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At the going down of the sun

25/9/2016

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We've taken a quick look at the Kinclaven War Memorial, which simply lists names, units and years of death. By looking for information in the records of the Scottish National War Memorial, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, we've been able to sketch out a little more info about the war dead of Kinclaven.
Surname Forename Date of death Age Birthplace Service no Notes
Murray Charles John 26 October 1914 32 Son of Charles A. and Blanche Murray, of Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire.
Mercer-Nairne Lord Charles George Francis 30 October 1914 40 South African medal (5 clasps), Legion of Honour (France), Order of Military Merit (Spain), Order of the Crown (Prussia), Order of the Iron Crown Class II (Austria). Equerry-in-ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1909-10 and Equerry to His Majesty, 1910-1914. Sometime a.d.c. to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. Son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and of Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne, of Bowood, Calne, Wilts; husband of Lady Violet Mary Astor.
Mactavish John 24 June 1915 Stanley 1835
Knox Walter 24 June 1915 Stanley 1836
White Thomas Crarer 25 September 1915 20 Perth 15464 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter White, of Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire.
Jamieson William C. 18 August 1916 Ochiltree Ayrshire 4365 Son of James F. Jamieson, of Rodenloft, Mauchline, Ayrshire.
Mcintosh Fraser 23 April 1917 22 Brechin Forfarshire 266513 Son of Donald and Jane Mcintosh, of Cleikiminn, Stanley, Perthshire.
Young David 22 August 1917 Dunkeld S/17854
Mackay David 12 October 1918 Perth 27019
Miller Blythe 09 April 1918 24 115902 Son of Blythe Miller, of Burnfoot, Kinfauns, Perth.
Hogg George 28 May 1918 23 Perth 265531 Husband of Catherine Ferguson Hogg, of 11, Closeburn Terrace, Feus Rd., Perth. Native of Killiecrankie, Oban.
Scott James 10 June 1918 34 Airlie Forfarshire S/18272 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Scott, of Cookston Farm, Airlie, Forfarshire; husband of Mary Low Scott, of Meikleour, Perthshire.
Robertson The Rev. Charles 03 October 1918 39 Son of Hope and Catherine Mcleish Robertson, of Kinclaven, Perthshire.
Mcandrew Stewart 17 October 1918 23 Forfar 316535 Son of James and C. Mcandrew, of Crowbutts, Stanley, Perthshire. Native of Inverarity, Forfarshire.
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Kinclaven bunnies - definitely not fluffy

24/9/2016

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It's International Rabbit Day, so it seems a good moment to remind you not to mess with the bunnies of Kinclaven. They were so notorious that their viciousness was reported on the other side of the world, in Milton, New Zealand, in 1886:
​The other day, as two English ewes were grazing in a young grass field in the parish of Kinclaven and Strathmore, a grey rabbit made its appearance from a burrow in the field, and attaced one of the ewes in the fashion of a cat, and then ran back for a yard, and being followed by the ewe, it turned again and made another furious attack, springing on to the face of the ewe and striking out smartly with its feet. The ewe left the mouth of the burrow, and the rabbit then returned to the burrow. It was thought by the onlookers who watched the occurrence that the rabbit had its young in the hole, and was defending the mouth of the burrow, but it was afterwards found that the rabbit tenanted the hole by itself.
​NEWS BY THE MAIL, Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1761, 25 June 1886
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History talks and events 26 Sep - 2 Oct 2016

20/9/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 26 September - 2 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, September 26 2016, 7.30 pm

Kinclaven and its People

Fergus Smith and Penny Lewis

Venue: Kinclaven Church

West Stormont Historical Society

Fergus and Penny will describe some of the findings of their one-place study on Kinclaven and its people, including their attempt to construct a "family forest" of the people of Kinclaven. There will be an opportunity after the talk to ask about your Kinclaven ancestry or the history of your house.


Monday, September 26 2016, 1:00, 2:00, & 3:00pm

The Treasure Trail

Venue: Meet at the Visitor Centre, Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld.

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a 1 mile family treasure hunt. Follow the secret trail, answer the questions and then get directed to the next clue. Will your search lead you to gold or silver? You will need your brains, your eyes and your legs. Venue: Meet at the Visitor Centre, Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld. Special requirements: Booking is not required. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Monday, September 26 2016, 10:00am-1:00pm

A ramble in the footsteps of Romans and Navvies

Venue: Meet at Auchinstarry Quarry Car Park near Kilsyth

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a 5 mile walk around the Kelvin Valley. This walk will look at the heritage, geography and wildlife of the Kilsyth area. The Antonine Wall, Forth and Clyde Canal and John Muir Way all pass close by, in fact people have been coming and going through this valley for thousands of years and they’ve left their mark. But the area is still home to plenty of wildlife and offers some great scenery. Venue: Meet at Auchinstarry Quarry Car Park near Kilsyth. Special requirements: Booking is essential. The route is mostly off road with some unsurfaced paths so good outdoor footwear is recommended. A snack and drink are also recommended. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Monday, September 26 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Jacobite Secrets

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

It wasn't just men who supported the Jacobite uprisings. Come along and meet a secret Jacobite lady and hear her tales of the 1715 and 1745 Risings, and the arrival of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Edinburgh. The Jacobite cause divided families, including hers. Come along and hear her story. Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=de84d65c-4d09-4c15-a4d9-a5fe00a929c1


Monday, September 26 2016, 12:00-4.30pm

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days

Venue: Biggar Gaswork Museum

Historic Environment Scotland

For upwards of 130 years – from 1839 to 1973 – Biggar Gasworks made coal-gas for the town and surrounding district. It was one of the first small-town gasworks to open in Scotland, and among the last to close. It is the only preserved gasworks left in Scotland. Not long afterwards, it passed into State care, to be preserved as a lasting reminder of an industry that provided so much benefit to all the country’s citizens. During the 'Steam Days' the boiler will be operating and driving various items of steam driven machines associated with gas production and distribution. Ticket price Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=9d089e53-9386-4959-a5bc-a602009d2e3b


Monday, September 26 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Conservation in Action

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

National Trust for Scotland

Come and see Conservation in Action as we clean three 18th century paintings throughout August and September. Take a peek behind-the-scenes to see how paintings are cleaned at the historic tower. We'll conserve three paintings by Alloa-born 18th Century painter David Allan.
David Allan (13 February 1744 – 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre. Ticket price Ticket price is included in admission cost Booking: For further information please call 01259 211701 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Alloa-Tower/Conservation-in-Action/


Monday, September 26 2016, 12:30-3:30pm

The Seven Lochs Trail

Venue: Meet at the Visitor Centre, Drumpellier Country Park, Townhead Road, Coatbridge

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a one-way 5½ mile walk with a free mini bus taking us to the start. The Seven Lochs Wetland Park is a green network bringing together eight square miles of lochs, parks and woodlands to the north of Glasgow and Coatbridge. Our walk will start at Frankfield Loch and return via Bishop Loch to finish at the Lochend Loch Visitor Centre in Drumpellier Country Park. Venue: Meet at the Visitor Centre, Drumpellier Country Park, Townhead Road, Coatbridge. Special requirements: Booking is essential as places on the mini-bus are limited. Some of the route is uneven so good outdoor footwear is recommended. A snack and drink are also recommended. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Monday, September 26 2016, 6 pm - 8 pm

Get started with your family history

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Come with an idea of what you want to discover and bring your earliest family birth, marriage, death certificate or more certificates, if possible.


Monday, September 26 2016, 7.30 pm

Struthers Castle and Estate

Robert I G Scott

Venue: Age Concern Building, Provost Wynd, Cupar

Cupar Heritage


Tuesday, September 27 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Tuesday, September 27 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Tuesday, September 27 2016, 6:00-7:00pm

Collecting Glasgow

Venue: Mitchell Library North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Glasgow Life

In this talk about The Mitchell's Glasgow Collection, Librarian Susan Taylor shares some of its highlights and discusses both its history and possible future developments. Ticket price Free Website: http://events.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/collecting-glasgow


Tuesday, September 27 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

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

West Kilbride Civic Society


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 10:00am

Standing Stones of Stenness and Barnhouse Village Walk

Venue: Standing Stones of Stenness

Historic Environment Scotland

Join the Ranger Service for a guided tour of our oldest stone circle and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Ticket price Free Booking: No booking required. For more information call 01856 841 732 or email [email protected] Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Bolts and Bodkins

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

Join castle archer Rusty Bodkins for an explanation of how the Scots used the medieval longbow and crossbow. Learn about different types of arrowheads and how arrow wounds were treated. Get dressed for battle and join the garrison! Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=f4e0b6b1-2455-4cda-b4fe-a4ed00db88d3


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 11:15am; 12:00pm; 12:45pm; 1:30pm; 2:30pm; 3:15pm; and 4:00pm

Scotland’s National Hero

Venue: The National Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument

Who was William Wallace? Listen as a costumed actor gives you an insight into the life of Scotland’s National Hero – who he was, where he came from, and how he fought to free the people of Scotland from oppression. Ticket price Admission Prices: Adults: £9.99, Children £6.25 Website: http://www.nationalwallacemonument.com/ht_event/scotlands-national-hero/


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 6.30 pm - 8 pm

Smugglers, Spies and Stolen Plum Pies: or, The Darker Side of Alloa's Trade in the 18th Century

Venue: Alloa

Inner Forth Landscape Initiative

This evening will see a performance of a brand new, bespoke play about the smuggling and trading shenanigans around Alloa in the 18th century. Meet Walter Grosset, the unpopular Customs Collector; the Earl of Mar (or 'Bobbing John'); and a 'flash-mob' of Jacobites. This play is based on original historical research by IFLI volunteer, Ian Middleton, and will be written and performed by The Walking Theatre Company, ably assisted by pupils from Alloa Academy.
Booking essential


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The Admiralty Research Station at Hawkcraig Point, Aberdour in WWI

Diana Maxwell

Venue: Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA

Museum of Communication

Joint Lecture with Lothians Radio Society. £4 members, £5 non-members


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Bringing Coal to Auld Reekie: The Innocent Railway

James Waugh

Venue: Gullane Village Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

James Waugh explores the history of this naïve sounding railway line


Wednesday, September 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Opening Night - Slide Show & Exhibition

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Thursday, September 29 2016

Sir Walter's Muckle Banket

Sandy Neil

Venue: Abbotsford, Melrose TD6 9BQ

The Abbotsford Trust

Join us for a fascinating talk by Borders journalist and writer Sandy Neil on 19th century culinary delights and Walter Scott’s passion for the food of Scots.
Let your guide take you on a gastronomic tour of Scottish history and literature with an introductory walk around Abbotsford’s Kitchen Garden with Gardens Manager Pippa Coles.
This tour is part of the Borders Heritage Festival, so take this special opportunity to listen to stories of bizarre, delicious as well as forgotten dishes from Scottish history and fiction.
The tour meeting point is in the South Court of Abbotsford.
Adults £10 / Friends of Abbotsford £9
Buy Tickets Online
To book, you can also call us on 01896 752043 or buy your tickets in person at our Visitor Centre. Booking is recommended as spaces are limited.


Thursday, September 29 2016, 1:00pm

Ring of Brodgar Walk

Venue: Ring of Brodgar

Historic Environment Scotland

Explore the area around the Ring of Brodgar during our guided walk with a ranger and find out the special significance of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. Ticket price Free Booking: No booking required. For more information call 01856 841 732 or email [email protected] Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Thursday, September 29 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Thursday, September 29 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Thursday, September 29 2016, 10:30am-1:00pm

Museum of Banff Open Days

Venue: Banff Library AB45 1AE

Banff Preservation and Heritage Society

Banff Museum was founded in 1828 as the museum of the Banff Institution and is the oldest museum in Scotland north of Perth. The Banff Institution was dissolved in 1875 and the collections passed to Banff Town Council. The present museum and library building were built in 1902. Banff Preservation and Heritage Society currently run the Museum in partnership with Aberdeenshire Museums Service. The Museum is on Banff High Street, in the same building as Banff Library. The postocde is AB45 1AE. The exhibits show a vast range of interesting artefacts from the Celtic period up to the modern day. They reflect life in Banffshire and show some stunning examples of our historical past in Banff and Macduff. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bphsmob.org.uk/


Thursday, September 29 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Bolts and Bodkins

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

Join castle archer Rusty Bodkins for an explanation of how the Scots used the medieval longbow and crossbow. Learn about different types of arrowheads and how arrow wounds were treated. Get dressed for battle and join the garrison! Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=f4e0b6b1-2455-4cda-b4fe-a4ed00db88d3


Thursday, September 29 2016, 12 pm - 2 pm

Gowan Hill, Stirling's Forgotten Jewel

Dr Murray Cook

Venue: Meet at Beheading stone

Stirling Council

Join Dr Murray Cook, Stirling Council’s Archaeologist in a tour of the hill: from prehistoric War Crimes to Executions and Jacobites to the Homes Guard. Duration 2 hours, wear appropriate clothes. Booking essential, contact Murray Cook [email protected]


Thursday, September 29 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm

Find Your Ain Folk Drop in Service

Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, September 29 2016, 2.30pm-4.00pm

Listed Buildings in Haddington

Emma Doyle

Venue: John Gray Centre

Friends of the John Gray Centre

Learn about listed buildings in Haddington and the rules behind listing them from specialist in the field Emma Doyle. Bring your questions to make the most of this unique opportunity to discover the architectural heritage of hour town. Followed by AGM


Thursday, September 29 2016, 3.30 pm - 5 pm

Introduction to Ancestry

Venue: Barrhead Foundry

East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection

Ancestry Library Edition is a must for anyone doing their family history and you can get access to this fabulous resource in your local East Renfrewshire library, without spending a penny. This informal session will help you master the basics and you'll soon be searching with ease through millions of world-wide records.
Free, book at the venue.


Thursday, September 29 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

Sir George Mackenzie and the Stuarts

Dr Clare Jackson (University of Cambridge)

Venue: TC Smout Lecture, Arts Lecture Theatre, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Thursday, September 29 2016, 6.30 pm - 8 pm

Collecting Scottish Silver

George Dalgleish

Venue: Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries, DG2 7SW

Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Galleries

A talk by George Dalgleish, recently retired Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology at National Museums Scotland Silver has played an important part in Scottish history from the time of the Romans onwards. It played a key role in establishing and communicating power and prestige. In more modern times it was seen as a display of wealth and good taste. This talk will look at silver made by Scottish craftsmen from the 16th century onwards and will be illustrated with examples from the Dumfries Museum collection.


Thursday, September 29 2016, 7.30 pm

The archaeology of the forest with particular reference to Aigas Forest

Dr Roland Spencer-Jones, NOSAS

Venue: Seaforth Lodge, Station Square, Fortrose, IV10 8SZ

Groam House Museum

Admission to all lectures will be £5 (Members/Students £2.50).


Thursday, September 29 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Martin Luther King - Interviews with his Assistants

Robert Hamilton

Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association


Friday, September 30 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Friday, September 30 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Friday, September 30 2016, 10:30am-1:00pm

Museum of Banff Open Days

Venue: Banff Library AB45 1AE

Banff Preservation and Heritage Society

Banff Museum was founded in 1828 as the museum of the Banff Institution and is the oldest museum in Scotland north of Perth. The Banff Institution was dissolved in 1875 and the collections passed to Banff Town Council. The present museum and library building were built in 1902. Banff Preservation and Heritage Society currently run the Museum in partnership with Aberdeenshire Museums Service. The Museum is on Banff High Street, in the same building as Banff Library. The postocde is AB45 1AE. The exhibits show a vast range of interesting artefacts from the Celtic period up to the modern day. They reflect life in Banffshire and show some stunning examples of our historical past in Banff and Macduff. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bphsmob.org.uk/


Friday, September 30 2016, 11 am - 4 pm

Kirnie Law - Prehistory and Industrial Past Talk

Erica Niven

Venue: Innerleithen Parish Church car park, Innerleithen EH44 6JF

Borders Heritage Festival

Join Scottish Borders Council Ranger, Erica Niven on a walk through prehistory and the industrial past. Walk past the Iron Age fort on Pirn Hill, visit incredible engineering at the reservoir on Kirnie Law, view the medieval and post-medieval archaeology above Walkerburn, and travel back to Innerleithen along the lazy Tweed. Bring packed lunch for this. 12km, 7.5 miles walk.


Friday, September 30 2016, 11:00am-12:30pm

Brodick Castle Secrets Tour

Venue: Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park

National Trust for Scotland

Come along to the castle and join the Secrets Tour. We will tell you a few things that the 'ordinary visitor' does not get to know, and let you see things that you would not usually see. A more in depth look at various castle tales, places and objects. Ticket price £8 Booking: For further information please call 01770 302202 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Brodick-Castle-Garden-and-Country-Park/Brodick-Castle-Secrets-Tour/


Friday, September 30 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Conservation in Action

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

National Trust for Scotland

Come and see Conservation in Action as we clean three 18th century paintings throughout August and September. Take a peek behind-the-scenes to see how paintings are cleaned at the historic tower. We'll conserve three paintings by Alloa-born 18th Century painter David Allan.
David Allan (13 February 1744 – 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre. Ticket price Ticket price is included in admission cost Booking: For further information please call 01259 211701 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Alloa-Tower/Conservation-in-Action/


Friday, September 30 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm

Close Encounters - Discover Dunbar: Summer Foot Tours

Venue: Sparkly Frog boutique, 92 High St, Dunbar

Dunbar Trades Association

The Dunbar Trades Association in conjunction with Local Historian Roy Pugh bring you FREE history tours of Dunbar, every friday afternoon throughout summer. This is a unique opportunity to find out more about the history of the town and ask any questions you have always wondered about.
Tours will start from outside the Sparkly Frog boutique, No 92 High Street, highlighting important historic buildings such as the Tolbooth or Town House. Some of the Closes will be explored – how they got their names and the history attaching to them. Each tour will begin at the Town House, then along the High Street towards Lauderdale House, another iconic historical building. Proceeding through Castle Wynd to Castle Street, other historic buildings encountered are John Muir’s first School and the Methodist Church. Crossing Victoria Street to the Outdoor Swimming Pool, a brief history of Dunbar Castle, the Battery and the two harbours will be given. Returning through the former parade ground of Castlepark Barracks, a potted history of Lauderdale House will follow. Returning to the High Street, the tour will proceed up to the Abbey Church, then crossing the road, further closes including the famous Bamburgh Close will be highlighted. The tour ends at the Crunchy Carrot, where Sergeant John Penn, survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War resided from about 1864 until his death in 1886.
Lasting between 45 minutes and one hour, tours will be conducted by Roy Pugh, local author and historian who has published a major history of Dunbar (Access to other titles by Roy may be found on website rjmpugh.co.uk. Roy is a native of Dunbar who spent most of his career in the civil service in the Secretary of State’s Scottish Office, St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh.)
BOOKING TOURS
Tours may be booked by contacting Sparkly Frog (telephone 01368 865531) or e-mail [email protected] or by showing up on the day of. Tours are available for one or more persons (maximum 10-12) Children and young persons must be accompanied by an adult. While the weekly tour will take place every Friday at 2pm, bookings may be arranged for other afternoons except Sundays provided 24 hours’ notice is given.


Friday, September 30 2016, 7 pm

Mesolithic Deeside

Caroline Wickham-Jones

Venue: Horsemill, Crathes Castle

Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service

Free


Saturday, October 1 2016, 1 pm

Discovering Mesolithic Crathes

Heather Sabnis

Venue: Horsemill, Crathes Castle

Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service

Free


Saturday, October 1 2016, 11 am

Scotland's Earliest Ceremonial Monument? Crathes 10,000 years ago

Shannon Fraser

Venue: Horsemill, Crathes Castle

Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service

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Saturday, October 1 2016, 11.00 am

Mediaeval Dundee Walking Tour

Iain Flett (Dundee City Archives)

Venue: Meet outside Henry’s Coffee House, 4 City Square

Abertay Historical Society


Saturday, October 1 2016, 3 pm

Discovering Mesolithic Crathes

Heather Sabnis

Venue: Horsemill, Crathes Castle

Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service

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Saturday, October 1 2016, 9.30 am

Tour of the buildings of Peter Womersley

Simon Green

Venue: AHSS, Rutland Square

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

Join Simon Green to explore some of the buildings designed by modernist architect Peter Womersley in the Scottish Borders, including those designed for textile designer Bernat Klein near Selkirk; Womersley's own home, The Rig, at Gattonside and work at Dingleton, Melrose
Full details of the visit are still being finalised; it is likely that a coach will depart from the AHSS's offices in Rutland Square at 9.30. Cost to be confirmed.
To register your interest, please contact the AHSS National Office.
Non-members very welcome


Saturday, October 1 2016, 9.30 am - 5.45 pm

‘A’m Grippit Dis Laand’: A Conference in Honour of Dr Doreen Waugh

Venue: University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD

Scottish Society for Northern Studies

£20 standard, £10 full-time students. Full programme can be found at http://ssns.org.uk/resources/Documents/WaughProgramme.pdf


Saturday, October 1 2016, All Day

Mesolithic Deeside

Venue: Horsemill, Crathes Castle, Banchory, AB31 5QJ

Cameron Archaeology Ltd

11am Shannon Fraser – talk - Crathes Castle Mesolithic pit alignment. 1pm and 3pm Heather Sabnis – talk - Discovering Mesolithic Crathes. ALL DAY – bring along flints and other stones for identification - flint sessions – handle flints from the Mesolithic Deeside sites and talk to archaeologists - events for children. Outdoor events by Brian Wilkinson 10am-4pm. FREE including free parking at Crathes Castle car parks


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R is for (Communion) Rolls

21/4/2016

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Communion is a sacrament recognised by most Christian denominations in remembrance of the Last Supper. In Scotland it was generally held twice a year. Parishioners were expected to attend, and repeated failure to do so could result in parishioners being removed from parish membership.

In preparation for the sacrament, the Kirk Session would distribute communion tokens to would-be communicants. Without these tokens, parishioners were unable to take part in communion. Sometimes records were kept of the distribution of these tokens, but more commonly records were kept of attendance at communion itself. These records are generally referred to as Communion Rolls.

Within the Church of Scotland, when people moved and sought to join the parish in their new place of residence, they generally had to produce a certificate (sometimes referred to as a testificate) from their home parish, confirming that they were communicants. To qualify for such certification, they had to have attended communion at least once in the previous three years.

At their simplest, communion rolls are just lists of parishioners who attended communion. The earliest surviving rolls are merely lists of names. The oldest we have found is from St Madoes in Perthshire and covers the period 1596 to 1611. We have not found many surviving Church of Scotland communion rolls before the nineteenth century (5 in the 17th century, 7 more before 1750 and only 25 before 1800).

​They really start to become more common – and more useful – around the middle of the nineteenth century. We have identified around 3000 nineteenth-century communion rolls from the Church of Scotland. By the mid-1800s they were sufficiently widespread that two separate church stationers were producing printed forms to simplify the job of clerks in recording communicants.
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Printed Communion Roll [Kinclaven Parish, Church of Scotland, Communion Roll 1880-1894, held privately]
By this time, communion rolls were also becoming more detailed. In addition to recording names, they regularly include occupations and addresses, and crucially information on admission to communion and disjunction.

There were several ways for an individual to be admitted to communion. They could be admitted as Young Communicants (sometimes referred to as Catechumens). This involved someone, usually the Minister or sometimes an Elder, testing their knowledge of scripture and religious doctrine, often after a series of lessons. The term Young Communicant may in some cases be somewhat misleading – in most cases, Young Communicants would be around 18 to 21, but we have found a few instances of individuals significantly older being admitted for the first time. Indeed some clerks recorded this form of admission as “First Time” or “By Examination”.

The other main form of admission is by certificate. On moving to a new parish, church members would present certificates from their previous parish indicating that they were in communion with the church and not subject to scandal for misbehaviour. Some communion rolls only record the fact that an individual was certified, but others record the date and – more usefully – the parish that issued the certificate. This can help identify where an individual came from.

Disjunction information can also be very useful. Sometimes clerks would simply record that an individual “Left” or was “Certified”. In some cases, the fact that an individual died was also recorded – in many cases the date or year of death is given. Disjunction information becomes much more useful when the clerk records the place the parishioner moved to. Usually it’s just a parish, but sometimes a full address is given, and other times the clerk will record that the individual emigrated. This can be very useful as sometimes it can be the only confirmation of the identity of a Scottish emigrant to for instance the United States.

The completeness of information varies from parish to parish – and over time within the same parish. Even so, communion rolls can prove very useful in tracking individuals.

An example is James Wilson, a farm servant. He was recorded with his wife Catherine Methven at Lochton in Abernyte, Perthshire. The communion roll notes that he had been admitted by certificate from Kilspindie in 1881. They were then certificated to Kinnaird in 1882, where they were found living at Kinnaird in the communion roll. They were then again certificated to Longforgan in 1883. The Longforgan communion roll describes James as a ploughman at The Mains and shows that the family were certificated onwards to Perth in 1885.

If you look at census records for this couple, they were at Nether Durdie in Kilspindie in 1881 with 9 children. The second youngest, Jemima, aged 2, was born at Longforgan and the youngest, David, just a month old, was born at Kilspindie. By 1891, James was a farmer at Old Gallows Road in Perth (where he’d moved in 1885). Any attempt to track this couple relying solely on census and birth records would have missed their short stay in Kinnaird. Without the communion roll, this sojourn would have likely been unidentifiable.

We are working on a project to extract and publish information from Communion Rolls. We have so far transcribed around 50 rolls from Perthshire. You can see an example of the sort of information contained in the communion roll for Kinclaven 1880-1894. (Note that this particular communion roll is held privately, and is not recorded in any archive catalogue.) You can also browse the communion rolls that we have transcribed so far here.
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KInclaven FAMILY TREE - BIRTHS DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

11/10/2013

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Richardson Robertson of Ballathie House Memorial in Kinclaven Parish Church
Quick update on our One-Place study - it took us just over 40 hours to find and fully transcribe, the Statutory register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages between 1855 and 1960 plus a further couple of days to fully transcribe the 1911 Census for Kinclaven and Stanley. 
We intend to publish the majority of these records in a searchable format very soon - anyone who has an ancestor or family history connections in Kinclaven or Stanley can request information here meantime free of charge.
The records contain detailed information that is not indexed online already and may help you to narrow down those frustrating searches on Scotland's People which turn up too many possible records - a recent case example included over 40 Margaret McKAYS born within a couple of years in one parish.  
Whilst we have a researcher onsite in the Scotland's People Centre in Edinburgh most days it would have been a costly exercise to find 'our' Margaret McKAY in amongst all of these online! Common names in Kinclaven, Perthshire include DUNCAN and GELLATLY.
The Kinclaven Statutory Registers and 1911 census are the first of the genealogy records that we have in full in our database but we also have been busy digitising and collecting many other records from Kinclaven parish which we shall publish shortly. If you are making a day visit or planning a stay at one of the excellent hotels, B&Bs or self catering establishments to carry out ancestral research in the area contact us with your enquiry. One of our next goals will be to use the records to draw up a parish family tree! When we establish the best way to do this Old Scottish will be able to repeat the process for other parishes. If you have a parish you would like us to examine let us know. Follow us on facebook or twitter to stay up to date with our latest resources (opens new window).
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Town Mouse OR COUNTRY COUSIN? KAIL OR COFFEE?

3/10/2013

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Happy National Poetry Day! 
Perceptions of life in the Perthshire Parish of Kinclaven around 1725. A poem which was penned to Mrs Fisher the wife of Rev. James Fisher by her cousin Margaret Erskine, Dunfermline. It was published by Dr. John Brown in his narrative on the life of Rev Fisher.
Coffee or Kail? Not sure if we'd cope here with that - though we love making Kail crisps and Kail is of course the new Broccoli!

Dear Cousin, this may let you know

That I am well and wish you so.

Glad should I be, could I hear tell

By word or writ, that you are well:

For now you’re gone so far away,

A-fishing up the River Tay,

I know not if it be the Highlands,

Or north among the Pearl Islands;

Be where it will, by land or sea,

You’re in a manner dead to me.

For many long months in the year

No single word from you I hear,

By common post, nor common chance,

No more than if you were in France.

Nay, we have here, who dwell at Forth,

So little converse with the North,

Perhaps it would not be in vain

For me to wish you were in Spain,

That I might hear when climates alter,

As oft from you as from Gibraltar.

But now, when we’re so far asunder,

I think it needs be no great wonder,

Though I in writing at this time,

Would fain cheer up myself with rhyme;

While grieved to think I am bereft "

Of you, dear Coz, e’er since you left

The good old loch and water Leven,

For these wild moors about Kinclaven.

I also thought some merry chat

When you re in such a place as that,

To speak of it without aspersion.

Would meet your need of some diversion.

Pray, do not think that I am rude,

I would not be misunderstood;

I speak in case of your dejection,

And don t intend to cast reflection;

The thing at present in my view,

Is to divert myself and you;

To which I am the more inclined,

While thinking you are now confined

Unto a spot that wants the vogue

Of old Dunfermline or Portmoak.

If herein I mistake, I beg

Excuse your little cousin Meg.

And I’ll take care, the next I send you,

If I hear tell that this offend you.

I do not think your soil is such

That I need pity you too much,

For as I hear by common clatter

You want for neither wood nor water;

You have, they say, a goodly manse,

And that upon a pleasant stance;

You have a river at your hand,

A Fisher also at command;

You want not peats, as I am told,

To warm your feet in winter cold.

Only I hear you re scarce of coals,

And burn your peats among your soles.

Well, since you would needs be a wife,

So far without the bounds of Fife,

And trace the Fisher’s hook when harling

Your feet so far from warm Dunfermline,

Tis well bestowed upon you now,

That you want coals and chimneys too,

And burn your toes with Norland commons,

Because you left the lofty Lomonds.

But yet I hear you are riot scant

Of other things that here we want.

Although you have not gentle lairds.

Nor good stone-dyke about your yards,

Nor deep coal pits, nor good stone quarries,

Nor other Southland necessaries;

Yet you have many things, I hear,
Instead of our South country gear;

Instead of stone dykes, you have fail;

Instead of coffee, you have kail;

Instead of spring-wells, yon have floods;

Instead of orchards, you have woods;

Instead of pastry, you have plants;

Instead of music, Highland rants;

Instead of pinners, you have plaids;

Instead of coaches, you have sleds;

Instead of gentles, you have jockeys;

Instead of ladies, you have luckies;

Instead of meadows, you have moors;

Instead of chimneys, you have floors;

Instead of houses, you have huts;

Instead of apples, you have nuts.

Which brings your promise to my mind,

And makes me think you are not kind;

You said, (but now I find you re slack,)

That you would send me nuts to crack;

Mind then, or else I’ll say in anger,

That out of sight and out of languor

Twas your neglect, for which I m sorry,

Made this digression to my story.

But to return, without more fash

I’ll tell you what they farther clash ;

I am informed by country chat,

Instead of this thing, you have that;

Old ruined walls instead of castles;

And huts instead of Dinnibirsels,

Brown heather cowes instead of clavers;

And bonnets blue instead of beavers;

Well-toasted snuff instead of musk;

Plain dress instead of gentle busk;

In many things you thus excel

The people in the South that dwell.

The busk among your country lasses,

By far our gaudy garb surpasses.

Perhaps in practice I may err,

Yet in my judgment I prefer

Your good blue laces, hoods and loops,

To filthy flaring girds and hoops.

But over and above all this,

You have rare things that here we miss.

Your water doth afford you pearls

Such as are worn by Dukes and Earls;

And having store of pearl-fish,

You do not want the richest dish.

Yet without jesting, to be grave,

You want for nothing that you have.

But while I mention all the rest,

I had almost forgot the best;

For you have also something else

That’s rarer yet, as rumour tells

Hard by your kirks your woods have bells,

To conjure fairies down like spells;

For if I trust what people say,

The Pope of Rome did once a- day

Such bells with holy water sprinkle,

To banish bogles with a tinkle;

As good as beads and Ave-Maries,

To fright and drive away the fairies.

I hear the bell by you possess d

Was consecrated with the rest.

You therefore, having such a thing,

What have you more ado but ring,

Then off scours every hurtful elf,

That you may safe enjoy yourself.

Dear Cousin, it may well content you,

If all the word be true I’ve sent you.

But lest my lines your patience weary,

Which hope to find or make you cheery,

I send my love to Mr. Fisher,

And rest your hearty welfare wisher."
Mrs Fisher was the wife of the Rev. James Fisher who was the minister at Kinclaven Church from 1725 and seceeded as one of 'The four Brethren' from the Church of Scotland. He established The Kirk O' Muir and took most of the Kinclaven Church congregation with him. The poem addressed to Mrs Fisher was written by her cousin Mary Erskine and appended by Dr. John Brown in his biography of Fisher "Memorials of the Rev. James Fisher ... in a narrative of his life ... and a selection from his writings'' In: Young (1849)
Memorials of Alexander Moncrieff, M.A., and James Fisher, fathers of the United Presbyterian Church.
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Kinclaven one-place study

7/9/2013

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We started uploading the introductory information for our new one-place study for Kinclaven today. This category in our blog will hopefully keep everyone updated on the genealogy, family history and local history resources that we are adding. Subscribe to our blog feed to remain updated on the Kinclaven project.
You will find all the introductory information and links to the resources here on our website.We have no ancestral connection with the parish but it is a place, dear to our hearts: where we have lived,worked and been involved with the community and church congregation over the last few decades.   
Encouraged by the newly launched Society for One Place Studies we decided to bring what we have discovered about Kinclaven to you and share our resources. We hope that by spending time discovering and publishing all the local valuable resources we can find for one parish in Scotland Old Scottish will contribute information helpful to many researchers across the globe.
The above image is of a panel from a stained glass memorial window on the East Wall of Kinclaven Parish Church. The window is dedicated toHope ROBERTSON, farmer at Innernyte, Kincalven and Catherine MACLEISH his wife, it depicts the farming year and 'the sower'. The first seeds of the Kinclaven One-Place study are sown and we hope that you will enjoy watching them grow and benefit from the 'crop' of resources to come. 


 



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