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.
Tuesday, April 18 2017, 7.30 pm
Customs & Excise in Leith in the 18th & early 19th century
Dr Eric Graham
Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate
Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm
AGM
Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church
Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm
AGM followed by Glasgow's Cartography; the Growth and Development of the City through its Maps
John Moore, Glasgow University Library
Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham
Non-members welcome, £3 on the door
Wednesday, April 19 2017, 7.30 pm
Jacobite Relics, Myths and Realities
George Dalgleish
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
Thursday, April 20 2017
Open Mic Night
Venue: Portland Church hall
Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society
Thursday, April 20 2017, 2.30 pm
House History
Loretta Reynolds
Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin
North Perthshire Family History Group
Visitors £3.00
Thursday, April 20 2017, 6.30 pm
A Tayside Abbey’s attitude to its charters: the cartulary of Lindores in Caprington Castle
Joanna Tucker
Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library
£5 for non-members
Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30
The History of Glasgow Police
Alistair Dinsmore
Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BA
Renfrewshire Family History Society
Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm
AGM and Musselburgh Links
Bill Wilson
Venue: Haddington Town House
Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm
Thomas Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland
Susan Kruse - Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands
Venue: Brora Community Centre
Thursday, April 20 2017, 7.30 pm
Robert Henryson
Morna Fleming
Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline
Dunfermline Historical Society
Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.
Friday, April 21 2017, 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Kinmont Willie's Sword
Venue: Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries, DG2 7SW
Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Galleries
Exhibition launch event. Hear the inside story of the discovery of Kinmont Willie's sword and the research undertaken to uncover its provenance. A short talk will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to preview the exhibition The Sword in the Story. Free but pre-booking is required: please call 01387 253374 to book a place.