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Book Review: Between Daylight and Hell

9/5/2017

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Between Daylight and Hell, Scots who left a stain on American history

There is a long tradition of books about the Scottish diaspora across the world. From Thomas Fischer’s books on the Scots in Germany and Prussia to Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World, many of them adopt a reverential tone, what might be described as the Wha’s Like Us school of thought. In his informative and entertaining book, Iain Lundy takes a very different approach: rather than the Great Man approach, he takes what could be called the Terrible Man (and Woman) approach.

Lundy, a journalist by trade, has spent years investigating the dark side of the Scottish-American story – researching Scots behaving badly. So whereas Fischer and others wrote about the excellent service provided by Scottish soldiers abroad, Lundy opens his book with an account of the misdeeds of Adam Stephen, who was court-martialled and cashiered out of Washington’s Continental Army whose drunken incompetence and disobedience resulted in an early friendly-fire incident at the Battle of Germantown.

The Roll of Dishonour continues throughout the book: Charles Forbes embezzled millions of dollars from the Veterans Bureau after World War One. There are also killers: Thomas Cream, a notorious poisoner originally from Glasgow; William Stewart, one of the leading figures in the notorious Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Sport also gets a mention: Robert Millar, originally from Paisley, was a professional footballer renowned for his Cantona-like temperament. In one game, he punched a fan to the ground, and in 1921 he was suspended for punching fellow Paisley-born Scot Neil Clarke at halftime. In athletics, Jock Semple, organiser of the Boston Marathon merits a mention for the notorious incident when in 1967 Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially enter the race, through an administrative error. Switzer’s boyfriend knocked Semple to the ground when he attempted to stop her running. (Switzer ran the Boston Marathon again earlier this year to mark the 50th anniversary of her first race).

The rest of the chapters discuss fraudsters, libellous journalists, ungrateful divas, cruel slave owners and bumbling military officers. As you would expect of a journalist of many years standing, the author is a talented storyteller, and has clearly done his genealogical research (Scotland’s People gets an acknowledgement). The book itself is entertaining, and a useful antidote to much of the often self-congratulatory tone of much of the popular writing on the Scottish diaspora. Clearly well researched, it provides a very interesting alternative perspective on the Scottish diaspora in the USA.

Chapters:
  • Adam Stephen
  • Charles Forbes
  • Thomas Cream
  • William Stewart
  • Robert Millar
  • David Jack
  • James Callender
  • William Dunbar
  • Mary Garden
  • James Abercrombie
  • John Dowie
  • Jock Semple
  • Alexander Cuming
  • James Duff
  • John Murray
  • John Mein

Between Daylight and Hell is published by Whittles Publishing and costs £18.99

If you're a publisher or author and would like us to review your history or genealogy book, please get in touch.
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History talks and events 16 - 22 January 2017

10/1/2017

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 January 2017

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, January 16 2017, 7.30 pm

Archaeology of the Islands of Loch Lomond

Fiona Baker

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Monday, January 16 2017, 7.30 pm

Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel

Bill Hicks and Jill Scott

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, January 16 2017, 8 pm

Revisiting the Georgian House, Edinburgh

Sheonagh Martin

Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE

Colinton Local History Society

We welcome back Sheonagh Martin, Manager of the National Trust for Scotland property, The Georgian House, Edinburgh. She spoke to us some eight years ago, and since then there have been changes at the house, with more in the pipeline.


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

Old Trades and Professions

Richard Torrance

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

Robert Burns - The Fat of The Land

Stuart Cochrane

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

The Crook Inn - its past, present & future

James Welch

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

The Crook Inn probably started as a refuge for drovers and a meeting place for local shepherds in a relatively sparsely populated and lawless Tweedsmuir in the 16th century. It was one of the three oldest hostelries in Scotland - granted a drinks licence by King James VI in 1604, a year after he became James I of England. It served briefly as a church in Covenanting times, and it was where Robert Burns wrote his famous poem, ‘Willie Wastle Wife’. A well-used staging post between Edinburgh and Dumfries, it became a fashionable venue for the Edinburgh literati in Victorian times.
James will run through the Crook’s fascinating history before going on to tell us about its decay during the 20th century, its acquisition by the local community and its planned resurrection.
James Welch is Vice-Chairman of the Tweedsmuir Community Company. He has practised as a Chartered Landscape Architect, Environmental Planner and Expert Witness for 25 years, and is the Founder and Director of Optimised Environments Ltd (OPEN) based in Edinburgh & London.


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Social Evening

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 5.30 pm

Professor John MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University

Venue: Ross House, Dornoch

University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History

Professor MacKenzie, a Visiting Professor at the Centre for History, is one of the foremost historians of imperialism, of any period, and a scholar who also has an outstanding reputation in the field of environmental history. We are delighted to be hosting this lecture by him, which will focus on religion and Scottish identity in a global context, mainly referring to Presbyterianism.


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

The Glasgow Bridges

Tom Marchant

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

Stunning Selkirkshire: A look at the wildlife of the County over a year

Douglas Methven

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre [email protected]


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

Photographing Falkirk's Historic Industries

Tom Astbury

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017

Ayrshire Place Names

Ian McVey

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 2.30 pm

Noblewomen of Atholl, Work, Welfare and War

Dr Nicola Cowmeadow

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Visitors £3.00


Thursday, January 19 2017, 6.30 pm

Cumnock men & women who served in WW1.

Venue: Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 1AD

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Working for a living: terms and conditions from Palmerston to Lloyd George

Andrew Ramage

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

The History of Sanitation

Hugh Walker

Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Historical Society

Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

The History of Bagpipe Music

Dr Jack Taylor

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Dr Jack Talyor will give a talk, with musical interludes, on the history of bagpipe music and his recent project to transcribe some very old pipe tunes to written music before they were lost.


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Fashioning a better Future, Paisley’s Changing High Street 1824 – 1869

David Roberts

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Railways Around the Kirkcaldy Area

Sandy Thomson

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society


Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Oral testimony of emigrants

Marjory Harper

Venue: Dumbarton Room, Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.30pm-4.30pm

Beginners' meeting

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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History talks and events, 14 - 20 November 2016

8/11/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 14 - 20 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 14 2016, 4 pm

The Stone Sculptor and his Craft

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow

Dalrymple Lecture series, 14-17 November


Monday, November 14 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 1

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

The sculptor and his craft: the major crosses of Ireland were remarkable pieces of engineering, something that has an important bearing on their function and the nature of their patronage. This talk will for the first time investigate how they made, tracking progress from quarry to finished product, a journey involving quarrying techniques, tools, transport, cranes and scaffolds.


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Edinburgh and the Act of Union 1707

Eric Melvin

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Discovering the lost Medieval Castle of Partick

Bob Will, Guard Archaeology

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

Scottish Pottery Society


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Beatrix Potter’s Scotland: Her Perthshire Inspiration

Lynne McGeachie

Venue: Bankfoot Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Joint Meeting with Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Researching Your Military Ancestors

Venue: National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

National Museum of Scotland

Free, but places are limited and booking is essential. To book your place call 0131 247 4137 or email [email protected]


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 2

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

The search for meaning: the crosses were major investments but who commissioned them and why? The panels of figure sculpture offer some clues, but the iconographies can be difficult to interpret and their meanings likewise obscure. This talk will offer a critique of past approaches and suggest some new avenues of investigation.


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 7.30 pm

A Musical Introduction to the Scots Language

Fred Freeman

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Emigration in the late 19th Century

Andrew Muirhead

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 3

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

Artistic Identity: sharp distinctions in style are to be found amongst the sculptors, reflecting individual personalities and diverse experience; this talk will show that major craftsmen were clearly individuals of status, men like the so-called ‘Muiredach Master’, pre-eminent amongst the sculptors of early medieval Europe.


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The North Berwick Witches – the attempt on the life of James VI which began the Scottish Witch Hunt in general

Robert Pugh, Dunbar

Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU

Coastal Communities Museum

Organised by the Friends of the Coastal Communities Museum the current annual charge for membership is £10 for an individual or £18 per couple, which includes these Talks. Visitors are more than welcome to attend for a nominal entrance charge of £2 per person.
if you would like to find out more about the Talks or proceed to become a Friend of the museum, please contact, Ian Goodall, our Trustee who looks after the Friends administration: Tel: 01620 894313, e-mail: [email protected]


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Finding Richard the Third

Philippa Langley, President of the Scottish Branch of the Richard the Third Society

Venue: Chalmers Hall, Linlithgow Bridge

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

From Grangemouth to Gallipoli

Neil Whyte

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016

Robert Bruce & his association with Ayrshire

Tom Barclay

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Local and family history drop-in

Venue: Barrhead Foundry

East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection

Have you hit a family history brick wall? Do you need help with local history research? Or would you just like advice on using the heritage resources at Giffnock and Barrhead Libraries? Pop along to our local & family history drop-in where the local studies librarian will be on hand to point you in the right direction.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 2 pm for 2.30 pm

Carolina, Lady Nairne – songs and history

Nicola Cowmeadow and Syd House

Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library

Friends of PKC Archives

£5 for non-members


Thursday, November 17 2016, 2.30 pm

The Story of the Tinkers' Heart

Jess Smith

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Visitors £3.00


Thursday, November 17 2016, 6 pm - 8 pm

The National Covenant and the Scottish People

Dr Laura Stewart

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Dr Laura Stewart (University of York). The National Covenant of 1638 is one of Scotland’s most controversial documents: for some, an expression of the people’s right to choose their own religion; for others, a statement in religious intolerance whose influence has lasted into modern times. Although the text has been heavily debated by scholars, very little attention has been given to its reception. This talk examines for the first time how the Covenant was taken by the people in the parishes. It sheds new light on its contested meanings and offers fresh reflections on its significance for understanding Scottish political identity. Dr Stewart is author of ‘Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1617-53’ (Oxford UP, 2016). New Register House.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7 pm

The Songs of Robert Burns

Dr Fred Freeman

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group

Dr Fred Freeman – presents the songs of Robert Burns. Fred is professor of Scottish Music at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow. There will be musical accompaniment and some communal singing!


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 4

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

Stone carving in the early medieval world. In the nineteenth century the high crosses were regarded as a spectacular proof of the civilization of ancient Ireland; but were they an indigenous development or dependent on models introduced from abroad from late Antiquity or Carolingian Europe? This talk will demonstrate that, when it comes to artistic expression, the importance of the local environment must never be underestimated.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

If the Kaiser came to Haddington: how Haddingtonshire would have defended itself in World War One

Allen Kilpatrick

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Flanders Field 1914

Alexander Hall

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Jute, Jack and Journeyings

Derek Larkman

Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Historical Society

Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.


Friday, November 18 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Friday, November 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Holmwood House

Ian MacGillvray, National Trust for Scotland

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.00 pm

Workshop

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis

Chris Paton

Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm

TBA

Fiona Musk

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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History talks and events 3-9 October 2016

27/9/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 3 - 9 October 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, 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

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] 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

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] 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

Mearns History Group


Wednesday, October 5 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

A Logboat from the Spey

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] 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

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] 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

Markinch Heritage Group

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

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] 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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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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