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Rowan trees have a special place in Scottish folklore. They are traditionally seen to have apotropaic power - that is, they can ward off witchcraft, and particularly the evil eye. Sometimes this tradition can appear in unexpected places, such as this case from the Kirk Session of Cumbernauld parish, from 1728: 18th Febry 1728 Clearly the members of Cumbernauld Kirk Session were more concerned with Sabbath breaking than the potential use of magic. But this is just one example of some of the fascinating snippets of social, local and family history to be found in the Kirk Session records. We will be writing more about some of our discoveries in Kirk Session records over the next few months as we roll out our kirk session records lookup service.
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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. 
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
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 7 - 13 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. 
Monday, March 7 2016, 6.30 pm The Builders of Edinburgh's first New Town, 1767-1795 Anthony Lewis Venue: St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Dr Anthony Lewis is curator of Scottish History for Glasgow Life/Glasgow Museums, where he has worked since 1992. At the same time he began researching Edinburgh’s New Town in preparation for the exhibition about James Craig at the Edinburgh New Town in 1995. He has been a member of the AHSS for years and even attended Forth and Borders Cases Panel meetings. On the same day in 2006 he was promoted to curator and was awarded his PhD by Edinburgh University for his research on the builders of Edinburgh first New Town. In 2014 his book based on his PhD was published. Monday, March 7 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm Three Centuries of the Scots and China Ian Wotherspoon Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Monday, March 7 2016, 7.30 pm The history of the Glasgow Veterinary School Prof Oswald Jarrett Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Professor Oswald Jarrett tells of the modest beginnings in a small shoeing forge in Sauchiehall Lane in 1862 to the present large complex at Garscube Estate. The School has been at the forefront of innovation in animal welfare, public health, basic research and veterinary education. Recent research has been done on the feline leukaemia virus. Monday, March 7 2016, 7.30 pm The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of West Dunbartonshire John Hood Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Monday, March 7 2016, 7.30 pm Jews in Ayrshire Harvie L Kaplan Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society The Director of the Scottish Jewish Archive Centre gives us a history of Ayrshire's Jewish community including wartime refugees Monday, March 7 2016, 7.30 pm People at work in Edinburgh Peter Stubbs Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society Peter Stubbs delves into his vast archive of photographs and gives us People at Work in Edinburgh covering the many and various trades and activities carried out in and around the capital. Monday, March 7 2016, 7.30 pm Ayr and St Germain-en-Laye: as Aspect of the Auld Alliance Bill Rogers, Ayr Town Twinning Association Venue: Loudoun Hall, Boat Vennel, Ayr Kyle and Carrick Civic Society Monday, March 7 2016, 8 pm 'The Village has changed a little but always for the better', a celebration of the architecture of Colinton before the First World War Simon Green, RCAHMS Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society Tuesday, March 8 2016, 2.00 pm “Art & Calligraphy Duncan Gilfillan Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd Tuesday, March 8 2016, 6 pm Rescuing the Unrescuable and Providing Creative New Uses: Community-led approaches and interventions for the conservation of abandoned towns in Southern Italy May East, sustainability practitioner, educator and designer Venue: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee, DD1 4EN Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Tuesday, March 8 2016, 6 pm Rescuing the Unrescuable and Providing Creative New Uses: Building Preservation Trusts and their Revolving Funds Mia Scott, historic buildings consultant, Inverness Venue: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee, DD1 4EN Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Tuesday, March 8 2016, 7.30 pm The 100 Days. Life in the British Army during the Waterloo Campaign Duncan Ainslie, formerly of Stirling University Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy Tuesday, March 8 2016, 7.30 pm Moidart MacIsaacs Donald MacIsaac Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group Tuesday, March 8 2016, 7.30 pm Evening Workshop
Venue: Largs Library Community Room Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society Non-members welcome Tuesday, March 8 2016, 7.30 pm Suffragettes visit North East Fife Roddy Greig Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS Tuesday, March 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm AGM
Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, March 9 2016 The Golfing Characters of North Berwick John Fergie and Douglas Seaton Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU Wednesday, March 9 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm The History of the Paisley Shawl Valerie Reilly Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group Wednesday, March 9 2016, 6.30 pm ‘In rood health’ - Excavations at Perth Whitefriars 2014-15
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Wednesday, March 9 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm Statistical Accounts of Scotland Lisa Otty Venue: Lasswade High School Centre Eskdale Drive Bonnyrigg Midlothian EH19 2LA Lothians Family History Society Wednesday, March 9 2016, 7.30 pm Deltiology - A Local Collector’s Treasure Trove of Images Stuart Ingram Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN Kirkcudbright History Society Preceded by AGM Wednesday, March 9 2016, 7.30 pm Archaeological Work in Dumbarton and district Fiona Baker Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ Well known local archaeologist Fiona Baker will be describing her work across the area; discovering, uncovering and deciphering early history. Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm Saints & Sinners Spencer Rosie Venue: St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm Local Hero - Cromar's Veteran of Trafalgar Stephen Howarth Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland Sailing Master George Forbes, buried at Logie Coldstone, was the sailing master for HMS Swiftsure at the battle of Trafalgar. Stephen Howarth, a distinguished author and historian, will transport us back to the Georgian navy and the famous battle. Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm Hawkcraig Admiralty and the Hydrophone Diana Maxwell & Lewis Banks Venue: Queens Hall, Charlestown, KY11 3EG The Forum’s purpose is to promote the wise and sustainable use of the Forth. The Forum aims to bring together all those with an interest in the development and use of the coast and marine area, to work towards a balance between economic growth, environmental protection and social wellbeing, through good planning, management and communication. The Forum is the only organisation that has a strategic overview of the Forth as a whole and it works as a neutral body to allow it to develop and maintain working relationships with a range of interest groups. The Forum has a key role in maintaining good communication between stakeholders. This aids understanding of the issues in the coastal and marine environment and encourages a co-ordinated approach to the management of the coast and marine area. Chris Cutts was recently appointed the new manager for the Forth Estuary Forum and he will be telling us how he sees the future activities of the Forum developing under his management. Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm The Road to the Riding of the Marches 2016 Alistair Knowles Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh Musselburgh Conservation Society Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm Clan McGregor DNA Project Richard McGregor Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: the view from the Ness of Brodgar Antonia Thomas Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Local History Forum Speaker from the University of the Highlands and Islands Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm John Knox: the man behind the myth Marie Macpherson Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society Thursday, March 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Researching in the UK and Abroad George English Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society Saturday, March 12 2016 Irish records? - They all went up in smoke . . . or did they? Jill Williams, FIGRS Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL An introductory class on Irish ancestry Saturday, March 12 2016, 11.00 am Philosophical Discourse in Seventeenth-Century Scotland: Key Texts Dr Steven Reid and Professor Alexander Broadie Venue: Meadows Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh Advance booking required Saturday, March 12 2016, 2 pm Inventing the Scots III: Chronicling the kirk from Bower to Buchanan (and Beyond) Prof Roger Mason Venue: Meadows Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh Advance booking required |
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