History talks and events 17 - 23 October 2016

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 17 - 23 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.

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Monday, October 17 2016, 1 pm

'Toil and Care under the Scorching Sun': Scots in Jamaica, 1776-1838

Dr Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow)

Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies

Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series

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Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Gretna Rail Crash Disaster

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society

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Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Singer Hub Camera Club - Scottish Waters and views

Nan Caldwell and Jack Morrison

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society

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Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch

Arran Johnston

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society

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Monday, October 17 2016, 7-9 pm

18th Century - Town or Country, Everyone Knew their Place

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

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Tuesday, October 18 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The Herschel Family

David Gavine

Venue: Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA

Museum of Communication

£4 members, £5 non-members

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Tuesday, October 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Halloween

John Burnett

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 12 pm - 1 pm

The Records of Arisaig House 1850-1993

Venue: Lochaber Archive Centre

Highland Archive Service

A talk on the papers held at Lochaber Archive Centre relating to the history of the Arisaig Estate. Suggested donation £3

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 2 pm

Dundee Poor’s House

Walter Dunn

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 4 pm

Revolutionary Chronologies: Recreating Ancient Histories with the Bayesian Approach

Tony Krus (SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory)

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Conscripts; The Forgotten Men of the Great War

Dr Craig Haggart, University of Glasgow

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Thomas Muir of Huntershill; The Father of Scottish Democracy

Don Martin and Jimmy Watson

Venue: Bo'ness Library, Scotland's Close, Bo'ness

West Lothian History and Amenity Society

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Voices of Lilliesleaf: The importance of oral history

Ian MacDougal

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 [email protected]

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Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Emanuel Nunnery

Laurie Alexander

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society

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Thursday, October 20 2016

Workshop

Venue: Heritage Centre, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society

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Thursday, October 20 2016

Members Night

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 2 pm

Perthshire and the Suffragettes

Ajay Close

Venue: Soutar Theatre, Perth

Friends of PKC Archives

£5 for non-members

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 7 pm

The Man's the Gowd

Dr James A Begg

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group

Dr James A Begg – presents an illustrated talk on the family research that led to his Scots historical novel The Man's the Gowd - on the hard lives and struggles to survive of the common folk of upland Ayrshire over 300 years from the Covenanters to the start of the 20th Century.

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Sundials of Scotland

Dennis Cowan

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.

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Diary of an Engineer

Bruce Field

Venue: Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Dornoch Heritage Society

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

The Battle of the Somme

Ruth Duncan

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Ruth Duncan, the curator of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen will talk about the part played in the Battle of the Somme by the men of the Gordon Highlanders Regiment

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Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

The Revenant: an exploration of Scotland's walking dead

Dr Louise Yeoman

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society

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Friday, October 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Set in Stone- The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland

Alan McKirdy

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association

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