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
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
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
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
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
Wednesday, October 12 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm
Make a Pictish/Roman brooch
Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
£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
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
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
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
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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