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, April 11 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Celts: art and identity
Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland
Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The idea of Celts is a potent, popular and enormously varied one, applied to many different types of evidence in different contexts. Coinciding with a major exhibition on Celts at the National Museum of Scotland, this talk will consider the many different things which get called Celtic art. It will consider what these different “Celtic arts” say about connections and differences across Europe, and consider the role of decoration in making powerful objects and creating powerful ideas.
Monday, April 11 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm
The National Library of Scotland: a Treasure Trove
Veronica Denholm and Jennifer Giles
Venue: Royal British Legion Social Club, 33 Rodney Street, Edinburgh
Monday, April 11 2016, 7.30 pm
The Land Girls
Ruth Boreham
Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith
Monday, April 11 2016, 7.30 pm
AGM and Members' Night
Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie
Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
Monday, April 11 2016, 7.30 pm
Open Evening
Venue: Luncarty Church Centre
West Stormont Historical Society
Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm
Medieval Pestilence, Plague and Climate Change
Prof Richard Oram, Stirling University
Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm
His Own Family Tree
Iain Abernethy
Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William
Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm
Wemyss School of Needlework
Fiona Wemyss
Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm
Edith Cavell
Barbara Graham
Venue: Largs Library Community Room
Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Celts: art and identity
Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland
Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The idea of Celts is a potent, popular and enormously varied one, applied to many different types of evidence in different contexts. Coinciding with a major exhibition on Celts at the National Museum of Scotland, this talk will consider the many different things which get called Celtic art. It will consider what these different “Celtic arts” say about connections and differences across Europe, and consider the role of decoration in making powerful objects and creating powerful ideas.
Tuesday, April 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
Birdie Bowers
Drew McKenzie
Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone
Wednesday, April 13 2016, 6.30 pm
The Mason's Mark Project
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Wednesday, April 13 2016, 7.30 pm
The Skylark IX Recovery Trust
Anne Dyer
Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ
Preceded by AGM. The Trust was formed in 2013 and is named for the historic little ship Skylark IX which rescued over 600 men from the beaches of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo in WWII.
Wednesday, April 13 2016, 7.30 pm
GRO and minor records
Ian Ferguson
Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling
Central Scotland Family History Society
Thursday, April 14 2016
Early days of Discovery of Tourism in Scotland
Alastair Durie
Elie & Earlsferry History Society
Alastair Durie talks on the start of the Discovery of Scotland as a tourist destination
Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm
Renfrewshire Surveyors and Estate Plans in the 18th Century
John Moore
Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley
Renfrewshire Local History Forum
Speaker is subject librarian at the University of Glasgow
Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm
Social Evening
Venue: Loudoun Hall, Ayr
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
With four short talks by members of the AANHS
Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm
The Churches of Musselburgh
Alison Butler
Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh
Musselburgh Conservation Society
Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm
Field Marshal Haig, a Personal View
Hon Philip Astor
Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland
Field Marshall Douglas Haig, Ist. Earl Haig, has become one of the most controversial figures of the First World War, his leadership both heavily criticised but also defended by historians. The Honourable Philip Astor will present a personal perspective of his grandfather and his role in the First World War.
Thursday, April 14 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Flora Macdonald
Barbara Graham
Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire Family History Society
Friday, April 15 2016, 7.30 pm
Branch Lines of Strathearn - Tourists, Tatties, and Trains
John Young, Railway Historian and Author
Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder
Auchterarder and District Local History Association
Saturday, April 16 2016, 1.45 pm
Researching Your Military Relatives covering the 18th Century to WW2
Ken Nisbet
Venue: St Ninian's Church Hall, Castle Douglas
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society
Coffee and tea will be served at 1.45 p.m. meetings start 2.15 p.m
Saturday, April 16 2016, 10 am - 12 pm
Inheritance
Bruce Bishop
Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Your family didn’t have to be extremely wealthy for someone to leave an inheritance. Bruce Bishop will give a talk on the subject to include estates, land & sasine records, wills, commissary courts, etc and show how this kind of information can help with your family history research.
Saturday, April 16 2016, 2.00 pm
Annual Meeting and Members Heirlooms
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Anglo-Scottish Family History Society
Saturday, April 16 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Fintry – A Rural North East School
Janet Byth
Venue: Unitarian Church Centre
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
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