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, May 9 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm
James Craig and the New Town
Tony Lewis
Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh
Monday, May 9 2016, 7.30 pm
Open Evening
Venue: Luncarty Church Centre
West Stormont Historical Society
Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)
Monday, May 9 2016, 7.30 pm
1884 Reform Protests in Ayrshire
Dr Mark Nixon
Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton
Stewarton and District Historical Society
Part of the largest political demonstration in Britain's history - "Our legislators should be chosen for the people by the people" as stated on a banner in Hawick
Monday, May 9 2016, 7.30 pm
AGM followed by A Local Topic and Refreshments
Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith
Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm
Crail Fishing Disaster
Alan Runciman
Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS
Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm
1901 Census
May & Alisdair
Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William
Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group
Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm
Listen Up! A WW1 Experimental Station in Fife
Diana Maxwell
Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy
Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
The Original Olympics
Valerie Reilly
Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone
Wednesday, May 11 2016, 2.30 pm
Reconstructing Presbytery: Stirling and Dunblane Presbyteries 1688–1700
Andrew Muirhead
Venue: Edinburgh Theological Seminar, The Mound, Edinburgh
Scottish Church History Society
Wednesday, May 11 2016, 6.00 pm
‘Fair hotchin’ wi conchies’: Dundee war resisters and conscientious objectors 1914-1919
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Thursday, May 12 2016, 7.30 pm
Members Night and Forum AGM
Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley
Renfrewshire Local History Forum
Thursday, May 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
AGM
Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire Family History Society
Friday, May 13 2016, 4.00pm-5.30pm
The Female World of Love & Empire: Women, Family & East India Company Politics at the End of the 18th Century
Professor Margot Finn, University College London
Venue: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Building, - Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
University of Glasgow
Free tickets can be booked here
Saturday, May 14 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Bereavement Services & Customs
Ian Burnett
Venue: Unitarian Church Centre
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society