records of Scotland. A special guided tour by guest curators, Professor Dauvit Broun and Joanna Tucker (University of Glasgow), of the National Records of Scotland's exhibition 'Scribes and Royal Authority: Scotland's Charters 1100-1250', will reveal the significance of some of Scotland's oldest charters and the scribes who wrote them 800 years ago. Numbers are limited so book your place now! Friday, May 5 2017, 11.00 am The Flemish in Scotland John Irvine Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN National Mining Museum Scotland Saturday, May 6 2017, 10 am - 4 pm Unlocking the Tower
Venue: Bruce Crescent, opposite Citadel Place, Ayr, KA7 1JJ Join us for Unlocking the Tower, a free all day event to explore the unique history of St John’s Tower in Ayr. The day will be full of family-friendly activities, re-enactments and tours celebrating the tower’s heritage from historic graffiti to treasure hunts to laser scanning to virtual reality. Saturday, May 6 2017, 9 am - 4.30 pm Agriculture and Teind Reform in Early Modern Scotland
Venue: The Studio, Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh University of Edinburgh The day conference, ‘Agriculture, Economy, and Society in Early Modern Scotland’, will examine the economic, social and cultural experiences of life in agrarian Scotland, c. 1500-1750, and will lead to the project’s second book – an edited collection of essays.
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The Scotland's People website was down for a couple of hours this morning, to allow the team to update the site. They've made a number of improvements, or rather fixes, to the search engine. Arguably these should have been in place when the site was relaunched in September last year, but after having regular meetings with the team behind the site over the last 6 months, we're a little more understanding of the difficulties they faced than perhaps we were at the time.
The announcement of the fixes reveals that two of the biggest grips Scottish genealogists have had with the new website have at least been fixed:
Another consequence of the multiple results for the same marriage is that sorting the search results by "spouse surname" doesn't quite behave as you might expect. We've not done enough testing on the new interface to be sure, but the new system appears to group all results for the same marriage together. These are however minor quibbles. The changes introduced are a major improvement to search functionality, and we'd like to thank the team at NRS for their hard work in fixing bugs. It's a few months since we launched our Find the Father service, where we try to identify the father of children where he's not named on the child's birth or baptism entry. In that time, we've searched through literally thousands of baptisms, most of which noted both parents. However, many of these indicated in one way or another that the parents were not, in fact, married. Some of these are fairly obvious, but some are not so obvious, so we thought we'd list them.
Some phrases or markings in registers definitely show that the parents aren't married, while others may just be hinting as much. The following phrases/abbreviations are unambiguous:
Other phrases or markings are less clear - they may or may not indicate that the parents are unmarried:
One important and unusual characteristic of Scots law which distinguishes it from English law is the concept of legitimisation. A child born out of wedlock whose parents subsequently marry becomes legitimate provided that his or her parents were free to marry at the time of his or her birth. In the first twenty years of civil registration in Scotland, around 140,000 children were born with no father named on their birth certificates. Our initial research suggests that at least one in three of these fathers can be identified from various historical records. If you have an illegitimate Scottish ancestor in your family tree, why not try our no-win, no-fee Find the Father service to see if your ancestor is one of them?
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 24 - 30 April 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, April 24 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Mapping Broughton and its Environs Chris Fleet Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Non-members, £2.00. Monday, April 24 2017, 7.30 pm Redundant Churches; the Scottish Redundant Churches Trust Simon Green, Historic Environment Scotland Venue: Chapelhill Hall West Stormont Historical Society Monday, April 24 2017, 7.30 pm Enlightenment and the Scots Novel Dr Fred Freeman Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall Monday, April 24 2017, 7.30 pm AGM and Members' Night
Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Short talks to be arranged. £4 for non-members Wednesday, April 26 2017, 7.30 pm A Macmillan's a Macmillan by any other name Graeme Mackenzie Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness Highland Family History Society Wednesday, April 26 2017, 7.30 pm AGM
Venue: Old Gala House, Galashiels Thursday, April 27 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, April 27 2017, 7.30 pm Making Tracks - Building Bridges
Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie An evening of illustrated heritage with live music and song. Come along and help celebrate the 140th birthday of the school and hear about the people who made tracks in education in Kingussie in 1876. Also help celebrate the 150th birthday of the Burgh of Kingussie and hear about the men who led the way in developing Kingussie into a town and police burgh in 1867. Thursday, April 27 2017, 7.30 pm Battle of Stirling 1648 : Have you heard of it? Craig Mair Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery Stirling Local History Society Preceded by AGM Thursday, April 27 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Modern Pilgrims' Way Sylvia Jenks Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association Thursday, April 27 2017, 7.45 pm Members' night and AGM
Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP Drymen & District Local History Society Short talks by members of the Society with wine and cheese followed by our short AGM Saturday, April 29 2017 Society Excursion to Durham
The Heraldry Society of Scotland Saturday, April 29 2017, 10.15 - 11.15 am 'He is a Scotchman which is a sort of passport to fortune': the remarkable story of the Dunachton Robertsons in Tasmania Dr David Taylor Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie In the 1820s four Robertson brothers from a small farm on Dunachton emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) as free settlers. Their pathway out of Badenoch proved to be the classic Scottish emigrant pathway to success. This tak uses the achievements of the Robertsons as a means of understanding how it was possible for relatively poor Highlanders to achieve a level of success down under that was simply not possible in their homeland. Saturday, April 29 2017, 11.35 am - 12.35 Military mapping of Badenoch and environs, and its broadder contexts Chris Fleet, NLS Map Library Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie This fully illustrated talk will look at the Board of Ordnance and Wade mapping of Badenoch in the 18th century, looking at who created the maps, why, how we can interpret them, and their value today. Saturday, April 29 2017, 12.35 - 1.15 pm The Wild Braes of Badenoch: Anne Grant's Letters from the Mountains 1773-1807 Dr Lesley Mickel Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie This talk will examine the chatty and informative letters written by Anne Grant of Laggan, showing how her reading of Romantic literature informed her experience and understanding of living in the Highlands. Saturday, April 29 2017, 2 pm - 2.45 pm The Other North Dr Ian Blyth Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie Ian will discuss his work on the 'edgelands' of the A9 corridor, and what we can learn through exploring these often neglected or marginal areas. He will discuss how our experiences of such spaces, and especially the role and presence of history and heritage, from an important part of our sense of place. Saturday, April 29 2017, 2.45 - 3.30 pm Heritage during the planning process of the A9 Aisling Mulcahey Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie This talk will discuss how archaeological remains, and heritage in general, are identified and the best methods or either preservation or excavation and recording are decided. The different methods of recording the archaeology both before and during the road construction will be presented. The importance of publication and information to the public will be discussed. Saturday, April 29 2017, 4 pm - 4.45 pm A brief overview of the Kingussie area in prehistory Adam Welfare Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie This talk will focus on the key sites and monuments in the neighbourhood and what they have to tell us about life in the past. Sunday, April 30 2017 Farm Servants of South-East Scotland, 1750-1914 David Mclean Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN Borders Family History Society David McLean spotlights the labourers, hinds and bondagers through the period of improvements in farming in the rich agricultural countryside of Berwickshire, East Lothian and Roxburghshire. Sunday, April 30 2017, 9.30 am Excursion to Glen Feshie
Venue: Talla nan Ross, King Street, Kingussie Led by David Taylor, Ian Moffett and Thomas MacDonnel to Glen Feshie, from where people emigrated to Tasmania, Australia and Canada. Meet at Talla nan Ross 9.30 am. Walk rated at medium level. Bring waterproof clothing, walking boots and packed lunch. No dogs please. Prebook on Saturday.
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 17 - 23 April 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. Tuesday, April 18 2017, 7.30 pm Customs & Excise in Leith in the 18th & early 19th century Dr Eric Graham Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm AGM
Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm AGM followed by Glasgow's Cartography; the Growth and Development of the City through its Maps John Moore, Glasgow University Library Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham Non-members welcome, £3 on the door Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm Jacobite Relics, Myths and Realities George Dalgleish 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 Thursday, April 20 2017 Open Mic Night
Venue: Portland Church hall Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society Thursday, April 20 2017, 2.30 pm House History Loretta Reynolds Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin North Perthshire Family History Group Visitors £3.00 Thursday, April 20 2017, 6.30 pm A Tayside Abbey’s attitude to its charters: the cartulary of Lindores in Caprington Castle Joanna Tucker Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library £5 for non-members Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 The History of Glasgow Police Alistair Dinsmore Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BA Renfrewshire Family History Society Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm AGM and Musselburgh Links Bill Wilson Venue: Haddington Town House Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm Thomas Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland Susan Kruse - Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands Venue: Brora Community Centre Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm Robert Henryson Morna Fleming 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. Friday, April 21 2017, 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm Kinmont Willie's Sword
Venue: Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries, DG2 7SW Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Galleries Exhibition launch event. Hear the inside story of the discovery of Kinmont Willie's sword and the research undertaken to uncover its provenance. A short talk will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to preview the exhibition The Sword in the Story. Free but pre-booking is required: please call 01387 253374 to book a place.
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 10 -16 April 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, April 10 2017, 6 pm - 7 pm Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness – barometer of European politics Martin Carver Venue: National Museum of Scotland Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Discoveries at Portmahomack in Easter Ross (1994 to 2008) were initially hailed as the first modern sighting of a Pictish monastery. The intensive period of post-excavation analysis that followed has defined six successive settlements on the same spot: a high status cemetery-settlement with contacts in Cumbria and Sussex (6/7th century), a purpose-built monastery with vellum and metal workshops and pieces from a dozen carved stone monuments (8th century), a trading farm (9th century), a parish church (12th century), a fishing village (13th century) and a township of iron workers (15th century). The publication of the results in 2016 advanced the idea that this sequence reflects contemporary political or ideological movements in wider Britain, Ireland and Europe. Martin Carver was an army officer for 15 years, a free lance excavator for 12 years and a university professor at York for 21 years. He has founded archaeological companies in Birmingham and York, the latter (FAS-Heritage) being co-directors of the Tarbat project. Previous to Portmahomack he excavated at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk where he also proposed ideological change to explain the burials and assemblages. In collaboration with Alessandra Molinari (University of Rome) he has just launched the project Sicily in Transition which addresses similar research themes. Professor Carver presented the 2010 Rhind Lectures. Monday, April 10 2017, 7.30 pm Open Evening
Venue: Luncarty Church Centre West Stormont Historical Society Monday, April 10 2017, 7.30 pm AGM & Communion tokens and Family History James Slavin Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Tuesday, April 11 2017, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm The Story of the Three Forth Bridges
Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall Morningside Heritage Association Tuesday, April 11 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm AGM followed by 1821: Murder in Montrose, Margaret is Convicted Hilary White Venue: Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose DD10 8HE Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society £3 for non-members Tuesday, April 11 2017, 7.30 pm The Union of the Parliaments Dr I Matheson Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs North Ayrshire Family History Society Tuesday, April 11 2017, 7.30 pm An 18th Century Fife Surgeon Angela Montford Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS Tuesday, April 11 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Burns and the Scottish Enlightenment Dr Ralph McLean, National Library of Scotland Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, April 12 2017, 6.30 pm Excavation of Early Medieval Longhouses at Lair, Glenshee David Strachan (Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust) Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Wednesday, April 12 2017, 7 pm Master Masons in Family History Rosemary Garrod Venue: Lasswade Centre Library, Lasswade High School Lothians Family History Society Old and new members welcome Wednesday, April 12 2017, 7.30 pm His Own Family Tree Iain Abernethy Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group Wednesday, April 12 2017, 7.30 pm Memories and Memory Anne Reid, Managing Director of Speaking Lives Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Wednesday, April 12 2017, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm High Pasture Cave, Skye – Excavation results Gemma Cruickshanks Venue: Edinburgh Cine and Video Society, 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh, EH3 6RH Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society Wednesday, April 12 2017, 7.45 pm Martin Luther Les McMahan Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock Thursday, April 13 2017 Social Evening
Venue: Loudoun Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, April 13 2017, 7.30 pm Life, Death and Miracles of St Magnus Fran Hollinrake Venue: St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall All welcome, tea and biscuits. Thursday, April 13 2017, 7.30 pm AGM followed by The Heritage of Iran Shabnam Komai-Koma Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ Shabnam is a urban designer and architectural designer with Iranian roots. Her illustrated talk covers some of Iran’s extraordinary architectural and historical heritage. Thursday, April 13 2017, 7.30 pm The Roman Assault of Brunswark Hill – a battle rehabilitated John Reid, The Brunswark Hill Project 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, April 13 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm TBC Dane Love Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society |
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