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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Also AGM
Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm
Evidence of Prehistoric People In & Around Kirkcaldy
Steve Liscoe
Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd
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
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
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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