Saturday, June 11 2016

WW1 Naval Records

Ken Nisbet

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

Scottish Genealogy Society

Monday, June 13 2016, 7.30 pm

Henrietta Taylor

Maggie Craig

Venue: Huntly Library, The Square, Huntly, AB54 8BR

Aberdeenshire Libraries

Maggie will talk about a remarkable local woman from the Duff family, Henrietta Tayler, who served as a nurse in WW1 and who was an eminent scholar, publishing many books on a subject close to Maggie’s heart – the Jacobites and Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Maggie has uncovered lots of interesting facts and stories about Henrietta and we are guaranteed an entertaining evening.

Tuesday, June 14 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, June 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Snippets of Researching my Family History

Fife FHS members

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

Fife Family History Society

Preceded by AGM

Wednesday, June 15 2016, 2 pm

The Picts

Norman Atkinson OBE

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

Monifieth Local History Society

Entry to talks followed by afternoon tea £4

Thursday, June 16 2016

Scotland and the Flemish People - Conference

Venue: University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews

16-17 June 2016. http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Thursday, June 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Open Night

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society

A selection of the Society’s new archives on display

Monday, February 8 2016, 7 pm

The History of the Victoria Cross

Alex Hall, Glengarnock

Venue: Newton Lounge

Cumbrae Historical Society

Monday, February 8 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

BBC Scotland: Early Years and the Edinburgh Connection

Mike Shaw

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society

Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Midlothian Castles Then and Now and Peebles Town History

Andrew Stewart

Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith

Dalkeith History Society

Monday, February 8 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)

Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

National Trust of Scotland Archives

Ian Riches, NTS Archivist

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

Currie & District Local History Society

As we wander and delight in the gardens, the properties and the landscape who knows what else is held? Ian Richies, NTS Archivist, leads us on a visual trip into the vast archives of the NTS.

Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

TBA

George Haggarty

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

Scottish Pottery Society

Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Uncovering a Medieval Transport Hub: Cambuskenneth and its lost causeway and harbour

Dr Murray Cook

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

Speaker is Archaeologist, Stirling & Clackmannanshire Councils

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 2.00 pm

St. Athernase Church & Scottish Churches Trust

Roma Roy

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 2.00 pm

Genealogy of Fishermen

Iain Murray

Venue: Fife Fisheries Museum, Anstruther

Fife Family History Society

Speaker from Fife Fisheries Museum

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 6 pm

Focus on Built Heritage for Communities: Scotland’s canal buildings, Scotland's Sporting Buildings

Nick Haynes

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

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

The origin of the Picts? Excavations at Dunnicaer sea stack

Dr Gordon Noble

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

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Dr Gordon Noble, University of Aberdeen, will present this lecture at the Regent Building Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen, hosted by the Aberdeen and North East Section of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

One Small Step for Amphibians, but a Giant Leap for Life on Earth

Dr Nick Fraser

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

The evolution of vertebrates from water to land some 350 million years ago is a major step in the history of life on earth. Until recently, there was a worldwide gap in the fossil record but discoveries in the Borders have filled this gap. Dr. Fraser, Keeper of Natural Sciences at the National Museum of Scotland, will explain the significance of these finds and how they provide a fascinating insight into the development of land-living vertebrates.

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

The Sixth Earl of Mar

Murray Dickie, local historian

Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy

Dollar History Society

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Birdie Bowers of Scott's Antarctic Expedition

Drew McKenzie

Venue: Largs Library Community Room

Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society

Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Dugald Semple (1884-1964): The Hermit of Linwood Moss and the Idea of Life Reform in the Early 20th Century

Steven Sutcliffe

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society

Wednesday, February 10 2016

Travellers in East Lothian

Jess Smith , author and traditional storyteller

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

Coastal Communities Museum

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Sir Edward Elgar’s Life and Work

Paul Bassett

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 2.15 pm

Dundee Afternoon Lecture: ‘Independent and Individualist’ – Art in Dundee 1867-1924

Venue: D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Little Ross Lighthouse: How it came to be built

David Collin

Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN

Kirkcudbright History Society

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Someone to Watch Over Me: Kirk and Community

Margaret Fox

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Kolkota, Scots Cemetery

Ian Stein

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

Central Scotland Family History Society

Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Arthurian links with Dumbarton, the Rock and the local area

Hugh McArthur

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

Lennox Heritage Society

There is tantalising evidence of King Arthur across Scotland, even at Dumbarton Rock. Hugh has studied the subject for many years and has published his findings.

Thursday, February 11 2016

Members' Night

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

Thursday, February 11 2016, 4.00pm-6.00pm

The Journey to the District Asylum: Royal Asylums, Private Madhouses, and Stirling District Asylum

Dr Iain Hutchison, University of Glasgow

Venue: A96, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling

University of Stirling

The surviving records of Stirling District Asylum, opened in 1869, and known locally as Bellsdyke, were recently deposited with the University of Stirling's archive collection where they have been cleaned, repaired and catalogued in readiness for their use as a valuable research resource. Institutional confinement of people with mental troubles prior to the opening of Bellsdyke and other district asylums was made by "the Royals" - a network of seven asylums that catered for both pauper and private (i.e. fee-paying) patients - in accommodation that befitted their social stations and economic circumstances. The modest fees for lowly paupers were nonetheless too high and "extravagant" in the eyes of some parochial boards administering the Poor Law and this enabled privately-run "madhouses" to offer an alternative. This structure of dual provision began to change following probing investigations in 1855 and the implementation of the Lunacy (Scotland) Act in 1857. The Act resulted in the gradually construction of district asylums, such as Bellsdyke, for pauper lunatics - a development that was to see the Royals direct attention solely towards private patients, and the closure of private madhouses. This paper will trace the roles of the Royals, private madhouses, and district asylums in nineteenth-century Scotland. It will endeavour to gauge inmate experience, with particular reference to Stirling's Bellsdyke Asylum. Iain Hutchison is Research Associate in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. He is on the Board of the worldwide Disability History Association and, more locally, he is a member of the board of trustees of Disability History Scotland. He is reviews editor for H-Disability. He has recently been working on the history of Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, funded by Wellcome and other bodies; and on the Leverhulme-funded "Matrons to Microbes" project where he has been investigating the history of infection control at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. However, he is primarily an historian of disability and most recently was the research historian for the HLF-funded "Seeing Our History" project for RNIB Scotland. This event is free and is open to staff, students and members of the public.

Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Raised from the Ashes - the Levenhall Story

Nick Aitken, ranger, East Lothian Council

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

Musselburgh Conservation Society

Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Forth Estuary Forum

Christopher Cutts

Venue: Queens Hall, Charlestown, KY11 3EG

Gellet Society

The North Queensferry Heritage Trust is a long established group that has been dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and beauty of North Queensferry and the immediate surroundings. It aims to encourage, preserve, develop and improve features of historic, architectural or environmental value. Their role in the future development of the town’s tourist industry is vital. The Trust was originally constituted on 4th May 1988 as a charity, registered in Scotland and is a member of Scottish Civic Trust, Scottish wildlife Trust and the Forth Estuary Forum. James Lawson is Chairman of the trust and will be telling you all about the recent attractions and activities that the Trust have actively been involved with.

Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Your Local Archive

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

The Archive Team will be launching the Cromar History Group archive web-site which will give public access to all the material categorised to date. Full of fascinating items – pictures, postcards and artefacts – come and see what we hold and how you can access details and photos of the material in the archive.

Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Waterloo Uncovered: The archaeology of Europe’s most famous battle

Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow)

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

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Speaker is Director, Centre of Battlefield Archaeology, University of Glasgow

Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

History of Lanark Visitors Centre

Ainsley Gough

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society