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, October 3 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
From accessioning to display: my three favourite Treasure Trove objects
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm
Making Archaeology and its Sciences do Something Useful
Dr Brian Moffat
Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie
Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
Dr. Brian Moffat makes a welcome return to give an update of the investigations at the mediaeval hospital at Soutra; exotic plants brought in for medical purposes still in use today and other strangely prophetic skills. £4 for non-members
Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm
Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women’s Hospitals
Iain Macintyre
Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie
Currie & District Local History Society
Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm
The Hunterston Brooch and Portencross Castle
Alan Hodgkinson
Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton
Stewarton and District Historical Society
The Hunterston Brooch is an important Celtic brooch found in 1926 while digging drains. Portencross Castle is a recently renovated ancient Ayrshire coastal fortress. Members £1 Non-members £2.
Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm
Cast in bronze
Tom Marchant
Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank
Clydebank Local History Society
Tuesday, October 4 2016, 1 pm
Business, farming and ‘jolly good times’: The migration of British and Irish soldiers to the Perth military settlement in Upper Canada 1815-1850
Shane Smith (Northumbria University)
Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School
Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies
Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series
Tuesday, October 4 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
Beakers, Burials and Beanfeasts
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Tuesday, October 4 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm
The Charles Smith Lecture; Edinburgh City Archives
Richard Hunter, City Archivist
Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall
Morningside Heritage Association
Tuesday, October 4 2016, 7.30 pm
19th Century Nationalism
Ian Mathieson
Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock & District History Group
£2 donation for non-members
Tuesday, October 4 2016, 7.30 pm
The Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms
The Lord Lyon - Dr John Morrow
Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB
Wednesday, October 5 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
A Logboat from the Spey
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Thursday, October 6 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
The Verdun Crucifix
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Thursday, October 6 2016, 7 pm
Female Suffrage in Fife 1900 – 1919
Dr Sarah Pederson
Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch
Free to members and £2 for non members
Thursday, October 6 2016, 7.30 pm
The 1800 Census of Coldstream
David Welsh
Coldstream and District Local History Society
Friday, October 7 2016, 11.00 am
A New Mining World Heritage Landscape in the Heart of Europe
Miles Oglethorpe
Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN
National Mining Museum Scotland
Friday, October 7 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
More news from the Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea: ‘our’ finds in context
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Saturday, October 8 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Another look at recording and storing your family history
Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
Saturday, October 8 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Mapping Aberdeenshire over time - four hundred years of maps, their makers and audiences
Chris Fleet, MapCurator, National Library of Scotland
Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
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