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