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Don't (always) believe what you read

7/4/2018

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Genealogy is very much about sources – finding them, understanding them, citing them. Not all sources are equal though: a family story, passed down the generations, is still a source, just not necessarily a reliable one. Statutory registers of births, deaths and marriages on the other hand are usually much more reliable, although the accuracy of the information they contain is still dependent on the knowledge of the informant. This is particularly a problem with death registers, as the person providing the information is by definition not the subject of the information, and may not know the correct information.

Scotland is unusual, in that it has a system allowing information recorded in statutory registers to be corrected after the event has been registered. This is the Register of Corrected Entries (RCE). One of the most common types of RCE entry is found when a single mother obtains a court order against the father of her child. In such cases, the court (usually a Sheriff Court) issued what was known as a Schedule (F) notification, instructing the registrar to insert in the RCE an entry recording the court’s decree and adding the name of the father to the official record. In theory, there is no time bar on adding to the RCE – the most extreme example we’ve encountered in our research was a birth record being amended more than 60 years later to record a change of name.

​Statutory registration was introduced in Scotland under the Registration Act of 1854. The government took the accuracy of information contained in statutory registers very seriously. Section 60 of the Registration Act reads:
​Every Person who shall knowingly and wilfully make or cause to be made, for the Purpose of being inserted in any Register of Birth, Death, or Marriage, any false or fictitious Entry, or any false Statement regarding the Name of any Person mentioned in the Register, or touching all or any of the Particulars by this Act required to be registered, shall be deemed guilty of an Offence, and on Conviction shall be punishable by Transportation for a Period not exceeding Seven Years, or by Imprisonment for a Period not exceeding Two Years.
Despite the risk of a prison sentence, people did sometimes continue to lie – about their age, about their family background – and those lies are made official by the act of registration, and might never be corrected in the registers.

Fast forward three and a half years, and on 24 April 1884, James Shaw registered the birth of a baby girl, Barbara Cochrane, born on 4 April 1884 at 13 Weaver Street, Newton on Ayr. The informant was the child’s mother, Barbara Cochrane, who informed James Shaw that the child’s father was her husband, Hugh Cochrane, a general labourer. The original register entry gives no indication that anything is amiss.
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However, on 8 December the following year, the Sheriff Court at Ayr issued a criminal libel against Barbara Aitken or Cochrane, accusing her of contravening Section 60 of the Registration Act, alleging that she had visited the registry office in Ayr and she “knowingly and wilfully” made, or caused to be made “false statements … in order that the said statements … might be entered … in the register of births for the said district of Ayr”. The libel then includes a facsimile of the entry in the Register of Births, and explains how the statements were false:
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When Barbara appeared in court on 8 December, she pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month in prison.

Six weeks earlier, on the 27 October, John James Love alias Ryan alias Ryans appeared in court on similar charges. John’s case related to a different child though, one Eliza Jane Ryans:
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​The criminal libel issued by the Sheriff Court, alleged that Eliza Jane was the daughter not of Margaret Toy, but of Barbara Aitken or Cochrane:
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John pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two months in prison.
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Perhaps surprisingly, neither birth record has an associated RCE entry, resulting in a situation where an official record which operates a correction system continues to this day to contain information that the authorities knew to be false. All of this serves as a cautionary tale: genealogists should always treat every source – even those normally considered to be the most authoritative and reliable – with reasonable scepticism - don't always believe what you read.

Sources:
  • An Act to provide for the better regulation of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland, 17 & 18 Vict. c.80
  • Births. Scotland. Ayr, Ayrshire. 578. 4 April 1884. Barbara COCHRANE. NRS Data 575 0262.
  • Sheriff Court Records. Ayr Sheriff Court. Record of Criminal Jury Trials. NRS Ref SC6/54/10.
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History talks and Events 4 - 10 June 2016

31/5/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 4 - 10 June 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.

Saturday, June 4 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Pre-1841 Censuses

Bruce Bishop

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

Scottish Genealogy Society

Bruce Bishop will talk about where to find these rare records, what they contain and how they can assist your research.


Saturday, June 4 2016, 9 am - 4.30 pm

South Ayrshire History and Family History Fair

Venue: Walker Halls, Troon, Ayrshire

South Ayrshire Libraries

9.00am – Registration 9.45am – Councillor Bill Grant Chairman – Dauvit Broun 10.00am “The Smuggling Coast from Stranraer to Girvan” Frances Wilkins 11.00am “Ayrshire before history: a personal view of early sites and their archaeology” Tom Barclay Lunch 2.00pm “Men at War: securing Burns’ memory in the West of Scotland, c 1859-c1896 (the race between the towns of the region to have a statue of Robert Burns)” Chris Whatley 3.00pm “A Founder’s Workshop from the Bronze Age? Excavations from the shadow of Hunterston” Thomas Rees


Monday, June 6 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Day with Mary Queen of Scots

Venue: John Gray Centre

Friends of the John Gray Centre

Mary Queen of Scots still fires imagination of many people, and her story is closely interlinked with that of Haddington and East Lothian. Spend a fascinating day listening to talks about Mary and her links with the county viewing original documents and artefacts from the JGC collections and participating in the hands-on workshop.


Monday, June 6 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

AGM and Members' Night

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society


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History talks and events 9 - 15 May 2016

3/5/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 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.

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

Broughton History Society


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

Dalkeith History Society


Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Crail Fishing Disaster

Alan Runciman

Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS

Fife Family History Society


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

Dollar History Society


Tuesday, May 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

The Original Olympics

Valerie Reilly

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


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

Abertay Historical Society


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


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History talks and events 18 - 24 April 2016

14/4/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 18 - 24 April 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.

Monday, April 18 2016, 7 pm

Ayrshire's Great War: an overview

Tom Barclay, Ayr

Venue: Newton Lounge

Cumbrae Historical Society

Followed by AGM


Monday, April 18 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM & Illustrating Glasgow

Bill Black

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, April 18 2016, 7-9 pm

Elsie Inglis and Birth Records

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society


Tuesday, April 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Scottish Historic Buildings

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 2 pm

A look back at Monifieth

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society

Viewing of the MLHS Video filmed in 2002. Entry to talks followed by afternoon tea £4


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 6 pm

Glasgow's Architectural Legacy: Practice and Conservation

Prof Robin Webster and Andrew Wright

Venue: GCHT, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow

Glasgow City Heritage Trust

Andrew Wright OBE will be discussing the philosophy of conservation underlying work within the heritage building sector. Professor Robin Webster OBE will speak about his practice, Cameron & Webster, and how it demonstrates the application of the practice’s conservation philosophy.


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Photo Album of Falkirk

Jean Jamieson

Venue: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Vanished railways of West Lothian

Harry Knox

Venue: Ecclesmachan Village Hall

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, April 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Crimes of an Henious Nature - Looking at some High Court Trials

Margaret Fox

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society


Thursday, April 21 2016, 2.30pm

Convicts and Transportation

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

£3 for visitors


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7 pm

AGM

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7.00 pm

From Hudson Bay to Surinam: Scots in the Americas, 1600-1707

Dr David Dobson

Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library

Friends of PKC Archives


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Captain Orr – Battle of Waterloo

Lady Rosslyn MacPhail

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Campaign for Women's suffrage in the Highlands

Susan Kruse

Venue: Council Chamber, Carnegie Building, Dornoch

Dornoch Heritage Society


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7.30 pm

An East Lothian soldier of the Great War, August to October 1914

Peter Ramage

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, April 21 2016, 7.30 pm

The Reading of Brochs

John Barber, AOC Archaeology Group

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society


Saturday, April 23 2016, 1.30 pm - 4 pm

Become An Urban Detective

Venue: Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen AB25 1GW

Scotland's Urban Past

If you enjoy solving history mysteries, attend our workshop for Urban Detectives and discover how you can contribute to Canmore, the online catalogue of Scotland’s archaeology, buildings, industrial and maritime heritage. During the afternoon, you'll investigate the history of spaces and places through maps, historical documents, directories and online database and build your confidence in starting your own historical research. Suitable for heritage newcomers. Familiarity with the internet is required. Due to limited capacity of the venue, booking in advance is essential. Please note, a photographer may be present at Scotland's Urban Past events and the images may be used for promotional purposes.


Saturday, April 23 2016, 10 am - 12.30 pm

Exploring Archives

Venue: Aberdeen Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB11 1FY

Scotland's Urban Past

Embark on a step-by-step investigation of the architectural and social history of Aberdeen in an interactive event from Scotland's Urban Past and Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives. This guided journey through maps and historical documents will give you the skills and confidence to use archives for research purposes and gain a new understanding of Aberdeen through the years. Suitable for heritage newcomers. Booking in advance is required for this half-day workshop. Please note, a photographer may be present at Scotland's Urban Past events and the images may be used for promotional purposes.


Sunday, April 24 2016, 2.00 pm

Members' Short Talks and Questions and Answers

Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN

Borders Family History Society

An opportunity for members to give a short (5 to 10 minutes) talk on a subject of their choice.


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History talks and events 28 March - 3 April 2016

21/3/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 28 March - 3 April 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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Monday, March 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow Humane Society

George Parsonage

Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN

Torrance Heritage and History Group


Monday, March 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Perthshire monasteries and their local communities

Prof Richard Oram

Venue: Bankfoot Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)


Monday, March 28 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Finlaggan, Islay – excavation at the center of the Lordship of the Isles

Dr David Caldwell

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

Speaker Society of Antiquaries Scotland, Fife Cultural Trust


Thursday, March 31 2016, 7.30 pm

Clyde Upper Reaches : Imports & Exports

Iain Quinn

Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association


Thursday, March 31 2016, 7.30 pm

Blackfriars Monastery Dig

Bob Will, Guard Archaeology

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery

Stirling Local History Society


Thursday, March 31 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow's Bridges

Tom Marchmont

Venue: FCCS Office, Soutbank Marina, Kirkintilloch

Forth and Clyde Canal Society


Thursday, March 31 2016, 8 pm

Ayrshire's Railway Heritage

Alasdair Wham

Venue: Chapel Hall, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, 2 Crummock Street, Beith, Ayrshire

Beith Historical Society


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History talks and events 14-20 March 2016

8/3/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 14 - 20 March 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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Monday, March 14 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Living and dying at Auldhame, East Lothian

Dr Anne Crone, Project Manager, AOC Archaeology

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Excavations on the headland at Auldhame have uncovered a millennium of burial activity, from the 7th century to the 17th century AD. The earliest phase saw the establishment of a monastic settlement probably associated with the Anglian saint, Balthere. A grave with Hiberno-Norse connections signaled the end of this settlement, possibly violently, and the site subsequently became a parish church and graveyard, finally ending up as a family burial aisle or mortuary chapel for Adam Otterburn, four times provost of Edinburgh.


Monday, March 14 2016, 7 pm

The Old Turkey Red Textile Industry in West Dunbartonshire

Katy West, Glasgow

Venue: Newton Lounge

Cumbrae Historical Society


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm

The Innocent Railway

Jim Waugh

Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith

Dalkeith History Society


Monday, March 14 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, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Reflections on 45 Years of Making Pots

Archie McCall

Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN

Scottish Pottery Society


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Underground with Jules Verne in Scotland and Iceland

Julian Ward

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Great Wall of China

Dr Raymond Shaw

Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX

West Kilbride Civic Society

Under the reign of Emperor Qin, China was united. In about 217BC in an attempt to keep out the invaders from the north he ordered the different regions to build a wall from the coast in the east to the Gobi desert in the west, some 21,196 kilometres long. Hear the fascinating stories of the materials used, life in the forts, and its use as a supply route along difficult terrain, and the rebuilding in subsequent dynasties.


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

History of Brewing in Scotland

Forbes Gibb

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

The Archaeology of Leith Fort

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Living and dying at Auldhame, East Lothian

Dr Anne Crone, Project Manager, AOC Archaeology

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Excavations on the headland at Auldhame have uncovered a millennium of burial activity, from the 7th century to the 17th century AD. The earliest phase saw the establishment of a monastic settlement probably associated with the Anglian saint, Balthere. A grave with Hiberno-Norse connections signaled the end of this settlement, possibly violently, and the site subsequently became a parish church and graveyard, finally ending up as a family burial aisle or mortuary chapel for Adam Otterburn, four times provost of Edinburgh.


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.00 pm

St Mary's Cathedral and Giles Gilbert Scott

Dr Eleanor Harris

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Celtic Monastry of Old Melrose - St Cuthbert's First Monastic Homey

Dr Margaret Collin

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Glory of Stained Glass

Ros Mitchell

Venue: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Flemish in Scotland

John Irvine

Venue: Acredale House, Mid Street, Bathgate

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Local Lawyers in Early Modern Scotland

John Finlay

Venue: Supper Room, Town House, Haddington

East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Society

John Finlay, Professor of Scots Law, Glasgow University, will introduce us to local lawyers in early modern Scotland.


Thursday, March 17 2016

Pilgrims and Fife

Nick Cooke

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

Nick Cooke of Scottish Pilgrim Routes Federation presents developments of the Fife Routes


Thursday, March 17 2016, 2.30pm

Simply a Jacobite Heroine Margaret, Lady Nairne 1673-1747

Dr Nicola Cowmeadow

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

£3 for visitors


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7 pm

Ayrshire Place Names

Ian McVey

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Broken sword: The excavation of a ritual deposit of Bronze Age metalwork on the Isle of Coll

Natasha Ferguson and Trevor Cowie, National Museums of Scotland

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow University Avenue

Glasgow Archaeological Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

My Early Working Life on the Highland Railways

John MacDonald, Rogart Heritage Society

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society

Also AGM


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Evidence of Prehistoric People In & Around Kirkcaldy

Steve Liscoe

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow City Archives – Family History

Dr Irene O'Brien

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Skibo and The Great War

Victoria Connor

Venue: Council Chamber, Carnegie Building, Dornoch

Dornoch Heritage Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Place-names of the original John Muir Way: a journey through time

Liz Curtis

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Friday, March 18 2016, 7.30 pm

New Life for an Old Place, Falkland Palace Estate Trust

Ninian Stuart, Chairman, Falkland Palace Estate Trust

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Saturday, March 19 2016, 2.00 pm

Family Search

Brian McKechnie, Patron Services Manager LDS

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, March 19 2016, 2.00pm-4.30pm

Characters Associated With Taranty Ha

Albert Thomson

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society

Preceded by AGM


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History talks and events 29 February - 6 March 2016

23/2/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 29 February - 6 March 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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Monday, February 29 2016, 7.30 pm

These Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines

Leonard Hart

Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall

Cramond Heritage Trust

Leonard Hart, the Aircraft Preservation Society, on the rebuilding of a Sopwith Strutter from scratch


Monday, February 29 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow's Magnificent Mansions

Bill Black

Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN

Torrance Heritage and History Group


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

White, Black and Grey: recent discoveries in Aberdeen’s friaries

Alison Cameron

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Alison Cameron of Cameron Archaeology will present this lecture at the Regent Building Lecture Theatre hosted by the Aberdeen and North East Section of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm

Film Evening

Ian Rintoul

Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall

Morningside Heritage Association


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7 pm

AGM

Venue: Shetland Family History Society, 6 Hillhead, Lerwick

Shetland Family History Society


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Exploring and using the 1911 Scottish Census

Ken Nisbet

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

West Lothian Family History Society


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.30 pm

The Southern General Hospital in the 20th Century: From Poorhouse to Powerhouse

Alistair Tough

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.30 pm

Old Ayrshire Farming

John Stevenson

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group


Thursday, March 3 2016, 1.00 pm

The Memoirs of Captain Boyd

Capt John Watson Fraternity of Masters & Seamen

Venue: Glasite Hall, St. Andrew’s Church, King Street, Dundee

Friends of Dundee City Archives


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