History talks 18-24 January

12/1/2016

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 18 - 24 January 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, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Transports of Delight

Colin Mackay

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society

Monday, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Coffee House Cures

Dave Harvie

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society

Monday, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Balerno over the last 200 years

Ronnie Dixon and Val Wilson CDLHS

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

Currie & District Local History Society

Ronnie and Val cover Balerno’s history and development from a small rural village to the dormitory suburb of today. From stagecoaches and grave robbers on the Lanark Road to the nose to tail traffic of today. From enclosures of land and depopulation away from agriculture, to the growth of the paper mills and their eventual decline and demise. The history of the "workaday village" that grew.

Monday, January 18 2016, 7-9 pm

Kirk Session and Other Records

Bruce Bishop

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

Monday, January 18 2016, 8 pm

The Portraits of Bonny Prince Charlie

Dr Bendor Grosvenor, Iconographie, Edinburgh

Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE

Colinton Local History Society

Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm

The Cheapside Hoard

Alan Hodgkinson

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

West Kilbride Civic Society

The mystery of the hoard is one which explores the background of how this extraordinary and large collection of Elizabethan jewellery came to be buried in the 17th Century, and found three centuries later when Cheapside was redeveloped. The area has a long history of the jewellery and allied trades, with The Goldsmiths’ Hall at its centre, (the original burned down in the Fire of London). The latter might even answer the mystery.

Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Mills of the Water of Leith

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society

Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster

Robin Nelson

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Social Evening

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone