History talks and events 13-19 March 2017

7/3/2017

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 13 - 19 March 2017

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, March 13 2017, 6 pm - 7 pm

White, Black and Grey: recent discoveries at Aberdeen’s medieval friaries – Edinburgh

Alison Cameron

Venue: National Museum of Scotland

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Ms Alison Cameron from Cameron Archaeology Ltd will present a lecture entitled “White, Black and Grey: recent discoveries at Aberdeen’s medieval friaries”.

Recent excavations at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen have revealed 30 burials from the medieval Dominican (Black) friary as well as hints at remains of the buildings. This talk will present the latest evidence from this site and look at the other excavated medieval friaries, Franciscan (Grey) and Carmelite (white).

Ms Cameron’s first dig was with Professor Chris Morris FSA Scot at Birsay, Orkney summer 1980. She loved it and never looked back. Obtaining a B Tech (Hons) from Bradford in 1984, Alison specialised in human skeletal remains and came to Aberdeen in 1985 to carry out a human bone contract to examine bones from Carmelite friaries at Aberdeen, Linlithgow and Perth. She loved the city, got a job in Aberdeen City Council Archaeology Unit where she worked for 24 years until persuaded by Council cuts to take voluntary severance.

In 2010 she started Cameron Archaeology Ltd and now carries out archaeological projects in Aberdeen and Shire, Angus and Moray.

Monday, March 13 2017, 7.30 pm

The Strathyre Studio of Mary Ramsay, Jessie Wilson and Maggie Macdonald

Heather Jack

Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN

Scottish Pottery Society

Monday, March 13 2017, 7.30 pm

Open Evening

Venue: Luncarty Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Beneath the Waves: the Storegga Tsunami at Montrose

Dr Sue Dawson, Reader in Physical Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee

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

Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society

£3 for non-members

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7.30 pm

Penicuik House and its Designed Landscape

Sir Robert Clerk

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

Purchased in 1654, Penicuik House and grounds were designed by successive generations of the Clerk family, one of the most remarkable families in Scottish cultural history. In the 1760s Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet of Penicuik, and John Baxter the Elder, a renowned builder of that period, were responsible for creating one of the ﬁnest UK examples of Palladian architecture and designed landscapes. Extended with two large wings by the eminent Victorian architect David Bryce in 1857, a fire in 1899 destroyed the roof and interiors and left the once-magnificent building in ruins.
In 1985, the Penicuik House Preservation Trust was created to consolidate the ruin. Work began in 2007 and was completed in 2014, paving the way for a new project, launched in 2015, to focus on restoring the many unique structures within the Designed Landscape. Sir Robert will bring us up to date on this exciting venture.
Sir Robert Clerk is the owner of Penicuik Estate, chair of Penicuik House Preservation Trust and Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian.

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7.30 pm

Fife & Forfar Yeomanry

David Carstairs and John Neil

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

Fife Family History Society

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7.30 pm

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Ross McGregor

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Echoes of the Resurrection Men and AGM

Martyn Gorman

Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon

Ellon and District Heritage Society

Entrance £3

Tuesday, March 14 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society

Wednesday, March 15 2017, 7.00 pm

The Great, the Good and the Useful: the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

Anna Feintuck

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, March 15 2017, 7.30 pm

Hidden History of Nursery Rhymes

Sheila Coventry

Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX

West Kilbride Civic Society

Wednesday, March 15 2017, 7.30 pm

The Scholar, The Wizard, The Seer - 13c Borders through the lives of Duns Scotus, Michael Scott and Thomas the Rhymer

Isabel Gordon

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre jmcintyre@borderscollege.ac.uk

Wednesday, March 15 2017, 7.30 pm

Annual dinner followed by The History of the Grand Central Hotel

Bill Hicks and Jill Scott

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door

Wednesday, March 15 2017, 7.30 pm

"Crimes of an Heinous Nature" - looking at some Scottish High Court Trials

Margaret Fox

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society

Thursday, March 16 2017, 2.30 pm

Effects of WW1 on Local Communities

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Visitors £3.00