History talks and events 2 - 8 May 2016

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 2 - 8 May 2016

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.

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Tuesday, May 3 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

How to get the best from Scotlands People, Ancestry Website and Register House visits

Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL

West Lothian Family History Society

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Wednesday, May 4 2016, 7.30 pm

Whaling in the North East

Tony Barrow

Venue: Crookham Village Hall

Coldstream and District Local History Society

Entry £4

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Wednesday, May 4 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling

Central Scotland Family History Society

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Friday, May 6 2016, 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm

Rhind Lectures: Antiquaries, archaeologists and the invention of the historic town c 1700-1860

Professor Roey Sweet, Professor of Urban History, University of Leicester

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The historic town today is a clichéd mainstay of tourism and place-branding; its credentials go back to the eighteenth century when antiquaries first began seriously to study the physical remains of the past and to single out towns as of particular historical interest. These lectures will explore how the antiquaries and archaeologists of the 18th and 19th century developed their understanding of the material and textual remains of the urban past and in the process both invented the familiar category of the historic town and contributed to a distinctively urban narrative of British history.

Roey Sweet is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester and is currently Director of the Centre for Urban History and co-editor of Urban History. Her research has focused upon antiquarianism and the reception of the past in the long eighteenth century and upon urban history during the same period. She is currently extending these interests into the nineteenth century. Her principal publications include The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth Century England (Oxford, 1997); The English Town 1680-1840 (Harlow, 1999); Antiquaries: the Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain (London, 2004) and Cities and the Grand Tour: the British in Italy, 1690-1820 (Cambridge, 2012).

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Saturday, May 7 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Beginners Class

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL

Scottish Genealogy Society

This module is just what it says - for beginners. Ken Nisbet, who has many years experience in researching family history will take this class.

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Saturday, May 7 2016, 11.00 am - 5.00 pm

Rhind Lectures: Antiquaries, archaeologists and the invention of the historic town c 1700-1860

Professor Roey Sweet, Professor of Urban History, University of Leicester

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The historic town today is a clichéd mainstay of tourism and place-branding; its credentials go back to the eighteenth century when antiquaries first began seriously to study the physical remains of the past and to single out towns as of particular historical interest. These lectures will explore how the antiquaries and archaeologists of the 18th and 19th century developed their understanding of the material and textual remains of the urban past and in the process both invented the familiar category of the historic town and contributed to a distinctively urban narrative of British history.

Roey Sweet is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester and is currently Director of the Centre for Urban History and co-editor of Urban History. Her research has focused upon antiquarianism and the reception of the past in the long eighteenth century and upon urban history during the same period. She is currently extending these interests into the nineteenth century. Her principal publications include The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth Century England (Oxford, 1997); The English Town 1680-1840 (Harlow, 1999); Antiquaries: the Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain (London, 2004) and Cities and the Grand Tour: the British in Italy, 1690-1820 (Cambridge, 2012).

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Sunday, May 8 2016, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Rhind Lectures: Antiquaries, archaeologists and the invention of the historic town c 1700-1860

Professor Roey Sweet, Professor of Urban History, University of Leicester

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The historic town today is a clichéd mainstay of tourism and place-branding; its credentials go back to the eighteenth century when antiquaries first began seriously to study the physical remains of the past and to single out towns as of particular historical interest. These lectures will explore how the antiquaries and archaeologists of the 18th and 19th century developed their understanding of the material and textual remains of the urban past and in the process both invented the familiar category of the historic town and contributed to a distinctively urban narrative of British history.

Roey Sweet is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester and is currently Director of the Centre for Urban History and co-editor of Urban History. Her research has focused upon antiquarianism and the reception of the past in the long eighteenth century and upon urban history during the same period. She is currently extending these interests into the nineteenth century. Her principal publications include The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth Century England (Oxford, 1997); The English Town 1680-1840 (Harlow, 1999); Antiquaries: the Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain (London, 2004) and Cities and the Grand Tour: the British in Italy, 1690-1820 (Cambridge, 2012).

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