History talks 25-31 January 2016

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 25 - 31 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.

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Monday, January 25 2016, 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

Plague!

Dr Anette Hagan

Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Join Dr Anette Hagan on a curator led tour of “Plague!” The new exhibition at the National Library of Scotland showcases eight contagious diseases that have ravaged Scotland over the last 700 years, and relates the cultural and social history of responses to such epidemics. It highlights government and public health measures, personal accounts in diaries and letters, moral and practical reactions by church people, responses in folk medicine and literature, and through medical investigation. For Fellows only. Free but ticketed. Booking essential as places are strictly limited.

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Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm

Family History at the Mitchell

Dr Irene O'Brien

Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN

Torrance Heritage and History Group

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Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm

Alcohol and the Liver: Imagery & Indulgence

Dr Stefan Slater

Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall

Cramond Heritage Trust

Dr Stefan Slater tells the story of alcohol and the liver in prose, poetry and art, and describes world differences in the amount we drink and in our tolerance to it

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Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm

Local and family history resources in the A K Bell Library

Colin Proudfoot

Venue: Stanley Village Hall

West Stormont Historical Society

Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)

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Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Birds of the Upper River Forth

Professor David Bryant

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

Speaker is Professor of Conservation Biology, Exeter University

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Wednesday, January 27 2016, 7.30 pm

Culloden Estate: a local history case study from the 18th century to the Great War

Norman Newton

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society

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Wednesday, January 27 2016, 7.30 pm

More Round and About in the Borders

John Rogerson

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club

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Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Rocks and Fossils

Dr John Faithfull

Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association

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Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Life in Prehistoric Ayrshire, 4000-2000 BC

Alison Sheridan, National Museums of Scotland

Venue: Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

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Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm

Treasures of the Smith

Elspeth King

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery

Stirling Local History Society

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Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm

East Lothian: a wartime backwater?

David Haire

Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

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Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.45 pm

War Secrets - from incontinent seagulls to luminous sea-lions!

Dave Harvie

Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP

Drymen & District Local History Society

Dave Harvie’s talk is on the aftermath of the sinking of RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915, when a desperate Admiralty devised some bizarre, top secret plans.

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Friday, January 29 2016

Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices

Venue: New College, University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices is taking place on Friday 29 January to Sunday 31 January 2016 at New College, University of Edinburgh. 29 January - 31 January. This is the third in a series of conferences that aims to accelerate interest and research into Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity. Papers are invited to explore this subject within any period from the medieval into the modern day from any disciplinary perspective. Established research and work-in-progress welcomed.

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Saturday, January 30 2016, 2.00 pm

AGM

Venue: Potting Shed Coffee Shop, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, 1 West Road, Forres, IV36 2GW

Moray & Nairn Family History Society

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Saturday, January 30 2016, 2.00 pm

Pitfalls of registering heraldic style trademarks

Campbell Newell

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland

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