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History talks and events 10 - 16 October 2016

4/10/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 10 - 16 October 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, October 10 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

Make a Roundhouse

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Family events with our Education/Outreach Worker: Drop in (not drop off!). Free, donations welcome. Booking not required. Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Monday, October 10 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Pipers in World War I

Alister Mcewen

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society

Non-members, £2.00.


Monday, October 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Open Evening

Venue: Luncarty Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society


Tuesday, October 11 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, October 11 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Sir William Topaz McGonagall – The World's Worst Poet and his Rhyming Opinion of Montrose

Steve Nicoll

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

Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society

£3 for non-members


Tuesday, October 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Records in the Special Collection of St Andrews University

Maia Sheridan

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

Fife Family History Society


Tuesday, October 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Bombs Over Britain: WWII and the NE of Scotland

Barry Robertson

Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon

Ellon and District Heritage Society

Entrance £3


Tuesday, October 11 2016, 7.30 pm

My Ancestors got into Trouble: Court, Kirk Sessions and Scandal

June Wiggins

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

North Ayrshire Family History Society


Tuesday, October 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

The Forth and Clyde Canal: Past, Present and Future

Tommy Lawton

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

Make a Pictish/Roman brooch

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Family events with our Education/Outreach Worker: Drop in (not drop off!). Free, donations welcome. Booking not required. Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

The Assassination Of President Kennedy

Roy Johnstone

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 4 pm

Scottish Iron Age iron production and use, c800 BC to AD 800

Gemma Cruickshanks, NMS

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 6.30 pm

Henry Taylor Wyse (1870-1951): Teacher, Artist, Craftsman

Elizabeth Cumming & Heather Jack

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.00 pm

Edinburgh from the air: historical insights

Lesley Ferguson of Historic Environment Scotland

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, October 12 2016, 7.30 pm

How to trace your family history

Members of the Society

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

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow School of Art Fire Restoration

Gordon Ewart

Venue: 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.30 pm

My Time with Enigma

Mrs Mary Sherrard

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.30 pm

Sea Lights: The Story of Scottish Lighthouses

Joy Blair

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

Lennox Heritage Society

Scotland has a very dramatic coastline. However this also makes it very treacherous and lighthouses have played an important role throughout its maritime history.


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.30 pm

A Third Balkan War, The First World War in Eastern Europe

Dr David Kaufmann, Edinburgh University

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

Coastal Communities Museum

Organised by the Friends of the Coastal Communities Museum the current annual charge for membership is £10 for an individual or £18 per couple, which includes these Talks. Visitors are more than welcome to attend for a nominal entrance charge of £2 per person.
if you would like to find out more about the Talks or proceed to become a Friend of the museum, please contact, Ian Goodall, our Trustee who looks after the Friends administration: Tel: 01620 894313, e-mail: ig@goodall.net


Wednesday, October 12 2016, 7.45 pm

The Covenanters

Dr Oliver Thomson

Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock

Inverclyde Historical Society


Thursday, October 13 2016

Paisley Abbey

Bob Will, Guard Archaeology

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, October 13 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

The people readily obeyed the minister”: Life and worship in a covenanting town, 1638-1660

Dr Michelle Brock (Washington and Lee University)

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

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Thursday, October 13 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm

Dreaded and Detested? The Dalrymple family and the law of Scotland

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, October 13 2016, 7 pm

TBC

Margaret Fox

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

Lanarkshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm

Those Damnified Teas from Gottenburgh: Smuggling in Berwickshire and East Lothian c1750-1790

Derek Janes

Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

The government imposed taxes on tea gave rise to widespread smuggling in the 18th century


Thursday, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm

Vikings in Lowland Scotland – it’s all change

Colleen Batey, University of Glasgow

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, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm

The Lighthouses of the Forth - the Stevenson Connection

Dave Berry

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

Musselburgh Conservation Society


Thursday, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm

Orcadians at the Battle of the Somme

Brian Budge

Venue: St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall

Orkney Family History Society


Thursday, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

The Nobel Prize and Kilmarnock Academy

Neil Dickson

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 13 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Son of Mars - Trips to Elie

Gordon Douglas

Venue: Elie Church Hall

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

A talk by Gordon Douglas about his trips to Elie whilst a son of Mars during his youth. For 60 years, the Mars Training Ship lay anchored on the River Tay at Dundee and it became a famous local landmark. The boys from Mars visited Elie every year on annual camp. All welcome (non-members £3).


Friday, October 14 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

Make an armorial seal

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Family events with our Education/Outreach Worker: Drop in (not drop off!). Free, donations welcome. Booking not required. Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Friday, October 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Rosebank Pottery, Portobello

Robin Jones

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

Scottish Pottery Society


Saturday, October 15 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Pre-1841 Population lists

Bruce Bishop

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

Scottish Genealogy Society

Bruce Bishop has expanded and updated his previous talks on this subject and will show where to find them and what they contain.


Saturday, October 15 2016, 2.00 pm

The Office of The Lord Lyon

Dr J Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, October 15 2016, 2.15 pm

Tongland Abbey

Dr David Devereaux

Venue: Gordon Memorial Hall, Castle Douglas

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

David Devereux (formerly Curator of the Kirkcudbright Museum) will give a talk in October entitled: ‘A tale of two Tongland ruins.’ He will give an account of recent archaeological and historical research on Tongland Abbey (founded 1218) and the Tongland Fish House (probably built c .1825). The Abbey also operated a fishery at the Doachs of Tongland, so the exploitation of this important local economic resource might be seen as a common link between the two sites, despite the time gap.
Refreshments will be available.
Cost: £5


Saturday, October 15 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm

Alexander Ogg 1811-65

Douglas Lockhart

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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Honor Upholstery Cleaning link
5/11/2016 11:11:48 am

Good to know that you can post an event here. I am interested to join and learn from one of your talks. God bless.

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