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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. 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. 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 Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm Alcohol and the Liver: Imagery & Indulgence Dr Stefan Slater Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall 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 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) 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 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 Wednesday, January 27 2016, 7.30 pm More Round and About in the Borders John Rogerson Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm Rocks and Fossils Dr John Faithfull Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association 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 Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm Treasures of the Smith Elspeth King Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery Stirling Local History Society Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm East Lothian: a wartime backwater? David Haire Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society 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. 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. 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 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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