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Poor relief in the time of cholera

6/11/2016

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We reported yesterday on the Scottish Records Association conference on healthcare in Scotland before the NHS. One of the speakers discussed cholera outbreaks and the measures taken to deal with them. There was a major outbreak of cholera in Scotland in 1832, traces of which can be found in a variety of record sources - there was a spike in mortality, which can be traced in burial registers; newspapers of the time feature regular reports of cholera cases and attempts to cope with the consequences; and Kirk Session records often at least mention the epidemic.

Inchinnan, in Renfrewshire, was no exception. The Kirk Session and heritors were so concerned that they formed a committee of health to try to cope with the health crisis:
At a meeting of the heritors and Kirk Session held at Inchinnan on the 26th day of January 1832

The meeting considering the prevailing alarm on the subject of Cholera authorise the Kirk Treasurer to place at the disposal of the following Gentlemen as a Committee, such as Sum as they may find it necessary to expend in medicines, clothing, or such other way as they may consider most likely to promote the health and comfort of the poor of the Parish.

​The following are named as a committee for the above purpose.
Mr Lockhart, Minr
Mr Fulton
Mr Gibson, Brownsfield
Mr Snodgrass, Portnauld
Mr Alexander, Craigend
Mr Willm Kelloch, Freeland
Mr Galloway, the Schoolmaster
Mr Lockhart, to be convener.
The committee didn't waste much time - they met again four days later, having carried out an inspection of much of the parish:
​At Inchinnan, the thirtieth day of January 1832. We the Committee appointed at the meeting of Heritors and Kirk Session to inspect the different dwelling houses in the Parish, for the purpose of removing nuisances and providing for the comfort of the indigent, report that we this day commenced our survey at the Manse, and visited all the families to the North of the old Greenock road, as far as Peter Barr’s Gateside, and in addition Greenhead, Broomlands, and Luckensford.
Generally speaking the appearance of the Houses and people was satisfactory but we found it necessary to order as follows.

1. Widow Paul, 2 flannel dresses to be made by Miss Norris.
2. Widow Barr, whose case was noticed at the meeting of Heritors and Kirk Session, one cart of coals also two flannel dresses, made as above.
3. At the Old Schoolhouse, found the apartments very clean and neat, but the walls of the Schoolroom were so damp as to have led the mistress to abandon it and teach in her Kitchen, adjourning which was a dark closet, so damp and unwholesome that we ordered a small window to be placed in the back wall.
4. William Smith at Broomlands to remove a heap of saw dust and rubbish which produced an unpleasant smell.
5. Henry Mcfarlane’s house to receive an opening in the back Widow. Pighouse and dunghill to be removed as far as his limits.
6. William Allan. Back window to be made to open, potatoes below the Bed to be removed.
7. Rober Cowan – to remove potatoes as above.
8. Hugh Mirren to remove potatoes from under bed, to receive six yards of flannel and a pair of blankets.
9. Mrs Carswell – window to be made to open, dunghill to be removed.
10. Euphemia McArthur, to remove dunghill and to receive one cart of coals.
11. Mrs Smith, the Landlord’s wife, dunghill to be removed.
12. William Paton, to remove dunghill & necessary
13. Bernard Duffy, to remove his pig house and to receive a pair of blankets and six yards of flannel
14. Daniel Carmichael, the last of fifteen children, has his mother residing with him, whom he supports as well as he can; to remove his pigs, and his mother to receive a pair of blankets and six yards of flannel.
15. William Thompson’s window to be made to open, and dunghill to be removed.
16. James Allison – window in a bad state, dunghill to be removed
17. Laird Scott to remove off the rubbish before his houses
18. John Ruxton – Pighouse and dunghill to be removed. To receive six yards of flannel for children at Miss Norris’ discretion.
19. Robert Crawford to remove dunghill from behind his house and pighouse from before.
20. Widow Slater – Her house to be thoroughly cleaned, without expense to herself, to receive one pair of blankets, two flannel dresses and one cart of coals.
21. James Cameron to remove his dunghill
22. Robert McAllister to receive two flannel shirts and a coat of shepherd’s cloth lined with plaiding. To remove his ashes pit.
23. Widow Blackwood’s window, Barshill to be made to open, and two dunghills to be removed.
24. Widow Clark’s window to be made to open, potatoes to be removed from under her bed.
25. James Gilmour’s house unwholesome from damp
26. James Caldwell – Dunghill to be removed.

The Committee, that no delay might take place in removing the nuisances reported, requested Mr Snodgrass to instruct the two men who are now working by his order on the road to superintend and give assistance during said operation. The foot path opposite Broomlands was found strewed with excrement, and the Committee considered it indispensable that one or more necessaries be erected forthwith.
This is a mix of reasonable preventive measures and concern for the general well-being of the poor of the parish, but I have to admit I was a little surprised to learn the heritors agreeing to build a "necessary", essentially a public toilet, although it was likely very basic, perhaps little more than a hole in the ground. The notion of potatoes causing cholera was somewhat more surprising though.

The Committee met again the next day, having completed their inspections:
Inchinnan, Feb 1 1832
2nd day
The Committee resumed their labours this day and finished inspecting all the dwelling houses in Inchinnan. They ordered as follows:

1. Newmains – Window to be opened in shoemaker’s house
2. John Whitelaw to receive a pair of blankets and plaiding trousers.
3. Jean Reid, the blind pauper, to receive a pair of blankets and six yds of flannel
4. Linburn – Mrs McArthur. Dunghill to be removed & to receive a pair of blankets.
5. Mrs Hughes to receive a pair of blankets and remove a dunghill.
6. John Leech, pauper, residing in Paisley, to receive a pair of blankets, and to get a temporary addition to his aliment of two shillings per month.
Two weeks later, the Committee met again. Clearly, their concern had increased. They ordered a printed circular to be printed, giving advice to parishioners, and used poor funds to buy a stock of medicines for the use of the poor in the parish - an interesting example of public health care provision before the 1845 Poor Law required local authorities to do so.
3d day.
At Inchinnan Schoolhouse
The seventeenth day of Feb 1832 – the Members of Committee met owing to the near approach of cholera they considered it expedient to associate the following individuals with them, viz

Messrs James Donaldson, Willm Smith, James McKean & Willm Craig, who readily agreed to give what assistance may be in their power in the event of the disease breaking out in this place.

Mr Lockhart reported that he had ordered directions to be printed for the use of the Parish. Also a set of medicines as recommended by the different boards of health. The Committee approved of these steps, and authorized Mr Galloway to defray the expenses thus incurred.

The Committee requests Mr Lockhart to intimate from the Pulpit the places where the medicines were deposited, and also to warn the people against harbouring or serving vagrants, and that the laws will be put in force againsst those trespassing.

It was reported by a member of committee that the people had in general complied with the instructions in regard to cleanliness, ventilation &c.

​It was agreed that the Committee should from time to time examine the places from which the nuisances had been removed, also that they should use their influence in their respective neighbourhoods to rouse the prejudiced from their apathy, and disountenance the false reports so generally circulated against the medical profession.
By now the parish authorities were concerned about strangers bringing the disease to Inchinnan, and were warning parishioners to have no dealings with vagrants and unlicensed hawkers. Interestingly, they were also ordering follow-up inspections of places they'd previously visited where they'd ordered the removal of "nuisances".

Four days later the printed circular was ready for distribution to every house in the parish:
At Inchinnan Feb 21st 1832
The Committee of health met and examined printed directions, as annexed, which had been formerly ordered – they approved of the same, and directed the Parish Officer to be employed to distribute a copy to every Family in the Parish, and to receive two shillings and sixpence for his trouble.
The text of the circular makes interesting reading:
​CHOLERA
Preventives – Be clean in your person. Wear flannels next the skin. Keep the bowels well defended from cold, and never sit down with wet or cold feet. Abstain from small beer, and use spiritous liquours very moderately. Use no water that is not pure. The use of strong broth and butcher meat is salutary. Avoid raw vegetables, and boil well what you eat. Do not go out in the morning without breaking your fast. Avoid getting wet, or going out at night. Avoid also large towns, infected places, and public houses.
Piggeries, Dunghills, and Cess-pools ought to be at some distance and frequently cleaned. Let the house be regularly ventilated, and well swept. When you wash it, choose a sunny day, and do it in the morning, so that there may be no damp when you shut up at night. Keep your doors dry.
Symptoms and treatment – Cholera generally begins with giddiness, languour, and uneasiness in the bowels, accompanied by looseness more or less. When such symptoms appear, no time ought to be lost in sending for medical advice – but in the mean time, 30 drops of Laudanum, and 3 teaspoonfuls of Castor Oil may be taken in a little hot brandy and water. Go to bed immediately, and keep yourself warm. Heated bricks or hot bottles may be applied, or bags of hot bran or salt. Place a mustard blister on the stomach. Let your drink consist of warm barley-water in small portions. Cold water is dangerous, and Salts must on no account be taken.
Should the Castor Oil &c be thrown up, take 30 drops of plain Laudanum.
Families ought to provide themselves with Laudanum and the other articles, as all depends on taking the disease at the first.
Inchinnan, 18th February 1832.
Laudanum of course was a tincture of opium. While it could certainly ease the most obvious symptom of cholera - diarrhoea - it really wasn't a cure, and as one of the speakers at the SRA conference pointed out, opium poisoning was a significant problem in Scotland in the 19th century.

The next entry is three weeks later. It would appear that the exhortations to parishioners not to deal with vagrants and unlicensed hawkers had not had the desired effect, as the heritors decided to hire a Constable to patrol the road to keep strangers out:
Inchinnan March 12th 1832
At the Schooolhouse, met this day the members of the Committee of health, and appointed Mr Gibson & Mr Willm Killoch to employ and station a Constable at Walkinshaw Bridge to prevent beggars & unlicensed hawkers from passing out from Paisley. Mr Lockhart & James Snodgrass to arrange with the toll keeper at Inchinnan Bridge so as to prevent vagrants from getting into the Parish by that quarter.

The meeting agree to give Willm Brisbane the remaining pair of blankets, his body clothes and bedding having been burned along with Mr McKean’s shop where he lodged.
Unfortunately, there are no further minutes of the health committee, so it's not clear what the outcome was, but it is clear that there was concern for the health of paupers, at least in one parish in Renfrewshire, although doubtless there was likely an element of self-interest in preventing an outbreak.

That cholera was not eradicated is however made clear by the fact that immediately below a copy of the printed circular in the Kirk Session minute book is a note, in a different hand from the surrounding entries, and dated some years later, with suggested treatments for cholera outbreaks:
Recommendations
Glasgow Constitutional, Jany 6th 1849. Dr Laurie Eevery person shd have Laudanum in the house, and after a sudden or more than usually copious stool, he shd resort to it, & especially in the morning. Take one teaspoonful of Laudanum, as an injection in half a glass of water, and ½ a tea spoonful of Laudanum by the mouth. He shd do this without waiting for the Doctor until the Dr did come.
After Laudanum has been used, as already stated, it has been found beneficial to administer opium, & afterwards, opium and valerial together.
Dr Campbell, Calton – found that in every case by doses of Laudanum & essences of peppermint, the disease was checked, if early administered, if within 25 minutes after the attack, he had found it invariably successful.
Dr J Adams – According to the opinion of ¾ of the profession, Laudanum was the best thing to administer at the outset. Every family should have it in the house. From 3 o’clock til 10 a hundred drops of Laudanum had been given.
Dr Boag stated the great importance of getting the houses in affected districts cleansed & the removal of the families to some place of Refuge while the cleansing was getting done.
Evidently, treatment of cholera hadn't advanced much in the intervening years.
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history talks and events 31 Oct - 6 Nov 2016

25/10/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 31 October - 6 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, October 31 2016, 5.30 pm

The Public History of Scotland and Caribbean Slavery

Louise Welsh (Glasgow), Stephen Mullen (Glasgow) and Michael Hopcroft (Glasgow Caledonian)

Venue: Room 202, 3 University Gardens, Glasgow

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies


Monday, October 31 2016, 7.30 pm

John Tweedie Memorial Lecture, It’s A Dogs Life

Hamish Coghill

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

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, October 31 2016, 7.30 pm

Photographs of Cupar

Allan Carr

Venue: Age Concern Building, Provost Wynd, Cupar

Cupar Heritage


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 1 pm

“Imprest on vellum": Lowland language and the early American republic, c. 1800-1830

Sean Murphy (University of St Andrews)

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, November 1 2016, 5.30 pm

Memory and the work of forgetting: telling protest in rural England

Dr Carl Griffin, Reader in Historical Geography, University of Sussex

Venue: Ross House, Dornoch

University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History

This paper offers an initial attempt to think through how, against markers of traumatic pasts, English rural communities in the long eighteenth century attempted both to forget and to reinscribe the past in usable ways.


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm

The Life of Eric Liddell

Sue Caton

Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall

Morningside Heritage Association


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Bangour War Hospital (incl. Hopetoun and Polkemmet Aux. Hospitals) WWI

Sybil Cavanagh

Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL

West Lothian Family History Society


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.30 pm

From Cannon to Steam Propulsion

Professor Michael Moss

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group

The origins of Clyde Engineering.


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.30 pm

The Victoria Cross

Alexander Hall

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 2 pm - 3 pm

The Argyll Papers

Alison Diamond

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Professor Allan Macinnes (Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde and expert on Highland history), has described the Argyll Papers held at Inveraray Castle as ‘one of the most important private archives in Britain.’ Alison will talk about the archives, their history and content, and the current focus on raising the profile of the collection and making it more accessible. She will speak about the forthcoming partnership project with Argyll and Bute Council, Written in the Landscape, which will catalogue collections of family papers and conserve the maps and plans held at Inveraray Castle, working with local communities and heritage centres throughout Argyll. (New Register House)


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 4 pm

Lochbrown Landscape Proect: the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape

Kirsty Millican, HES

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 7.30 pm

Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context

Dr Antonia Thomas

Venue: Orkney College

Orkney Archaeology Society

Launch of Dr. Antonia Thomas' exciting new book on Neolithic Art, plus the chance to buy the book at a discount.


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7 pm

Annual General Meeting + When, how and why Scottish Burials changed dramatically

Dr Ed Small

Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch

Markinch Heritage Group

Free to members and £2 for non members


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7.30 pm

Ken the Horse of Hawick

Ian Landles BEM

Coldstream and District Local History Society


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7.30 pm

John Sutherland

Todd Warnock

Venue: Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Dornoch Heritage Society


Friday, November 4 2016, 11.00 am

S R Crockett: Penicuik Minister and Best Selling Author

Pam Stell

Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN

National Mining Museum Scotland


Saturday, November 5 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Annual Coffee Morning

Venue: Dunn Memorial Hall, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society


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History talks and events 16 - 22 May 2016

10/5/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 16 - 22 May 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, May 16 2016

The Latest from the Guild of One Name Studies

Lorna Kinnaird

Venue: TBC

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, May 16 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

AGM cheese & wine

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society


Tuesday, May 17 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM — Speaker to be arranged

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Wednesday, May 18 2016, 2 pm

History of Fishtown of Usan

Anne Law

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society

Entry to talks followed by afternoon tea £4


Wednesday, May 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Erskine Hospital 1916 - 2016

Alistair Hutton

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Preceded by AGM


Wednesday, May 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Building the Forth Road Bridge: stories of a young engineer

Hector Woodhouse

Venue: Chalmers Hall, Linlithgow Bridge

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Thursday, May 19 2016, 7 pm

Dane Love

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, May 19 2016, 7.00 pm

Magnus Jackson – 19th Century Perth Photographer

Paul Adair

Venue: Soutar Theatre, Perth

Friends of PKC Archives

Preceded by AGM at 6:30 pm


Thursday, May 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Photographic Archives

Nick Lindsay (Clyne Heritage Society)

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society


Thursday, May 19 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Saturday, May 21 2016, 2.00 pm

Scottish Kirk Session Minutes The Sins, Lives, Loves of a Parish

Bruce Bishop

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


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History talks and events 25 April - 1 May 2016

19/4/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 25 April - 1 May 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 25 2016, 7.30 pm

Planned villages in Perthshire and Angus

Dr Douglas Lockhart (SLHF)

Venue: Chapelhill Hall

West Stormont Historical Society

Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)


Monday, April 25 2016, 7.30 pm

TBC

David Smith, Archivist, William Patrick Library

Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN

Torrance Heritage and History Group


Wednesday, April 27 2016, 7.30 pm

The Home Front in World War I: its impact on Local Communities

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society


Thursday, April 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Scottish Silver and Jewellery

Gordon Foster

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery

Stirling Local History Society

Preceded by AGM


Thursday, April 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Stories from the Courts

Brian Adair

Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association


Thursday, April 28 2016, 7.45 pm

Members' night and AGM

Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP

Drymen & District Local History Society

Short talks by members of the Society with wine and cheese followed by our short AGM.


Thursday, April 28 2016, 8 pm

Life of Florence Nightingale

Barbara Graham

Venue: Chapel Hall, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, 2 Crummock Street, Beith, Ayrshire

Beith Historical Society

Followed by AGM


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History talks and events 11-17 April 2016

5/4/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 11 - 17 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 11 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Celts: art and identity

Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The idea of Celts is a potent, popular and enormously varied one, applied to many different types of evidence in different contexts. Coinciding with a major exhibition on Celts at the National Museum of Scotland, this talk will consider the many different things which get called Celtic art. It will consider what these different “Celtic arts” say about connections and differences across Europe, and consider the role of decoration in making powerful objects and creating powerful ideas.


Monday, April 11 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The National Library of Scotland: a Treasure Trove

Veronica Denholm and Jennifer Giles

Venue: Royal British Legion Social Club, 33 Rodney Street, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society


Monday, April 11 2016, 7.30 pm

The Land Girls

Ruth Boreham

Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith

Dalkeith History Society


Monday, April 11 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM and Members' Night

Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie

Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society


Monday, April 11 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)


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm

Medieval Pestilence, Plague and Climate Change

Prof Richard Oram, Stirling University

Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy

Dollar History Society


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm

His Own Family Tree

Iain Abernethy

Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William

Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm

Wemyss School of Needlework

Fiona Wemyss

Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS

Fife Family History Society


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm

Edith Cavell

Barbara Graham

Venue: Largs Library Community Room

Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Celts: art and identity

Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The idea of Celts is a potent, popular and enormously varied one, applied to many different types of evidence in different contexts. Coinciding with a major exhibition on Celts at the National Museum of Scotland, this talk will consider the many different things which get called Celtic art. It will consider what these different “Celtic arts” say about connections and differences across Europe, and consider the role of decoration in making powerful objects and creating powerful ideas.


Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Birdie Bowers

Drew McKenzie

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, April 13 2016, 6.30 pm

The Mason's Mark Project

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society


Wednesday, April 13 2016, 7.30 pm

The Skylark IX Recovery Trust

Anne Dyer

Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ

Lennox Heritage Society

Preceded by AGM. The Trust was formed in 2013 and is named for the historic little ship Skylark IX which rescued over 600 men from the beaches of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo in WWII.


Wednesday, April 13 2016, 7.30 pm

GRO and minor records

Ian Ferguson

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling

Central Scotland Family History Society


Thursday, April 14 2016

Early days of Discovery of Tourism in Scotland

Alastair Durie

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

Alastair Durie talks on the start of the Discovery of Scotland as a tourist destination


Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Renfrewshire Surveyors and Estate Plans in the 18th Century

John Moore

Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Speaker is subject librarian at the University of Glasgow


Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Social Evening

Venue: Loudoun Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

With four short talks by members of the AANHS


Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm

The Churches of Musselburgh

Alison Butler

Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh

Musselburgh Conservation Society


Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Field Marshal Haig, a Personal View

Hon Philip Astor

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Field Marshall Douglas Haig, Ist. Earl Haig, has become one of the most controversial figures of the First World War, his leadership both heavily criticised but also defended by historians. The Honourable Philip Astor will present a personal perspective of his grandfather and his role in the First World War.


Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

Flora Macdonald

Barbara Graham

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Friday, April 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Branch Lines of Strathearn - Tourists, Tatties, and Trains

John Young, Railway Historian and Author

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Saturday, April 16 2016, 1.45 pm

Researching Your Military Relatives covering the 18th Century to WW2

Ken Nisbet

Venue: St Ninian's Church Hall, Castle Douglas

Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society

Coffee and tea will be served at 1.45 p.m. meetings start 2.15 p.m


Saturday, April 16 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Inheritance

Bruce Bishop

Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL

Scottish Genealogy Society

Your family didn’t have to be extremely wealthy for someone to leave an inheritance. Bruce Bishop will give a talk on the subject to include estates, land & sasine records, wills, commissary courts, etc and show how this kind of information can help with your family history research.


Saturday, April 16 2016, 2.00 pm

Annual Meeting and Members Heirlooms

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, April 16 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm

Fintry – A Rural North East School

Janet Byth

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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History talks and events 21-27 March 2016

14/3/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 21 - 27 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.
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Monday, March 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Frae a’ the Airts

Bill Black

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Monday, March 21 2016, 7.30 pm

100 Years of the Usher Hall

Ruth Boreham

Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall

Cramond Heritage Trust

Preceded by AGM


Monday, March 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Family History on the Internet

Ronnie Scott

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, March 21 2016, 7-9 pm

Tranent Old Graveyard

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society


Monday, March 21 2016, 8 pm

A Scottish Doctor in Russia

John Gooding

Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE

Colinton Local History Society


Tuesday, March 22 2016, 6 pm

The Grants of Inverquharity Castle: The Early Castle Restores - a dialogue with archive illustrations

Alisoun Grant, castle restorer in conversationwith Simon Green, architectural historian

Venue: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee, DD1 4EN

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland


Tuesday, March 22 2016, 6 pm

The Grants of Inverquharity Castle: Keys to the Castle, award-winning documentary film introduced by its director

Darren Hercher, documentary photographer, film director and producer

Venue: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee, DD1 4EN

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland


Tuesday, March 22 2016, 7 pm

Angus Castles

David Orr

Venue: Carmyllie Church Hall, Carmyllie, Arbroath, DD11 2QZ

Carmyllie Heritage Society

Preceded by AGM


Wednesday, March 23 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Member’s Afternoon & AGM

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group

A relaxed and informal opportunity for members to show slides from their own collections


Wednesday, March 23 2016, 2.30 pm

Becoming Atheist; how the Scots lost religion in the 20th Century

Professor Callum G Brown, University of Glasgow

Venue: Edinburgh Theological Seminar, The Mound, Edinburgh

Scottish Church History Society


Wednesday, March 23 2016, 7.00 pm

The two Andrew Morays and the Wars of Independence

Dr Iain MacInnes, University of the Highlands and Islands

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society

Preceded by AGM


Wednesday, March 23 2016, 7.30 pm

Jacobite Relics: Myths and Realities

George Dalgleish

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Thursday, March 24 2016, 2.00 pm

Perth – A comprehensive guide for locals and visitors

Dr John Hulbert

Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library

Friends of PKC Archives


Thursday, March 24 2016, 6 pm

Glasgow’s Nineteenth Century Monument(al) History

Rachael Purse

Venue: GCHT, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow

Glasgow City Heritage Trust

GCHT Statues & Monuments Officer Rachael Purse will discuss her research from the Council funded project she has been managing; to record and research all of Glasgow’s statues and monuments. She will delve into Glasgow’s industrial past and examine its monumental legacy.


Thursday, March 24 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Audacious Imaginings

Colin Mackay

Venue: Adelaides, 209 Bath Street, at the corner of Pitt Street, Glasgow

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

Colin MacKay, award-winning journalist with BBC Scotland, will explore the considerable contribution of the Victorian railway to style and elegance, in public buildings and permanent way alike.


Thursday, March 24 2016, 7.30 pm

The Loans Smugglers—an Update

Frances Wilkins

Venue: Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

Followed by AGM


Thursday, March 24 2016, 7.45 pm

Defending the Clyde, 1914-45

Geoffrey Stell

Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP

Drymen & District Local History Society

Geoffrey is a buildings historian and worked for many years for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). At a time when we are aware of World War I and II anniversaries this talk will highlight the strategic role of the Clyde.


Saturday, March 26 2016, 2.00 pm

Livery Colours - Playing the Fool (it's all said in jest)

John Malden, FHSS

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland


Sunday, March 27 2016, 2.00 pm

How to Get the Best out of FamilySearch and Family Tree

Karen Allan

Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN

Borders Family History Society

FamilySearch is a really useful website which is free to use but there are many search features. Which one is best for you ? Karen will explain how to use the site more effectively.


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History talks and events 29 February - 6 March 2016

23/2/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 29 February - 6 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.
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Monday, February 29 2016, 7.30 pm

These Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines

Leonard Hart

Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall

Cramond Heritage Trust

Leonard Hart, the Aircraft Preservation Society, on the rebuilding of a Sopwith Strutter from scratch


Monday, February 29 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow's Magnificent Mansions

Bill Black

Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN

Torrance Heritage and History Group


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

White, Black and Grey: recent discoveries in Aberdeen’s friaries

Alison Cameron

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Alison Cameron of Cameron Archaeology will present this lecture at the Regent Building Lecture Theatre hosted by the Aberdeen and North East Section of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm

Film Evening

Ian Rintoul

Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall

Morningside Heritage Association


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7 pm

AGM

Venue: Shetland Family History Society, 6 Hillhead, Lerwick

Shetland Family History Society


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Exploring and using the 1911 Scottish Census

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL

West Lothian Family History Society


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.30 pm

The Southern General Hospital in the 20th Century: From Poorhouse to Powerhouse

Alistair Tough

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group


Tuesday, March 1 2016, 7.30 pm

Old Ayrshire Farming

John Stevenson

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group


Thursday, March 3 2016, 1.00 pm

The Memoirs of Captain Boyd

Capt John Watson Fraternity of Masters & Seamen

Venue: Glasite Hall, St. Andrew’s Church, King Street, Dundee

Friends of Dundee City Archives


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History talks and events 15-21 February 2016

8/2/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 15 - 21 February 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, February 15 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

The Literary Forgeries of ‘Antique Smith’

Dr Ralph McLean, National Library of Scotland

Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

This talk examines the career of Alexander Howland Smith ‘Antique Smith’ who rose to notoriety in the 1890s through his forgeries of famous Scots such as Mary Queen of Scots, Robert Burns, and Sir Walter Scott. By looking at the Society of Antiquaries extensive Smith collection this talk will investigate Smith’s techniques, provide examples of his forgeries, and relate his eventual discovery and downfall.


Monday, February 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Cathedrals and Palaces of St Petersburg

David Wright

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society

Preceded by AGM


Monday, February 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Thomas Smith Tait and the Glasgow Empire Exhibition 1938

Neil Baxter

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, February 15 2016, 7-9 pm

The Office of The Lord Lyon

Dr Joseph Morrow, The Lord Lyon of Scotland

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

Preceded by AGM


Monday, February 15 2016, 8 pm

Mavisbank and the Villas of the Esk

Dr James Simpson, Architect & Historian

Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE

Colinton Local History Society


Tuesday, February 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Coats & Clarks – The Binding Thread of Paisley’s History

Valerie Reilly

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group


Tuesday, February 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Scotland's Air Ambulance

Andrew Farrington

Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX

West Kilbride Civic Society

Air Ambulance generally crosses our path when watching the television news. Behind the scenes is an extraordinary organisation which responds daily to the day’s needs and emergencies. Come and fly with our speaker who, as pilot, will take us up in the air and behind scenes.


Tuesday, February 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Forth Cruise Tourism Group

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.00 pm

The pre-historic landscape of Edinburgh

Dr Tom Armitage

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm

A founder’s workshop from the Bronze Age? Excavations in the shadow of Hunterston

Tom Rees, Consultant Archaeologist, Rathmell Archaeology Limited

Venue: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Wynd, Inverness, IV2 3EB

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Investigations during construction of the Western Link Convertor Station at Hunterston in Ayrshire (http://www.westernhvdclink.co.uk/) revealed a small area of intense prehistoric activity. Excavation revealed a sequence of enclosures bounding a hollow within which were dense pit clusters, working surfaces and post-holes. Field evidence for bronze and iron smelting, founding and smithing (respectively) combined with late Bronze Age pottery suggests a remarkable discovery – an open air workshop from the Bronze Age. Booking is essential: phone 01463 237 114, email mailto:cait.mccullagh@highlifehighland.com or in person at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery In association with High Life Highland


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Geology, Archaeology and History of Ettrick and Yarrow

Walter Elliot

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Devil in Dirleton Green: Witch hunting in 17th Century Scotland

Laura Paterson

Venue: Gullane Village Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

Speaker is Postgraduate researcher, University of Strathclyde


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Scottish Womens Hospitals

Allan Cumming

Venue: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Our Evolving Avifauna

Stephen Welsh

Venue: Supper Room, Town House, Haddington

East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Society

Stephen Welsh, local ornithologist, will explain how some well-known and some lesser known species have evolved over the past centuries.


Wednesday, February 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Disruption: the most significant event in 19th Century Scotland

Prof Stewart Brown, Edinburgh University

Venue: Torphichen Parish Church Hall, High Brae

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Thursday, February 18 2016, 2.30pm

Missing in Action; Travellers and the Effect of War

Jess Smith

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

£3 for visitors


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Charles Cameron and Other Famous Architects of St Petersburg

Jeremy Watson

Venue: Adelaides, 209 Bath Street, at the corner of Pitt Street, Glasgow

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

Jeremy Watson, our former Chairman, will illustrate developments in Russian architecture, including a strong Scottish contribution, from the reign of Peter the Great up to the present day.


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

The Cry of a Young Child: Pregnancy, Community and Infanticide in early 19th Century Sutherland

Elizabeth Ritchie

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society

Speaker University of the Highlands and Islands, Dornoch


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Archaeology at Culzean

Ian Joyce, National Trust for Scotland

Venue: Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Carnegie Building, Dornoch

Dornoch Heritage Society

Talk title not confirmed


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

The Office of The Lord Lyon

Dr Joseph Morrow, The Lord Lyon of Scotland

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Kellogg Durland: Among the Fife Miners

Hugh Hoffman

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society

Kellogg Durland, 1881-1911, was an American journalist and social reformer who spent four months living and working with the Fife Miners


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Roman frontiers in their landscape setting

Prof David Breeze

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, February 18 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm

A founder’s workshop from the Bronze Age? Excavations in the shadow of Hunterston

Tom Rees, Consultant Archaeologist, Rathmell Archaeology Limited

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Boyd Orr Buildings, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Investigations during construction of the Western Link Convertor Station at Hunterston in Ayrshire (http://www.westernhvdclink.co.uk/) revealed a small area of intense prehistoric activity. Excavation revealed a sequence of enclosures bounding a hollow within which were dense pit clusters, working surfaces and post-holes. Field evidence for bronze and iron smelting, founding and smithing (respectively) combined with late Bronze Age pottery suggests a remarkable discovery – an open air workshop from the Bronze Age. Booking is essential: phone 01463 237 114, email mailto:cait.mccullagh@highlifehighland.com or in person at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery In association with High Life Highland


Friday, February 19 2016, 6 pm

Preserving Historic Glasgow

Dr Tony Lewis and Anna Serafini

Venue: GCHT, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow

Glasgow City Heritage Trust

Delve into Eighteenth Century Glasgow with Dr. Tony Lewis and University of Strathclyde PhD candidate, Anna Serafini. Learn more about the architect Allan Dreghorn (1706 - 64) and Scottish timber roof structures from the period.


Friday, February 19 2016, 7.30 pm

An Archivist Life for Me!

Steve Connelly, PKC Archivist

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Saturday, February 20 2016, 2.00 pm

Memories and Memory

Anne Reid

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, February 20 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm

Children Of The 1950s in Aberdeen

Lesley Diack (ANESFHS)

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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