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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 7 - 13 November 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, November 7 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm The Pentland Way – A Walk with History John Stirling and Bob Paterson Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Non-members, £2.00. Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm Galston Memories Elijah Beattie Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society Mr Beattie shares his childhood memories of the town and may tell us about Brunawn and Galston Handball. Members £1 Non-members £2. Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm The Key to the Punjab - the Great Sikh Fortress of Govindgarh, Amritsar Tom Addyman Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Tom Addyman is an archaeology expert and involved in a major project to preserve a “Unique Indian Fortress” adjacent to the major city of Amritsar – famed for its golden temple. £4 for non-members Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm Through the Lens Dating Photos Through Costume Valerie Reilly Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Tuesday, November 8 2016, 10.15 - 11.45 am U3A Family History Group
Venue: Turriff Library, Grange Villa, The Square, Turriff, AB43 5AE For further details, please contact Turriff Library. Tuesday, November 8 2016, 2.30 pm - 4 pm Introduction to Ancestry
Venue: Mearns Library East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection Ancestry Library Edition is a must for anyone doing their family history and you can get access to this fabulous resource in your local East Renfrewshire library, without spending a penny. This informal session will help you master the basics and you'll soon be searching with ease through millions of world-wide records. Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Plastics and Poo – Threats to Scottish Wildlife Matt Barnes, Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager Scotland, Marine Conservation Society Venue: Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose DD10 8HE Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society £3 for non-members Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm Tarves Tales Through Time: 6 Owners, 5 Centuries Lindsay Mathewson Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon Ellon and District Heritage Society Entrance £3 Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm On the Road: the artefact assemblage from Charlie Hoy’s Cramond excavations 1970-1986 Dawn McLaren Venue: 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm The Archaeology of Jutland Dr Innes McCartney Venue: Orkney College Dr. Innes McCartney will give an exciting and informative lecture on the Battle of Jutland on Tuesday 8th November at 7.30pm in the lecture theatre of Orkney College. Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm Fife Pilgrim Way Sarah Kettles Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm Hair Styles: Male and Female throughout the Ages E D Bremner Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs North Ayrshire Family History Society Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm Scotland v Italy: an early battle on home ground? Dr John Reid Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles Four miles south-east of Lockerbie lies Burnswark Hill in Dumfriesshire, rising to nearly 1,000 feet from the surrounding countryside. It is one of the most prominent landmarks of the Solway basin. On the tabletop summit the remains of a 17-acre Roman hillfort have been uncovered. Their configuration is unique in Britain, and attempts to understand their significance have provoked considerable controversy for over half a century, with the purpose of these complex earthworks confounding archaeologists. Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Engine of Destruction: The 51st (Highland Division) in the Great War Colin Campbell Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, November 9 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm The Harry Lauder Story Ian Tennent Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group Wednesday, November 9 2016, 4 pm Local Politics and the Adoption of Empire in the Gobi Region Joshua Wright Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building University of Glasgow Wednesday, November 9 2016, 6.30 pm Dundee in the Great War: three short talks Linda Nicoll (Friends of Dundee City Archives), David Wilkinson & Matthew Jarron (University of Dundee) Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.00 pm The Templelands of Edinburgh Norah Carlin Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Lectures are free to members and open to non-members paying a small fee (currently £5.00). Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm The 1884 Reform Agitation in East Lothian Mark Nixon Venue: Gullane Village Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society Pressure for voting reform turned violent in Haddington in 1884 Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm Aberdeen and North East Resources Buzzy Garden Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm Auxiliary Units - Churchill's Secret Army David Blair Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Joint meeting with Selkirk Antiquarians Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm Habbie to Jeely Eater Ian Miller Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ “A man of the cloth. An entertainer. A man who welcomed all denominations, anytime. A man who has married, christened and buried the great the good and the lowly with equal gravitas and humanity”. (Paul Murdoch). This is his life-story and the title of his book. Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.45 pm Keir Hardie Stanley Sarsfield Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock Thursday, November 10 2016 Scotland’s Early Silver Alice Blackwell, Glenmorangie Research Fellow, National Museum of Scotland Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, November 10 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm The Scottish Disruption and the politics of colonial Auckland Dr Valerie Wallace (Victoria University of Wellington) Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research Thursday, November 10 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm Two Syllables Only: Feuds and frictions within the Scottish Enlightenment Mark McLean, learning officer, Newhailes Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY £8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online Thursday, November 10 2016, 6.30 pm Rich Folk Poor Folk - Life in Victorian Cumnock
Venue: Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 1AD Thursday, November 10 2016, 7 pm Glasgow Cinemas Tom Marchant Venue: GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, MOTHERWELL. ML1 1BN Lanarkshire Family History Society Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm Scottish Education in the 19th Century Janet Byth Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland Janet Byth will tell us about her researches into 180 years of a single Scottish School at Fintry and the changes that took place over time. Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm Paisley Abbey Digs – the story so far Bob Will, Senior Project Manager, GUARD Archaeology Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Local History Forum Renfrewshire Local History Forum Lectures are open to non-members with no admission charge but a small donation would be appreciated. Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm Edinburgh and Musselburgh Trams Gavin Booth Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh Musselburgh Conservation Society Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm The Last Miners of Ayrshire's Doon Valley Donald Reid Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society Friday, November 11 2016, 2 pm - 3.30 pm ‘Something Sensible for a Change’ : The National Register of Archives for Scotland, 1946-2016 Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of NRAS) Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of the NRAS) outlines the history of the NRAS and what it does to help owners and users of archives today. Bring along your own documents for an opportunity after her talk to find out more about them and get advice on their care and preservation. (New Register House) Friday, November 11 2016, 2.00pm-3.30pm Smuggling in East Lothian and Berwickshire c1740-1790 Derek Janes Venue: John Gray Centre Friends of the John Gray Centre Take pleasure in listening to some incredible stories about smuggling in the area, ask daring questions and marvel at the hair-raising details intertwined with important facts and additional information. Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm Scratching the surface and digging deeper: an on-going journey through art and archaeology Margaret Struckmeier, Potter and Archaeologist Venue: German Speaking Church, Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 1TW Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm You're Wanted, Lads: Frontline Voices from WWI
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh The impact & experience of the war to end wars, from those who were there. Hear from the testimonies of ordinary soldiers from Perthshire & Aberdeenshire, collected over many painstaking years by Jock Duncan in Jock's Jock, a one act play featuring Scott Gardiner, Chris Wright, Charlie West and Gary West. Also experience the poems & tunes of Seaforth Highlander E. Alan Mackintosh, with biographer Colin Campbell plus Neil MacLure and Linn Phipps. A special marking of Armistice Day for the Carrying Stream Festival, in association with Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies Archive. Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) from http://www.carryingstreamfestival.co.uk/ Saturday, November 12 2016 Our Urban Heritage: Natural and Cultural
Venue: Stirling University Forth Naturalist and Historian Saturday, November 12 2016, 10 am - 12 pm WWI Ken Nisbet Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL Ken Nisbet, our resident expert on all things military, will take this class. Ken will show what resources are available both online and offline to begin and to further your research. This will course will focus more on Army records than previously. Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm Moray Burial Ground Research Group Keith and Helen Mitchell, MBGRG Venue: Dumbarton Room, Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm Medals and how to research them
Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
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