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History talks and events 7 - 13 November 2016

1/11/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 7 - 13 November 2016

Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

Monday, November 7 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The Pentland Way – A Walk with History

John Stirling and Bob Paterson

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society

Non-members, £2.00.


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

Galston Memories

Elijah Beattie

Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton

Stewarton and District Historical Society

Mr Beattie shares his childhood memories of the town and may tell us about Brunawn and Galston Handball. Members £1 Non-members £2.


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

The Key to the Punjab - the Great Sikh Fortress of Govindgarh, Amritsar

Tom Addyman

Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie

Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society

Tom Addyman is an archaeology expert and involved in a major project to preserve a “Unique Indian Fortress” adjacent to the major city of Amritsar – famed for its golden temple. £4 for non-members


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

Through the Lens Dating Photos Through Costume

Valerie Reilly

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 10.15 - 11.45 am

U3A Family History Group

Venue: Turriff Library, Grange Villa, The Square, Turriff, AB43 5AE

Aberdeenshire Libraries

For further details, please contact Turriff Library.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 2.30 pm - 4 pm

Introduction to Ancestry

Venue: Mearns Library

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.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Plastics and Poo – Threats to Scottish Wildlife

Matt Barnes, Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager Scotland, Marine Conservation Society

Venue: Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose DD10 8HE

Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society

£3 for non-members


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Tarves Tales Through Time: 6 Owners, 5 Centuries

Lindsay Mathewson

Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon

Ellon and District Heritage Society

Entrance £3


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

On the Road: the artefact assemblage from Charlie Hoy’s Cramond excavations 1970-1986

Dawn McLaren

Venue: 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

The Archaeology of Jutland

Dr Innes McCartney

Venue: Orkney College

Orkney Archaeology Society

Dr. Innes McCartney will give an exciting and informative lecture on the Battle of Jutland on Tuesday 8th November at 7.30pm in the lecture theatre of Orkney College.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Fife Pilgrim Way

Sarah Kettles

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

Fife Family History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Hair Styles: Male and Female throughout the Ages

E D Bremner

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

North Ayrshire Family History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Scotland v Italy: an early battle on home ground?

Dr John Reid

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

Four miles south-east of Lockerbie lies Burnswark Hill in Dumfriesshire, rising to nearly 1,000 feet from the surrounding countryside. It is one of the most prominent landmarks of the Solway basin. On the tabletop summit the remains of a 17-acre Roman hillfort have been uncovered. Their configuration is unique in Britain, and attempts to understand their significance have provoked considerable controversy for over half a century, with the purpose of these complex earthworks confounding archaeologists.
Excavations at Burnswark have revealed a greater number and variety of Roman missiles than anywhere else in Britain, while recent investigations and new techniques suggest this could be the site of one of the earliest conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Caledonians. John will bring us up-to-date with the results of the latest research.
Dr John Reid is Chairman of The Trimontium Trust, Melrose, which runs a series of activities for members and the general public including lectures, outings and other activities.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Engine of Destruction: The 51st (Highland Division) in the Great War

Colin Campbell

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

The Harry Lauder Story

Ian Tennent

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 4 pm

Local Politics and the Adoption of Empire in the Gobi Region

Joshua Wright

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 6.30 pm

Dundee in the Great War: three short talks

Linda Nicoll (Friends of Dundee City Archives), David Wilkinson & Matthew Jarron (University of Dundee)

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.00 pm

The Templelands of Edinburgh

Norah Carlin

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club

Lectures are free to members and open to non-members paying a small fee (currently £5.00).


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

The 1884 Reform Agitation in East Lothian

Mark Nixon

Venue: Gullane Village Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

Pressure for voting reform turned violent in Haddington in 1884


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Aberdeen and North East Resources

Buzzy Garden

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

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Auxiliary Units - Churchill's Secret Army

David Blair

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club

Joint meeting with Selkirk Antiquarians


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Habbie to Jeely Eater

Ian Miller

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

Lennox Heritage Society

“A man of the cloth. An entertainer. A man who welcomed all denominations, anytime. A man who has married, christened and buried the great the good and the lowly with equal gravitas and humanity”. (Paul Murdoch). This is his life-story and the title of his book.


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.45 pm

Keir Hardie

Stanley Sarsfield

Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock

Inverclyde Historical Society


Thursday, November 10 2016

Scotland’s Early Silver

Alice Blackwell, Glenmorangie Research Fellow, National Museum of Scotland

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

The Scottish Disruption and the politics of colonial Auckland

Dr Valerie Wallace (Victoria University of Wellington)

Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Thursday, November 10 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm

Two Syllables Only: Feuds and frictions within the Scottish Enlightenment

Mark McLean, learning officer, Newhailes

Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY

Newhailes House

£8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online


Thursday, November 10 2016, 6.30 pm

Rich Folk Poor Folk - Life in Victorian Cumnock

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

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7 pm

Glasgow Cinemas

Tom Marchant

Venue: GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, MOTHERWELL. ML1 1BN

Lanarkshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Scottish Education in the 19th Century

Janet Byth

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Janet Byth will tell us about her researches into 180 years of a single Scottish School at Fintry and the changes that took place over time.


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Paisley Abbey Digs – the story so far

Bob Will, Senior Project Manager, GUARD Archaeology

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

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Renfrewshire Local History Forum Lectures are open to non-members with no admission charge but a small donation would be appreciated.


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Edinburgh and Musselburgh Trams

Gavin Booth

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

Musselburgh Conservation Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

The Last Miners of Ayrshire's Doon Valley

Donald Reid

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Friday, November 11 2016, 2 pm - 3.30 pm

‘Something Sensible for a Change’ : The National Register of Archives for Scotland, 1946-2016

Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of NRAS)

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of the NRAS) outlines the history of the NRAS and what it does to help owners and users of archives today. Bring along your own documents for an opportunity after her talk to find out more about them and get advice on their care and preservation. (New Register House)


Friday, November 11 2016, 2.00pm-3.30pm

Smuggling in East Lothian and Berwickshire c1740-1790

Derek Janes

Venue: John Gray Centre

Friends of the John Gray Centre

Take pleasure in listening to some incredible stories about smuggling in the area, ask daring questions and marvel at the hair-raising details intertwined with important facts and additional information.


Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Scratching the surface and digging deeper: an on-going journey through art and archaeology

Margaret Struckmeier, Potter and Archaeologist

Venue: German Speaking Church, Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 1TW

Scottish Pottery Society


Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

You're Wanted, Lads: Frontline Voices from WWI

Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh

School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh

The impact & experience of the war to end wars, from those who were there. Hear from the testimonies of ordinary soldiers from Perthshire & Aberdeenshire, collected over many painstaking years by Jock Duncan in Jock's Jock, a one act play featuring Scott Gardiner, Chris Wright, Charlie West and Gary West. Also experience the poems & tunes of Seaforth Highlander E. Alan Mackintosh, with biographer Colin Campbell plus Neil MacLure and Linn Phipps. A special marking of Armistice Day for the Carrying Stream Festival, in association with Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies Archive. Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) from http://www.carryingstreamfestival.co.uk/


Saturday, November 12 2016

Our Urban Heritage: Natural and Cultural

Venue: Stirling University

Forth Naturalist and Historian


Saturday, November 12 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

WWI

Ken Nisbet

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

Scottish Genealogy Society

Ken Nisbet, our resident expert on all things military, will take this class. Ken will show what resources are available both online and offline to begin and to further your research. This will course will focus more on Army records than previously.


Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Moray Burial Ground Research Group

Keith and Helen Mitchell, MBGRG

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

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Medals and how to research them

Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS

Aberdeen and North East Scotland 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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