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 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
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
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
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
Monday, October 17 2016, 7-9 pm
18th Century - Town or Country, Everyone Knew their Place
Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
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
£4 members, £5 non-members
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
Wednesday, October 19 2016, 12 pm - 1 pm
The Records of Arisaig House 1850-1993
Venue: Lochaber Archive Centre
A talk on the papers held at Lochaber Archive Centre relating to the history of the Arisaig Estate. Suggested donation £3
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
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
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
Non-members welcome, £3 on the door
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
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 jmcintyre@borderscollege.ac.uk
Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm
Emanuel Nunnery
Laurie Alexander
Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church
Thursday, October 20 2016
Workshop
Venue: Heritage Centre, Paisley
Renfrewshire Family History Society
Thursday, October 20 2016
Members Night
Venue: Portland Church hall
Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society
Thursday, October 20 2016, 2 pm
Perthshire and the Suffragettes
Ajay Close
Venue: Soutar Theatre, Perth
£5 for non-members
Thursday, October 20 2016, 7 pm
The Man's the Gowd
Dr James A Begg
Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock
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.
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.
Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm
Diary of an Engineer
Bruce Field
Venue: Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm
The Battle of the Somme
Ruth Duncan
Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland
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
Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm
The Revenant: an exploration of Scotland's walking dead
Dr Louise Yeoman
Venue: Haddington Town House
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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